Speech by Federal President Joachim Gauck on the occasion of his visit to the People’s Republic of China, at Tongji University in Shanghai, China

PDF of the speech Gauckrede Englisch

I count it a great honour to speak today at your university which is so steeped in tradition. I would like to offer my thanks to Professor Pei Gang, President of Tongji University. My visit to you is an excellent opportunity to reflect on the development of the Sino-German partnership. And I intend to do that in a moment.

德国总统约阿希姆·高克 对中华人民共和国进行国事访问之际 于2016年3月23日在上海同济大学的讲话

The PDF  of the speech     Gauck Rede chinesisch

非常荣幸今天能在传统深厚的同济大学演讲，为此我要感谢贵校校长裴钢教授。拜访贵校为思考中德伙伴关系的发展提供了一个绝佳机会，而这也是下面我要做的。