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手捧《中冰企业家风采录》书稿，心中委实有些激动。让我激动的原因之一是，济南大学冰岛研究中心的这本书是为了庆祝中冰建交50周年而编辑出版的。我与张守凤教授编译的《诗的国度：冰岛诗歌选》也是为了同样的目的。我不得不说，冰岛研究中心的工作人员都是促进中冰关系的有心人，他们早在2019年就开始筹划有关庆祝活动。我感觉得到他们心之热，他们的热心也一直催促着我，让我更勤奋地工作。

原因之二，这本书所记录的是为中冰关系精耕细作的人们。书中所采访的15位成功人士，都是善于开拓、非常勤奋的企业家。书中所展现的冰岛人士都曾长期在中国工作和生活，长期与身边的中国人打交道，他们喜欢中国，有的可以说是热爱中国。他们为了工作，不可避免地要向冰岛人介绍中国，介绍自己在中国的所作所为。毛一玮和谢莹莹在对冰岛中国贸易协会主席Jonina Bjartmarz的采访中，写下了这样的文字：“在合作之前，首先要打破偏见。‘我（Jonina）曾经在中国住过一段时间，并从事一些进口贸易的生意。我很了解中国，有很多中国朋友，我也学到了很多。但当我终于回到冰岛的时候，我发现人们看待中国的方式还是老样子。’由于中冰民众长期存在的认识偏差，两国之间的交流与合作存在一些阻碍。”据我所知，当中冰关系出现困难时，在被采访的冰岛人士中，有人仗义执言，与冰岛有关领导人直接交涉，讲明情况。

原因之三，这本书对冰岛在全世界最有影响的公司进行了介绍。譬如碳循环国际公司，是一家致力于可再生能源的研发和生产的公司，据有关资料显示，目前该公司已拥有可再生能源和循环二氧化碳排入物转化成甲醇的技术，可为汽车、船舶等提供绿色清洁能源。据报道，浙江吉利控股集团在冰岛首都雷克雅未克已与该公司签署了一项总额为4500万美元的投资协议。将来冰岛的这项技术，若用于吉利所生产的甲醇燃料汽车上，将大大改善我国的空气质量。再譬如，我参观过马瑞奥（Marel）公司，该公司是冰岛最大的食品加工公司，2021年在上海开设了中国开放创新中心，是件很值得庆贺的事。冰岛的地热技术世界领先，联合国在冰岛开办的地热学院为我国培养了很多地热人才。2018年，中国光大控股有限公司宣布通过旗下基金对冰岛企业极地绿色能源集团进行7000万美元的投资，极地绿色能源集团与中国石化集团子公司共同运营着中国的地热行业龙头企业——中石化绿源地热能开发有限公司。

济南大学冰岛研究中心成立于2014年，对冰岛的环境、生物资源、地热等的研究已取得突出成绩。该中心目前加强了对北极航道的研究，开展了许多与之相关的专业活动。值得一提的是，济南大学已经与冰岛比弗雷斯特（Bifrost）大学达成了合作协议，该合作将会进一步促进中国对冰岛的研究，也会加强冰岛对中国的研究。眼前的这本书是该中心精心打造的一部面向普通读者的作品。希望愿意了解中国与冰岛关系以及中国与北欧各国关系的读者能在阅读本书中有所收获。

这本书的采访者是在校学生中的志愿者。这个做法值得提倡，因为它给学生参与实践、与国内外企业界人士直接接触的机会。这种机会对学生的成长是极其有益的。

我借上述文字，祝愿济南大学冰岛研究中心在今后的研究中取得更大的成绩。虽然冰岛是个小国，但它却是一个文学和诗歌的大国，是保护本国语言的大国，是环境保护的大国，是读书和出书方面的大国，是科技发明的大国，是群众体育运动的大国。研究和利用好冰岛在社会发展方面的经验，加强同冰岛在各方面的交流，对构建人类命运共同体、实现我们第二个百年奋斗目标和伟大的中国梦有很高的参考价值。

王荣华

中国前驻冰岛大使、国际儒学联合会顾问、

济南大学客座教授、外交笔会理事、

国际中西哲学比较研究会会员

2022年7月20日

I was somewhat excited when reading the manuscript of “What They Say —Executives in China-Iceland and Economic Cooperation”. The first reason for my excitement is that the manuscript had been compiled for publication by Icelandic Research Center of University of Jinan to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Iceland. The Kingdom of Poetry: Selected Icelandic Poems translated by Professor Zhang Shoufeng and me was also for the purpose. I have to say that everyone in Icelandic Research Center had totally set their mind on bettering the relations between China and Iceland. They began to plan relevant celebration events as early as 2019. I had been warmed up by their devotion, and their enthusiasm had been urging me to work harder.

The second reason is that the manuscript had recorded those who have worked hard for and cultivate the good relations between China and Iceland. The fifteen successful persons interviewed in the book are all entrepreneurs who had ploughed deep and farmed with great care in the relations. The Icelanders described in the book had all worked and lived in China for a long time, and they have been in frequent contacts with Chinese around them. They like China, and some can be said to have deep love for China. They inevitably have to familiarize Icelanders with China and what they have done in China for their work. In their interview with Jonina Bjartmarz, Managing Director of Iceland-China Trade Promotion Association, Mao Yiwei and Xie Yingying wrote: “Before taking actions for cooperation, we must first get rid of any prejudice. ‘I (Jonina) have lived in China for a long time and engaged in import trade business. I know a lot about China. I have many Chinese friends, and I have learned a lot. But when I finally got back to Iceland, I found that the way people looked at China was still the same.’ Due to the long-standing misunderstanding between people in China and Iceland, there are great obstacles to the exchanges and cooperation between the two countries.” As far as I know, when there was some difficulties in the relations, someone who had been interviewed spoke out boldly to relevant Icelandic leaders in a direct manner to clarify related matters.

The third reason is that Iceland's most influential companies in the world are introduced in the book. For example, Carbon Recycling International (CRI) is a company committed to the research and development as well as production of renewable energy. According to relevant data, the company, at present, has owned the technology to convert renewable energy and recycled carbon dioxide emissions into methanol, which can provide green and clean energy for cars, ships and others. It is reported that Zhejiang Geely Holding Group has signed an investment agreement of total amount of US$ 45 million with CRI in Reykjavik. In the future, if the technology of Iceland is applied in methanol-fueled cars produced by Geely, it will greatly improve the air quality of our country. For another example, I have visited Marel, the largest food processing company in Iceland. It established the Marel's Shanghai Progress Point in 2021, which is something worth celebrating. Iceland leads the world in geothermal technology. The geothermal Institute established by the United Nations in Iceland has trained many geothermal talents for our country. In 2018, China Everbright Ltd. announced that it would invest US$ 70 million in Iceland Arctic Green Energy Corporation, an Icelandic enterprise, through its funds. Arctic Green Energy Corporation and a subsidiary of China Petrochemical Corporation jointly operate Sinopec Green Energy Geothermal Development Co. , Ltd. (SGE), a leader in China's geothermal industry.

Founded in 2014, Icelandic Research Center of University of Jinan has made outstanding achievements in the research of Iceland's environment, biological resources, geothermal energy and others. At present, the Center has strengthened the research on the Arctic waterway and carried out many professional activities related to it. It is worth mentioning that University of Jinan has reached a cooperation agreement with Bifrost University in Iceland. The cooperation with the Icelandic university will further promote our research on Iceland and strengthen the research on China by the Icelandic side. The book in front of me is a work carefully designed by the Center for ordinary readers. I hope that readers who are willing to know about the relations between China and Iceland as well as those between China and Northern Europe can benefit from the book.

The interviewers of the book are volunteers among students in universities. The practice is worth advocating because it gives students the opportunity to participate in social practice and have direct contact with business people at home and abroad. This kind of opportunity is extremely beneficial to the growth of college students.

I would like to use the above words to wish Icelandic Research Center of University of Jinan greater achievements in its future research. Although Iceland is small as a state, it is big in literature and poetry, big in protecting its own language, big in environmental protection, big in reading and publishing, big in scientific and technological inventions, and big in mobilizing her masses in sports. The research and possible application of Icelandic experience in its social development, the strengthening of exchanges in all aspects with Iceland would be very valuable for the cause of building a community with a shared future for mankind and realizing our second Centennial goal and the great Chinese dream.

Wang Ronghua

Former Ambassador to Iceland,

Advisor to the International Confucian Association (ICA),

Guest Professor of University of Jinan,

Member of Council of the Diplomatic Pen,

Member of International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and

Western Philosophy (ISCWP)

July 20, 2022