On September 12, Mao Weiming, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and governor of Hunan Province, met in Changsha with a delegation from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Germany. The delegation was led by Thomas Bauernhansl, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation, and Bernd Valeske, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing. 

Vice Governor Cao Zhiqiang and provincial government secretary-general Qu Hai attended.

Mao Weiming, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and governor of Hunan Province meets with a delegation from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Germany. 

Founded in 1949, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is Europe's largest organization for applied research. Fraunhofer operates 75 institutes and research units, covering cutting-edge fields such as information and communications, life sciences, and microelectronics, and holds over 10,000 valid patents.

Mao Weiming, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and governor of Hunan Province meets with Thomas Bauernhansl, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation. 

Governor Mao Weiming extended a warm welcome to the delegation visiting Hunan and congratulated the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft on signing two cooperation projects with Hunan in the fields of composite material recycling and coordinated high-altitude emergency rescue. Mao mentioned that during his visit to Germany earlier this year, the Hunan delegation toured the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, where the delegates witnessed firsthand Fraunhofer's broad research scope, strong scientific capabilities, and abundant innovative achievements. He emphasized the obvious complementary strengths and vast cooperation potential between Fraunhofer and Hunan in areas such as high-end equipment manufacturing, the automotive industry, and precision instruments. Governor Mao expressed his hope that both sides will implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries and take the delegation's visit as an opportunity to focus on cutting-edge industrial trends, development needs, and common technologies. Efforts will be made to strengthen joint research, build innovation platforms, and promote industrial collaboration. The governor added that both sides will work together to establish the Hunan Defu Applied Science Research Center, leveraging Fraunhofet's advanced technologies and management expertise to enhance the core competitiveness of Hunan's industries and promote the widespread application of civilian technologies, and jointly creating a new model of China-Germany technological cooperation.  

At the meeting. 

Thomas Bauernhansl and Bernd Valeske agreed that Hunan possesses a solid industrial foundation, outstanding manufacturing enterprises, and remarkable innovation outcomes. Fraunhofer looks forward to deepening cooperation with Hunan in technology, platforms, and industries, aiming to assist Hunan enterprises and their scientific research achievements in deeply integrating into the global industrial and supply chains. 

Photos taken by Liu Shangwen. 

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn