The Chinese metropolitan region of Xiangyang / Hubei will present itself at the IAA Commercial Vehicles with several companies and a high-ranking delegation from politics and business.
Xiangyang and the Hubei region will be present with a total of 6 companies. 14 other companies from the region supply car parts to Germany and other countries.
It is the wish of the city of Xiangyang and the Hubei region to initiate further German-Chinese cooperations and to encourage German companies to settle in the region.
Xiangyang invites interested persons to an opening event on 20 September from 10.00 to 12.00 h in the Convention Center (CC), room 3B, fairground of Hannover Messe.
Hanover’s Mayor Thomas Hermann and the Deputy Mayor of Xiangyang Zhang Xiaofan will give the opening speeches.
Afterwards Xiangyang / Hubei will introduce itself. In addition to the mayor, 11 other high-ranking delegates from the Xiangyang / Hubei region are available for exchange.
For event agenda, please click here.
While Xiangyang used to focus on the textile industry, it has since developed into the leading automobile city in central China, where European companies have also built their plants.
From Germany Kokinetics near Frankfurt (the world leader in moving parts in car seats) and Koki Technik Transmission Systeme (transmission systems) from the Chemnitz area are based there. The French automotive group PSA, Nissan from Japan and Volvo from Sweden are also based there.
Xiangyang, in Hubei Province in central China, which was called Xiangfan until 2010, is a road and rail junction and has an international airport. Its administrative area covers 19,626 km² and has about 5.84 million inhabitants (2008).
Its city centre lies on the banks of the Han Jiang River between Wuhan and Xi’an and consists of three districts on the two banks of the Han – Fancheng and Xiangzhou on the north bank and Xiangcheng on the south bank.
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