Hong Kong/London
CNN Business
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in China on Friday with a team of top executives, sending a clear message: business with the world’s second largest economy must continue.
Scholz met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People after landing in the capital Friday morning and was received by Premier Li Keqiang in the afternoon.
Joining Scholz for the whirl-wind one day visit is a delegation of 12 German industry titans, including the CEOs of Volkswagen
(VLKAF), Deutsche Bank
(DB), Siemens
(SIEGY) and chemicals giant BASF
(BASFY), according to a person familiar with the matter. They were expected to meet with Chinese companies behind closed doors.
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