For the sixth consecutive time, Business Sweden together with the Swedish embassy in Beijing attended the China-Nordic Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum arranged by Hubei provincial government in Wuhan on November 14. During the event, Business Sweden introduced Swedish business landscape in Hubei and conveyed the vision of the participating Swedish companies, Alfa Laval, Sweco, ABB, IKEA, Dellner, IVL. Hubei is the first and currently the only province in China to have established a long-term mechanism for economic and trade cooperation with the Nordic countries. The import and export between Hubei and Sweden has reached a total of 720 million RMB in 2023.

In conjunction with the main forum, a side-event focusing on sustainable urban development was jointly organized by Business Sweden and the Huangshi Municipal Government. More than 100 people attended the event, including Mr. Wu Zhiling, Mayor of Huangshi City. Alfa Laval, Sweco, ABB and IVL gave presentations.

• Alfa Laval has been present in China for 40 years, serving various key industries and using its core technologies to help industrial and municipal sectors save energy, reduce emissions and recycle waste. Alfa Laval hopes to work with Hubei's municipal water utilities and industrial enterprises to promote the sustainable development of urban recycling.
• The Sweco Group is Europe's largest and most advanced engineering and architectural design company, with more than 20,000 architects, planners, engineers and other specialists. Sweco looks forward to working with the Hubei government and our clients to better contribute to a sustainable future.
• ABB: Low carbon, green, sustainable, digital and intelligent are the key themes of today's industrial development, ABB has always adhered to the business philosophy of "in China, for China, for the world", is willing to work with all kinds of energy and municipal industry customers in Hubei, in an open, equal and inclusive market environment, to deepen cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win situation..
• IVL Wuhan office has been active since 2015. IVL hopes to promote EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) certification and work hand in hand with enterprises to promote sustainable development.

Participants expressed a collective aspiration for both parties to leverage the event as an opportunity to focus on shared interests, strengthen connections, and collaboratively propel high-quality urban development.