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The New Silk Road Network from Bremen and the BVDSI from Hamburg want to strengthen German SMEs in the economies along the new silk roads. The BVDSI as a competence platform expressly welcomes the partnership just concluded and looks forward to future successes together. All the more so because the NEW Silk Road Network brings […]

The American consul Laura J. Hammond met on 12.09. in Bremen with Hans v. Helldorff, Chairman of the Board and Folker Hellmeyer, Member of the Presidium of BVDSI e.V. for a first exchange of views. It was about China and the BRI. The interlocutors quickly agreed that China’s initiative will not affect the development potential […]

1. In your view, what does the Belt and Road Initiative mean for Germany? From the point of view of the BVDSI, the BRI is the most important and largest infrastructure program in the world. It includes the opportunity for cooperative development of emerging economies with China. Here, the strengths of the German medium-sized business […]

Mr Hans von Helldorff, Speaker of the Board, Federal Association of German Silk Road Initiative (BVDSI) called on Ambassador Jauhar Saleem on 24th May 2018. They discussed about opportunities and investment possibilities in Pakistani part of the Belt and Road Initiative. Ambassador Saleem also highlighted the vast investment potential obtaining in the area and the […]

As guest of an event of the Schiller Institut in Bad Soden, Hans v. Helldorff held a speech about the “Necessary regulatory framework conditions for investments by the German and European medium-sized economy in economies along the new Silk Road“ The complete text can be downloaded. ownload complete text as PDF:

This interview was conducted with Mr. Hans v. Helldorff, Speaker of the Board of the BVDSI e.V., on 18th April 2018. The interview was conducted in English, in the form of a phone interview. The report is summarized based on the transcription of phone records and notes to categorize the conversations into five main questions […]

First conversation with Yondon Battumur – Mongolian Embassy A first meeting with Yondon Battumur, the Embassy Counselor for Economy and Trade with BVDSI board members Nadine Hellmold and Hans v. Helldorff in the Mongolian embassy in Berlin once again showed the importance the Asian economies attribute to the OBOR initiative. We very much hope for […]

Chinese ambassador promotes more trust Inaugural visit of the Bremen-based Federal Association of the German Silk Road Initiative e.V. (BVDSI) to the Chinese ambassador in Berlin Yesterday, the board members of the BVDSI, Nadine Hellmold and Hans v. Helldorff met with the Chinese Ambassador Shi in the Chinese Embassy in Berlin for a first exchange […]

Is Germany sleeping through the value-add opportunity of the century? This question is currently being discussed in the economy. Neither the BMWI nor the top-level associations or the AHKs are currently particularly active with regard to the promotion and education of German value-add opportunities. One has the impression that the German political landscape has not […]

The Federal Association of German Silk Road Initiative (BVDSI), based in the Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen, is organizing an international forum for the 13th of November this year, focusing on Kazakhstan. As part of this forum, the German small and medium-sized economy, a driving factor of German innovation and investment capacity, will meet […]