At the occasion of the 20 year anniversary of the city twinning with the Chinese city of Guangzhou, the first China Festival will be celebrated in Frankfurt am Main in the autumn of 2008. Current issues will be dealt with and a Chinese attitude towards life will be brought to Frankfurt am Main.

You are invited!

Be there when the twin city Guangzhou from the Pearl River comes to the river Main. During the 20th anniversary, numerous events will be held under the motto "Guangzhou am Main". The first Frankfurt China Festival "China in Town" will mark the fact that Frankfurt am Main, as one of the favorite European cities for Chinese guests and businessmen, plays an important role for the German-Chinese relationship. Numerous Frankfurt institutions have for a long time devoted themselves to the topic of China and the Far East. "China in Town" shows these multifaceted connections between the Main metropolis and the Middle Kingdom with a varied and ambitious program in an exemplary way.

法兰克福欢迎您！ – We wish you a hearty welcome!

 You will find detailed descriptions of all events in the calendar of events.

Background:
Beyond the long standing active city twinning with Guangzhou, Frankfurt has had good relationships with China. During the autumn of 2007, Frankfurt’s and Beijing’s promotion of economic development agreed to cooperate regarding commercial issues. The state of Hessia and the city of Frankfurt agreed on joint business cooperation with the boom town of Shenzhen in 2006 and with the city of Tianjin in March 2007. In addition, there are numerous contacts with Shanghai: the Goethe University cultivates scientific cooperation with Fudan and Tongji University, the Frankfurt RheinMain Marketing GmbH and the Fraport AG have their China offices here. Together with the Shanghai International Banking and Finance Institute, the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management has a branch office on location.

With about 70 scheduled flights per week, the Frankfurt airport connects Europe with the Middle Kingdom. The network was only recently expanded to include important air connections to Shanghai and Guangzhou, as well as to Shenzhen (in the cargo area). Frankfurt thus assumes a leading position in Europe when it comes to air traffic with China.

In 2005, after several years of successful cooperation, the Frankfurt Fair and the Guangya Exhibition established a joint venture in Frankfurt’s twin city of Guangzhou.

In Frankfurt, approximately 60,000 overnight visitors per year and many times that number of same-day visitors from China provide important commercial impulses and contribute to a mutual understanding.

Today, 6,500 Chinese people live in the Frankfurt am Main area and about 300 Chinese companies have chosen to have their offices here. Official Chinese missions, trade offices, the China Institute and the Confucius Institute are some of the building blocks of a comprehensive structure of the German-Chinese network in the Main metropolis.

Events Calendar of the series now “China in Town” online!