Continental AG in Germany, one of the Fortune 500 enterprises, chose Nangang Scietific Park in high-tech zone as its first factory site in China, and the new environmental assessment report has already passed the expert review of environmental protection departments.

Continental AG is the third largest tire manufacturer of the world and the largest auto parts supplier in Europe. When the group announced it would invest and build factories in mainland China in 2004, Shenyang, Dalian, Tianjin and other cities showed their invitation to the investment initiatively, and Continental AG finally decided to invest in Hefei after many rounds of contests.