"I have visited China many times, and the German Federal Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (Bundesverband für SMEs) has always maintained a good interactive and cooperative relationship with the Shandong Provincial Government and the Jinan Municipal Government. Every time I come to Shandong, I can feel the rapid development and great changes in Shandong, which also fully proves that Jinan is a popular area for investment and development." At the 2024 World Laser Industry Conference held on March 20, Friedman Hofig, the president of the German Federal Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Bundesverband der Wirtschaftsforschungsgesellschaft mbH), a senior advisor, so lamented.
In his opinion, Shandong is the largest province with the strongest comprehensive strength in China's equipment manufacturing industry, and it is also an important investment destination and cooperation province for Germany in China. Therefore, the two sides have been maintaining a close exchange and cooperation relationship. "Shandong and Germany have a lot of aspects worth exchanging. Just like this conference, exchanges can only produce value." Friedman Hoffig told the New Yellow River reporter.
It is understood that the German Federal Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Bundesverband für SMEs), one of the largest representative organizations of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany, has about 960,000 business members. Last year, the representative office of the German Federal Association for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in China's Shandong Province was officially set up in Jinan under the joint efforts of both sides.
"In the future, we plan to set up a German reception room and a German trade exhibition and exchange center in Jinan to help more German enterprises enter the Jinan market. I believe that through these institutionalized cooperation mechanisms, Germany and Shandong will develop even closer cooperation in the future." Friedman Hoffig said, Shandong laser equipment manufacturing industry in Jinan as the center, has excellent industrial advantages in the country. Similarly, Germany also has many excellent laser equipment manufacturing enterprises, the two sides of the industrial structure is very similar. I believe that this conference will provide valuable opportunities and build a strong platform for the two countries to carry out deep-level exchanges and cooperation in technology development, talent training and project cooperation.
