Austrian enterprises expressed positive expectations for their development in the Chinese market during the World Winter Sports (Beijing) Expo 2023 held from Sept 15 to 17 in Beijing.
9月15日至17日在北京举行的2023年世界冬季运动（北京）博览会期间，奥地利企业对其在中国市场的发展表示了积极期待。
Eight well-known Austrian firms including Axess, Doppelmayr Seilbahnen and Head Sport in the winter sports field took part in this year's expo, with their products and services covering alpine technology, outdoor and ski equipment, piste management technology and public media communication.
包括Axess、Doppelmayr Seilbahnen和Head Sport在内的八家奥地利知名冬季运动公司参加了今年的博览会，他们的产品和服务涵盖高山技术、户外和滑雪设备、滑雪道管理技术和公共媒体传播。
The 58,000-square-meter, fully automated factory is the first production base of Austrian company Blum in China.
这座5.8万平方米的全自动化工厂是奥地利百隆公司在中国的第一个生产基地。
Lufthansa Group runs a namesake airline and other marquees like Swiss and Austrian Airlines.
汉莎航空集团经营着一家同名航空公司以及瑞士和奥地利航空等其他品牌。
Since signing the contract with an Austrian client in December 2019, the Chinese project team has overcome the adverse effects generated by the global outbreak of COVID-19, and has actively carried out design and development, manufacturing, and commissioning tests.
Fronius, an Austrian company specializing in welding technology, is eyeing its market prospects in China, according to a senior executive.
French luxury group Kering, the parent of Gucci and Balenciaga, has reportedly donated over $1 million to the Red Cross of Hubei province, while Austrian jewelry retailer Swarovski has contributed about $430,000 to support China, according to fashion journal WWD.
The case is being brought by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems, who previously took the social media giant to court four years ago in a case that resulted in the overturning of a widely used trans-Atlantic data-transfer system, because of concerns intelligence services in the United States might get unrestricted access to EU data, a dispute known as the Safe Harbor dispute.
ICBC will also provide efficient cross-border financial services for Austrian companies to enter the Chinese market, in addition to promoting pragmatic cooperation between the two countries under the Belt and Road Initiative and the cooperation mechanism between China and the Central and Eastern European Countries, he said.
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attended the opening ceremony and said cooperation has deepened continuously between Austria and China over the past few years.
Austrian enterprises directly invested $150 million in China in 2018, an increase of 53 percent year-on-year.
The IRCM now has 88 members from 45 countries and regions, including major Austrian banks.
Amer acquired Salomon and other brands from what was then known as Adidas-Salomon AG in 2005, adding the French label to Austrian brand Atomic, which Amer had acquired about a decade earlier.
Not only are news feeds available on Lufthansa Airlines as well as Swiss and Austrian Airlines (all under Deutsche Lufthansa AG), they have also introduced onboard Wi-Fi and e-journals as part of a suite of entertainment services that pamper digital-savvy Chinese passengers.
The major driver of our success commercially has been the focus on premium brands, including Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian Airlines.
Lufthansa is already on WeChat, and this year we launched official accounts for SWISS and Austrian Airlines as well.
The appraisal came after Chinese conglomerate Fosun sealed two offshore investment deals in two weeks: adding Austrian luxury textile maker Wolford AG and French luxury couture house Jeanne Lanvin SAS to its portfolio.
The appraisal followed Chinese conglomerate Fosun sealing two offshore investment deals in two weeks, adding Austrian luxury textile maker Wolford AG and French luxury couture house Jeanne Lanvin SAS to its portfolio.
The group announced on Friday that it had taken full control of Austrian luxury lingerie and leg-wear specialist Wolford for 55 million euros.
In the same year, it worked with Austrian crystal jewelry brand Swarovski to attract young female consumers.
Austrian construction firm Strabag has appealed against Croatia's selection of a Chinese consortium to build Peljesac bridge, the State Commission for Supervision of Public Procurement Procedures announced on its website Monday evening.
The Austrian contractor's offer was 2.62 billion kuna (about $432 million), the most expansive of all three.
A Diamond DA42 series aircraft, which was jointly produced by Chinese and Austrian companies.
[Photo by Zhu Lixin / China Daily]Three airplanes jointly produced by Chinese and Austrian companies were handed over to the customers after receiving their Chinese production certificates on Monday morning in Wuhu, Anhui province.
The airplanes, from the Diamond DA42 series, were manufactured by China Electronic Technology (Group) Co's Wuhu-based plant with technology from the Austrian firm Diamond Aircraft Industries Inc.
Inside the bed-and-breakfast, Armin Schober, the Austrian owner of the house who used to run a logistics company in the United Kingdom, was busy baking pizza while his wife Huang Qiong fried stewed pork with brown sauce, a traditional Chinese dish.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was a great success and a very good kick off for raising interest of the general public in China for winter sports, said Michael Berger, commercial counselor at the Austrian embassy to China, during an exclusive interview with China Daily Website at the 2022 CIFTIS in Beijing.
Officials usually come to the booth to interpret local policy measures to encourage foreign investment, as well as share information about development plans for shopping and business centers that they believe are suitable for the Austrian fashion brand.
The main purpose of building such a massive free trade area is to establish a modern, comprehensive, high quality and mutually beneficial economic partnership cooperation framework, said Liu Qiufang, marketing director for China business at Andritz, the Graz-headquartered Austrian plant engineering group.
Judith Sun, a managing director for Swarovski Crystal Business, said the Austrian company will launch an offline debut of new branding at its 108-square-meter space during the expo.
Tao Jianbo, chief engineer of advanced driver assistance systems and virtualization in the China office of AVL List Gmbh, an Austrian mobility technology company in the automotive industry, used the European Union's auto market as an example, to explain the importance and application of localization.
Emanuel Lehner-Telic, head of markets Asia-Pacific at the Austrian National Tourist Office, told Beijing Daily that they were having discussions with the federal provinces in Austria on welcoming Chinese tourists back.
After the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, more Chinese are beginning to pay attention to Austrian winter tourism offerings, he said.
Austria's winter sports industry is optimistic it will increase its cooperation with China as the country will continue to develop its facilities in this sector after the Winter Olympic Games, Michael Berger, commercial counselor at the Austrian embassy, said on Sunday.
The more Chinese people want to try these sports, the more equipment and venues they will require, and this will provide Austrian companies many business opportunities, he added.
The construction of indoor ski and skating areas in southern China and ski resorts in Northeast and Northwest China presents opportunities for Austrian companies, Berger said.
According to estimates by the Austrian ski industry, in the future 300 to 400 thousand pairs of skis will be sold in China every year.
Head, another Austrian sporting company, said it believes there are huge opportunities for Austrian enterprises in China, as "there is a good business environment, a more efficient supply chain support and sufficient talents".
Though video conferences and webinars bring new Austrian companies the attention of Chinese customers and there is interest in their products, "they (Chinese customers) don't buy if they don't meet personally.
Editor's note: As the Beijing 2022 Winter Games are around the corner, China Daily website had the opportunity to speak with Andreas Riecken, Austrian ambassador to China.
For example, Austrian exhibitors showcased at the event many advanced outdoor ski resort facilities, ski equipment, ice-making devices and related technologies.
The government has set a very ambitious target which will bring 300 million people to the winter sports, said Henrik S. Stefes, head of coach department at SNOW51, an Austrian professional ski training institution.
The SNOW51 has participated in a project launched by Chinese and Austrian governments to train 1,000 Chinese ski instructors.
Austrian ropeway manufacturer Dopplemayr exhibited its newly developed ropeway system and cabins during this year's CIFTIS.
Austria will work harder to tap business opportunities in the Chinese market, the largest in the world with 1.4 billion consumers, said Friedrich Stift, the Austrian ambassador to China, at a medal presentation ceremony for Huang Geng, chairman and general manager of BC Sports, in Beijing.
"A lot of our Austrian companies are small and medium-sized so they don't have enough staff to do market research," the ambassador said.
Huang Geng is a great support to Austrian companies, especially in winter sports, and he is supporting many initiatives by providing advice from his experiences, and he also provides financial support, Stift said.
To honor Huang's contribution to business communication and cooperation between Austria and China, Stift, representing Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, granted Huang Geng the Republic of Austria's silver medal of honor in Beijing.
Huang said he considered it not only an honor but also a responsibility, as he identified great cooperative opportunities between Chinese and Austrian companies in the sports industry, including lifting and equipment manufacturing companies.
Matching partners is the most challenging part of doing business for both Chinese and Austrian businesses, and different cultures and mentalities are also challenging as people have to find the right way to bridge the gap between Western and Eastern mentalities, Huang said.
Emanuel Lehner-Telič, regional manager for Asia at the Austrian National Tourist Office, agreed with Wang and expressed his optimism for the future.
When it comes to the overseas markets, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, British Airways and all major US carriers have started trying out e-tags for some years, and they have not popularized the usage yet.
More Austrian companies are getting involved in China's rapidly growing winter sports market, said Martin Glatz, commercial counselor at the Austrian embassy in Beijing.
"Austria has been trying to be very present in China in the lead up to the Winter Olympics in 2022," said Glatz at the Austrian Winter Sports Days 2019 Conference in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province on Friday.
"That's an opportunity not only for our Chinese friends to get some fresh air outside the big cities, but also is an opportunity for Austrian companies to get involved with Chinese partners to develop the market and to offer the best of equipment both in terms of consumer goods and in devices," Glatz added.
"I'm pleased that a group number of Austrian companies got the chance to take part in the construction of winter sports facilities and to provide the expertise for organizing great sports events like the Olympics," Stift said.
"We are trying hard to get more Austrian ski instructors and trainers to China and the greater number of Chinese winter sports tourists to Austria".
In November, the company inked a strategic partnership with Austrian aerospace group FACC to jointly develop new solutions for autonomous flying.
As Joseph Schumpeter, an Austrian political economist who served as the country's finance minister in 1919, once said, innovation is the realization of a new set of factors or conditions of production.
GAC Motors entered the Austrian market in 2019 and all products on sale are electric vehicles.
The Austrian company M-U-T Maschinen-Umwelttechnik-Transportanlagen GmbH exhibited a small container-like sewage treatment system.
Ten Austrian firms, guided by the Consulate General of the Republic of Austria in Guangzhou, are participating in the Shenzhen event directly, showcasing their enthusiasm for China's market.
ZTE's market in 5G is also recovering and the company is in cooperation with operators including Telefónica, Orange, WindTre, and Austrian Hutchison Drei.
For example, it is helping its Austrian partner build a "dream network".
"To achieve great results you need great partnership, and that was the atmosphere right from the beginning of our cooperation with ZTE," Jan Trionow, CEO of Austrian telecommunications provider Hutchison Drei Austria GmbH, told Xinhua at its Vienna office.
"In 2010, when Hutchison Drei just started to form a partnership with ZTE, it was the latest entrant in the Austrian 3G market.
In June, Hutchison Drei partnered with ZTE to deploy and activate a total of 20 5G sites in the city of Linz, achieving continuous 5G coverage for the first time ever in an Austrian city.
Austrian Robert Moser never thought he would stay in Shenyang for another 10 years when he first came to China, looking for his dream and a better future in 2008.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the largest Chinese State-owned commercial bank, and the Austrian government signed an agreement in late April to work together for issuing panda bonds.
Over half of the projects came from overseas, including Austrian luxury lingerie and legwear maker Wolford, Paris fashion house Lanvin, French margarine maker St Hubert and Tsingtao Brewery.
HNA gained control of Austrian asset manager C-Quadrat Investment AG this month, after agreeing to acquire 25 percent of Old Mutual Plc's US asset management arm in March.