On the afternoon of March 25, Shantou held the exchange forum on the "Practical Application of German Industry 4.0" and invited Rong Qiang, Deputy Secretary-General of Sino-German Industrial City Alliance, as the keynote speaker, who introduced the practical application of German industry 4.0 and promoted Sino-German Industrial City Alliance.
 

Sino-German Industrial City Alliance was founded at the end of April, 2016, during the period of Hannover Industry Fair 2016, and held its first plenary session. As of March this year, Sino-German Industrial City Alliance had 24 member cities (including 16 Chinese cities and 8 German cities) and 7 observer cities. The alliance members take Sino-German Industrial City Alliance as the development platform, integrate the resources of various sides, play the synergistic effect, and focus on promoting and deepening exchanges and cooperation between enterprises and research institutions in China and Germany, pushing forward two-way investment and financial cooperation, and promoting the docking of technology and capital of the two countries.

Source:Shantou Daily, Mar 27, 2017

　　3月25日下午,我市举行“德国工业4.0的实际应用”交流座谈会,邀请中德工业城市联盟副秘书长荣强主讲,介绍德国工业4.0的实际应用,推介中德工业城市联盟。

　　中德工业城市联盟于2016年4月底在德国“2016汉诺威工业博览会”期间成立,并召开第一次全体会议。截至今年3月,联盟共有正式成员城市24座(其中中方城市16座,德方城市8座);观察员城市7座。成员以中德工业城市联盟为发展平台,整合各方资源、发挥协同效应,重点推动与深化中、德两国企业及研究机构的交流与合作,推动双向投资及金融合作,促进两国技术与资本的对接。

来源：汕头日报 2017-3-27