On September 12th, Chen Jinhu, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, met with important guests such as Lu Yongsheng, Acting Consul General of the German Consulate General in Shanghai, and Ma Mingbo, Chief Representative of the Shanghai Representative Office of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well as Executive Director of the German Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

On behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and Government, Chen Jinhu warmly welcomed the arrival of Lu Yongsheng and his delegation, and expressed sincere gratitude for their long-term care and support for the economic and social development of Changzhou. After briefly introducing the economic and social development situation of Changzhou, Chen Jinhu said that in recent years, Changzhou has taken "benchmarking Germany" as an important lever to build an "international intelligent manufacturing city and Yangtze River Delta hub", and has carried out comprehensive and in-depth exchanges and cooperation with Germany. In the field of economic and trade cooperation, Germany has become our city's most important trading partner, source of foreign investment, and investment destination in the European Union. At present, Changzhou is in a critical period of seizing the momentum and winning a new round of development opportunities. The whole city is deeply implementing the "532" development strategy, focusing on building a new energy capital, and high-quality entering the "GDP trillion city". Sincerely welcome more German friends to visit Changzhou, learn about Changzhou, and invest in Changzhou. We also look forward to valuable suggestions for Changzhou's cooperation with Germany.

Guests expressed that Changzhou is an important investment destination for Germany in China. Many German companies highly recognize the construction of Changzhou as the new energy capital and are very satisfied with its industrial foundation and business environment. They hope to jointly empower, accelerate project construction, expand market share, carry out educational cooperation, share development opportunities in the new energy capital, and achieve mutual benefit and common development.

Yang Jing, Deputy Director of the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, Hang Yong, Member of the Standing Committee and Secretary General of the Municipal Party Committee, and Zhou Chengtao, Secretary General of the Municipal Government, participated in the event.