匈牙利共和国驻重庆总领事海博先生：“很开心能见证重庆的发展”

2011-12-25李静

重庆与世界 2011年4期

文/本刊记者李静

文/本刊记者李静

2010年2月4日，匈牙利共和国驻重庆总领事馆正式开馆。从2009年10月中旬开始，双方就匈牙利设立驻重庆总领事馆开始接触，到正式开馆，仅用了100余天的时间，是重庆七家领事机构中最迅速的一家。开馆一年之际，现任匈牙利驻重庆总领事馆总领事海博先生欣然接受采访，向本刊记者谈起了他对重庆的感受。

结缘山城支持双边贸易交流

虽然到重庆担任总领事只有三个月，海博先生却对这座城市并不陌生，操着一口流利的中文，他告诉我们，自己在1998年的时候就来过重庆参加一个电影节的活动，去年他也来这里参加了匈牙利驻重庆总领事馆的开馆仪式，不过那时候还不知道自己会来到重庆担任总领事，他饶有兴致地称这可能也是他与重庆之间的缘分。

海博总领事表示，现在有很多匈牙利企业都对中国充满浓厚的兴趣，都希望到重庆寻找新的合作领域，而匈牙利政府也非常支持相互之间的交流，有意加强与中国内陆地区的合作。选择在重庆建立总领事馆也正是看到了重庆巨大的发展空间和经济发展趋势，这样有助于双边贸易发展，扩大寻找互利合作的可能性。

“让重庆的吸引力更大一些”

如今的重庆与海博总领事十几年前初来的时候已有了翻天覆地的变化，在他眼里，现在的重庆已不仅是一个直辖市，也是一个正在国际化的大都市，重庆在城市化、经济发展等方面的成就是引人瞩目的，国外媒体评价重庆为“中国的芝加哥”也不是偶然的，这也证明了重庆在西部的引擎作用。“我们也希望抓住机遇，与重庆有更多的合作，也为这座城市做一点贡献”。

海博总领事告诉我们，匈牙利驻重庆总领事馆代表着匈牙利，代表着匈牙利地方政府，也代表了匈牙利国内的企业，而总领馆的工作就是为他们提供服务，寻找合作伙伴关系；另一个重要的目的也是为了更好地推广重庆，把重庆的情况介绍给匈牙利，让这座城市吸引力更大。

海博总领事接受本刊记者采访

新官上任推进双方更多合作

海博总领事还非常自信地向重庆推销着自己的国家，“匈牙利有着优越的地理位置，在欧盟也发挥着重要的作用。匈牙利是东欧国家中拥有华人数量最多的，有些在匈牙利都有自己的企业，他们之间一直都有密切的交流，而我们政府也支持这样的交流。”海博总领事对匈牙利与重庆之间的未来充满信心，他欣赏建设“五个重庆”的理念，同时也希望将两国技术资源互补，“匈牙利在环保、污水管理、能源、汽车制造、医药等行业都很有优势，而这些行业现在也开始到重庆寻找合作机会。重庆的基础设施建设项目很多，环保和污水管理这方面也是重点，现在双方已在这方面有了意向性合作，我们也欢迎重庆的企业去匈牙利发展”。

海博总领事畅谈着如何推进双方之间的合作。他很激动地告诉我们，匈牙利是一个科学大国，有自己的研发中心，中国可以利用来匈牙利发展的机会推动本国出口。

除了经济、贸易等方面，海博总领事也看到了与重庆在教育、文化方面的合作可能，尤其是旅游。“旅游是加强人与人之间交流的最好的方式，我们开设总领事馆也是希望重庆当地的朋友能去匈牙利等其他欧盟国家看看，更多地了解不同的地域文化。”现在，匈牙利还特别开通了“一日游三国首都”的旅游路线，作为最早与中国签署旅游目的地的国家之一，匈牙利也早于2004年开通了从北京到布达佩斯的直航线路，10个小时到达目的地。

在重庆过春节

虽然来重庆只有三个月的时间，海博总领事已经开始喜欢上了这座城市。因为工作的原因，海博总领事在1992年就来到中国的上海进修，之后又到北京待了7、8年的时间，期间也游览了中国的大部分城市，从云南、贵州到广东、福建等。谈到自己最喜欢的城市，他有点犯难，“中国的每个城市都很漂亮，都有自己的特色，北京、上海是我工作过的城市，当然会有很特殊的感情在里面；但我现在来到了重庆，这里将是未来的中心城市，重庆的地位越来越重要，我很开心能在这里见证重庆的发展。”

海博总领事表示，十几年后再回重庆，对他来说，最大的考验应该是市内的交通，因为这里每天都在发生变化，每条街道，每条道路都在更新，与过去已不能同日而语，为此，他还开玩笑地告诉我们，“我都叫我的同事们要每天更新GPS了，不然我一定迷路”！

现在，海博总领事已经可以适应重庆的生活，对重庆的麻辣食物也已经习惯，并且愉快地接受了。“我喜欢吃辣，我吃过印象最深的一道重庆菜是在重庆郊县的一个村里吃的麻辣豆腐，那个麻和辣呀，让我彻底的见识了重庆菜。”说到吃，海博总领事也很兴奋。

刚过去的春节对海博总领事来说也是特别的，因为这是他第一次在重庆过春节，在这里和所有的中国人一样，吃年夜饭，看烟花，初一初二上街逛逛，去爬山，人来人往，感受热闹的中国春节，海博总领事对重庆的印象又增加了一分。

On Feb rua ry 4, 2010, the Consu la te Genera l o f the Repub lic o f Hunga ry in Chongq ing w as o ffic ia lly opened. From the m id o f Oc tobe r, 2009, bo th sid es began to engage w ith each o the r on the estab lishm en t o f the Hunga rian Consu late Gene ra l in Chongq ing. It w as a round 100 days la ter tha t the Consu late kicked o ff. On its first annive rsa ry, M r. TAMÁS, Consu l-Gene ra l o f the Rep ub lic o f Hunga ry in Chongq ing, sha red his fee lings to Chongq ing in the in terview.

Suppo rt Bilatera l Trade and Exchanges

Desp ite being he re fo r on ly th ree m on ths, M r. TAMÁS is no strange r to Chongq ing. Sp eaking a fluen t Ch inese, he to ld us tha t he had been to Chongq ing in 1998 for a film festiva l, which w as the ve ry first tim e. Then, he a ttended the opening ce rem ony o f the Consu la te Gene ra l last yea r, com p le te ly having no id ea tha t he wou ld be the Consu l-Gene ra l. He thinks tha t m ay be the fate.

Many Hunga rian-based com panies a re in terested in investing in Ch ina, he sa id, and m o re and m o re ho ld a g rea t in te rest in Chongq ing. Hunga rian gove rnm en t has been ve ry m uch sup po rtive for tha t and intended to have stronge r ties w ith inne r reg ions o f China. Estab lishing the Consu la te Gene ra l o f the Repub lic o f Hung a ry in Chong q ing is d ue to the eno rm ous d e ve lo pm en t op p o rtun ities and its b rea th tak ing econom ic deve lopm en t, which he lp s to expand China-Hunga ry trad e and gene ra tes m o re op p o rtunities fo r m u tua lly bene fic ia l coop e ra tion.

Make Chongqing M o re Appealing to Ou tside W o rld

Tod ay’s Chongq ing is no longe r the one M r. TAMÁS saw m o re than ten yea rs ago. Fo r h im pa rticu la rly, Chongq ing is m o re than a m unic ipa lity. Trans form ing in to a cosm opo litan c ity, Chongq ing has sco red ou tstand ing ac h ievem en t in its ec onom y, u rban iza tion and to nam e bu t a few and it is se rving as the eng ine o f Weste rn China. It is no wonde r that Chongq ing is desc ribed as Chicago on the Yang tze by in te rna tiona l m ed ia. “It is ou r hop e tha t w e can se ize eve ry op p o rtunity to coop e ra te w ith Chongq ing in va rious fie ld s and c on tribu te ou r sha re to its deve lopm ent.”

The Consu la te Gene ra l rep resen ts Hunga ry, he sa id, the Hung a rian lo c a l g ove rnm en ts and its com pan ies and the Consu la te is to se rve them and seek partne rship and business op po rtunities for them. Also it w ill in troduce Chongq ing to and p rom o te it in Hungary, m aking it m o re ap p ea ling to ou tsid e wo rld, he ad ded.

Enhan ce the Hunga rian-Chongq ing Coo pe ra tion

M r. TAMÁS has a lso p rom oted his m o the rland here w ith fu ll con fidence. “Being advan tageous in its geog rap hy and as a m a jo r p laye r in the EU, Hunga ry is hom e to m ost ove rseas Chinese in East Eu rop e. Som e estab lish their en te rp rises in Hunga ry and have a good re lationship w ith other overseas Chinese, w hich is strong ly ad voca ted and sup p o rted b y Hunga rian gove rnm en t.” Ta lking o f the fu tu re o f Hunga ry-Chongq ing re la tionsh ip, M r. TAMÁS’s eyes w e re b eam ing w ith fa ith. He comm end s the “Five-Chong q ing Prog ramm e” and hop es to see the im p rovem en t o f the com p lem en ta rities be tween the two in techno log y and na tu ra l resou rces. “Hunga ry exce ls in environm en ta l p ro tec tion, sewage d isposa l, energy, autom ob ile and pha rm aceutica l industry, and these beg in to seek business op p o rtunities in Chongq ing.” He sa id, “Chongq ing has a la rge num be r o f in frastruc tu re construc tion p rog ram s w ith a focus on environm en ta l p ro tec tion and sew age d isposa l. Bo th sides have reached le tte rs o f in ten t in this rega rd. Hungary a lso w e lcom es investm ent o f Chongq ingbased com pan ies.”

M r. TAMÁS en thusiastica lly ta lked abou t how to push forw ard Hunga ry-Chongq ing coope ra tion. He to ld us Hunga ry and China cou ld enhance its expo rt by taking the rid e o f Hunga rian econom ic d eve lopm en t.

M r. TAMÁS a lso sees op p o rtun ities in ed uca tiona l and cu ltu ra l coope ra tion w ith Chongq ing, tou rism in particu la r. “Tou rism is the best w ay to enhance the p eop le-to-p eop le exchange. We hop e tha t Chongq ing loca ls can trave l to Hunga ry and o the r EU coun tries to exp e rience d iffe ren t cu ltu res and custom w hen w e estab lished the Consu late Genera l. As one o f early Ap p roved Destina tion Sta tus fo r Chinese tou rists, Hunga ry has a spec ia l tou rism p rog ramm e o f One Day fo r Th ree Cap ita ls fo r Ch inese tou rists. In 2004, Hunga rian gove rnm en t opened a non-stop fligh t be tween Beijing and Budapest, reduc ing the trave l tim e in to 10 hou rs.”

Ce leb rating the Sp ring Festiva l in Chongq ing

In sp ite o f just th ree-m on th stay he re, M r. TAMÁS has a lread y been in love w ith Chongq ing. Because o f his wo rk, M r. TAMÁS has been to Shanghai, China for study in 1992, and then stud ied and wo rked fo r 7 o r 8 yea rs in Be ijing when he took h is tim e to trave l m ost Ch inese c ities .When asked wh ich h is favou rite c ity is, he was caught in d ilemm a. “Every c ity in China ge ts its ow n beau ty and featu re, and Beijing and Shanghai ho ld a sp ec ia l m ean ing to m e fo r I wo rked o r stud ied the re once. Righ t now I’m in Chongq ing, China’s new tom o rrow land. I’m p rivileged to w itness Chongq ing’s deve lopm ent.”

M r. TAMÁS sa id the b iggest cha llenge fo r him w as the down tow n transp o rta tion in his ea rly a rriva l because changes hap p ened eve rywhe re and eve ry day. O ld road s a re be ing up g rad ed and new road s a re ap pea ring. “I a lways u rge m y co lleagues to keep m y GPRS up to d a te. If no t, I w ill de fin ite ly ge t lost in Chongq ing.” He joked.

Now, M r. TAMÁS has go tten used to Chongq ing’s life, inc lud ing the sp ic y food. “I love sp ic y food he re. Wha t I’ve im p ressed m ost is the Ho t and Sp ic y To fu, which is an eye-opener fo r m e.” M r. TAMÁS a lways ge ts exc ited w hen speaking o f food.

The p asted Sp ring Festiva l is sp ec ia l fo r M r. TAMÁS fo r it w as the first tim e he spend Sp ring Festiva l in Chongq ing. Like Ch inese p eop le, he ga the red fo r the reunion d inne r, wa tched firewo rk d isp lay and went ou t to fee l the festiva l am b ience. Thus, M r. TAMÁS g ives extra c red it to Chongq ing.