On the afternoon of April 14, Yuan Jiajun, Secretary of the municipal Party committee, Hu Henghua, deputy secretary of the municipal Party committee and mayor, held talks with the German economic delegation visiting Chongqing. Photo by reporter Su Si/Vision Chongqing

Yuan Jiajun, Hu Henghua Talks with German Economic Delegation

On the afternoon of April 14, Yuan Jiajun, secretary of the municipal party committee, and Hu Henghua, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and mayor, held talks with the German economic delegation visiting Chongqing.

Wu Ken, Chinese ambassador to Germany, city leaders Chen Xinwu, Jiang Duntao and Zhang Guozhi; Franziska Brantner, parliamentary state secretary of the German Ministry of Economy and Climate Protection, attended.

During the talks, the chairmen or CEOs of 11 German enterprises, including Siemens AG, Voith Group, Mercedes-Benz Group AG, BASF Group, Zeiss Group, ThyssenKrupp AG, DHL Group, Yiousi AG, BMW Group, Bayer Group and Merck Group, spoke one after another and put forward opinions and suggestions on further promoting practical cooperation with Chongqing. They said that Chongqing has a good economic and social development trend, a superior living environment, and a broad market space. They are willing to strengthen communication and docking based on a good foundation for cooperation with Chongqing, and continue to promote cooperation in the fields of digital economy, green and low-carbon development, modern manufacturing, and technological innovation., Increase investment and project layout in Chongqing to better achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

Yuan Jiajun listened carefully to the speeches of entrepreneurs and interacted with them. In his speech, on behalf of the municipal party committee and municipal government, he welcomed the German economic delegation to Chongqing. Yuan Jiajun said that for a long time, German companies have actively come to Chongqing to invest and start businesses. The two sides have achieved fruitful results in the automotive industry, advanced materials, digital economy, modern logistics and other fields. The rapid development of Chongqing has benefited from the good cooperation between China and Germany and the active participation of foreign-funded enterprises.

Yuan Jiajun said that Chongqing is the economic center of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and an international comprehensive transportation hub. It connects east and west, draws north and south, and connects the river to the sea. The golden waterway of the Yangtze River connects the world. The China-Europe train connects Europe and Asia, and the new land and sea channel radiates Southeast Asia. The development space is broad., Great potential. At present, we insist on promoting industrial innovation through scientific and technological innovation, and strive to build three trillion-level leading industrial clusters of intelligent networked new energy vehicles, a new generation of electronic information manufacturing, and advanced materials, and accelerate the construction of key pillar industrial clusters and characteristic and advantageous industrial clusters, Cultivate and strengthen the "new star" industrial clusters, innovate and explore the new model of "industrial brain future factory", and develop new quality productivity according to local conditions. At the same time, we will further promote the green development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, solidly promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. Chongqing speeds up the construction of a unified national market and the grand scene of manufacturing development, which provides new opportunities for the development of enterprises. It is expected that the majority of German enterprises will take this visit as an important starting point to invest in Chongqing and further promote practical cooperation in the fields of digital economy, automobile industry, advanced materials, intelligent manufacturing and new energy. Chongqing will continue to create a market-oriented, legalized, and international first-class business environment, and make every effort to ensure services, so as to better achieve a promising government, an effective market, and a favorable enterprise.

Responsible persons of relevant departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and relevant departments of Chongqing; German Ministry of economy and Climate Protection, Department of economy, Finance and Climate Policy of the Prime Minister's Office, German Embassy in China and Consulate General in Chengdu, and relevant responsible persons of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry attended.