Santana cars. Subway trains. Maglev trains. Did you know they’re all examples of China-Germany cooperation?

The story goes back to 1985, even before Shanghai and Hamburg officially became sister cities, when the first can of German Nivea moisturizer rolled off a production line in Shanghai. And that’s just one of many milestones in their shared history.

On October 16, a delegation led by Dr. Peter Tschentscher, First Mayor of Hamburg, visited the Shanghai History Museum, where an exhibition marking 40 years of ties between the two cities is underway.