Beijing News and Events


20. Jun 2019

Kommunestyre- og fylkestingsvalget 2019

9. september 2019 er det kommunestyre- og fylkestingsvalg i Norge. Velgere som bor eller oppholder seg i Kina kan forhåndsstemme ved ambassaden i Beijing, generalkonsulatet i Shanghai og det honorære konsulatet i Hong Kong  i perioden 1. juli – 30.

17. Jul 2019

Vacancy at the Norwegian Embassy in Beijing, Visa Section

The Norwegian Embassy in Beijing, located in Sanlitun, Chaoyang District, is currently recruiting new full time permanent staff for the Visa Section.

08. Jul 2019

New report on Norway's progress towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

We are pleased to introduce the annual report on Norway’s follow-up of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

03. Jul 2019

Record-high Norwegian core funding to UN organisations in 2019

Norway is increasing its core funding to six UN organisations, to a total of over NOK 3 billion. This is the highest amount of funding Norway has ever allocated to these organisations combined.

01. Jul 2019

Globalskolen - norsk grunnskoleundervisning på nett

Globalskolen er et nettbasert undervisningstilbud i norsk, samfunnsfag og KRLE for elever i grunnskolealder som er bosatt i utlandet. Tilbudet er tilpasset familier som ønsker å holde kontakten med Norge og norsk grunnskole.

26. Jun 2019

Norway to provide NOK 345 million for humanitarian mine clearance in 2019

Norway is maintaining a high level of support for humanitarian mine clearance in 2019, with an allocation of NOK 345 million.

27. Mar 2019

Resolution on environmental human rights defenders adopted in UN Human Rights Council

22 March|A Norwegian-led resolution on environmental human rights defenders was adopted by consensus in the UN Human Rights Council yesterday.

21. Mar 2019

Karen Uhlenbeck first woman to win the Abel Prize

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize in Mathematics for 2019 to Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck of the University of Texas at Austin, USA, “for her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equatio

11. Mar 2019

Norway’s Honorary Consul General to Mongolia awarded Order of Merit

On 13 February, Norway’s Honorary Consul General to Mongolia, Sarangerel Luvsanvandan was awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit by ambassador Svein Sæther.

18. Feb 2019

Norway and the UN to host international conference on sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises

Together with the UN and other partners, Norway will host an international pledging conference to strengthen efforts to combat sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises. The conference will take place in Oslo on 23-24 May.

14. Jan 2019 | Press Release

Norwegian Government launches new National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security

The Government’s new National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security is being launched today at the Nobel Peace Center.

20. Dec 2018

New citizenship rules

On 6 December 2018, the Storting (Norwegian parliament) adopted a resolution that entitles anyone who is, or wishes to become, a Norwegian citizen to dual citizenship.