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The Sino-German Green Energy Industry Exchange Symposium was held in Beijing E-Town on December 8.

Beijing  E-Town and the Steinbeis Global Institute Tübingen (SGIT) in Germany  signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement, marking the  initiation of the Sino-German green energy industry cooperation action. 

The  deputy secretary-general of the Beijing Municipal Government; Bernd  Westphal, member of the German Federal Parliament; and Elena Finckh,  Economic and Energy Representative of the German Embassy in China,  delivered respective speeches on the "development of the Sino-German  green energy sector," reviewing the history of cooperation between  Chinese and German enterprises in the field of green energy and looking  forward to future cooperation prospects.

During the event,  representatives from both China and Germany jointly launched the  Sino-German green energy industry cooperation action. The deputy  director of the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA)  Administrative Committee and the chief representative of SGIT China  signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement between Beijing  E-Town Administrative Committee and the SGIT.

According to the  agreement, Steinbeis, adhering to the principles of openness and  sharing, will deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with Beijing E-Town  in areas such as technology transfer, talent cultivation, technological  innovation, and industrialization projects.

Europe is currently  undergoing an energy transition, and deepening cooperation in green  environmental protection will help address the challenges of  transformation jointly and contribute practical solutions to global  low-carbon transformation. 

In fact, Sino-German cooperation in  green energy has a solid foundation. In June of this year, during  Sino-German government consultations, both sides unanimously agreed to  establish a dialogue and cooperation mechanism on climate change and  green transformation. This green energy industry cooperation action is  the implementation of the results of Sino-German government  consultations.

During the visit, the German delegation also toured  representative companies in Beijing E-Town in the hydrogen energy  sector, such as the New Research Hydrogen Energy Technology Co, and  firms in the green energy sector, like Bluestar (Beijing) Chemical  Machinery Co, to understand the technological research, development and  innovation situation of these enterprises.