German firms bullish on Chongqing, 'looking forward to expand into China'

A German business delegation visits Chongqing City Vocational College on Thursday. CHEN ANXIN/FOR CHINA DAILY A good location, strong industrial strength, ample skilled workers, a beautiful environment and a supportive local government in Chongqing's Yongchuan district impressed a visiting German business delegation last week, as they signed a series of agreements in modern manufacturing and vocational education with the city on Friday. Schwabische Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH, a global leader in manufacturing solutions, Transfact GmbH, an industrial automation company, and Oskar Kammer School, will work with Yongchuan on intelligent manufacturing industry projects and vocational education exchanges. The 30-member German group from 25 companies, educational institutes and universities, visited Yongchuan Big Data Industrial Park, Baidu's Apollo Go, Great Wall Motor, Sino-German Intelligent Industrial Park, Yongchuan comprehensive bonded zone and Chongqing City Vocational College, to explore business opportunities. In recent years, Yongchuan district in the west of Chongqing has built itself into a modern manufacturing hub and a major vocational education base in western China with 18 vocational schools and 200,000 students.