Foshan has organized an economic and trade delegation to Europe this month. On February 20, the delegation visited Foshan's sister city Ingolstadt, Germany to enhance their cooperation from cultural and educational to economic and trade fields. Extensive cooperation will be carried out in fields of investment, clean energy, business incubation, etc.

On the same day, Foshan officially established the "Foshan Investment Promotion Representative Office in Germany" in China Zentrum Bayern and set up a mechanism under the normalization of economic and trade cooperation, so as to promote business and cooperation between the two countries. During the visit, the delegation also visited an electrical appliance group and local beer manufacturers in Ingolstadt. And they made a plan to organize enterprises to visit Foshan and promote investment.

Foshan has maintained very close and friendly relationship with Germany. In November, 2022, Foshan and Ingolstadt jointly held the 8th Bavarian China Day to discuss opportunities for cooperation in intelligent manufacturing industry through the Ingolstadt-Foshan Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Cooperation Forum.

Ding Xifeng, member of the Standing Committee of the Foshan Municipal Party Committee, said that Foshan looks forward to strengthening cooperation with Germany in key fields such as digital reform, intelligent manufacturing, new energy vehicles, biomedicine, artificial intelligence, etc. Foshan is willing to provide more convenience for enterprise exchanges so that more German enterprises can know more about Foshan and hopefully they can cooperate with Foshan enterprises.

The delegation also visited the landmark building "Foshan Park", which is designed and funded by Foshan and constructed by Ingolstadt. This park is known as a symbol of the friendship between the two cities. Covering an area of 354 square meters, the park is built in Lingnan architectural style and elements such as wok-ear-shaped walls, granite, and trip bar doors are applied to highlight Foshan's garden culture. This is the first time that Foshan Park has welcomed officials from Foshan since its completion in 2021.

Located in Southern Germany's Bavaria, Ingolstadt is 60 kilometers away from the capital Munich. Adjacent to the Danube River, it has superior geographical advantages, leading scientific research strength. With developed manufacturing, automobile and service industry, advanced scientific research institutions, Ingolstadt is one of the emerging cities with promising development prospects in recent years.

In 2014, Foshan and Ingolstadt officially became sister cities. Since then, the two cities have carried out visits and cooperation in the fields of trade, education, culture and sports.