The Shanghai-Germany Manufacturing Industry Exchange Dialogue was held on April 1, 2025, at Hannover Messe, co-organized by the Shanghai Municipal Government and VDMA.
Evaluation of the current "Business Climate Survey China" of our China office for fall 2024 - overall market and electrical automation sector.
China's mechanical engineering industry continues to catch up, products from the Far East are getting better and are almost always cheaper. China is not only striving for technological supremacy locally, but also internationally.
China's mechanical engineering industry continues to catch up, products from the Far East are improving and are almost always cheaper. But China's industry is also benefiting from subsidies across the board. Results of a new VDMA study.
On June 27, 2024, the VDMA Market Experts Meeting - From Oil & Gas to Low-Carbon Solutions (formerly Sales Manager Group Oil, Gas, Petrochemicals) met virtually for the first time.
88 mandatory standards, 548 voluntary national standards and 159 translated national standards in English were released.
A series of mandatory standard drafts are released, such as for metal-forming machinery, non-traditional machinery, rubber and plastics machinery, foundry machinery, etc.
The China Railway Certification (CRC) has been transferred into voluntary.
The Provisions on Promoting and Regulating Cross-border Data Flow was released.
The risk assessment concept of machinery in China mainly refers to the EU Machinery Directive and is implemented through mandatory standards.
China's government is now called upon to prevent a trade war with the EU before the new tariffs come into force. European industry finally needs a level playing field.
