Landed in China for a day and a half, restoring Musk's complete itinerary that flooded the circle of friends
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35 hours after landing in China, what did Musk do?
One and a half days after landing in Beijing, Musk was received by at least three leaders of national ministries and commissions, and also accepted a luxurious banquet from Zeng Yuqun, the head of the "King of Ning".
At about 9 a.m. Beijing time on May 30, Musk's private jet landed in Beijing, visiting China again after three years.
▲Musk's private jet arrived in Beijing
After arriving in Beijing, Musk was the complete success of China's Shenzhou 16 manned launch mission, Musk synchronized his positioning on Weibo for the first time, and did not hesitate to praise China's aerospace industry: "China's space program is far ahead of most people realize." "I have to say that the old horse has high emotional intelligence.
▲Musk posted a Weibo to locate Beijing
On the first day of his visit to China, Musk received a meeting with his "old friend" in China, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang, exchanged views with Zeng Yuqun, chairman of CATL, stayed at Beijing's top business club - Washington Club, and attended the Manfu banquet to enjoy 16 Chinese and Western dishes customized for him.
In just one day, Tesla's stock price rose by more than 4%, and its market value rose by about 180 billion yuan.
▲As of the closing time of 16:00 on May 30, Tesla's stock price rose by 4.14%
Today, Musk's visit to China is not stopping, and from the available information, Musk has at least accepted a number of senior executives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Judging from the photos leaked by Twitter netizens, walking side by side with Musk is "the busiest Chinese man behind Musk's visit to China" - Tesla global vice president Zhu Xiaotong. Recently, Zhu Xiaotong was granted 339,000 shares, worth about 62.98 million US dollars (about 440 million yuan).
▲ Zhu Xiaotong (first from right) and Tao Lin (second from right) accompanied Musk to meet with Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao
This visit to China is Musk's first visit to China in three years, and his arrival has aroused the extraordinary attention of netizens. "Musk's private jet landed in Beijing", "What did Musk eat at the dinner on the first day in Beijing", "What food will you recommend for Musk in Beijing" were once on the hot search screen. So what has Musk done in China these two days? After combing through the car things, I found the itinerary information of Musk during the two days of his visit to China.
1. Musk Received by Foreign Minister Zeng Yuqun invited guests to dinner
On May 30, Beijing time, according to a witness from Reuters, Musk's private plane landed in Beijing. It is reported that this is a 2015 Gulfstream G650ER, with a range of 13,890 kilometers, a total of 16 portholes, and a full load of 19 people, and Musk spent $75 million (about 533 million yuan) to buy the aircraft.
According to the flight-tracking website ADS-B Exchange, the plane took off Tuesday local time in the United States, passed through Japan, South Korea and finally arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport.
Foreign Ministry of China made a statement on Musk's visit to China at a regular press conference, and Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said that China has always welcomed business people from all over the world, including Mr. Musk, to visit China to better understand China and promote mutually beneficial cooperation.
▲Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning replied to Musk and his party (Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Musk's first stop in Beijing was the Crab Island Resort near Beijing Capital Airport.
According to staff at Tesla's Beijing headquarters, Musk held a series of meetings at the Crab Island resort near Beijing's Capital Airport. It is reported that Xiandao Resort is located in Beijing Xiedao Tesla Center, the largest delivery center of Tesla's single area in Asia. The 12,000-square-meter Tesla Center was inaugurated on September 9, 2021.
After Musk landed, he first accepted a meeting with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang. Musk and Foreign Minister Qin are old acquaintances, and in March last year, Musk also took Qin Gang, then ambassador to the United States, to experience the FSD performance of Model S Plaid.
▲Musk met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang
At this meeting, Musk said that Chinese people are diligent and wise, and China's development achievements are taken for granted. The interests of the United States and China are intertwined, just as conjoined babies are inseparable from each other. He pointed out that Tesla opposes "decoupling and breaking the chain" and is willing to continue to expand its business in China and share China's development opportunities.
Qin Gang used Tesla Motors as a metaphor: to develop Sino-US relations, we need to align ourselves with the steering wheel and move in the right direction of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation proposed by President Xi Jinping; "Apply the brakes" in time to avoid "dangerous driving"; Be good at "stepping on the accelerator" and promote mutually beneficial cooperation.
Soon after, Musk went to meet Zeng Yuqun, chairman of the global power battery leader CATL, and the photos of the meeting between the two also flooded the Internet. In the photo, the two sides walk side by side, continuing to negotiate, and the atmosphere is relaxed and pleasant.
▲Musk met with Zeng Yuqun, chairman of CATL
CATL, Panasonic and LG are one of Tesla's three major battery suppliers, and Tesla is also the largest customer of CATL. And what did this global electric vehicle industry leader and global power battery industry leader talk about?
The bold speculation is likely to include the supply of energy storage cells at the Shanghai Energy Storage Gigafactory, the cooperative construction of a battery factory in the United States by CATL and Tesla, and the supply of power batteries.
After the meeting on the 30th, Lao Ma never expected to usher in a "unexpected joy".
According to the US Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC), Tesla shares also rose after Musk's meeting with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang on the same day. Tesla's stock price soared 5% at the opening of the 30th local time, and then fell slightly. According to the US market observation website, Tesla's stock price still rose 4.14% as of the close of the day. The market value rose by more than 25 billion US dollars, or about 180 billion yuan.
Even in the face of soaring market value, Musk continued to walk on the second day of his visit to China, and successively accepted meetings with Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zhuanglong.
▲On May 31, Musk was met by Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zhuanglong
Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with Tesla CEO Musk. The two sides conducted extensive and in-depth exchanges on Sino-US economic and trade cooperation and Tesla's development in China.
Wang Wentao said that China is comprehensively promoting Chinese-style modernization and expanding high-level opening up, which will bring new development opportunities to enterprises around the world, including Tesla. China will continue to provide efficient and pragmatic service guarantees and support the long-term and stable development of foreign-funded enterprises in China.
Musk agreed that the US-China relationship is not a zero-sum game, thanked China for its support and guarantee to Tesla's Shanghai factory during the new crown epidemic, and praised the vitality and potential of China's development, full of confidence in the Chinese market, and willing to continue to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation.
▲On May 31, Musk was met with Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao
Immediately afterwards, Musk was met with Jin Zhuanglong, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, and the two sides exchanged views on the development of new energy vehicles and intelligent networked vehicles.
▲On May 31, Musk was met by Jin Zhuanglong, Minister of Industry and Information Technology
For this trip, foreign media said that Musk will visit Tesla's Shanghai factory and will meet with some key people, and it is not clear what more exact time it is.
Second, the top clubhouse customized feast The menu contains a very high amount of "horses"
After three years, Musk will be received when he visits China again?
Musk visited China again after three years, and the first city of the visit to China came to Beijing, and the specific conversation of the big guy may not be the time to reveal it, but the great Chinese netizens have already picked up the relevant information of "Ma Yilong's" visit to China.
According to the grapevine, Musk's hotel in Beijing is the Washington Club, and the hotel is the top business club with the title of "one of the ten congresses in Beijing"
▲Musk will meet in Washington
And Musk's first meal in China was the Manfu banquet of the Washington Club, and according to the menu revealed, Musk's first lunch was indeed quite exquisite.
The menu for the specially tailored dinner party contains a very high amount of "horses", and the cover image of the menu shows two horses occupying most of the position, with the English "TESLA" at the top and the Chinese characters "One Horse First" and the English "Extraordinary" (meaning "extraordinary") below, which also match the meaning of the two words.
▲Manfu banquet menu cover
Also note that the menu is themed "Ma" and "E", corresponding to the Chinese and English initials of Musk's name!
The letter "E" on the inside page of the menu is very eye-catching, and the Chinese and English definitions of the word "horse" are also marked on the menu, expressing the wish for Tesla to take the dream as a horse and run amok on the road to electrification.
Obviously, this is definitely not arranged by Tesla, then this meal is the guest invited by Zeng Yuqun, the boss of the Ningde era! This is definitely a textbook business reception case.
▲Musk's customized menu
In terms of dishes, Lao Ma's dinner has a total of 16 dishes, covering 7 categories: appetizers, soups, seafood, meat, seasonal vegetables, staple foods and desserts, including Italian blackvinegar pine plate meat, nostalgic mother dishes, Majiagou celery cherry blossom shrimp, American elephant mussel (Laotan sauerkraut), Manfu banquet fried sauce noodles, etc.
▲Musk's sixteen dishes
I don't know if this kind of creative fusion of Chinese and Western cuisine, is the horse always used to eating? Can the fried sauce noodles in 2023 surpass the Xiaolongbao of Beijing Xisi Bunzi Shop in 2019 favored by Mr. Ma?
Third, it may go to the Shanghai base camp to solve three major problems
Musk's 35-hour visit to China was still only in Beijing for government visits, and did not go to Tesla's Chinese base Shanghai, but as far as the current clues are concerned, Musk's main purpose in China is to solve a series of problems in the Shanghai factory.
The first is the issue of the timing of new product releases at the Shanghai factory. Whether it is the investor day in March this year or this month's shareholder meeting, Tesla has been previewing "affordable new cars" and "facelifted Modle 3" but has never officially announced, which can be said to whet people's appetite.
You know, Musk's visit to China in January 2020 witnessed the official delivery of the domestic Model 3, and this time Musk's visit to China, the Shanghai factory is expected to make big moves.
▲Musk's visit to China in 2020
The second is the construction of energy storage plants. On April 9, Tesla officially announced that it will build a new Megafactory in Shanghai, specializing in the production of Tesla's energy storage product Megapack. As mentioned earlier, Musk and Zeng Yuqun are also concerned about this problem.
In addition, Musk also needs to go to Shanghai to discuss the approval and application of FSD in China and the construction of Starlink satellite network with relevant departments.
Previously, Chen Kele, deputy director of the Intelligent Manufacturing Promotion Division of the Shanghai Municipal Economic and Information Commission, said that in the next stage, Shanghai will further deepen cooperation with Tesla, promote the layout of functional sectors such as autonomous driving and robots in Shanghai, and jointly build a technology industry cluster with core technological advantages and facing the global market.
It can be seen that Shanghai is an important development base for Tesla's intelligent driving cars and intelligent robots, and it is expected that Tesla humanoid robots and FSD will have new news announcements, and Shanghai and his trip are of great significance to Musk's visit to China.
Conclusion: Looking forward to Lao Ma's next move
The above is the itinerary of Musk's "non-stop" trip to China in the past two days.
But this is just an appetizer, Musk comes to China, there should be some substantive actions, such as officially announcing the production of Model 3, and even going to the production line to supervise the battle, condolences to the next line of employees, and give a letter to Tesla FSD landing in China...
I have to admit that Musk, as an entrepreneurial leader with both public opinion influence and practical spirit, and a large number of business interests in China, Musk's big move to China touches the heartstrings of everyone in the industry.
Musk's visit shows the importance he attaches to the Chinese market, and Tesla will continue to increase investment and production in China to meet growing market demand and strengthen cooperation with Chinese partners. As Musk's visit to China continues, Tesla is expected to continue to make new breakthroughs in the Chinese market.
The important foothold of the Shanghai factory has not yet gone, where will Musk's next footprints fall? We continue to pay attention.