On July 1, Chinese Ambassador to Germany Wu Ken (right) attended the "2022 German Family Business Day" event.
On July 1, local time, the "German Family Business and Political Foundation" held the "2022 German Family Business Day" event in Berlin . The event focused on the background of global changes and exchanges and discussions on Germany's foreign economic cooperation issues and trade policies. Blow dry. Chinese Ambassador to Germany Wu Ken attended the event and delivered a speech on the topic of "Construction of International Trade from a Chinese Perspective" and accepted on-site interviews and exchanges.
The German Family Business Foundation was established in 2002. It is quite influential in the German political and economic circles and plays a role in shaping German economic policies. In addition to more than 300 German family businesses and representatives from all walks of life, this year's attendees also include many heavyweight German and European politicians as usual. Professor Kirchdorf, Chairman of the
Foundation, first opened the forum with the topic "A Dramatically Changing World - Challenges Facing Family Businesses". Nuri Boll, Chairman of the Green Party, one of the ruling parties in the German coalition government, Fouwe, Director General of Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission, Chairman of the CDU, the largest opposition party in Germany, Motz, Minister of Digitalization and Transport of Germany, State Councilor of the Chancellery of Germany Secretary Kuchis and Director of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research Phil Bomayr attended the meeting and discussed the topics of "Turning Point - Response of the Coalition Government" and " EU Response to Current Economic Challenges" respectively. Policy trends and viewpoints are elaborated on from different perspectives such as the problems, challenges, changes and new dynamics facing the economy. Representatives of some German family businesses also made speeches.
Ambassador Wu Ken’s speech clearly pointed out that the world is now standing at a new crossroads, and where international trade and economic cooperation should go in the future, we are facing new choices. From "America First" to "Friendly Outsourcing", individual countries are all reversing the direction of globalization, instigating camp confrontation and decoupling economy, science and technology, and culture. This is the most serious challenge facing the current international order and trade cooperation.
Ambassador Wu emphasized that the biggest challenge facing China-EU relations is not differences, but mentality. Mentality determines cognition and also determines the way to deal with differences. Like-minded people are friends, and seeking common ground while reserving differences can also become friends. Countries interact with each other just like people get along with each other. They should accept each other's differences with an open and tolerant attitude and respect each other's choices, rather than forcing the other party to accept their own standards or trying to change the other party. The successful practice of Sino-German relations in the past 50 years and the rapid development of globalization after the end of the Cold War are enough to prove that as long as we insist on seeking common ground while reserving differences in the spirit of openness, inclusiveness and mutual respect, we can transcend institutional differences and ideological differences and achieve win-win cooperation. .
Ambassador Wu frankly stated three suggestions. First, we can look at competition objectively. China understands the legitimate concerns of German and European companies in maintaining their economic and technological competitive advantages, but China's legitimate development rights should also be respected. In the future, China's middle class will expand from 400 million to 800 million, which has huge market potential. And German manufacturing is sufficiently competitive that China and Germany can achieve a win-win result of 1+12. Second, economic dependence should be treated rationally. The transformation of the Sino-German industrial chain from "complementarity" to "mutual integration" is the result of market laws and business decisions, and is also the result of the international division of labor under globalization. The third is to advocate that China and Germany, China and , jointly assume the international responsibility of maintaining globalization and open cooperation, and contribute to solving the current problems facing the world economy and international trade and investment, responding to global challenges such as climate change, and promoting international cooperation and mutual understanding. Wisdom and strength.
Ambassador Wu Ken used the word "understand" five times in his speech, highlighting his sincerity and goodwill when communicating with friends from all walks of life in politics, politics and business. The ambassador did not shy away from the differences and contradictions between the two sides, but rationally analyzed them in the context of culture and times, demonstrating China's candor and magnanimity in seeking common ground while reserving differences and achieving mutual success with Germany and Europe. Ambassador Wu also used numerical comparisons and factual examples several times in his speech, showing his familiarity with the German communication style of emphasizing facts and reasoning. The German friends present also gave warm applause to Ambassador Wu’s speech.
Author: Wang Beihua
Editor: Shen Qinhan
Picture: Photo provided by Wang Beihua
