German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in China on Thursday at the head of the largest German business delegation ever to visit the country, underscoring Germany's growing economic dependence on the world's most populous nation amid Europe's economic stagnation.

德国总理默克尔(Angela Merkel)周四将率领迄今为止规模最大的德国访华商业代表团抵达中国，这凸显出在欧洲经济停滞不前之际，德国对世界人口第一大国中国的经济依赖日渐增强。

Ms. Merkel's second trip to China this year, and the sixth since she became chancellor, will revolve mostly around economic ties, German officials said, a sign of Ms. Merkel's willingness to play down thorny issues such as human rights and patent protection.

这是默克尔今年第二次访华，也是她就任总理以来的第六次访华。据德国官员说，此行将主要围绕经济关系展开。这表明默克尔有意淡化人权和专利保护等棘手问题。

'The theme is business as usual,' said Eberhard Sandschneider, director of the German Council on Foreign Relations. 'Don't expect much progress in terms of intellectual-property rights from this visit.'

德国外交关系协会(German Council on Foreign Relations)的负责人桑德施耐德(Eberhard Sandschneider)说，与以往一样，此次访华的主题集中在商业领域，不要期待这次访问之后知识产权保护方面会有重大进展。

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