Chongqing Denmark Visa Center Started Operation

□ Written by Aggie

In order to attract more Chinese tourists to Denmark, as well as further strengthen the exchanges and cooperation between Denmark and Chinese enterprises and people, Chongqing Denmark Visa Center started operation on April 18.

Du Liming, the Deputy Director of the Chongqing Municipal Standing Committee of the NPC attended the opening ceremony of Chongqing Denmark Visa Center and delivered a speech, Mr.Friis Arne Petersen, Danish Ambassador in China said, Chongqing Denmark visa application centre is the fourth Denmark visa application centre after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in China, hoping to further promote the communication and cooperation between Denmark and Chongqing.

After that Denmark tourism promotion agency--"Visit Denmark" and the Scandinavian tourist board held a seminar as the theme of tourism to promote Denmark tourism, travel industry colleagues who are from China and Denmark attended the seminar.

Chongqing Denmark Visa Center accepts short term visa application cases(stay of less than 90 days), including the type of visit visa, business visa, tourist visa, visas for ADS tours, culture/sports. The operation of Chongqing Denmark visa application Centre means foreign consular institutions in Chongqing that can submit directly the material to apply for a Schengen visa increased to two, which are Hungarian Consulate-General in Chongqing and Royal Danish Consulate General in Chongqing.

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As a foreign Ambassador who is involved deeply in Chongqing, Mr. Petersen likes Chongqing a lot, especially the Chongqing hot pepper, in a conversation with reporters; he also told us that him and his wife grow pepper and ginger at backyard of his house in Beijing so he can eat Chongqing food any time.

Coming to Chongqing once again, Mr. Petersen was really happy, " Chongqing is a special city and competitive, I used to visit here a lot, if I had to describe the city in one word, I would say ' big '.This is a really great city.” Petersen said, Denmark has been very concerned about Chongqing, and focus has been moved to Chongqing, Denmark Tourist Board and universities came to Chongqing for development is a good proof. “Today there are about 480 Danish companies developing in China, Chongqing also has companies like Carlsberg, KK electronics doing business here very well, and we want other companies to come to Chongqing seeking cooperation in other areas, and succeed in the next 5-10 years.”

Mr. Petersen hoped that the newly established Chongqing Denmark visa application Centre can provide help for people who are in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing going to Denmark and other EU countries. “We need not only commercial development, as well as travel interaction between two sides. Right now there are a lot of Chinese tourists traveling to Europe, while Denmark is a must travel place, which is a chance. ” At this point, Mr. Petersen cited Anderson's words "travel is life", welcoming more people in Chongqing and Western China region travel to Denmark.

When it comes to Denmark, our f i rst thought was "fairy tales Kingdom", in fact there are spectacular glaciers in Greenland, charming castles, and the rurality.In particular the capital of Denmark Copenhagen, which has exquisite landscapes everywhere. People who go to Denmark can take direct flight from Chongqing to Helsinki, then transfer to Copenhagen, it takes only 12 hours and 25 minutes, and the fastest to return takes about 11 hours and 50 minutes.

Mr. Petersen said, as the Danish Consulate in Chongqing upgraded to Consulate General, Visa Centre starting to operate and other favorable conditions became mature; there will be more cooperation opportunities between the two places such as a breach of older industries in the future.

It is reported that Denmark has more than 60 years of experience in social service, developed mature industry. Data shows that Denmark entered the aging society as early as more than 60 years ago; there is 20% of the elderly who are over 80 years old living in nursing homes. The Vice President of the famous University in Denmark VIA revealed that they will build kindergartens and nursing homes following the model of Denmark in the future in Chongqing.