Recently, the BMW China R&D Center officially was opened in Beijing's Shunyi District. As a part of BMW Group Strategy NUMBER ONE > NEXT, the center is a significant step in expanding local innovation, and taking the Group's "In China, for China and the world" localization strategy one step further.

"For us, China is a driving force of innovation, a place of inspiration particularly in the field of electrification and digitalization - we think China is the lead market in these fields already today. This is why we began five years ago to set up a comprehensive R&D network in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang. And, we expect that the increase of our Chinese R&D activities and the collaboration with more and more top class Chinese tech companies will make a strong contribution to our global R&D outcome, especially in areas such as electro mobility and digitalization." - stated Klaus Fröhlich, Member of the Board of Management BMW AG, Development, at the opening ceremony.

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