Are German management and employees satisfied with China investors?

It is reported that the survey conducted by the German Business Daily was conducted by the Hans-Beaucreux Foundation under the German Federation of Trade Unions. The Foundation visited 42 German enterprises with China investment, including KUKA, an industrial robot manufacturer, and Klaus Maffei, a rubber, plastic and chemical machinery manufacturer, and about 55,000 employees. According to the survey, although there are still some objective difficulties in communication and understanding due to the differences in language and culture in daily cooperation, the management and employees of German enterprises generally get along well with investors in China and are highly satisfied with investors in China.

Wolfgang Mueller is an expert on China. He once worked in the largest German trade union, the Hardware Trade Union, and presided over the survey. He is also committed to establishing a long-term network with China shareholders among all employees of German enterprises. Generally speaking, large and medium-sized enterprises in Germany will set up working committees composed of employee representatives. Different from the trade union, the working committee makes decisions on behalf of employees' interests in various management and operation affairs of the company, and the company's personnel, salary and even business decisions need to pass the same resolutions as the working committee. Muller said that China investors have kept these structures unchanged after acquiring companies with mature working committee structures, which shows their respect for the unique working committee and resolution system of German companies. This respect shows "the determination of China investors and German enterprises to develop together".

Landvance, a German lighting company acquired by Mulinsen Co., Ltd., a China lighting company, recently announced that it would lay off10.3 million people and stop some production and traditional business. In this regard, the German "Business Daily" reported that "don't be afraid of China people" and "layoffs are by no means the typical style of German investors". The article explains that Landvance's layoffs are due to the shrinkage of the traditional light bulb industry due to obsolescence. Osram, the former owner of German light source manufacturer Landvance, has laid off thousands of people in the light bulb department and closed 65,438+04 factories. In fact, "Landvance's sales scope is expanding and employment opportunities are being created".