<正>SIXTY-THREE years after establishing diplomatic relations,China and Finland have decided to significantly deepen bilateral ties.At the Boao Forum for Asia in April,Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto reached a consensus to upgrade the two countries’ relations to a future-oriented new-type cooperative partnership. President Niinisto is the first European head of state to visit China since the country’s new leadership took office Finland was also among the first Western countries to recognize the PRC 63