Taicang, a county-level city in Jiangsu province, became the 41st member of the Sino-German Industrial City Alliance during the organization's eighth conference in Foshan, Guangdong province, local media reported on Oct 21.

As an important city in Sino-German relations, Taicang is home to over 300 German-invested enterprises with a total investment of 50 billion yuan ($7.06 billion).

Taicang is also a host city for the Joint Commission Conference on Sino-German Sci-Tech Innovation Cooperation, a state-level event organized by China's Ministry of Science and Technology and Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Established in April 2016, the alliance serves as a platform for cooperation and exchange between industrial cities and small and medium-sized enterprises.