China-Germany ties at a glance

Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative

China welcomes Germany to participate in the Belt and Road Initiative to help boost the relations between the two countries, as President Xi Jinping published a signed article titled “To Make the World a Better Place” on mainstream German media ahead of the annual summit of the Group of Twenty major economies in 2017, in Northern German city Hamburg.

He said cities such as Duisburg and Hamburg have become major hubs on the routes of China-Europe freight trains. Practical cooperation between both countries not only sets the pace for China-Europe relations, but also serves as a successful model of win-win cooperation between the world’ s most important economies.

Technical cooperation

Germany ranks the top among European countries in terms of technology transfer to China.

As of the end of 2017, China signed with Germany a total of $78.94 billion worth of 23,714 technology transfer contracts.

Premier Li Keqiang stresses deeper technological cooperation with Germany in his congratulatory message to the 5th innovation conference between China and Germany on Feb 27, 2018.

He said he hopes both China and Germany will better cooperate through tapping the potential of both countries and deepen technological innovation to promote a healthy development of both societies.

The premier called on Germany to help China-built large passenger plane C919 get an air worthiness certificate from the European Union. Airworthiness is the measure of an aircraft's suitability for safe flight.