From April 14 to 23, an economic and trade delegation from Xuchang, led by Mayor Liu Tao, went to Germany, France, and Sweden to conduct an investigation.

Focusing on key areas such as intelligent manufacturing, new energy and new materials, Liu Tao and his entourage visited a number of world's top 500 enterprises, industry leaders and well-known institutions. For example, Allgaier Group, ALBA Group, Befesa Group, Saint-Gobain Group, Igelosa Life science and technology park, Ideon Science Park, etc., carried out a series of investment promotion activities. They visited Wu Kun，Ambassador of the Chinese Embassy in Germany, Michael Schumann, chairman of the German Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade, and other local business and economic celebrities, and held a meeting on economic and trade cooperation between China (Xuchang) and Germany, to promote the accelerated landing of projects under discussion, as well as the production and efficiency of projects under construction as soon as possible, and continue to expand economic and trade cooperation and exchanges between Xuchang and Germany and other European countries.

许昌市经贸代表团再赴欧洲考察 推动许昌对德（欧）合作再上新台阶

4月14日至23日，由市长刘涛带队的许昌市经贸代表团先后赴德国、法国、瑞典考察。

刘涛一行围绕智能制造、新能源、新材料等重点领域，考察了一批世界500强企业、行业领军企业及知名机构，例如阿格亚集团、欧绿保集团、百菲萨集团、圣戈班集团、瑞典伊格勒萨生命科技园、易迪恩科技园等，开展了一系列招商推介活动，拜访了中国驻德国大使馆吴恳大使以及德国联邦经济发展与对外贸易协会主席迈克尔·舒曼等当地企业界、经济界人士，举办了中国（许昌）—德国经贸合作交流会，促进在谈项目加速落地，推动在建项目尽快投产增效，持续扩大许昌与德国等欧洲国家的经贸合作交流，推动许昌对德（欧）合作再上新台阶。