Volkswagen Group released a statement on the 2nd that the company is considering the first time to close one of its automobile manufacturing plants and one parts plant in Germany, and the plan, if implemented, will be the first time in the history of Volkswagen to close a plant in Germany. The move triggered strong resistance from labor unions, Volkswagen executives will meet with labor unions on Wednesday, and some union executives said the talks will make the company's management “very uncomfortable”. Volkswagen Group Chairman of the Board of Management Ogbomu said in a statement that the economic environment has become tougher, with new players entering Europe, and that Germany is falling further behind in terms of competitiveness as a business location.

Chinese Embassy in Germany news, July 11 German Federal Ministry of the Interior issued a message to the groundless so-called potential security risks, announced that it will gradually remove the 5G network Huawei, ZTE, etc., the Chinese communications enterprise components China expressed strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to this. Huawei, ZTE 5G problem in the final analysis is individual countries out of the maintenance of their own scientific and technological hegemony, bottomless suppression of competitors' behavior, the so-called network security risk is nothing more than an excuse, in fact, so far no country has come up with the Chinese side of the enterprise equipment there are security risks of conclusive evidence. Germany's move is naked political discrimination, serious damage to mutual trust between the two sides, but also will affect the future cooperation between China and Europe in related areas, the German side in the NATO summit held in Washington, declared that the decision more seriously questioned the independence of its decision-making. Germany and the European side can not on the one hand demand fair competition, on the other hand, the so-called potential security risks, discriminatory practices against other enterprises, which will not only affect the normal economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, but also affect the confidence of foreign investors to invest in Germany, the Chinese side will take the necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate interests of the Chinese side of the enterprise.