German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, on Thursday noon, continuing his official visit to China.
At Unitree Robotics, he watched humanoid robots performing different tasks and was impressed by their agile movements.
Merz also visited Siemens High Voltage Circuit Breaker Co. Ltd., Hangzhou, where he learned about the development of German-funded enterprises in China.
Hangzhou was Merz’s second stop after Beijing in his two-day visit to China from Wednesday to Thursday.
Executives from approximately 30 leading German companies in sectors such as automotives, chemicals, biopharmaceuticals, machinery and the circular economy accompanied Merz on his visit.
ROLAND BUSCH, President and CEO of Siemens AG
“I think the achievement is that we recognized that the relationship which both countries have over so many years is a very good baseline to really go forward in the future. We have a strong collaboration. German companies are very much invested in China. German companies are really an important element in the industrial ecosystem of China. On the other side, we want Chinese companies to be part of the German industrial ecosystem, which is super important.”
TOBIAS MEYER, Chairman of DHL Group
“Operation with the Chinese e-commerce platforms, DHL is supporting them in many parts of the world. We do this in Europe, but we also have a significant presence in Latin America and Africa and the Middle East. Chinese e-commerce companies are expanding too. We also look forward to promoting more e-commerce shopping here in China for goods of European manufacturers, bringing more original European brands to Chinese consumers. So that’s also an area of collaboration.”
More than 10 commercial agreements were reached, sending a clear signal of deepening pragmatic cooperation.
