“Now more than 20 years have passed, I have deep feelings for Nanjing. The investment environment here is very commendable!” Mr. Gusten is an entrepreneur from Germany. Under his advice and guidance, EMZ Hanauer (Nanjing) Co.,Ltd. was settled in Nanjing’s Lishui District in 1997, and he himself received a Chinese green card in 2019.
Gusten believes that Nanjing’s Lishui District has a developed traffic. It is close to Nanjing Lukou International Airport. More and more international airlines make it convenient for domestic and foreign travels. High-speed railways and highways extend in all directions, shortening the distance between the major urban agglomerations, making it very suitable for investment and residence.The simplicity and tolerance of Lishui people, the trust and harmony between Lishui people, among others, are the reasons why Mr. Gusten firmly chose Lishui.
Nanjing is an international city with a heavy history, vitality, openness and tolerance. He enjoys working and living here. Since Mr. Gusten served as the investment environment monitoring consultant in Nanjing in 2001, he has been committed to the cause of investment promotion in Nanjing. In 2002, he served as Chairman of the Nanjing International Chamber of Commerce, presided over the exchange of foreign-funded enterprises, and was employed as a conduct supervisor of the Nanjing Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in the same year. In 2005, he initiated the Nanjing branch of the EU Chamber of Commerce and served as President until 2013. During this period, he initiated the Nanjing Dialogue for EU Enterprises on many occasions, which greatly promoted EU companies’ understanding of Nanjing, and facilitated them to settle in Nanjing and Lishui. His wife was the representative of the Office of Baden-Wurttemberg in Jiangsu and Chairman of Nanjing International School Board. His twodaughters grew up in Nanjing.
Mr. Gusten is very passionate about outdoor sports and tourism. In spare time, he often takes his family to Nanjing and surrounding areas. He participated in Lishui International Mountain Marathon and also visited Wuxiang Mountain and Tiansheng Bridge. He likes the high-quality ecological environment and beautiful natural scenery here. Speaking of Lishui Zhou Park, Mr. Gusten gave a thumbs up and said repeatedly: “The collection there is really great, and I would like to take my friends to see and experience the long history of Chinese traditional culture.” Mr. Gusten is also enthusiastic about public welfare activities. In addition to facilitating the nine-year donation project of EMZ Hanauer to Lishui Red Cross Society, he is also one of the founders of Pfrang Association, a famous foreign-funded foundation in Nanjing.
During the urban internationalization seminar, Mr. Gusten was credited the honor being granted the first batch of “Zijin Friendship Ambassador of Nanjing Urban Internationalization”. He is also the first foreigner in Lishui area to win this honor. He said that in the future, he will continue to participate in international cooperation activities, making more contribution to the promotion of Urban Internationalization of Nanjing.
