HANNOVER MESSE announces Sweden as 2019 Partner Country
漢諾威工業博覽會宣布瑞典為2019年合作伙伴國

April 24, 2018 - In 2019, Sweden will feature as the official Partner Country of HANNOVER MESSE, a trade fair for industrial technology. This was announced at the formal signing of the partnership agreement by Fredrik Fexe, Executive Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, at Business Sweden (the Swedish Trade and Invest Council), and Marc Siemering, Deutsche Messe’s Senior Vice President for Industry, Energy & Logistics, HANNOVER MESSE & CeMAT.

2018年4月24日——2019年，瑞典將成為工業技術交易會漢諾威工業博覽會的正式合作伙伴國。這是瑞典貿易與投資委員會戰略與業務發展執行副總裁Fredrik Fexe與德國漢諾威展覽公司負責漢諾威工業博覽會&漢諾威國際物流展工業、能源和物流業務高級副總裁Marc Siemering正式簽署合作協議時宣布的。

Every year, a different Partner Country is honored at HANNOVER MESSE. This not only attracts huge attention for the featured nation on the part of visitors and journalists, but also sparks lots of discourse at the highest levels of government. In its Partner Country role, Sweden is taking over from Mexico as the nation featured in 2018.

每年，不同的合作伙伴國家都會在漢諾威工業博覽會上備受贊譽。這不僅吸引了觀眾和新聞記者對這個特色國家的高度關注，而且引發政府最高層的大量討論。成為合作伙伴國，瑞典是從2018年合作伙伴國墨西哥手中接過這一角色。

“Sweden’s government and industry are clearly committed to pursuing the digital transformation,” observed Dr. Jochen Köckler, Chairman of the Managing Board at Deutsche Messe, adding: “This makes Sweden a perfect match for HANNOVER MESSE.”

“瑞典政府和工業界明確承諾實施數字化轉型，”德國漢諾威展覽公司董事局主席Jochen Köckler博士說道，“這使得瑞典與漢諾威工業博覽會完美契合。”

The relations between Sweden and Germany were intensified through a bilateral partnership on innovation signed in early 2017. The partnership entails cooperation at government, economic and institutional levels in the areas of mobility, digital advancement of industry, joint research activities and testbed projects for Industry 4.0, as well as the promotion of digitization and automation in small and medium-sized enterprises.

通過2017年初簽署的雙邊創新伙伴關系，瑞典與德國之間的關系進一步加強。這一伙伴關系需要政府、經濟和機構層面在工業4.0的流動性、工業數字化推進、聯合研究活動和試驗臺項目方面進行合作以及促進中小企業的數字化和自動化。

The Swedish economy is growing steadily. Sweden ranks highly in international comparisons on everything from business climate to start-ups, innovation and quality of life. A long tradition of business savvy and high levels of education coupled with supportive government policies have made the country home to a vibrant start-up community and to many brands in the world, including Volvo, Electrolux, Ericsson, IKEA and H&M.

瑞典經濟取得穩步增長。瑞典在從商業環境到初創企業、創新和生活質量等各個方面的國際比較中排名很高。悠久的商業意識和高水平的教育背景以及支持性的政府政策使該國成為充滿活力的初創社區和全球眾多知名品牌的家園，包括沃爾沃、伊萊克斯、愛立信、宜家和H＆M等。

In 2018, Forbes named Sweden the world’s best country for doing business and the Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index ranked Sweden as the most competitive economy in the world. Having produced tech giants such as Spotify, Klarna, Skype, King and iZettle, Stockholm is an undeniable tech hotspot. In fact, per capita Sweden’s capital is the biggest unicorn factory in the world after Silicon Valley. Sweden also ranks as the most innovative nation in the European Union and tops the list for R&D personnel as a proportion of the labor force. Gender equality, openness and lack of corruption are other dimensions where Sweden is world-leading and which contribute to Sweden having the “best reputation in the world”, according to the Country RepTrak Index.

2018年，福布斯將瑞典列為世界上最好的經商國家，全球可持續競爭力指數將瑞典評為世界上最具競爭力的經濟體。在孕育出Spotify、Klarna、Skype、King和iZettle等科技巨頭之后，斯德哥爾摩成為一塊無可否認的科技熱土。事實上，按人均算，瑞典首都是硅谷之后全球最大的獨角獸工廠。瑞典也是歐盟最具創新力的國家，研發人員占據勞動力的比例位居前列。根據國家RepTrak指數，瑞典全球領先并且幫助瑞典獲得“世界最佳聲譽”的其他方面還包括性別平等、開放和腐敗指數低等。