編者按：2020年開年以來，新冠病毒疫情牽動著全球人民的心。在中國疫情防控的關鍵時刻，世界各地的國際友人心中有何感受，對武漢、對中國想說些什麼？江蘇國際頻道、我蘇網聯合推出“We Stand with YOU” （和你在一起）系列報道，傾聽他們的心聲。
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從1996年來到中國，曾作為博西中國“掌門人”的蓋爾克已經在中國工作生活了20多年。疫情期間，蓋爾克在南京見證了江蘇在疫情防控和復工復產方面所作出的努力。
Roland Gerke, former Chairman of BSH Home Appliances Holding (China) Co., Ltd., has been living in China for 23 years since 1997. After the COVID-19 broke out in Chinese mainland, he still came back as scheduled on February 5 and witnessed Jiangsu's efforts in fighting against the virus and resuming production.
每年春節，蓋爾克都會和家人一起去臺灣休假迎新。今年春節後，蓋爾克於2月5日如期返回南京，繼續工作。“為了配合防疫，回來之後我也按要求推遲和大家的會面”，蓋爾克對記者說。
Roland Gerke and his family go to Taiwan to spend the Spring Festival each year. After the COVID-19 was broke out in Chinese mainland, he still went back as scheduled on February 5. he said :"I thought also obliged to come back and not to run away. And when I came back of course we have to postpone to see each other among all the precautionary measures."
（疫情期間，由我蘇網、江蘇國際頻道聯合江蘇省多部門聯合推出的“We Stand and Fight COVID-19”專區，為在蘇外籍人士每日提供及時的疫情信息。）
作為一名在蘇外籍人士，蓋爾克為江蘇在疫情信息權威發佈、向外國人及時通報疫情相關資訊方面所作的努力點贊。“江蘇省外事辦公室為我們準備了（與疫情有關）的英文文件。遇到任何問題，我都知道聯繫哪裡。”
As a foreigner living in Jiangsu, Roland Gerke speaks highly of Jiangsu's efforts in sharing information of the epidemic. "The provincial and municipal foreign affairs offices, they also prepared all the documents (of the epidemic) for the foreign friends in English to share," he said. "In case I have questions, I had also telephone numbers where to call."
（2005年，蓋爾克榮獲“江蘇友誼獎”）
蓋爾克覺得，中國在抗擊疫情方面所取得的經驗值得被其他國家參考借鑑。“在如今互聯互通的世界，中國所採取的有效措施值得被學習和借鑑，讓成功的經驗傳播得更遠。”
Roland Gerke believes that other countries in the world should learn from China's experience in fighting the COVID-19 epidemic. "All these measures taken should be studied because in today's connected world, I think it's an illusion to keep it in one country. Because everyone should study and learn also from the good methods implemented here."
“雖然我的家鄉是德國，但我在南京生活的時間要比在德國還要久。”1996年，蓋爾克來到中國，在博西無錫工廠工作。1997年，他隨著博西家電一起來到南京。
"I was born in Germany, but I spend more time in Nanjing than in my first home," said Roland Gerke. In 1996, he came to China and worked for BSH (Wuxi). In 1997, he came together with BSH to Nanjing and settled here.
“我們一直都很看重江蘇。”蓋爾克說，“博西家電首先落地無錫。但我們沒有像其它很多外資企業一樣把總部設在上海或北京，而是選擇了南京。多年來，我們在這裡取得了長足發展。”
"We have always focused on Jiangsu," he said. "We started in Wuxi of Jiangsu. This was a not-to-go like a lot of other foreign companies, they go to Shanghai or Beijing, but we decided to go to Nanjing, also because of the good development through all these years."
在江蘇紮根以來，博西家電不斷開拓中國市場，讓企業同南京這座城市一起快速發展。“我從大力發展製造業到如今打造創新名城，南京發展勢頭強勁，未來可期。可以說，南京為總部經濟及服務領域的發展提供了很好的支持。”蓋爾克說道。
Since settling in Jiangsu, BSH has been exploring the Chinese market and developing rapidly together with the city of Nanjing. "I saw also the development from Nanjing, from building up manufacturing—up to now, to be the City of Innovation," he said. "It's a big development, also supporting HQ economy and the service sector."
（2013年，蓋爾克榮獲“江蘇榮譽居民”稱號）
日新月異的變化令蓋爾克十分看好南京，而更讓他感念的，是這座城市20多年來未曾改變的部分，“豐富的城市特色和宜人的綠化環境依然保存完好。我非常喜歡住在這裡。”
Apart from the changes, Roland Gerke prefers the aspects that remain unchanged. "The city has changed dramatically, but still preserving plenty characters and the green environment," he said. "Certainly, I like very much to have spent all this time."
當天，在接受完記者的採訪後，蓋爾克便要趕回德國，陪伴他的母親，這也是他退休之後最想做的事情。“接下來的幾個月，我將會多陪陪我的母親，她已經90多歲了。”由於當下疫情的緣故，蓋爾克無法與在江蘇的好友們一一道別。但是他表示，今年年中，自己還會再次返回南京，與南京老友們再聚再敘。
On the afternoon of the interview, Roland Gerke took a flight and went back to Germany to visit his mother. This is also what he would like to do after his retirement. "I think I will now for the next couple of months I have to spend a little bit time with my mother. She is more than ninety years old," said him. Due to the current situation in China, Roland Gerke can't say goodbye with his friends in person. Later this year, he will come back and have a proper goodbye with his friends in Nanjing.
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