The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture awards annually a number of scholarships to foreign students for study of the Icelandic language, literature and history at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík.

H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland, had a meeting with H.E. Wen Jiabao, Prime Minister of China, during the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi Monday 16 January 2012.

A new Cabinet was unveiled in Iceland on 31 December. During the reshuffle former finance minister Mr Steingrímur J. Sigfússon was named Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture as well as Minister of Economic Affairs. Mrs Oddný G. Harðardóttur was promoted into Cabinet as Minister of Finance. Mr Jón Bjarnason, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, and Mr Árni Páll Árnason, Minister of Economic Affairs, stepped down from the Cabinet. Other ministers retained their posts.

The presidents of Iceland and China and the foreign Ministers of both countries exchanged congratulatory messages Thursday, December 8, to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Encouraging a nation-wide participation, The President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson has invited tourists to enjoy pancakes at his home in an effort to make tourists feel welcome in Iceland.

The Icelandic Minister of Finance visited China from 18th to 23rd October of this year upon the invitation of the Minister of Finance of China.

An exhibition by Icelandic Artist Inga Svala Thorsdottir and Wu Shanzhuan recently opened at the Long March Space in Beijing's 798 Art Gallery. The exhibition will be accessible from 20 October to 20 January.

32 posters by senior Icelandic Graphic Designer Goddur will be on display at the Beijing Design Week. The exhibition will take place in the L-Building on Power Square in the newly refurbished 751 D•Park, a former power plant that has been transformed into a vibrant cultural centre.

An Icelandic artist is working with the local community in the heart of Beijing to make a permanent art piece outside an old factory that has been turned into a gallery space facing one of Beijing’s traditional Hutong neighboorhoods.

Keilir Aviation Academy announces "The first Winter Operation Forum", presented in partnership with AirTransportNews, ACI, AEA, SITA, Icelandair and the Ministry of Interior and Transport in Iceland.

The Icelandic band For a Minor Reflection has been selected from a group of 1000 applicants to perform at the Black Rabbit Music Festival taking place in Beijing and Shanghai during mid-September, 2011.

On 24th of August the owners of Shaanxi Green Energy Geothermal Development Company (SGE), China´s Sinopec Star and Iceland´s Enex Kina signed a new agreement in Beijing.