Mercedes-Benz Board Chairman Kang Linsong: Everyone can trust and invest in China

On March 23, the 2025 Annual Meeting of the China Development Forum was held in Beijing. Kang Linsong, chairman of the board of directors of Mercedes-Benz Group Co., Ltd., was invited to attend and said that China's policy to further open up the market is particularly important in the context of many uncertainties in the global market. Mercedes-Benz will seize the development momentum released by China's opening up to the outside world and continue to strengthen cooperation and expand investment based on China's production and R&D in 20 years. This is Kang Linsong's first visit to China since he was elected as chairman of the European Automobile Industry Association. Kang Linsong said that the Chinese market is an important pillar of Mercedes-Benz's global strategy and a key driving force for controlling change. Mercedes-Benz has always been committed to long-term investment in China and believes that China's policy of continuing to expand its opening up will further unleash market potential. Everyone can trust China and invest in China. Data shows that from 2014 to 2023 alone, Mercedes-Benz and Chinese partners jointly invested more than 100 billion yuan in China, making its own contribution to China's development. Currently, Mercedes-Benz is working with Chinese partners to continue to invest more than 14 billion yuan to enrich its product lineup. At present, while continuously expanding research and release, Mercedes-Benz is also actively expanding its circle of technology friends, deepening cooperation with leading Chinese technology companies such as Tencent, Volcano Engine, Gaode Map, and Sibichi, and conducting industry-university-research cooperation with top academic institutions, such as working with Tsinghua University to promote research in the field of sustainable transportation.Regarding China-Europe cooperation, Kang Linsong told the Southern+ reporter: "China and Europe have a high degree of economic and trade interdependence. Like other European automobile companies, we benefit from the rapid growth of China's economy. At the same time, the automobile industry has also become one of the largest areas of foreign investment in China. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the EU and China, and Mercedes-Benz has always been firmly committed to China-Germany economic and trade cooperation." Southern+ reporter Guo Xiaoge[Author]Guo Xiaoge[Source]Southern Media Group Southern+ Client