Abstract. We consider a complete nonnegative biminimal submanifold M (that is, a complete biminimal submanifold with λ ≥ 0) in a Euclidean space E N . Assume that the immersion is proper, that is, the preimage of every compact set in E N is also compact in M . Then, we prove that M is minimal. From this result, we give an affirmative partial answer to Chen's conjecture. For the case of λ < 0, we construct examples of biminimal submanifolds and curves.