German Business Social Network XING: Shortcut for doing business with Germans (published in Mandarin)

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Germany has the largest and most powerful national economy in Europe, the fourth largest by nominal GDP in the world, just after the United States of America, China and Japan. It is also the country that has been proven to be able to withstand worldwide and European economic crises. Germany is the global leader in the industrial and technological sectors such as automobile and mechanical engineering.
To Germany China is an important strategic trade partner. With the rapid uprising of Chinese economy and political reputation in the world community, China is becoming the main investing target and market of many developed countries. Many German companies have their own subsidiaries or joint ventures in China. Even those companies which haven t entities in China also go to China to look for Chinese cooperative partner in order to have strong competitive position in the domestic market. Cost pressure is one of the main reasons. On the other hand, many Chinese companies have gone out of China and invested in foreign countries incl. Germany. Their goal is for example to purchase German companies to get the knowledge of high technologies in order to strengthen their international competitive position as well as to share the international market. In order to keep up the advantage of the leading position in technology, Germany is constantly looking for qualified specialists all over the world, particularly in the areas of computer technology, mechatronics and medical care. Germany also offers almost free of charge studying at German universities, which is very rare in today s world. Among other things Germany is becoming more and more the first choice for Chinese people to go to for studying and working.
The most important thing for the international cooperation and experience exchange is to communicate with and understand each other. There are lots of channels to do so in the today s information world. Lots of social networks and instant messaging

Mr Yinyuan Liu, born in Dalian/China in 1963, now German, is an experienced mechanical engineer and economist. He is currently responsible for the projects of global sourcing and cost engineering at WashTec AG, Germany. He received B.S. and M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in China. In 1993, as a researcher, he joined the Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology, Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany, where he started to experience and learn the western culture in addition to technology and management . After living in Germany over twenty years and working in variety of departments and companies, he has gained extensive experience in the areas of research and development, project management, Asian business management, especially, in international cooperation between China and Germany. He also earned the degree of Business Economist of International Management from University of Hagen in Germany