STORY: German businesses confident about Chinese market prospects
SHOOTING TIME: April 14, 2024
DATELINE: April 21, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:58
LOCATION: CHONGQING, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Senior German executives' tour in Chongqing
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OLA KALLENIUS, Chairman of Mercedes-Benz
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OLIVER ZIPSE, Chief executive of BMW

STORYLINE:

Senior executives from more than 10 leading German companies recently paid a visit to southwest China's Chongqing.

Some executives have expressed hope for further cooperation with the city. 

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OLA KALLENIUS, Chairman of Mercedes-Benz
"It's a lively city and it's also an industrial city. It's one of the economic engines in China. I'm really happy to be here. We have many dealer partners here in Chongqing and in fact some of them visited me in Stuttgart, in Germany this week. Absolutely Chongqing being one of the biggest industrial clusters in China. A lot of the industrial side supply bases here. We cooperate with suppliers around the country and it's impossible not to do business with Chongqing."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OLIVER ZIPSE, Chief executive of BMW
"We have a long-standing relationship with Chongqing. We are very proud of that relationship and also being a large city with many customers here for BMW, especially for new electric vehicles. We will continue our cooperation, we want cooperation with Chongqing."

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