荷兰驻渝总领事馆正式运营驻渝（总）领事机构达10家，居中西部首位

□ 文/本刊记者 李静

荷兰驻渝总领馆运营

2014年1月8日，荷兰驻重庆总领事馆召开媒体见面会，荷兰驻重庆总领事谭敬南表示，荷兰驻重庆总领事馆的工作已经正式开展。至此，外国政府驻渝（总）领事机构已达10家，位列中西部第一。

荷兰驻重庆总领事馆是继上海、广州、香港之后在华开设的第四家总领事馆，其领区范围包括重庆、四川和陕西三省（市）。荷兰对在重庆设立总领事馆已经计划已久，在三年前双方政府便开始讨论，最终两国达成协议：荷兰将在中国重庆增设新的领馆，中国将在位于荷属加勒比海地区的库拉索开设领馆。

▲ 荷兰驻渝领事馆媒体见面会。

近年来，随着重庆市不断扩大开发开放力度，重庆辐射带动西部地区的战略地位日益显现，越来越多的国家重视与重庆交往合作。重庆具备自身区位优势，是中西部的结合点，起着承东启西的作用。经过直辖十余年的发展，无论在软实力、硬实力方面，重庆已成为中国长江上游的经济中心，在西部大开发过程中发挥着战略支撑和带动作用，成为中国西部明亮的窗口，外国领事机构和外国新闻机构纷纷入驻。如今，重庆外国领事机构数量列中西部第一位，为重庆打造中西部领事高地迈出了坚实的一步。

助推更多荷兰企业入驻重庆

荷兰驻渝总领事谭敬南表示，通过领事馆这一平台，荷兰和重庆双边关系和合作今后将大大加强。而新开通的渝新欧铁路也是在此设领的重要原因之一。

荷兰驻渝总领事馆的主要任务之一是帮助荷兰公司开拓中国西部市场，寻找西南本地的贸易和投资伙伴。“目前在重庆的荷兰企业不太多，因此，我们更需要努力帮助更多的企业在重庆设立。当然，中国公司如对荷兰技术感兴趣，荷兰总领事馆也会鼎力相助。在接下来的几个月中，我们将积极推动双方在种猪技术、汽车技术产业和交通物流产业三个领域的交流与合作。不仅如此，荷兰驻渝总领事馆也会寻找机会开展荷兰和中国西部的教育和文化合作，以此增加荷兰和中国西部人民之间的了解，经济和贸易固然重要，但那不是生活的主价值。”他表示，目前，一位荷兰作家正在写作一本关于荷兰自十九世纪以来在重庆历史记录的著作，希望在今年下半年的开馆仪式上发布。

谭敬南告诉记者，未来领馆不会开签证处，签证只有申请代办机构，“提到荷兰，大家都会想到郁金香和风车，不仅如此，著名画家梵高也是来自荷兰，这里还有很多有名的美术馆。到2012年底，到荷兰的中国游客已达到20万人次，保持着26%的增长率。我希望未来会有更多的中国游客和商务人士去荷兰，那里一定不会让大家失望的。”

▲ 荷兰驻渝总领事谭敬南。

总领事也有一个“中国梦”

谭敬南总领事是一位名副其实的中国通，能说一口流利的中文。采访间，他告诉媒体，到重庆开设荷兰总领事馆，担任总领事，其实是圆了他的一个名副其实的“中国梦”，就好像冥冥之中早就注定的和重庆的缘分。

“对我个人而言，我的偶像，荷兰外交官高罗佩先生在1943年3月，就被派往荷兰驻重庆使馆担任一等秘书。这期间，他在重庆工作，生活并结婚，当时的重庆是中国国民政府的战时首都。这也是他在中国的唯一工作经历。”谭敬南说，高罗佩撰写的并曾在南京大学和台湾大学学习。作了《狄公案》，重塑了唐朝清官狄仁杰并赋予他以东方福尔摩斯的形象，这部侦探小说使得狄仁杰风靡世界，这也是他学习中文的动力源泉。

谭敬南最早学中文是在荷兰的莱顿大学，上世纪80年代还专门来到南京大学学习中文，然后去了台湾大学学习。“我在台湾生活和工作了三年，所以我内地的朋友时常打趣我的中文带有台湾腔。”1995年，谭敬南被派驻到北京的荷兰驻华大使馆，在那里工作了四年。

2013年9月，谭敬南来到重庆，开始着手荷兰驻重庆总领事馆的筹备工作，“我非常荣幸沿着高罗佩当年的足迹来到重庆设立荷兰王国驻重庆总领事馆。在我的职业生涯中，有两个最爱，中国和欧洲，当然中国排第一。”他还透露，他的太太罗莉婷也于2013年11月来到重庆，安顿下来后就马上学起了中文。

与荷兰情缘可追溯到70余年前

重庆与荷兰的情缘，早在70多年前就开始了。1942年1月8日，荷兰公使馆秘书亨德里克·包斯陪同新任荷兰驻华公使白鲁格男爵同船抵达重庆，荷兰公使馆由北平，正式迁至战时临时首都重庆，后因故撤出。

近几年，重庆与荷兰经贸关系飞速发展，相互投资日趋紧密。荷兰在重庆对欧洲主要出口国和进口国排位中都稳居第2位。2011年6月，重庆市两江新区代表团赴荷，由荷兰国际贸易促进中心(NCH)和荷兰银行（ABN AMRO）共同组织的“亚洲投资热点推介会”，推介我市的两江新区。

荷兰TNT航空于2010年9月25日开通比利时列日－重庆－上海浦东－列日货运航线，成为首家开通重庆至欧洲直达货运航线的欧洲航空公司，为重庆内陆开放高地建设做出了重要贡献。截止2011年5月31日，已运输了60万台笔记本电脑（约2700多吨）。

2012年，荷兰鹿特丹市在重庆正式成立鹿特丹市重庆商务代表处，以进一步促进两市在航运、港口基础设施建设、物流和环保技术等领域的交流与合作。

2012年5月，荷兰驻华使馆商务参赞兰杰人先生率领的包括荷兰驻上海总领馆、荷兰外商投资局、荷兰贸易促进委员会、鹿特丹投资局等在内的荷兰政府暨商务代表团一行19人访问重庆，与我市联合举办了“重庆-荷兰经贸合作暨中国企业进入欧洲市场的战略规划”CEO圆桌会议。来自渝荷双方政界、商界的近70名代表应邀出席本次圆桌会议。

目前，两地科技合作进展顺利，合作规模不断扩大。2011年5月，应荷兰国家应用科学研究院（TNO）的邀请，重庆科学院技术研究院院长潘复生率团对荷兰进行了访问，参观了荷兰国家应用科学研究院实验室、荷兰高科技园和Holst研究中心，并与荷兰国家应用科学研究院相关高层领导进行了系列交流座谈，听取了荷兰国家应用科学研究院方面对该院的特色工作和项目的具体演示和介绍。此次访问为重庆科学院技术研究院与荷兰国家应用科学研究院开展科技合作奠定了坚实基础，标志着双方的合作迈出了坚实的第一步。

文教合作方面，重庆中国三峡博物馆已与荷兰知名汉学家、前外交官高罗佩家族达成一致，高罗佩家族将向中国三峡博物馆捐献高罗佩的个人藏品，并将在中国三峡博物馆建立永久性的高罗佩书屋。

鹿特丹应用科技大学鹿特丹霍哥学院分别与重庆工商大学和重庆大学积极探讨在合作办学和研究方面开展合作。自2006年开始，重庆工商大学艺术和设计学院与荷兰Windesheim大学定期开展学生和教师交流活动。

Netherlands Consulate-General in Chongqing Launched(General)Consular Institutions in Chongqing up to 10

Netherlands Consulate-General in Chongqing Off i cially Launched

On January 8, 2014, the Netherlands Consulate-General in Chongqing held press conference, the Consul-General Mr. Guido Tielman said that Netherlands Consulate-General in Chongqing has been officially launched.So far,(general)consular institutions of foreign governments in Chongqing had reached 10.

Netherlands Consulate-General in Chongqing is the fourth consulate in China after opened in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, its consular district covering Chongqing, Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces(municipality).Netherlands government had been planning settling a Consulate-General in Chongqing for years, and three years ago governments of the two sides began to have discussions and eventually reached an agreement: the Netherlands will open a new consulate in Chongqing in China while China will open consulate in Curacao in the Dutch Caribbean.

In recent years, as Chongqing making great efforts opening to the world, more and more countries pay important attentions and looking for cooperation with Chongqing. Chongqing is becoming the economic center of Yangtze River upstream in China after more than 10 years of development, playing a strategy support and leading role in the process of West Development,it has became the window of Western China, consulates and foreign media institutions have settled in Chongqing, the number of foreign consular institutions in Chongqing ranks f i rst in the Midwest China,which took a solid step for Chongqing to build consular highland in the Midwest China.

Boosting More Netherlands Enterprises Opening in Chongqing

Mr. Guido Tielman said,the bilateral relations and cooperation between Netherlands and Chongqing will be greatly enhanced through the consulate as platform,and the newly built Chongqing- Xinjiang- Europe railway is also one of the important reasons.

One of the major tasks of Netherlands Consulate-General in Chongqing is to help the Netherlands companies explore markets in Western China, looking for Southwest local trade and investment partners. “Currently there are not many Netherlands companies in Chongqing,so we need to make more efforts to help more enterprises come to Chongqing.Of course,if Chinese companies are interested in Netherlands technology, we will also help them.We will continue to actively promote breeding technology, automotive industry, transport and logistics industry exchanges and cooperation in three areas in the next few months.Not only that, Netherlands Consulate-General in Chongqing will also look for opportunities of cooperation between Netherlands and Western China in education and culture in order to increase better understanding bwtween people from Netherlands and Western China.Economy and trade are important, but that's not the main value of life. ” Mr. Guido Tielman said that at present, one writer from Netherlands is writing a book on the history of Netherlands in Chongqing since the 19th century, he hoped it will be released at the opening ceremony of Netherlands Consulate-General in Chongqing later this year.

Mr. Guido Tielman told us that visa service will be operated in Chongqing in the future, "refers to Netherlands, everyone thinks of tulips and windmills, but famous artists such as Van Gogh is also from the Netherlands, where there are many famous museums.By the end of 2012, the Netherlands has received 200,000 Chinese tourists, holding 26% growth rate.I hope that in the future there will be more Chinese tourists and business people go to Netherlands, you won't be disappointed. ”

Consul General Also Has a "China Dream"

The Consul-General Mr. Guido Tielman is an old China hand,he can speak f l uent Chinese.During the interview he told the media that being served as Consul-General in Chongqing made his "China dream" come true.“For my personal side, my idol,the Netherlands diplomat, Robert Hans van Gulik was sent to the Netherlands Embassy in Chongqing to serve as First Secretary in March 1943.During this period, he worked and got married in Chongqing,which was his only work experience in China. ” Mr. Guido Tielman said, Robert Hans van Gulik composed Judge Dee reshaped the image of Judge Dee and endowed him with Sherlock Holmes of eastern version, this detective novel made Dee famous around the world, which is also his inspiration of studying Chinese.

Mr. Guido Tielman studied Chinese at Ryde College in Netherlands, he also came to Nanjing University to study Chinese in the 80 's of the last century, and then went to Taiwan University. “I had lived and worked in Taiwan for three years, so my mainland Chinese friends often tease me with my Taiwan accent. ”In 1995 Guido Tielman was posted to Beijing and worked in Netherlands Embassy for four years.

Guido Tielman started the preparation in Netherlands Consulate in Chongqing in September 2013, "I’m very honored that lay behind his footprints to set up a Consulate General of the Netherlands in Chongqing.In my career, I have two favorites, China and Europe, of course, China ranked first. ”He also disclosed that his wife came to Chongqing in November 2013 and started to study Chinese after settle down immediately.