STORY: Global biz leader's 1st stop in 2024: German auto supplier sees prosperous future for Chinese market
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 25, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:08
LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the related footage of Continental
2. SOUNDBITE (English): PHILIPP VON HIRSCHHEYDT, Member of Continental's Executive Board

STORYLINE:

Continental, a major German auto supplier, has been present in China for almost 30 years. 

It has 23 production bases and 28 R&D centers in China, with 17,600 employees. 

Philipp von Hirschheydt, member of Continental's Executive Board and head of the Automotive Group Sector, sees a prosperous future for the Chinese automotive market as he paid a visit here at the beginning of the new year. 

SOUNDBITE (English): PHILIPP VON HIRSCHHEYDT, Member of Continental's Executive Board 
"We have been seeing 30 million produced cars (in China) in 2023, and we're seeing that the export engine is starting to grow. So, what we want to do is we want to work even closer with our customers, we want to support them going forward, going to overseas countries and to see how are we able to improve our overall relationship with them.
The Chinese automotive market is probably the most competitive one in the world today. I do see a great and prosperous future. From a business point of view, China is still an important country and the most important country for the next years to come and to demonstrate what Continental Automotive is capable of."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China.
(XHTV)