When talking about the 70th anniversary of China-Norway diplomatic ties, Jon Samseth, Professor of OsloMet said that he looked forward to strengthening academic exchanges between China and Norway, “Norwegian students need to learn more about China, and vice versa.”

Astrid Ruud, who has been an English teacher in China since the 1990s, said she believes that Chinese people and Norwegian people have a lot in common,“the more I get to know Chinese people, I find that actually we are not as different as we would think.”