President Obama to open HANNOVER MESSE 2016
奧巴馬總統將出席2016年漢諾威工業博覽會開幕式

President of the United States Barack Obama will join German Chancellor Angela Merkel to open HANNOVER MESSE 2016 announced the White House, the German Chancellery and Deutsche Messe AG. In 2016 the United States is Partner Country at the world’s most important trade fair for industrial technology, which runs 25–29 April in Hannover, Germany. Obama will appear at the fair’s official opening ceremony on Sunday, 24 April, and is also scheduled for the traditional opening tour of the fair with Merkel on Monday morning.

白宮、德國總理府和德國漢諾威展覽公司宣布，美國總統奧巴馬將與德國總理默克爾共同為2016年漢諾威工業博覽會揭幕。2016年漢諾威工業博覽會將于4月25-29日在德國漢諾威舉行，該展會是世界上最重要的工業技術貿易博覽會，美國是今年的合作伙伴國。奧巴馬將出席4月24日周日的展會官方開幕式，并且計劃與默克爾在周一上午參加傳統的開放參觀。

“President Obama’s participation sends a special signal about HANNOVER MESSE’s international appeal,” said Dr. Jochen Köckler, member of the managing board at Deutsche Messe AG. “And the timing is perfect: in the midst of its reindustrialization the United States has become a very attractive business partner for industry. For German machinery and plant manufacturers, the USA is once again the number one market.”

德國漢諾威展覽公司董事局成員Jochen Köckler博士表示：“奧巴馬總統的出席充分展示了漢諾威工業博覽會的國際吸引力。而時機同樣完美：在其再工業化進程中，美國已成為一個非常有吸引力的工業貿易伙伴。對于德國機械和工廠設備制造商而言，美國再次成為最大的市場。”

Approximately 5,000 companies from 70 countries will exhibit at HANNOVER MESSE 2016. For years HANNOVER MESSE has been the leader in promoting the digitalization of manufacturing under the rubric of Industrie 4.0. Modern manufacturing and energy technologies are core themes at the exhibition: with the motto “Integrated Industry – Discover Solutions”, HANNOVER MESSE informs international trade visitors step by step how to transform their production facilities into smart factories for the digital age and how to build intelligent, networked systems for energy generation, distribution and storage.

約有來自70個國家的5000家企業將參展2016年漢諾威工業博覽會。多年來，在工業4.0概念下，漢諾威工業博覽會一直是制造業數字化的推動者?，F代制造業和能源技術是展會的核心主題：通過“產業集成——發現解決方案”的口號，漢諾威工業博覽會向全球觀眾展示如何一步一步地將他們的生產設施升級到數字時代的智能工廠，以及如何為能源的產生、分配和儲存搭建智能的、連網的系統。

The United States is Partner Country at HANNOVER MESSE for the first time. Roughly 250 companies from the world’s largest economy will present their solutions for networked industry at the Hannover Exhibition Center and meet potential business partners from all over the world.

美國是第一次成為漢諾威工業博覽會的合作伙伴國。作為世界上最大的經濟體，約有250家美國企業將在漢諾威展覽中心展示其網絡產業的解決方案，以及會見來自世界各地的潛在合作伙伴。