Visiting Stuttgart, China has a "German city" for economic and trade | Germany | Stuttgart
On June 20th, local time in Germany, as one of the four invited cities in China and the only county-level city, Jiangsu Taicang participated in the 11th Sino German Economic and Technological Cooperation Forum. At the same time, the 15th "Taicang Day" event visited Stuttgart, the "capital of automobiles" in Germany. This is the first time that the event has been held in Stuttgart since 2008, and it has returned to this German city.
Over the years, "Taicang Day" has gradually entered key German cities such as Stuttgart, Munich, Dusseldorf, Freiburg, and Dortmund. Now, the event has developed into a professional brand that showcases Taicang's development advantages and the achievements of Sino German cooperation in all aspects.
This year's "Taicang Day" event has attracted numerous economic and trade investment promotion institutions, research institutions, as well as well-known German enterprises and hidden champion German enterprises to participate. On site, the third "Taicang Cup" Sino German Skills Competition and the eighth "Zhenghe Cup" Sino German Youth Entrepreneurship Competition were released, and the "CEO Class" training program for Sino German enterprises was launched simultaneously.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Taicang's cooperation with Germany. During this period, Taicang explored a distinctive path of cooperation with Germany, forming a unique model of all-round cooperation with Germany. Wang Xiangyuan, Secretary of the Taicang Municipal Party Committee, stated that in the past 30 years, 487 German enterprises have developed and grown in Taicang. The Rotenberg German lifestyle scene has become the preferred place for daily cultural exchanges between China and Germany. The dual education system of AHK College has trained a number of senior vocational and technical talents for enterprises. Bayern Munich Football School has provided broad development opportunities for young people. Taicang has become one of the Chinese cities with the most intensive investment from German enterprises and the widest economic and cultural exchanges between China and Germany.
On that day, the seventh round of government consultations between China and Germany was held in Berlin. Chinese Consulate General in Frankfurt, Counselor Zhu Weige, stated that the seventh round of China Germany government consultations will promote the deepening and development of China Germany cooperation, and continue to benefit the people of both countries. Local cooperation has always been an important component of Sino German relations, and the history and experience of Taicang's 30 years of exchanges, cooperation, and mutual achievements with Germany are worth summarizing.
In recent years, Taicang has continuously expanded the level of cooperation with Germany, gradually expanding from the economic field to culture, education, technology, sports and other aspects in all aspects. For more than 10 consecutive years, Taicang has held economic, trade, cultural and sports exchange activities such as Taicang Day, German Beer Festival, football matches and marathons, and Sino German artist salons. In addition, German elements such as the Rothenburg German style street, the Maritim Hotel, and the German TUI BLUE Hotel gather in Taicang; Projects such as Bayern Experience Store, 1886 German Automobile Restaurant, Beethoven Cafe, Sino German Cross border E-commerce, and Marvel Baden German Light Beauty Pavilion have settled in Taicang High tech Zone. The strong atmosphere of "foreign land is hometown" has attracted over a thousand Germans to live in Taicang for years.
In the view of Schumann, President of the Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade in Germany, Taicang is almost like a "German city in China", setting an example in all aspects of Sino German exchanges. The successful cooperation between China and Germany demonstrated in Taicang not only promotes urban and regional development and prosperity, but also serves as an important cornerstone for enhancing friendship between the Chinese and German people and strengthening Sino German relations. Schumann encourages German friends to go to China and also encourages Chinese friends to go to Germany.
At present, Taicang has 60 "hidden champions" of German enterprises, accounting for nearly 10% of the country's manufacturing industry, forming three major industrial innovation clusters: new energy vehicle parts, aerospace, and industrial aircraft. At the same time, more than 600 local enterprises and research institutes in Taicang have cooperated with German enterprises in industrial support, innovation collaboration, talent cultivation, and capital cooperation, promoting Taicang to become a global high-end automotive parts production base and an international high-end intelligent machine tool industry cluster.
Heining, the chief representative of Bavaria, Germany in China, believes that Bavaria and Jiangsu Province are official cooperation provinces with many successful cooperation projects. However, in China, no other region can become a symbol of successful cooperation between the two countries like Taicang. Taicang has nearly 200 enterprises from Bavaria, known as China's Schwaben. Taicang is definitely one of the preferred places for German companies to invest in China.
With the help of the "Taicang Day" platform, Taicang will further strengthen its deep integration with Germany in terms of economy, trade, technology, and culture, and form more mutually beneficial and win-win results. On that day, 20 Sino German cooperation projects were signed, involving industrial development, vocational education, culture and sports, further expanding the connotation of cooperation with Germany.