China companies see Germany as EU springboard

Increasing numbers take advantage of the country's renowned factory know-how and global networks to gain wider access to the valuable Europearn market, as Ding Qingfen reports from Frankfurt, Germany

As two of the world's top manufacturers, China and Germany bear a strong resemblance to each other. But what is also important, is they complement each other well.

What cannot be ignored is that last year Chinese companies scooped a number of their German counterparts in gaining access to either know-how or the global sales network, and the trend looks set to continue.