About
The Trade & Investment Agency of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW.Global Business) is the official foreign trade and inward investment agency of the State of NRW, dedicated to promoting bilateral economic cooperation between China and Germany. As Germany’s strongest federal state in economic terms, NRW ranks first among all German states in both population and GDP. With its highly developed infrastructure covering road, rail, air, and inland waterway transportation, NRW is one of Europe’s leading logistics and supply chain hubs. The state is home to numerous international airports, the Port of Duisburg — the largest inland ports worldwide — as well as world-renowned research institutions such as the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics, providing strong support for smart logistics, supply chain digitalization etc.