(ECNS) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Chongqing on his second journey to China since assuming workplace, on Sunday morning.
German political and enterprise figures expressed to China Information Service their hopes that Scholz’s go to might additional deepen German-China relations, injecting new momentum into bilateral cooperation.
Hans-Peter Friedrich, chairman of the German-Chinese language parliamentary group and former vice chairman of German Bundestag, mentioned he hopes Scholz might as soon as once more clearly specific how a lot curiosity Germany has in good cooperation with China. He believes Germany’s exchanges and cooperation with China shouldn’t be disturbed by exterior components. The prosperity of Germany and even Europe relies upon largely on whether or not it could possibly additional develop good relations with China.
Michael Schumann, chairman of the Board of the Federal Affiliation for Financial Improvement and Overseas Commerce, believes the massive delegation and high-level representatives from the financial sector accompanying the go to point out that the 2 sides hope to have interaction in critical dialogue, which is encouraging.
Schumann identified that for the reason that finish of the COVID-19 pandemic, China has been steadfastly opening as much as the world, whereas Europe and Germany have been transferring in the wrong way, changing into extra closed, which is unfavorable. He believes Germany should break away from this example and return to extra constructive communication.
Walter Döring, chairman of the Affiliation of German Hidden Champions and deputy prime minister of Baden-Württemberg mentioned that the achievements in poverty alleviation pushed by China’s financial improvement, together with its elevated openness to the Western world, are spectacular. He opposes the so-called “decoupling” principle, believing it could hurt each Germany and China.
He mentioned at current, improvement of the German economic system is inseparable from the assist of the Chinese language market. In his view, Scholz will make an effort to additional consolidate and deepen German-Chinese language relations. From the attitude of the German enterprise neighborhood, everybody hopes to determine very shut cooperative relationships with Chinese language enterprises, to which they imagine Scholz will contribute.
Thomas, a German automotive business professional, said that some politicians within the German authorities have formulated insurance policies towards China with out totally understanding the home scenario, which isn’t the right method. He believes China is an open nation, and Germany should take cooperation with China significantly. At present, the German economic system lacks momentum and progress in areas comparable to ecological safety, which may gain advantage from better cooperation with China.
In his view, the worldwide economic system is carefully interconnected, and financial improvement is dependent upon a peaceable worldwide setting. China performs an more and more necessary position in mediating worldwide conflicts, and Germany and China can change views on this matter. He hopes that by this go to, Germany and China might additional strengthen bilateral technical cooperation, and expertise change, and inject new impetus into cooperation, together with the automotive business, whereas additionally contributing to the worldwide neighborhood.
Matthias Müller, basic supervisor of MM China Hyperlink, thinks that China has been Germany’s largest buying and selling accomplice for a few years, and strengthening exchanges and cooperation between the 2 nations is the correct alternative. He appears ahead to a transparent sign from Scholz’s go to that cooperation between Germany and China will proceed to increase.