Symposium: Making Market Entry into China Easier for German Industrial Companies
Original by Sino-Cooperation Platform
November 26, 2025
On 18 November, Sino-Cooperation coordinated five European technology companies—Alleima, Berger, COBRA, Wolfgang Kohnle, and PWFT—to jointly host an industrial Symposium in Ningbo, China, focusing on Strip Processing.
The event attracted more than 70 industry participants representing over 30 companies and research institutions, generating results that exceeded expectations.
— Yijun Yu, Founder of Sino-Cooperation
In the past, German companies often found themselves in a passive waiting position in the Chinese market:
“We brought our technology here and hoped Chinese companies would understand us.”
The introduction of the Symposium model has made the interaction far more proactive and transparent:
- German companies articulate clearly which process challenges they can solve.
- Chinese companies give direct feedback on urgent production pain points.
- Both sides rapidly align on problem → solution → implementation pathway.
A Symposium is no longer a traditional product promotion, but a scenario-driven co-creation format:
Symposium = Technical Dialogue → Scenario Alignment → Implementation
Amid today’s volatile global manufacturing landscape, the Symposium is becoming a highly efficient pathway for German companies to enter the Chinese market.