China News Agency, Berlin, June 6th (Reporter Peng Dawei) On the 5th local time, Hamburg Mayor Peter Chenchel and Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng connected to the "cloud" in the Yu Garden of Hamburg to celebrate the establishment of sister cities between the two places The 35th anniversary and the opening of the Hamburg "Chinese Festival".
Peter Chenchel said that Hamburg has a close cooperative relationship with China. As early as three centuries ago, the first Chinese cargo ship arrived in Hamburg.
Nowadays, a large number of Chinese companies are setting up business in Hamburg, and a large number of Hamburg companies are also going to China for development.
Hamburg is a trading hub between China and Europe-for every three containers loaded and unloaded at the Port of Hamburg, one comes from or will be sent to China.
He said that Hamburg and Shanghai have established a rich cooperative relationship in scientific research, culture and other fields, and the two sides have many places to learn from each other.
He wished every success in the future cooperation between Hamburg and Shanghai.
Gong Zheng said that China and Germany are all-round strategic partners.
As the largest economies in Asia and Europe, since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, adhering to the spirit of equality, mutual respect, and win-win cooperation, deepening practical cooperation in various fields has brought tangible benefits to the two peoples.
China has become Germany's world's largest trading partner for five consecutive years, fully demonstrating the resilience and potential of Sino-German cooperation.
Shanghai and Hamburg are important bonds between China and Germany.
In the 35 years since the two cities were established, the two sides have cooperated closely in the fields of economy and trade, ports, science and technology, urban planning, humanities, and education, and have achieved fruitful results.
Especially in the face of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Shanghai and Hamburg watched each other and worked hand in hand to fight the epidemic, which fully demonstrated the sincere friendship between sister cities.
Gong Zheng said that opening up is Shanghai's biggest advantage.
As the frontier window of China's reform and opening up, Shanghai will deepen its construction of an international economy, finance, trade, shipping, scientific and technological innovation center and a modern international metropolis.
We are willing to work with Hamburg to take the opportunity of jointly building the "Belt and Road" and celebrating the 35th anniversary of the two cities as an opportunity to expand new areas of exchanges and cooperation, achieve a higher level of mutual benefit and win-win, and contribute to the promotion of the all-round strategic partnership between China and Germany. New and greater contributions.
Du Xiaohui, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Hamburg, said that coping with the challenges of the post-epidemic era requires partners and partnerships of mutual trust.
From land to sea, the "Belt and Road" closely connects China and Hamburg's future.
China, Shanghai and the Chinese consulates in Hamburg are willing to be extraordinary companions for Germany and Hamburg in extraordinary times.
On the same day, at the Yu Garden in Hamburg, Chinese and German artists performed wonderful cultural performances.
The two places also held a combination of online and offline activities such as the Chinese Wushu Taijiquan Photography Exhibition Dialogue and the Sino-German Dialogue "Urban Life: Life in Shanghai and Hamburg".
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