Rong Ou Fast Rail and Sichuan Free Trade Zone are like two sails. The West Expo will be the east wind Chengdu and Germany's economic and trade cooperation will sail to a deeper sea.

â—ŽEvery reporter Yang Xiaofei

"Germany attaches great importance to Chengdu and attaches importance to the western region of China. It hopes to bring more German companies to Chengdu through this West Expo and attract more investment for German companies." At the 16th Western China International Fair On the occasion of the convening of the West Expo, the Consul General of the German Consulate General in Chengdu accepted an exclusive interview with the reporter of the Daily Economic News. In his view, Chengdu's openness, tolerance and integrity will be the "golden signboard" for recruiting German companies.

For the economic and trade cooperation between Chengdu and Germany, Shi Lang has his own views: from the establishment of the Volkswagen and other German cars in Chengdu to the high-tech wins of the upstream and downstream enterprises in the rail transit industry chain, Chengdu wins in an excellent business environment and a strong science and technology. Cultivate the atmosphere. In his view, at this West Expo, Chengdu and German companies will “smoke the sense of existence” in the cooperation between high-tech, new energy and new industries.

In fact, as the second country to establish a consulate in Chengdu, the relationship between Germany and Chengdu has been very close. Chengdu and Bonn became sister cities; Chengdu has opened a direct flight to Frankfurt, which has built air bridges between the two cities. In addition, the Sino-German SME Cooperation Park, the landing of the North Rhine-Westphalia Center and the planning of the Sino-German Innovative Industry Cooperation Platform have opened a new chapter in the “big platform carrying capacity development” in the cooperation between Chengdu and Germany.

"China is going west, Germany is going east", this is Shi Lang's summary of the trend of Germany's economic and trade cooperation in China in recent years. In the context of Chengdu's active integration into the “One Belt, One Road” strategy, new strategic opportunities will further enhance Chengdu's position in Sino-German cooperation. The Chengdu-European Express Rail and the Sichuan Free Trade Zone are like two-sided sails. The east wind of the West Expo will help the economic and trade cooperation between Chengdu and Germany to sail deeper into the sea.

From the West Expo to the cultural exchange, Chengdu is closely connected with Germany.

"Do you see the three neon lights on the roof of the center of the world? This is also the color of the German flag."

The first thing that the Consul General of the Consulate General of Germany in Chengdu saw when he saw the reporter of "Daily Economic News" was to hand the reporter an invitation letter to the "German Night" of the 16th West Expo. On the cover of the invitation, three rounds of band-shaped neon lights flashed under the roof of the center of the night, and its color corresponds to the black, red and yellow colors of the German flag.

As a landmark building in Chengdu, the Global Center is also one of the venues for hosting this year's West Expo. Here, the German night event full of German characteristics will be launched as an important event of the West Expo. Shi Wei said that this three-color neon is marking the important status of Germany as the guest country of the current West Expo. As the second "host", Germany will be impressed with a deep mark on this West Expo.

“Official officials from the federal government and delegations from the cities of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Bremen, Hamburg, etc. will participate in this West Expo, including not only German Deputy Prime Minister Sigma Gabriel, but also G20 At the meeting of the governor of the central bank and the central bank governor, there was a German finance minister, Ibrahim, and about 60 German CEOs." Shi Wei told reporters that a week before the opening of the West Expo, it was already Some delegations came to Chengdu to fully prepare for the various forums and contacts.

“These companies have come to Chengdu and have seen the excellent business environment and new strategic advantages in Chengdu and the whole of western China. I hope to find investment and cooperation opportunities here.” Shi Wei believes that the convening of the West Expo is precisely German companies have provided opportunities to experience Chengdu and Chengdu enterprises, and more cooperation has also come to the fore.

Shi Wei told reporters that in order to be able to run this event, he began to participate in the preparatory work a year ago. At the same time, he officially succeeded the German Consul General in Chengdu a year ago. In the past year, the cooperation between Chengdu and Germany has made a new breakthrough. The Chengdu North Weizhou Center project has been launched, and the Sino-German Innovative Industry Cooperation Platform is also planned to be located in Chengde. In the year when Chengdu and Germany were getting closer, he not only became more and more integrated into the local life of Chengdu, but also gradually discovered the charm of Chengdu. As the “master”, he welcomed the arrival of German fellows here.

In fact, Shi Lang had doubts about coming to Chengdu, a city full of oriental culture. But within a year of living here, he found that Chengdu people are open, friendly, easygoing, and even encounter many people who have a background in studying in Germany or who are interested in German culture.

In the process of dealing with the Chengdu government and enterprises, he also found that this open and friendly attitude is the attitude of the Chengdu government and enterprises to people and enterprises from Germany. “It is this kind of environment that German companies need when they are doing overseas. This is also an important reason for attracting German companies to choose to develop in Chengdu.”

Vivid cooperation from the automobile industry to rail transit on the road

Shi Wei told reporters that he liked to look at the bustling traffic on the street from the office. Looking down from the window, in these gray-black moving squares, it is easy to identify the green taxi that shuttles through it. In his mouth, these conspicuous "small green cars" produced by FAW-Volkswagen, the blood of Sino-German cooperation in every part.

“Every time I see these taxis, I can feel the German atmosphere in Chengdu’s air: nearly 20,000 taxis in Chengdu are provided by FAW-Volkswagen. In Chengdu’s millions of cars, there will be How many cars contain the German genes? This number should be huge.” In Shi’s view, the German cars on the streets are vividly portrayed by Germany’s economic and trade exchanges with Chengdu.

In-depth implementation of "Chengdu manufacturing 2025", Germany and Chengdu have more cooperation in the industry. Shi Wei introduced that the FAW-Volkswagen Chengdu factory and the German consulate have always maintained mail exchanges. In the latest data, the car production at the Chengdu plant will remain stable. Starting from Chengdu, these cars will go further to the country and be sold to cities.

On the ground, the galloping German car marks the back of the German car companies in Chengdu camp; and underground, German companies have witnessed the Sino-German technical cooperation to promote the development of Chengdu. Shi Wei introduced the Herrenknecht company to the reporter. This tunnel equipment company from Germany, although small in scale, has spotted the vast market of Chengdu rail transit and came to Chengdu to take root and bear fruit of fruitful scientific cooperation.

“Herrick and Chengdu have cooperated for many years. This time they are responsible for the tunnel excavation of the Airport Metro Line 18.” Shi Wei said that Herrenknecht’s work in Chengdu even caused the former German Chancellor Geha. De Schroeder's attention. Just in this November, the former prime minister will come to Chengdu personally and come to Herrenknecht Chengdu to participate in the off-line ceremony of the No. 18 shield machine.

Shi Wei said that as a German small and medium-sized enterprise that set up a branch overseas, Herrenknecht actually represents the situation of German enterprises. According to the German Federal Statistical Office, SMEs account for 99.3% of the German economy, and SMEs are a veritable "light of the German economy." Shi Wei believes that for SMEs, the risk of overseas expansion is greater, so a more complete market is needed. Herrenknecht is willing to land in Chengdu, which is enough to prove the integrity and tolerance of the Chengdu market.

Not only that, Chengdu's science and technology atmosphere has become a hotbed for these companies to grow rapidly. Shi Wei showed the reporter the photo of the KUKA Robot Showcase he photographed in Berlin. These robots, originally German, have now moved to China: up to now, the Chinese have held nearly 86% of the shares of KUKA. Shi Wei believes that this means that Chinese companies are constantly pursuing international standards and learning and drawing on advanced Western technologies to continuously carry out technological innovation efforts.

In Chengdu, the situation is even more pronounced. Siemens has landed the second digital factory outside of Chengdu, and has re-invested in this project this year. From here, Shi Wei saw Chengdu’s attraction to high technology. “I once sat in Chengdu to Leshan’s high-speed rail. I like it because it has the same quality as German manufacturing.” In his view, high-tech is good for Chengdu. The strong role of the economy is one of the reasons why Herrenknecht chose to take root in Chengdu.

From cross-border e-commerce to low-carbon economy, deep integration of Rong-Europe

For Shi Lang, Germany has become the guest country of the West Expo, and it has even greater significance. "Now China is heading west, this is evidence-based; and we Germany's development to the east, there is also evidence to follow." This basis, in Shi Wei's view, is Chengdu's active integration into the "Belt and Road" strategy, the opening of Rong Ou fast After the iron, it can bring new exports to the German economic development.

Just two months ago, the Rong-European Expressway opened a southern route to Istanbul, Turkey, which complemented the mid-line access to Lodz, Poland, to complement the land-based passage between Chengdu and European countries. Speaking of this good news, Shi Lang appeared to be a bit excited: "German goods can get rid of the deadlock that can only rely on shipping. All goods from Germany can be transferred to the terminal of Rong Ou Express train through Nuremberg and then transported to Chengdu. "There is data showing that the international logistics channel between Chengdu and Germany has shortened the distance between the two places to 15 days.

Asked about the relationship between Rong-European Express and the German economy, Shi Wei told reporters: "Germany is the world's number one exporting country, and China is closely followed. The two have similarities in many aspects. "In the future, with the cooperation of Sichuan's new free trade zone and e-commerce, Rong-European Express will play a greater role. In the near future, Chinese consumers can use the keyboard and mouse. Buying high quality goods from Germany at a lower price will be a new boost for the German economy."

In fact, through the Rong Ou fast rail, BMW, Volkswagen and other brands have already realized the whole car from Europe to Chengdu. Not long ago, Chengdu was identified as one of the country's nine parallel car import pilot cities. For this series of policy concessions, Shi Lang has higher expectations: in his view, these will be an important support for Germany and Chengdu to achieve trade exchanges in the low-carbon economy in the future.

In addition, he is more optimistic about the implementation of constant temperature materials in Chengdu. He painted a beautiful picture of the future life to reporters: the conversion and reuse of indoor energy through thermostatic windows, people will no longer need air conditioning, and German companies are developing such windows.