31. März 2023
On March 28 , 1993 , the founding meeting of Taicang City was grandly held;
1993 , taking advantage of the east wind of " Southern Conversation " and the spring tide of Pudong's development and opening up, Taicang High-tech Zone took advantage of the momentum;
It was also in this year that Dr. Stam, the president of Kern - Liebers, tentatively invested 500,000 marks to " test the water " , and the first German-funded company , the spring manufacturer Kern - Liebers, settled in Taicang. The era of Taicang's " cooperation with Germany " has thus begun.
Thirty years of wind and rain, spring blossoms and autumn fruits, thirty years of cooperation with Germany and continuous cultivation. On the afternoon of March 28 , 2023 , the 30th anniversary of Taicang City's withdrawal from the county and the 30th anniversary of the development of German enterprises was grandly held, reviewing the glorious history of Taicang's reform and development, and looking forward to a bright future that is gradually approaching. From " a small town in the south of the Yangtze River " to " a city with a strong economy " , from " a land of fish and rice " to " a land of German enterprises " , Taicang, which is determined to develop and forge ahead, will fly with the wind and fly high again.
1. Practitioner of scientific development
With the continuous entry and production of German-funded enterprises, Taicang took advantage of the upsurge of foreign investment formed after China's accession to the WTO, and began to take the initiative to focus on German-funded enterprises to attract investment, and make full use of the brand advantages of Sino-German enterprise cooperation bases to make Taicang a German small and medium-sized enterprise important gathering place in China. The cooperation with Germany has also moved from "entering Germany " to " Germany and China go hand in hand " .
2. A leader in high-quality development
" Sino-German Enterprise Cooperation Base " jointly awarded by the Ministry of Commerce and the German Ministry of Economics in China, Taicang has gathered 478 German companies represented by Schaeffler, Brose Drive, and Trumpf China , creating a More than 20 items of cooperation with Germany are the first and only in the country. It is one of the cities with the most intensive investment and the best development of German companies in China. More than 3,000 German friends work and live here. The reputation of " Hometown of German Enterprises " is well-known all over the world. inside and outside.
3. Promoter of cultural exchanges between China and Germany
2013 , Miracle Taicang theme exchange activities;
2015 , Zhongde Shanmei Company opened;
2016 , " Sino-German Friendship Cup " Table Tennis Invitational Tournament;
2017 , the China-Germany Marathon Friendship Match;
2018 , Sino-German cooperation cultural music exchange meeting;
2019 , Taicang Forum on the Innovation and Development of Sino-German Dual System Education;
2020 , the 4th Sino-German SME Cooperation Forum and the 13th " Taicang Day " event;
2021 , Taicang's 400th German company AVIION Smart Technology was born;
2022 , the Bayern Taicang Football School was launched;
On March 28 , 2023 , the opening ceremony of Bayern Munich Taicang Exhibition and Experience Center was held in Rothenburg Style Street. Bayern Munich football star Pizarro and Philippe, head of Bayern Munich China, jointly unveiled the exhibition and experience center. As one of the top European teams, Bayern Munich has many fans in Taicang. Football has become an important bridge and link for cultural exchanges between China and Germany. In February 2023 , the Bayern Munich Taicang Football School officially started teaching, bringing advanced football training concepts and improving the football level of young people in Taicang and Jiangsu. The Bayern Exhibition Center opened today aims to display the history of the team, promote football culture, and bring new elements and new opportunities for the in-depth development of Sino-German cooperation in Taicang.
On March 28 , 2023 , the opening ceremony of the cultural carnival on the sea embankment in Rothenburg style street. Taicang Mayor Hu Weijiang said that the cooperation with Germany is a beautiful business card for Taicang's opening up. During the 30 years of sincere cooperation, Taicang has focused on integrating German elements into urban development and construction, promoting the integration of Chinese and Western cultures, and adding an open and diverse cultural color to the city. Living in Taicang, you can taste the different flavors of mutton noodles and black bread, listen to the different rhythms of Jiangnan Sizhu and German classical music, and appreciate the different charms of poetic countryside and Baroque architecture. Rothenburg Style Street is a new landmark for Sino-German cultural exchanges that we carefully crafted. There are German Maritim Hotel, German restaurants, cross-border e-commerce halls, concert halls, etc. This carnival includes art performances and digital projections A series of activities such as show, trunk market, etc. fully display the authentic Bavarian style, and fully release the enthusiasm and vitality of Taicang as the happiest city. Facing the future, Taicang will strive to be the cultural identity of " Hometown of German Enterprises " . Continuously enrich the style street business, create a cultural and tourist check-in place for buying German products, tasting German food, and enjoying German culture, continue to improve functional facilities such as catering, shopping, culture, and sports, and normalize the German "Taicang Day" and Taicang Beer Festival and other brand activities to create a German-style life scene " as if you were in Germany " for the majority of German friends and citizens.
Within 30 years, Taicang has actively carried out economic and trade cooperation with Germany, attracting many German companies to settle here with high-quality and all-round services. The development of Taicang in the past few decades can be said to be the epitome of the deepening Sino-German economic and trade cooperation. Looking into the future, there are broad prospects for China-Germany cooperation in digital economy, green and low-carbon, advanced manufacturing, biomedicine and other fields, and there is great potential for cooperation between small and medium-sized enterprises and local governments. It is hoped that Taicang will sum up its experience in depth, speed up the construction of the China-Germany (Taicang) Industrial Cooperation Demonstration Zone, further improve the level of cooperation with Germany, and play a greater role in promoting the healthy and stable development of China-Germany economic and trade relations.
