“荷兰与中国西部合作空间很大”——专访荷兰驻重庆总领事孔思哲

“Great prospect for Netherlands-western China cooperation”——An exclusive interview with Koen Sizoo, Consul General at Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Chongqing, China

"Netherlands"在荷兰语中即低地的意思,荷兰约有三分之二的土地基本与海平面同高或者低于海平面。这个填海造陆形成的国家国土面积和人口仅有重庆的一半,却成为了仅次于美国的全球第二大农产品出口国。近年来,随着“一带一路”建设的不断拓展,中荷合作的广度和深度不断提升。农业一直是两国间合作的重要领域,西部地区作为中国农业的重要区域,与荷兰又有哪些合作契机,带着这些问题,记者走进了荷兰驻重庆总领事馆,与荷兰驻重庆总领事孔思哲一同寻找答案。

The word "Netherlands " literally means "low land" in Dutch. In the Netherlands,about two-thirds of the land is nearly at or below sea level. The size and population of the Netherlands, a country that owes a major part of its land to sea reclamation, are both only half that of Chongqing, but it has become the world's second largest exporter of agricultural products behind the United States. In recent years, the continuous expansion of the Belt and Road Initiative has contributed to constant enhancement of Sino-Dutch cooperation in breadth and depth. Agriculture has always been a major field of cooperation between the two countries. As western China constitutes an important region of agriculture, what kind of opportunities may be brought by cooperation between the Netherlands and the western region of China? With such questions in mind, the journalist interviewed Consul Koen Sizoo at the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Chongqing to jointly seek for the answer.