Hefei, 22 Dec (Xinhua) -- More than 10 years ago, a tea "homecoming" event was held in Xiuning County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province: to welcome the pineapple tea salvaged from the merchant ship "Gothenburg" that ran aground near the port of Gothenburg in Sweden in 1745 to welcome back to its hometown in China.
Songluo tea was one of the earliest overseas products exported by Anhui, when Huizhou merchants transported tea to Guangzhou and other places, and traded with Dutch merchants to Europe. Wang Guangxi, chairman of Huangshan Wang Guangxi Songluo Tea Industry Co., Ltd., said.
Fuliang Shezhou, all countries come to seek', which shows the popularity of the tea sold by Huizhou merchants. Wang Guangxi said that to this day, the company's pineapple tea is still exported to France, Morocco, Algeria and other countries and regions.
More than 200 years after the "Gothenburg" came to China to carry out tea **, the world shelves of Huizhou merchants continued to be "new".
In 2023, in Gothenburg, Sweden, where the merchant ship departed, a new energy vehicle company from Hefei, Anhui Province expanded its business here, and NIO set up a NIO space in Gothenburg for brand display, user community activities, etc.
I've been driving NIO since October last year and I really like it!It has a lot of power, and battery swapping is really a great way to recharge your car quickly and efficiently. Sweden's NIO owner John Lind said.
We have built 27 battery swap stations in Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway and other countries in Europe, and established a battery swap plant in Hungary. Shen Fei, senior vice president of NIO, said that intelligent battery swapping is a new way to replenish energy for new energy vehicles, and also provides a new choice for global new energy vehicle consumers.
Another Hefei automaker, JAC, has opened factories in Kazakhstan and other countries in recent years, and set up joint ventures or wholly-owned companies in Vietnam, Kenya and other countries. At the end of 2023, the 40,000th vehicle of this brand will officially roll off the assembly line at the JAC Automobile Plant in Kastanay, Kazakhstan, and the products cover a variety of vehicle models such as family cars, commercial vehicles, and commercial vehicles, as well as a complete automobile production and sales system for the concurrent development of traditional energy vehicles and new energy vehicles.
Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province, is growing into one of the important bases for the production of new energy vehicles in China. In 2023, the output of new energy vehicles in Hefei is expected to exceed 800,000 units, and the revenue of new energy automobile industry clusters will exceed 300 billion yuan.
The word "new" and the word "Anhui" connect the changes of the times of Huizhou merchants and add new faces to Huizhou merchants.
My Chinese name is 'Ge Wandi', and I love this beautiful name, which is not only very similar to the pronunciation of my real name, but also closely related to Anhui. Volkswagen (Anhui)** CEO Ge Wandi said that the total investment of Volkswagen Anhui new energy vehicle project reached 23.1 billion yuan, and in just two and a half years, Volkswagen has established a new new energy vehicle center in Anhui, covering the complete value chain from R&D to production, sales and service.
At the same time, the German Continental Group actively promotes the Hefei Phase IV project, and plans follow-up projects such as automotive electronics and R&D centersCorning Group of the United States has invested more than 3 billion US dollars in Hefei and Bengbu in Anhui Province, and has landed four business segments.
Experts believe that Huizhou merchants in different eras have different scopes and definitions, and now in the era of globalization, Huizhou merchants are even more inclusive. Multinational well-known companies that invest and develop in Anhui and rely on industrial development to achieve a win-win situation in Anhui are also becoming new Huizhou businessmen participating in Anhui's global excellence.
The shelves of Huizhou merchants are new, the list of Huizhou merchants is updated, and the cohesion is also stronger. Anhui recently held the 2023 Huizhou Entrepreneurs to Help Anhui High-quality Development Conference and the inaugural meeting of the Huizhou Entrepreneurs Association, bringing together Huizhou businessmen from all over the world to discuss the development of Huizhou businessmen in the new era under the guidance of scientific and technological innovation and high-quality development represented by the automobile industry.
The first high-quality development of the automobile industry is the key to achieving high-quality development in Anhui. Yin Tongyue, chairman of Chery Holding Group, said in his speech at the conference that Anhui has obvious industrial advantages, profound innovation and first-class business environment, and is a strong manufacturing province and a strong science and technology province.
In recent years, many Anhui technology companies in the field of new energy have been coming to Germany to seek development. Zhang Tianle, president of the Anhui Overseas Chinese (Germany) Friendship Association, said that in recent years, many Anhui enterprises dominated by high-tech enterprises have sought business opportunities overseas, which is a very obvious signal and change.