Photo shows the Chinese hostage Fan Jinghui held by the Islamic State. [Photo: china.com.cn]

The Chinese Embassy in Iraq says that they have not received any information about the kidnapping of a Chinese hostage by the Islamic State, reported the Beijing-based Legal Evening News Thursday.

The Islamic State claims it's holding a Chinese national hostage.

The group has identified the Chinese hostage as 50-year old Fan Jinghui from Shijingshan District of Beijing.

He's described by the Islamic State as an independent contractor.

The group is demanding an unspecified ransom for the release of Fan and a Norwegian man after capturing them somewhere in Syria.

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has confirmed that a Norwegian hostage was being held but insisted that Norway would not pay ransoms.