国内英语资讯:Xinhua Headlines: Chinese companies impress Europeans at exhibitions with high tech_时事

国内英语资讯:Xinhua Headlines: Chinese companies impress Europeans at exhibitions with high tech

BERLIN, Sept. 23 -- Chinese exhibitors have impressed Europeans at recent exhibitions held separately in Germany and Montenegro with sharp-edged and innovative products and services.

"China's role in the world is shifting from a follower to a leader" in industrial innovation, one of the exhibitors said, adding that Chinese manufacturers have become the first ones to apply brand new technologies now rather than only use mature technologies and products as they did in the past.

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The number of Chinese exhibitors at InnoTrans, the railway industry trade fair, has been growing steadily for years, said Matthias Steckmann, senior vice president of the bi-annual fair, which was held on Sept. 18-21 in Berlin.

Around 180 Chinese exhibitors, with a total exhibiting area of more than 6,000 square meters, attended the fair, Steckmann told Xinhua, saying "This is reflected in the growing importance of China's mobility industry, not just at InnoTrans."

This year, 3,062 exhibitors from 61 countries and regions with more than 400 new products showed up at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds.

"We look forward to the Chinese mobility industry's growing participation in InnoTrans," Steckmann said.

Besides InnoTrans, more than 200 Chinese companies have attended the eight-day 67th IAA Commercial Vehicles starting from Thursday in the German city of Hanover.

The bi-annual trade fair draws 2,174 exhibitors from around 48 countries and regions. In total, exhibitors debut 435 global models for the commercial vehicle sector, a record figure for the IAA, on an area of 282,000 square meters.