In
cooperation with the Regent Taipei, the German Trade Office Taipei (GTO) has
attracted over 560 distinguished guests to attend this year’s GTO German
Business Day at the Regent Taipei Oktoberfest.
Axel
Limberg, Chief Representative and Executive Director of the German Trade Office
Taipei, stated: “The Oktoberfest is Germany’s most
famous festival and has become an important ambassador for German culture all
over the world. It brings people from all walks of life together and lets them
forget their stressful daily life. We are very delighted to celebrate this
great folk festival with our Taiwanese friends and to share this integral part
of German amusement culture with them.”
Among the
guests of the event were Yu Cheng-Wei, Director General of Bureau of Energy,
Dr. Thomas Prinz, Director General of the German Institute, Chang Chung-Liang,
Vice president of Taiwan Power Company, and Tom Chou, Deputy Chairperson of
International Affairs Advisory Council/spokesperson of the Taipei City
Government. The event commenced with the traditional “Tapping the Beer Keg”
ceremony, in which Executive Director Axel Limberg opened the first barrel of
beer by affixing and opening the tap.
It was the
fourth time that the German Trade Office Taipei organized this event. The event
featured live music by the German band Show Express, all-you-can-drink Erdinger
draft beer and authentic German food.
By organizing this year’s GTO German
Business Day at the Regent Oktoberfest, the German Trade Office Taipei aimed at
introducing this unique part of German culture to the Taiwanese business
community. Furthermore, the event was intended to facilitate the business
exchange between Taiwanese and German companies and thus be beneficiary to the
further development of the trade relations between Germany and Taiwan.