On 30 November 2021, the Digital Hamburg Summit 2021 took place, with the aim to promote further dialogue between Europe and China. The EU High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell, the Chinese Vice Premier LIU He and the acting German Federal Minister of Economic Affairs & Energy spoke at the Summit. Jörg Wuttke from EUCCC, Professor JIANG Feng, and Sylvia Schwaag Serger were invited to discuss prospects for EU-China economic cooperation after the pandemic. The list of the other keynote speakers can be found at https://www.hamburg-summit.com/en/#.
During the panel on standardisation, Dr Betty XU, Director of the Seconded European Standardization Expert in China (SESEC) project, together with Rada Rodriguez from Signify and Jenny XIANG from Brose China, discussed the implications of China’s new standardisation strategy for European companies. European companies should take active part in the Chinese standards system, not least because Chinese rules on all levels are set to gain global influence. Multinational companies are recommended to align the standardisation efforts of their headquarters and their China-based subsidiaries. In addition, the harmonisation of standards in the EU must be faster to ensure that the European standards system maintains its leading role.
China and Europe, as driving forces behind the recovery of the world economy, should continue to strengthen pragmatic economic and trade cooperation in the post-epidemic era, jointly promote green and low-carbon transformation, deepen trade and investment cooperation, and maintain a safe and smooth supply chain.
