On 12. January, the Sino-German Enterprises Cooperation & Matching Conference was held in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province. Mr. Günther Verheugen, former vice president of the European Commission and Mr. Joern Ekkehard Beissert, Deputy Consul-General of the Consulate General Germany in Shanghai attended this conference and delivered speeches. Mr. Clemens Hanser, Executive Client Manager of EBC were also invited.
The economic exchange and cooperation between China and Germany had a rapid development in recent years. On 25. April 2016 the Sino-German Industrial City Alliance was established during the Hannover Messe, including Aachen, Taizhou, Foshan had joined this alliance.
Speech by Former vice-president of the European commission Mr. Günther Verheugen
Mr. Günther Verheugen has very appreciated the achievement that China has made in innovation, industrial transformation and updating. He thought that China and Germany are highly complementary in market, technology and resources and hope both sides will deepen exchange and cooperation on the present basis for win-win cooperation.