On 30 May this year (Tuesday), without the usual prior announcement, the Chinese abroad affairs mystery Qin Gang (秦刚) met Elon Musk, head of the US Tesla corporation.
According to the authoritative announcement, the Chinese minister during the gathering said that China comprehensively promotes the large rejuvenation (renaissance) of the nation by upgrading in Chinese style. This modernisation includes a immense population, its nonsubjective is to guarantee universal prosperity, to run in harmony between humans and nature, to make unprecedented growth possible and marketplace demand, which is conducive, among another things, to the improvement of the Chinese fresh energy vehicle industry.
China will proceed to consistently advance a advanced level of openness to the outside world. They are active in creating a better, market-oriented, legally regulated business environment that meets the highest global standards for companies from around the world, including Tesla.
The minister stated that China's improvement was an chance for the world. Therefore, a healthy, unchangeable and constructive Chinese-American relation will benefit both China and the United States and at the same time the full world. Minister Qin Gang utilized the analogy to Tesla's car to present the relation between the 2 powers. For the good improvement of Chinese-American relations, we must decently sit behind the wheel to decision towards peaceful coexistence in an atmosphere of common respect and cooperation beneficial to all. According to president Xi JinPing's proposal: “to pull brakes” at the right time to avoid “dangerous driving”, “to velocity up skillfully” and advance mutually beneficial cooperation.
Musk in his answer stated that the Chinese are industrious, conscientious and wise, and the achievements in China's improvement are their own merit. The interests of the United States and China are linked and inseparable like Siamese twins. Tesla is opposed to “disconnecting and breaking the chain” and is ready to proceed to make its operations in China and participate in China's development.
Elon Musk visited China for the first time after a three-year break due to the COVID-19 epidemic and restrictions on global travel. In March, China visited Tim Cook, Apple's president, but Elon Musk's visit seems to be the right beginning of a series of visits by the heads of major American corporations in the mediate State.
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On Tesla's website, or on the authoritative Twitter account of Elona Musk, there is no information about his visit to China, about the planned possible meetings, the program of this trip.
China is Tesla's second largest marketplace after the United States. Only that in the Chinese marketplace Tesla is experiencing expanding competitive force from local electrical car manufacturers. China is now the world's largest automotive market. They are besides the largest marketplace for the production and sale of hybrid (NV) and electrical (EV) cars. Analysts say that China, as a automotive market, besides has the world's largest growth potential.
Author: 梁安基 Andrzej Z. Liang, 上海 Shanghai, 中国 China
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