Stock Photo - 01 October 2023, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: He Lifeng (center, l-r), Deputy Premier of the People's Republic of China, Marianne Kothé, Head of the Communications Department at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Minister of Finance, Heiko Thoms (back, hidden), State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Patricia Flor, German Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, Eva Wimmer (back, hidden), Head of the Financial Market Policy Department at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Joachim Nagel, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Rupert Schaefer (back), Executive Director of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), and Judith Hermes, Head of the European and International Financial Policy Department at the Federal Ministry of Finance, pose for the joint group photo. As part of a German-Chinese financial dialogue, Federal Finance Minister Lindner and He Lifeng exchange views on various topics. The agenda includes current global macroeconomic developments, international debt as well as issues of regulation and market access, especially for financial service providers. Photo: Andreas Arnold/dpa. - Frankfurt/Main/Hesse/Germany