德中将继续保持良好关系 推动双边合作向好发展

李卉嫔

9月27日，在四川省人民政府舉行的2021国庆招待会上，德国驻成都总领事鲁悟刚接受本刊记者专访。

德国连续多年是中国在欧盟最大的贸易伙伴，9月26日开始的德国大选及即将产生的德国新政府对华政策备受关注。“新的联邦总理选出来后，肯定会尝试尽快访华，以便继续推进德中两国间的长期互信与合作。”鲁悟刚表示，相信两国将继续保持良好关系，并希望两国在抗疫、疫苗互认等方面开展更深入的合作。

中德高科技合作成效显著

正在推进“工业4.0”战略的德国，十分重视智能制造等高科技领域的合作。鲁悟刚表示，很多德国企业非常乐意与中国企业在自动驾驶、智能制造、人工智能等领域开展合作。

据了解，西门子成都工厂是全球最现代化的工厂之一。2019年，西门子在成都高新区建立了西门子智能制造成都创新中心，这是全球第一个融合创新与研发于一体的智能制造创新平台、全球第一个汇聚离散与流程制造软硬件技术的创新中心、全球第一个基于“云”的开放式物联网操作系统海外研发中心、全球第一个集创新中心与数字化工厂于同一城市的示范基地。

鲁悟刚告诉记者，在磁悬浮技术研究方面，德国和四川也有意密切合作，希望取得显著进展。总领事馆曾就此同西南交通大学进行交流，德国企业马克斯·博格集团与成都市新筑路桥机械股份有限公司正在联合建设磁悬浮列车试验线，该项目引进德国先进的中低速磁悬浮技术，将服务于短距离交通运输。

此外，作为汽车强国，德中两国在汽车制造业方面也有诸多合作。如大众、捷达、保时捷等德国汽车品牌的最新产品在四川均有销售。

“希望人员往来尽快恢复常态”

对德国驻成都总领事馆来说，推进德中两国经贸关系向好发展是其重要职能之一。“良好的经贸关系符合两国的共同利益。”鲁悟刚表示，德国在华、在川企业一直十分支持中国的改革开放与发展，希望继续为此作出相应的贡献。仍在持续的全球疫情导致国际人员往来、国际航班受限，对国际交流与合作产生了巨大的影响。鲁悟刚希望疫情尽早结束，人员往来尽快恢复常态，“经济和文化交流都依赖于人员往来，这也涉及旅游业的发展”。鲁悟刚补充道，旅游业对德国和四川十分重要，许多德国人希望来川看大熊猫，中国人也希望去慕尼黑、柏林等德国著名城市旅游。

疫情还导致海运面临诸多困境。鲁悟刚表示，在这一背景下，中欧班列在保障国际供应链方面发挥了重要作用。他举例道，成都开通了至德国杜塞尔多夫、杜伊斯堡、纽伦堡等地的多条线路，对运输往返德中两国的商品发挥了重要作用。他建议，中欧班列可以从价格和速度方面发力，进一步提升其在国际运输方面的竞争力。

At the National Day reception held by the People’s Government of Sichuan Province on September 27， 2021， Wolfgang Rudischhauser， Consul General of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chengdu， received our interview.

For many years， Germany has been China’s largest trading partner in the EU. Therefore， the German federal election starting from September 26， the upcoming new administration， and which China policy it will adopt are all under the spotlight in China. “When our new chancellor is elected， I think he or she will try to visit China as soon as possible to keep our long-term trust and cooperation going.” Consul General Wolfgang believes Germany and China will stay on good terms and hopes the two countries can deepen cooperation in fighting COVID-19， mutual recognition of vaccine certificates， and other fields.

China and Germany make remarkable achievements in high-tech cooperation

Germany on the way to implement the Industry 4.0 strategy assigns great importance to cooperation in high-tech fields such as smart manufacturing. According to Consul General Wolfgang， many German enterprises want to cooperate with China in autonomous driving， smart manufacturing， AI， and plenty more.

Take Siemens who operates one of the world’s most advanced factories in Chengdu. In 2019， Siemens established the Siemens Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center Chengdu （SMIC） in the Chengdu Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone. SMIC is the world’s first smart manufacturing innovation platform that integrates innovation and R&D and the world’s first innovation center that combines software and hardware technologies for discrete manufacturing and flow manufacturing. SMIC is also the world’s first overseas R&D center for cloud-based， open IoT operating system and the world’s first demonstration base that gathers an innovation center and a digital factory in the same city.

Consul General Wolfgang said Germany also hopes to work closely with Sichuan in the research of electromagnetic suspension technology and expects encouraging progress can be made. In this regard， the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chengdu ever had exchanges with the Southwest Jiaotong University before. German multinational construction company Max Bögl is now working together with Chengdu Xinzhu Road & Bridge Machinery Co.， Ltd. on building a maglev test line. Based on the advanced technology of medium-low speed maglev introduced from Germany， the project will be used for short-haul transportation.

Moreover， as one of the world’s leading car producers， Germany also has practical cooperation with China in car manufacturing. The latest products of German brands such as Volkswagen， Jeddah and Porsche are all sold in Sichuan.

“Hope personnel exchanges can return to normal soon”

For the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chengdu， keeping Germany-China economic and trade relationship on good track is one of the key functions. “Maintaining a good economic and trade relationship is in line with the interests of both countries.” According to Consul General Wolfgang， German enterprises in Sichuan and the rest of China very much support China’s reform and opening-up policy and China’s development and are willing to make further contributions. But as COVID-19 is still ongoing around the world， international personnel exchanges and international flights have been disrupted， which has had a profound impact on international exchanges and cooperation. Therefore， he hopes the virus can be brought under control as soon as possible so that personnel exchanges can return to normal soon. “Both economic and cultural exchanges depend on personnel exchanges. Besides， the development of tourism will also be affected.” For either Germany or Sichuan， tourism matters a lot. Many German people are eager to visit Sichuan to see giant pandas and in China， Munich， Berlin and other German cities are popular tourist destinations among Chinese people， added Consul General Wolfgang.

The ongoing pandemic has also put shipping under great strain. Against the backdrop， China-Europe Railway Express has played a great role in securing international supply chains， said Consul General Wolfgang. For example， the routes from Chengdu to Düsseldorf， Duisburg， Nuremberg and other German cities have contributed a lot to the transportation of goods between China and Germany. He also suggested that China-Europe Railway Express focus on price and speed to further enhance its competitiveness in international transportation.