President Jiang Zemin continues visit

Описание: (12 Apr 2002)

1. Various shots of Jiang speaking with businessmen at Volkswagen's headquarters at Wolfsburg, west of Berlin.
2. Close shot of Jiang, zoom out posing with german partners
3. Zemin and entourage in factory
4. Chinese-made Volkswagen ambulance in front of building
5. Cars arriving
6. Jiang walking out
7. Jiang waving and posing for press
8. Jiang beside police car and shaking hands with hosts
9. Various shots of german and chinese officials signing documents at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Wolfsburg.
10. Zemin standing at signing ceremony
11. German and chinese officials shaking hands

STORYLINE:

China's president Jiang Zemin continued his tour of Germany on Friday, touring the Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg and witnessing a join-venture deal that will see the cars produced in Shanghai for a further 20 years.

The joint-venture contract - one of two such Volkswagen projects in China - was originally signed in 1984, and Volkswagen entered the Chinese market the following year. It was set to expire in 2009.

Volkswagen says the Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Corporation, in which it has invested 2 (b) billion euros (1.77 (b) billion dollars), has built and delivered delivered more than 1.9 million cars so far.

Jiang was welcomed to Volkswagen's main factory in Wolfsburg, west of Berlin, by the company's chief executive Ferdinand Piech.

Germany is China's leading European trade partner and its largest investor.

Jiang opened his visit to the country Monday, holding meetings this week with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and President Johannes Rau, whose office said he raised the question of China's human rights record with Jiang.

The Chinese leader ends his visit on Saturday.

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