In order to take advantage of these opportunities, it is important that Dutch local governments are also aware of possible risks. The NCTV has therefore produced a brochure for municipalities, provinces and development companies. This brochure informs them about possible risks involved in entering into partnerships or maintaining formalized friendships with China. The brochure also provides them with some tools for dealing with these risks. At the back is an overview of all government agencies, checklists and other sources where they can go with further questions. The brochure is emphatically not intended as an encouragement to terminate contacts with China, but rather to support decentralized governments in shaping these contacts in a sensible manner.
Source: Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (2023), Decentrale contacten met China. Also see nctv.nl and this link.