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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Beijing China-Germany Forum for Industrial Cooperation and Development—China-Germany (China-Europe) Hidden Champions Forum 2025 Opens
BEIJING, May 28, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On May 26, the Beijing China-Germany Forum for Industrial Cooperation and Development—China-Germany (China-Europe) Hidden Champions Forum 2025 opened at Shunyi, Beijing. More than 600 attendees, including government representatives, experts, industry leaders and media professionals from China and abroad. The German and European sides expressed strong interest in cooperation. Enterprises, industrial parks, and governments engaged in in-depth dialogue on technological innovation, industrial development, talent mobility, and information exchange. At the opening ceremony, addresses were delivered by Mu Peng, Vice Mayor of Beijing; Walter Döring, Executive Chairman of the Senate of Economy Europe and Chairman of ADWM; Wan Qian, Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation, National Development and Reform Commission; Hans-Peter Friedrich, former Vice President of the German Bundestag; and Gong Zongyuan, Secretary of CPC Shunyi District Committee of Beijing Municipality. During the keynote session, Michael Müller, former Mayor of Berlin and President of the Bundesrat; Jiang Xiaojuan, professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, former Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council; Zhecho Stankov, Minister of Energy of Bulgaria; Benita Ferrero-Waldner, former EU Commissioner for Trade and former EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy; Nicole Graf, President of the DHBW Heilbronn; and Wu Hongliang, Director-General of the NDRC International Cooperation Center, addressed key topics on innovation, digital transformation, and green development. A highlight of the forum was the joint release of the 2025 China-Germany Hidden Champions Open Cooperation Report by the NDRC International Cooperation Center and the DEZ. It proposes a bilateral cooperation mechanism between Chinese and German (European) governments to deepen the interconnectivity of industrial chains. To foster cross-border finance and capital collaboration, Bank of Beijing Chairman Huo Xuewen, District Mayor of Shunyi Cui Xiaohao, and other representatives inaugurated the "Golden Link" of China-Germany (China-Europe) Economic and Technological Cooperation Initiative, introducing a series of actions. In another key event, officials unveiled the Beijing Shunyi · China-Germany (China-Europe) Hidden Champions Reception Hall (HCRH), envisioned as a permanent window for displaying and converting enterprise innovations. Currently, Beijing continues to deepen high-level opening-up under the "Two Zones" initiative, implementing over 120 breakthrough policies and enacting the Beijing Foreign Investment Regulations and "Global Service Partners Program" to enhance its appeal to global capital and talents. Looking forward, Shunyi aims to leverage the Forum and Demonstration Zone to further explore China-Germany (China-Europe) cooperation, enhance its appeal to hidden champions and specialized and sophisticated enterprises, and expand mutually beneficial opportunities. China-Germany (China-Europe) Hidden Champions Forum Organizing Committee Organizer: Shunyi District People's Government of Beijing Municipality European Economic Senate Co-sponsor: International Cooperation Center of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Akademie Deutscher Weltmarktführer (ADWM) DEZ – German-European Cooperation Center for SME Enterprises View source version on Contacts Zhicheng Ma19910567753service@
Business Wire
28-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Beijing China-Germany Forum for Industrial Cooperation and Development—China-Germany (China-Europe) Hidden Champions Forum 2025 Opens
BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On May 26, the Beijing China-Germany Forum for Industrial Cooperation and Development—China-Germany (China-Europe) Hidden Champions Forum 2025 opened at Shunyi, Beijing. More than 600 attendees, including government representatives, experts, industry leaders and media professionals from China and abroad. The German and European sides expressed strong interest in cooperation. Enterprises, industrial parks, and governments engaged in in-depth dialogue on technological innovation, industrial development, talent mobility, and information exchange. At the opening ceremony, addresses were delivered by Mu Peng, Vice Mayor of Beijing; Walter Döring, Executive Chairman of the Senate of Economy Europe and Chairman of ADWM; Wan Qian, Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation, National Development and Reform Commission; Hans-Peter Friedrich, former Vice President of the German Bundestag; and Gong Zongyuan, Secretary of CPC Shunyi District Committee of Beijing Municipality. During the keynote session, Michael Müller, former Mayor of Berlin and President of the Bundesrat; Jiang Xiaojuan, professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, former Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council; Zhecho Stankov, Minister of Energy of Bulgaria; Benita Ferrero-Waldner, former EU Commissioner for Trade and former EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy; Nicole Graf, President of the DHBW Heilbronn; and Wu Hongliang, Director-General of the NDRC International Cooperation Center, addressed key topics on innovation, digital transformation, and green development. A highlight of the forum was the joint release of the 2025 China-Germany Hidden Champions Open Cooperation Report by the NDRC International Cooperation Center and the DEZ. It proposes a bilateral cooperation mechanism between Chinese and German (European) governments to deepen the interconnectivity of industrial chains. To foster cross-border finance and capital collaboration, Bank of Beijing Chairman Huo Xuewen, District Mayor of Shunyi Cui Xiaohao, and other representatives inaugurated the "Golden Link" of China-Germany (China-Europe) Economic and Technological Cooperation Initiative, introducing a series of actions. In another key event, officials unveiled the Beijing Shunyi · China-Germany (China-Europe) Hidden Champions Reception Hall (HCRH), envisioned as a permanent window for displaying and converting enterprise innovations. Currently, Beijing continues to deepen high-level opening-up under the "Two Zones" initiative, implementing over 120 breakthrough policies and enacting the Beijing Foreign Investment Regulations and "Global Service Partners Program" to enhance its appeal to global capital and talents. Looking forward, Shunyi aims to leverage the Forum and Demonstration Zone to further explore China-Germany (China-Europe) cooperation, enhance its appeal to hidden champions and specialized and sophisticated enterprises, and expand mutually beneficial opportunities. China-Germany (China-Europe) Hidden Champions Forum Organizing Committee Organizer: Shunyi District People's Government of Beijing Municipality European Economic Senate Co-sponsor: Akademie Deutscher Weltmarktführer (ADWM) DEZ – German-European Cooperation Center for SME Enterprises
RTHK
23-05-2025
- Business
- RTHK
Stable China-Germany ties serve both countries: Xi
Stable China-Germany ties serve both countries: Xi President Xi Jinping tells the new German chancellor that "the correct position of China-Germany and China-EU ties is as partners". File photo: AFP President Xi Jinping on Friday said that a sound and stable China-Germany relationship will serve both countries' interests, and called on Berlin to clear the path for more two-way investment. During a phone conversation with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Xi said both countries should expand cooperation in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence and quantum technology, according to Xinhua News Agency. "The correct position of China-Germany and China-EU ties is as partners," Xi said, adding that "a stable and predictable policy environment is an important guarantor of bilateral cooperation". He also told Merz that China "hopes the German side will provide more policy support and facilitation for bilateral investment cooperation, as well as a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises". Both leaders emphasised the importance of economic relations between Germany and China, according to a statement from Merz's office. Merz, who took office earlier this month, also told Xi about "the common efforts of Europe and the EU to bring about a quick ceasefire in Ukraine" and that he urged China to "support these efforts", according to the statement. (Additional reporting by AFP)
South China Morning Post
07-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Xi Jinping welcomes ‘new chapter' for China-Germany ties in congratulating Friedrich Merz
Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Friedrich Merz on Tuesday after he was elected chancellor by the German parliament, and called for deeper cooperation and globalisation. Advertisement In the congratulatory message, Xi told Merz that China and Germany – the world's second- and third-largest economies – should deepen cooperation and jointly promote economic globalisation. Describing the world as marked by upheaval, surging unilateralism and protectionism, Xi said he held the development of China-Germany relations in high regard. 01:00 Trump justifies 'China tariffs' as US effort to curb 'greatest job theft in the world' Trump justifies 'China tariffs' as US effort to curb 'greatest job theft in the world' 'I am ready to work with the chancellor to … consolidate political mutual trust, deepen exchanges and cooperation and open a new chapter in the all-round strategic partnership between China and Germany, so as to guide China-EU cooperation in the right direction,' state news agency Xinhua quoted Xi as saying. In a separate congratulatory message to Merz, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said practical cooperation between the two countries had yielded remarkable results and offered broad prospects. 'I am looking forward to establishing and maintaining a sound working relationship with Merz, deepening exchanges and jointly promoting development … and guiding China-Germany and China-EU cooperation in the right direction,' Li said. Advertisement Merz became Germany's 10th post-war chancellor on Tuesday after a historic stumble in which he did not pass the first vote in the Bundestag. The 69-year-old has the daunting tasks of reviving Germany's economy, responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, confronting United States tariff threats against Germany's export-heavy economy and grappling with the murky prospects in the American-European relationship.
RTHK
06-05-2025
- Business
- RTHK
Xi Jinping congratulates new German chancellor
Xi Jinping congratulates new German chancellor German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends his first cabinet meeting in Berlin. Photo: Reuters President Xi Jinping congratulated Friedrich Merz on Tuesday after he was elected chancellor by the German parliament. Xinhua news agency reported President Xi as saying that as the world's second- and third-largest economies and major countries with global influence, China and Germany should deepen their cooperation and jointly promote economic globalisation. Xi said since establishing diplomatic relations 53 years ago, the two countries had treated each other with mutual respect, trust and equality. "The two countries have consistently followed a path of mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation, growing into good partners that advance together and help each other succeed, and promoting the steady and sound development of bilateral relations through high-level cooperation," said Xi. He said peace, development, cooperation and win-win outcomes remained the right way forward for humanity. President Xi said he highly regarded the development of China-Germany relations and was ready to work with the chancellor to consolidate ties and open a new chapter in the countries' strategic partnership, to jointly promote world peace, stability, and prosperity. On the same day, Premier Li Qiang sent a congratulatory message to Merz on his election as German chancellor. He noted that the practical cooperation between the two sides in various fields had yielded remarkable results and had broad prospects. (Xinhua)
