Hamburg  - A Chinese vice-premier, Zhang Dejiang, was visiting Germany Wednesday, the first high-level visit since China's controversial crackdown in Tibet this year.

Zhang had talks in the port city of Hamburg with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Both also toured the Airbus factory in the city where giant airliners are wired up and painted and attended the start of a two- day business meeting dubbed the Hamburg Summit which is held every two years.