A roundtable dialogue for German-funded enterprises in North China's Shanxi province was held in the provincial capital Taiyuan on March 28. This represents the province's inaugural attempt to organize roundtable dialogues based on targeted countries.

A roundtable dialogue for German-funded enterprises in Shanxi province takes place on March 28. [Photo/Shanxi Daily]

During the event, Yang Chunquan, director of the Shanxi Provincial Investment Promotion Bureau, reviewed the fruitful achievements of Shanxi-German cooperation in recent years and highlighted Shanxi's commercial environment, which has become more market-oriented and international.

He also referenced the 2023/2024 German Business Confidence Survey that was released by the German Chambers of Commerce in China in January this year, which outlined the next steps for industrial cooperation between Shanxi and Germany.

He expressed hope that the chamber of commerce will convey Shanxi's excellent business environment in Shanxi and the enormous cooperation opportunities to its member companies, encouraging more German enterprises to explore and invest in Shanxi.

Jens Hildebrandt (first from left) gives a speech at the roundtable dialogue. [Photo/Shanxi Daily]

Jens Hildebrandt, chief representative of the Beijing Office of the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce and executive director of the German Chambers of Commerce in China-North China, conveyed the association's vision for deepening exchanges and cooperation between Shanxi and Germany. The focus was on areas such as government procurement of medical equipment in Shanxi, industrial transformation and upgrading, cooperation in infrastructure construction, as well as environmental protection and renewable energy.

Additionally, German-funded enterprises vividly showcased their production development since settling in Shanxi, demonstrating the province's achievements in optimizing its business environment.