China and Germany promised to offer continued political support for the Sino-German Ecopark in Qingdao, a coastal city of Shandong province, according to a joint statement signed by both sides on Thursday.

The joint statement, inked between the China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and Germany's Ministry of Economy and Technology, was signed during German Chancellor Angela Merkel's two-day official visit to China. She arrived in Beijing on Thursday morning.

It was signed to further boost mutual investment between the two countries.