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BUSINESS NEWS MAY 2 9, 2020 / 8:32 PM / UPDATED 16 HOURS AGO

'Business is restarting': German executives

fly back to China
Frank Simon, Andreas Buerger 2 MIN READ

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Karin Wasowski (R), controller at German car manufacturer Volkswagen AG is hugged by a friend
before she boards the first Lufthansa charter flight for Tianjin, China, after the lockdown, as the spread
of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, May 29, 2020.
REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Scores of German business executives were due to return to

China on Friday evening, beneficiaries of an accelerated entry procedure offered by
Beijing as both countries seek to reignite their economies after months of lockdown.

Under a deal brokered by the German Chamber of Commerce in China, staff from
hundreds of German companies with units there can return without undergoing two
weeks’ quarantine if they can show a certified negative coronavirus test.

Among the executives waiting to board the chartered Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) flight to
Tianjin was Karin Warowski, a controller at carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), who
was eager to rejoin her husband after months of separation.

“Obviously everyone’s pleased that business is restarting - it’s already underway,” she
said, rushing through a near-deserted airport to catch her flight.

“I’m one of the first privileged few who can go back to Tianjin... I’m very pleased to be
going back to where my husband is. We’ve been apart for four months.”

About 500 to 1,000 business managers have been offered an accelerated re-entry
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