Ph.D. in Law,the University of Augsburg in Germany;Aqualified barrister; The founding chairman of “China-Bridge”(China-Bruecke), anassociation for friendly exchanges between China and Germany;Honorary Professor at Tongji University.He serves as the Chairman of the German-Chinese ParliamentaryFriendshipGroup in the German Bundestag,where he has been a member since1998.Throughout his career, hehasheld positions suchas Minister oftheInterior, Minister of Food and Agriculture, and Deputy Speaker. He has been interviewedmultiple timesby central media outletssuch asXinhua News AgencyandPeople's Daily, and has visitedChinaover 100 times.Heplayed akeyrole in advocating for the establishment of the "China-Bridge" Association in 2019, dedicated to creating adialogueplatform for exchanges and cooperationbetween Germany and China.