The Chairman of the Chinese EU Chamber of Commerce Woodke said that Europe needs the victory and prosperity of China, and the two sides cannot decide with each other.He also believes that the Chinese market is like the "fitness club" of European companies, forcing European companies to continue to learn and become "faster and better."
According to the China Official Media Daily Times reported on Saturday (September 10), Woodk made the above statement to the Global Times reporter during the 6th Taihe Civilization Forum hosted by Taihe Think Tank.
The sound of calling for "decoupling with China" internally is endless. Woodker said that Europe cannot be decoupled with China, just as China cannot be decoupled with Europe.Although the crown disease epidemic has caused difficulties in the communication between the two sides, and the two parties have their own restrictions in some technical fields, overall, the decoupling does not really happen.
He believes that Europe not only needs China in the field of trade and investment, but also in Europe also needs more cooperation with China in terms of carbon neutralization, equipment, software, etc., especially the research and development field.
He described that China is like a "fitness club" of European companies, because China has an incredible "picky" customer base. Most Chinese customers do not have too strong brand loyalty to force European companiesContinuously becomes "better".
Woodkek continued that European companies are still interested in the Chinese market. Statistics from the China -Europe Chamber of Commerce show that the top ten companies in Europe (including five German companies and companies in other European countries)Investment in a lot of funds in China, none of them left.
But he also reminded that in recent years, the top ten European companies are investing in more regions such as Southeast Asia, and incremental investment in China has slowed down.He suggested that China should take more open measures to attract foreign investment that is compatible with its scale.
Regarding the comprehensive investment agreement between China and Europe, Woodker said that the China -Europe Chamber of Commerce has paid a lot of effort for the agreement in the past seven years. Although the United States puts great pressure on this in December 2020, the two parties eventually both parties in the endIt still reached this "proud and truly beneficial to Chinese and European business."However, given the small chance of canceling the sanctions on the other party, the agreement may not see the hope of restart in the next two to three years.
But he expressed his hope that in the future, the agreement still has the hope of restarting."In the Bible, we often have a few bad years before we can have a few good years. Maybe, we have to wait for a few years, and then we will come."
He said, if there is a piece of canvas in Europe and China relations, there are indeed some "dark points" on the canvas, "but we should not entangle here, but we should see how much can we put it again.Positive, colorful points ".He said that there are different systems and different political views in Europe and China. Maybe some controversy are difficult to solve, but the two sides should stop preaching, stop accusing each other, and must find a topic that commonly believes, such as carbon neutralization, technology research and development, biological biology, creaturesDiversity, etc., and promote cooperation in these fields.
Woodker said that he still has an optimistic attitude towards European -China relations, especially the cooperation reports in the economic and trade field. "Our relationship is complicated, but there is also a very positive side."
