[Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun met with Finnish Minister of Science and Culture Mari-Leena Talvitie] September 16th, Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun met with Finnish Minister of Science and Culture Mari-Leena Talvitie in Beijing on September 15. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on deepening China-Finland cooperation in scientific and technological innovation. Yin Hejun said that over the years, under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-Finland science and technology innovation exchanges and cooperation have achieved fruitful results. The Chinese government attaches great importance to scientific and technological development and international cooperation. This year is the first year of China's "15th Five-Year Plan". China is willing to work with Finland to give full play to the role of the intergovernmental scientific and technological cooperation mechanism, continue to promote pragmatic cooperation in green transformation, circular economy, life and health and other fields, strengthen cooperation in the field of basic research, deepen exchanges of young scientific researchers, and contribute more scientific and technological strength to the new future-oriented cooperative partnership between China and Finland. Tarvitier said that Finland attaches great importance to scientific and technological innovation cooperation with China and is willing to deepen practical cooperation with China in basic research, collaboration of educational scientific and technological talents, and exchanges of young scientific researchers, so as to jointly promote Finland-China scientific and technological innovation cooperation to achieve more results.