韩联社8月24日报道，韩国IBK企业银行中国法人发生了一起规模超800亿韩元（约合3.89亿元人民币）的重大金融事故。银行方面坚称系“外部人员诈骗”所致，但亦有指责认为，银行松懈的内控体系助长了损失规模。         A BYD flagship store at the Ulmen car dealership on H?herweg Auto Mile in Düsseldorf, Germany, with new cars on display out front. Photo: VCG
Germany's industrial woes have increasingly become a hot topic of discussion. The latest Engineer Monitor report from professional association Verein Deutscher Ingenieure and the German Economic Institute offers a new look at the issue.
The report showed that there were 58,392 unemployed individuals in the engineering and information technology (IT) professions in the fourth quarter of 2025, the highest level since the survey began in 2011. 
Compared with the previous year, the number of unemployed increased by 16.7 percent, according to German media reports on Sunday.
These figures lay bare the challenges confronting the country's manufacturing sector. The reasons for the industrial woes are multiple. The soaring energy costs caused by geopolitical conflicts, the decline in exports caused by rising protectionism and low external demand, and the structural pain caused by industrial chain restructuring are all squeezing the space of German manufacturing.
Manufacturing is the backbone of Germany's economy, and engineers and IT specialists constitute the core force that sustains this pillar. For decades, the country's reputation for "Made in Germany" excellence was built on the expertise of these skilled professionals. Regardless of the macroeconomic ups and downs, preserving the stability and continuity of its industrial talent pool represents a strategic bottom line for Germany. 
Should large numbers of highly skilled technical professionals leave the industry or sit idle, industrial research and development (R&D) and production cycles will be disrupted. Over the longer term, such a waste of human capital will erode Germany's industrial innovation capacity and, ultimately, undermine the foundations of its global competitiveness.
In this context, the urgent task for Germany is to create sufficient quality positions for its technical talent. Should it fail to do so in the short term, then Germany needs to embrace a more open‑minded development approach. Shoring up its manufacturing base cannot be achieved solely through protecting domestic companies; it also requires a significant expansion of effective investment to create enough high‑quality jobs that can attract and retain skilled talent.
This is exactly where China‑Germany cooperation could deliver tangible results. According to the FDI Report 2025 published by Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI), the total number of foreign investment projects in Germany fell 9.3 percent overall to 1,564 in 2025. Nonetheless, Chinese companies became the largest source of foreign investment projects in Germany in 2025, overtaking the US for the first time since 2017. 
Chinese companies launched 228 investment projects in Germany in 2025, up 14.6 percent year-on-year. More than one in five Chinese investment projects involved production and R&D activities, above the overall average for foreign investment projects in Germany. This is a sign that Chinese firms are deepening their integration into the local industrial base, according to GTAI.
Observers noted the trend, pointing out that China is becoming an important force in driving German re‑industrialization. In industries where Germany urgently needs to rebuild its competitive edge, such as electric vehicles, batteries, energy technology, digital manufacturing, and automation, China is emerging as an increasingly significant complementary partner. In these critical areas that will determine industrial competitiveness in the coming decades, the relationship between China and Germany is not merely one of rivalry; there are clear and substantial complementarities. Germany still boasts world‑leading engineering expertise, precision manufacturing capabilities, and a strategic location at the heart of the European market. 
China has complete and highly integrated supply chains for raw materials and intermediate goods and large capacity for increasing production. When Chinese automakers set up R&D centers in Germany, or when Chinese tech firms collaborate with German factories to build smart production lines, the beneficiaries are not only the Chinese companies but also the German engineers who would otherwise face redundancy.
Cross‑border investment cannot flourish without a sound policy environment. Chinese companies are apparently willing to develop in Germany, but it can only happen on the premise that the German side provides a fair, reasonable and predictable business environment, reduces non-market interference in commercial activities, and allows capital to operate in accordance with market rules.
If the two countries are able to reach a deeper level of cooperation in investment, many of Germany's trade‑related concerns may well find more pragmatic solutions. The deep integration of industrial value chains would facilitate two‑way trade, creating renewed momentum for German exports of machinery, vehicles, chemicals, and other competitive products to China.
。韩国国会政务委员会所属议员申东旭24日从金融监督院和银行方面取得的资料显示，IBK中国分行法人沈钟勋（SIM JONG HOON）与非银行金融机构A公司签署协议，向借款人发放非面对面贷款。根据协议，A公司委托线上贷款平台B公司负责借款人招募及本息回收等具体操作；贷款资金由企业银行提供，借款人偿还的本息则先归集至B公司指定账户，再由企业银行定期结算划转。然而，B公司在运营过程中擅自变更还款路径，将本应转入企业银行的借款人还款资金挪作他用，并伪造电子交易数据，制造还款正常的假象。由于资金被截留，借款人被系统标记为逾期，信用记录受损，企业银行亦未能如期收回贷款本息。银行方面在回应议员室质询时表示，他们每天都在核对本息偿还明细与实际入账金额。

二 | 然而，银行方面又称，实际是在今年6月24日因结算款未到账且借款人投诉增多后才首次意识到问题，这一说法前后矛盾，令其内控的有效性备受质疑。值得注意的是，早在今年3至4月间，已有5家中国金融机构先后中止了与B公司的业务合作，但企业银行未能及时捕捉这些风险信号，错失了早期预警时机。申东旭还指出，韩国监管当局的应对也颇为消极。

三 | 据报道，韩国金融监督院在接到事故报告后，仅进行了内部报告、传播事故案例、确认事故金额变动等工作，并未对企业银行相关人员进行面对面确认、要求补充提交资料，或启动书面调查和现场检查。金融监督院表示，计划在损失金额补偿等事故处理结束后，待企业银行提交结案报告时，再对事故处理的妥当性进行检查。

四 | 申东旭表示：“企业银行一边直接发放贷款，一边却将本息回收交给外部平台，等到800亿韩元级事故爆发后才建立直接还款系统。除了法人内控松懈，金融监督院只会等待结案报告，其事后监管也是严重的问题。”IBK企业银行已于上月15日正式对外披露此次金融事故，初步估算涉案规模为833.76亿韩元。截至目前，银行尚未公布最终的涉案总额、已追回款项及预期损失等具体数据，相关核算工作仍在进行中。