Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called on Germany and China to further open up their markets to each other.
The call comes as the Chinese Premier is to start a week-long tour to Germany, Russia and Italy.
In an op-ed in a German newspaper ahead of his trip there today, Li Keqiang says the two countries should tap the potential of opening up to each other.
He says China will consider Volkswagen's request for increasing its stakes in FAW-Volkswagen, a China-Germany joint venture.
Germany will become the only country that the Chinese Premier has visited twice since he took office in March last year.
During the visit,