CCIEE Co-hosts Germany-China Economic Cooperation Webinar with Konrad Adenauer Foundation

  • Time:2021-12-02
  • source:CCIEE

On 2 December 2021, China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) and Konrad Adenauer Foundation co-organized Germany-China Economic Cooperation webinar, in which participants launched discussions on “global governance challenges, prospect for Germany-China economic cooperation and outlook on global economic development in the post-pandemic era” and “opportunities and challenges in China’s cooperation on green technologies and green industries with Germany and the EU after COP26”.

 

Chinese participants viewed that Germany-China economic and trade cooperation is always the essential part of bilateral relationship and plays a role as the ballast stone and propeller. Especially after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the bilateral economic and trade relations have demonstrated unique resilience and guided China’s cooperation with Germany and the EU respectively, injecting confidence and impetus to the recovery of world economy. Both China and Germany have the conditions to launch international cooperation on green technology, therefore the two countries can carry out complementary collaboration in green industry in the post-COP26 period.

 

German participants put forward that Germany and China should continue to improve the quality of bilateral and multilateral economic and trade cooperation, unleash the potential of bilateral cooperation on sectors like digital economy, industrial internet and artificial intelligence, and constantly maintain and promote healthy and stable development of economic and trade relations. In the meantime, the two sides should initiate close cooperation on green technology and industry, pay attention to issues concerning sustainable development such as energy transformation, keep track of impact of climate change on both countries and the world, and step up investment in environment protection.

 

Participants from both sides agreed that China and Germany should take joint efforts to set up better rules for global competition and cooperation and launch constructive discussion. Although China and Germany face with different situation and responding policies concerning investment, climate change, intellectual property right protection and so on, there is spacious room for collaboration. The two sides should support trade globalization with real actions, working together to maintain smooth and stable supply chain and industry chain.

 

Attending the webinar included Zhang Yansheng, Principal Researcher of CCIEE, Sun Yongfu, Former Director General of Department of European Affairs of Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), Ma Aimin, Vice Chairman of National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), Chen Ji, Executive President and Head of Energy Affairs of CICC Global Institute (CGI), and representatives from Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Cologne Institute for Economic Research, Roland Berger and Baker McKenzie.

 

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