German "Zeitung" on August 15, the original title: study shows that China in the EU import share rose sharply more and more products imported from China to the EU, especially Germany has been specializing in the field of products, this is the German Institute for Economic Research (IW) report analysis results. Between 2020 and 2022 alone, the share of Chinese products in many of the EU's imports will increase by almost as much as in the entire decade from 2010 to 2020.

　　Economists believe that this development will primarily affect complex industrial products in which Germany has traditionally specialized, and in which its traditional strengths in exports lie. However, it is in these areas that Germany's share of EU imports is falling sharply. between 2000 and 2022, Germany's share falls from 17.7% to 15.5%. China's share, on the other hand, grows from 2.5 percent to 13 percent. the IW report's author, foreign trade expert Jürgen Mattes, said, "This is a worrying result in light of the challenges of Germany's energy transition, competitiveness issues, and locational factors." The IW report says Germany's industrial export model appears to be faltering.

　　German newspaper Handelsblatt, August 15 article, original title: China in Europe puts pressure on Germany This development has been evident for years. Other analyses confirm this trend. The German Federal Agency for Foreign Trade and Investment (GTAI) recently concluded that Chinese companies are gradually catching up with and even overtaking rival Germany on the world market. Between 2000 and 2020, China's share of global exports increased by at least 11 percentage points to around 15 percent, while Germany's share almost stagnated at around 8 percent.

　　Factors such as the huge technological progress made by Chinese companies and the support of the Chinese government have also played a role, says IW expert Matthes, adding that China is catching up technologically and is becoming increasingly competitive in terms of innovative products. The Chinese government supports this goal with the Made in China 2025 action program. The number of licenses granted by German research institutes and companies to China for the use of German technology has also increased significantly in recent years.

　　An example of China's dominance in the EU import market is mechanical engineering. in 2010, the share of Chinese machinery manufacturers in EU imports was 6.8%, whereas last year it amounted to 11.4%. During the same period, the share of German machinery manufacturers fell from 22.6% to 20.5%.

　　Observers fear that the automotive market could be next. China's share of EU imports is still small compared to Germany's, but has been on a clear upward trend in recent years, as shown by the IW data. in 2000, China's share of EU automotive imports was 0.1%, and by 2022 it will have reached 3.5%.