On July 12, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Germany, in order to promote sino-German enterprise exchanges, further cultivate specialized and special new "little giant" enterprises and manufacturing champions, and promote the high-quality development of China's manufacturing industry, under the joint guidance of the China Association for International Cooperation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, the Shanghai Municipal Commission for Economy and Information Technology, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, the China Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Development Promotion Center, the Shanghai Municipal Service Center for the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, the Shanghai Federation of Industrial Economics, the German Association of Hidden Champions, Shanghai Changning Sino-German Industrial Promotion Center jointly held a ten-year re-dialogue between Sino-German SMEs in Beijing, Frankfurt and Shanghai (2012-2022) - specializing in the new "Little Giant", "Single Champion" and "Hidden Champion" activities. Shan Lipo, director of china SME Development Promotion Center, and Rong Zhiqin, deputy director of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization, attended the event and delivered speeches.
Rong Zhiqin said in his speech that under the guidance of the direction of national gradient cultivation, under the guidance of the development of Germany's hidden champions, Shanghai took the lead in implementing the "Specialized New Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Cultivation Project" in the country ten years ago. Shanghai's "specialized and specialized" enterprises have become an important force in the city's industrial development with "focus on innovation" and "supporting experts" as the soul. As the competent department of enterprise service work, he hopes that, first, small and medium-sized enterprises can better learn from Germany's "hidden champion" experience, benchmark enterprises, take a new road of specialization, and achieve high-quality development. Second, all kinds of enterprise service institutions actively play a role, through high-level services, to help specialized new enterprises conform to the trend of economic globalization and build a community of destiny, and help the healthy development of specialized new enterprises. Third, more enterprises and service institutions at home and abroad have settled in Shanghai, relying on Shanghai's global development window and bridgehead, to better carry out international layout and achieve international development.
In his speech, Shan Lipo said that small and medium-sized enterprises are an important force in promoting the world's economic and social development. Germany has many successful practices and experiences in cultivating "hidden champions", which is of great reference significance for the mainland to cultivate small and medium-sized enterprises to specialize in new "small giants" and manufacturing "single champions". It is hoped to build a new bridge for the development of Sino-German SMEs and promote the journey of Sino-German SME cooperation.
Hermann Simon, the father of the "hidden champion", gave a keynote speech through video, and talked with Zhang Xiaohui, chief economist of the China Association for International Cooperation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Wei Bingpeng, director of the Shanghai SME Development Service Center, Swarna Technology, a German hidden champion enterprise, Shanggong Shenbei, a single champion enterprise in manufacturing, Chenchang Precision Mold, and Chenzhu Instrument Enterprise, to share the growth experience of hidden champions, and analyze and compare the similarities and differences between Germany and China's "hidden champions" in terms of strategy. Jointly discuss the road to high-quality development of small and medium-sized enterprises. He believes that the reason why China and Germany are the winners of globalization, small and medium-sized enterprises and "hidden champions" are the most important driving forces; Globalization will continue, but foreign direct investment will partially replace direct exports of goods; The global population and the global economy will continue to grow, but the imbalance between global population growth and economic growth will not disappear; To strive for excellence, to be focused, to participate in globalization, and to innovate; It is very important that the "hidden champions" have high qualifications, including leaders and employees to have a very strong internal drive, a culture of pursuit of excellence, and a very high loyalty of employees, and a turnover rate of only 2.7% per year.
At the meeting, Shanghai SME Development Service Center signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Bank of Ningbo Shanghai Branch, Shanghai Changning District Prefectural Chamber of Commerce and Shanghai Changning Sino-German Industry Promotion Center to work together to serve the "hidden champion" enterprises and "specialized and new" enterprises in Shanghai to innovate and develop. The launch ceremony and book donation ceremony of the "World Hidden Champions Enterprise Parade" (German Chapter 1) were also held at the scene.
The heads of the Municipal Commission of Economic Informatization's Coordination Office for Foreign Economic Development, the Municipal Federation of Industry and Economic Cooperation, the Municipal Investment Promotion Center, the Pudong Science and Technology Commission, the Shanghai Branch of the Bank of Ningbo, the Shanghai Changning District Prefectural Chamber of Commerce Federation, the Shanghai Changning Zhongde Industrial Promotion Center, and representatives of nearly 20 specialized new small giant enterprises participated in the event offline.