China–Finland relations
[1] The embassy in Beijing was opened in April 1952, and the first resident Finnish ambassador to China, Helge von Knorring, presented his letter of credence to Mao Zedong on 9 May 1952.[1] Later that same year, an economic department headed by Olavi J. Mattila was opened at the embassy to foster the development of trade relations.As a consequence, Finland became the first capitalist country to sign a bilateral trade agreement with the People's Republic of China in 1953.[1] These steps, as well as Finland's staunch support for PRC's membership in the UN, formed a solid basis to the nations' relations well into the 1980s.[1] In November 2024, Finnish authorities investigated a Chinese shipping vessel, the Yi Peng 3, in the Baltic Sea after it was found be in the vicinity of two severed undersea fiber-optic data cables and suspected of sabotage.
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