chen biao said that shenzhen was now transforming and upgrading, with a focus on shifting from the mode of shenzhen speed to accentuating shenzhen quality and shenzhen standards. tüv rheinland plays a critical role in promoting the development of the world economy and multinational companies. its corporate mission of pursuing quality and innovation is highly consistent with the development concept of shenzhen. the municipal government fully supports the group's development in the city, hoping that the group could provide more technical support to help the city create shenzhen quality, implement the standardization strategy and participate in the formulation of international standards.
mr. fübi expressed that following the establishment of new operations in the nanshan district and the dapeng new district, the group decided to ramp up investment in shenzhen. this includes building more testing centers for electric cars, energy management, charging piles, wireless charging equipment, batteries for consumer electronics, pv modules and inverters, providing comprehensive product and technology solutions for these emerging sectors, and pushing forward the china-germany cooperation project for electric car charging piles. tüv rheinland's aim is to build its shenzhen operations into one of the core business centers worldwide. in addition, the german group will share with shenzhen their experience amassed in the formulation and development of eu standards, and offer more first-mover advantages to the city's innovative industries so that they could compete in international markets.
founded in 1872 in cologne, germany, tüv rheinland is a world-leading provider of independent testing services and technical services, and a major certification institution in the world. to encourage the group to increase investment in the city, invest shenzhen initiated many rounds of negotiations with it by focusing on the group's global development strategy and shenzhen's drive for industrial transformation and upgrading. this included a visit to the german headquarters in may 2014 attracting business. the visit prompted the group to make the decision to set up an r&d center and other projects in shenzhen, and meet the senior officials of the city.
