The mainland is busy developing new productive forces and completing the upgrading and development of the industrial chain as soon as possible, but the Taiwan authorities are all in the woods and regard the ro-ro ships that the mainland is building for the export of automobiles as a "potential threat."
The biggest difference between the ro-ro ship and the bulk carrier is that it can load goods such as automobiles directly and completely without being restricted by containers.
Ro-Ro ship
According to Reuters and other media reports, at a time when China's electric vehicle exports continue to boom, Chinese automakers and transportation companies are ordering a large number of ro-ro carriers, which puts China on track to sit on the world's fourth-largest car carrier fleet by 2028.
There are even analysts who focus on shipping shipping who say that in the coming years, "we will see new trade routes being built almost exclusively for Chinese automakers".
The expansion of China's automobile transport ro-ro fleet can be regarded as a symbol of the mainland's development of new quality productivity and the upgrading of the industrial chain.
To put it bluntly, in the past, we didn't use these purpose-built carriers for the low-to-mid-range goods we exported, so the fleet has been controlled by major car producers and exporters like Japan, and by major carriers like Norway, which focuses on global ocean trade.
Ocean shipping ro-ro ships
But with the surge in China's EV exports, and the huge transportation costs of ocean trade, it is almost inevitable to develop and have its own fleet of car ro-ro carriers.
By the end of 2023, a 6,500-space transport ship could be rented for up to $115,000 a day, according to shipping consulting firm Clarkson.
On the one hand, this reflects the surge in demand for ro-ro carriers due to the surge in global electric vehicle exports, and on the other hand, it also reflects the need for Chinese companies to have their own ro-ro carriers.
To put it bluntly, the reason why our electric vehicles can be widely exported to all parts of the world is mainly to rely on the cost performance, if because of the problem of transportation costs, the cost of the car is increased, then it is equivalent to losing the cost performance, it is difficult to make the car produced in the mainland compete with Europe, America, Japan and South Korea.
China's EV exports
On this basis, it is almost inevitable that relevant Chinese companies will expand their own transport fleets. Moreover, the sharp increase in automobile exports is complementary to the development of China's shipbuilding industry.
Because China is now the leader in the global shipbuilding industry, most of the annual construction of large cargo ships and even commercial ships is concentrated in China and South Korea, and China has now surpassed South Korea.
In this context, Chinese auto companies place orders from Chinese shipbuilders and have their own ocean-going automobile transport ro-ro ships, which is the most cost-effective and the most able to support each other, so that the domestic auto industry and shipbuilding industry can prosper together.
Any Chinese should be proud and excited to see similar news. However, at a time when the mainland is actively bringing into play the new quality of productive forces and raising the level of the national economy, the Taiwan authorities have been using all the grass and trees to include "dealing with the mainland's ro-ro ships" in the process of their so-called "Han Kuang" exercise.
Taiwanese military exercises
According to Taiwan media reports, Taiwan's so-called "defense department" recently held a press conference to explain the "Han Kuang-40" exercise. At this meeting, Taiwan's "defense department" announced that this year's "Han Kuang exercise" will include the setting of "dealing with mainland ro-ro ships."
This is very strange, although the automobile transport ro-ro ship, in essence, developed from the landing ship, but the mainland automobile enterprises order a large number of transport ships, it is completely a conventional economic operation, in order to increase exports, reduce costs, this is a trade behavior, not a political issue.
Taiwan's "defense department" has included the mainland's ro-ro ships as a target for its military exercises, which fully reflects the mentality of the Taiwan authorities in deliberately hyping up cross-strait relations.
First of all, from a military point of view, Taiwan's "defense departments" have included dealing with the mainland's ro-ro ships as their exercise objectives, which fully reflects their underestimation of the mainland's military strength and their high regard for their own military strength. In other words, it is simply beyond one's own strength.
Chiu Kuo-cheng, head of Taiwan's "defense department."
Up to now, the mainland has always insisted on striving for peaceful reunification as much as possible, that is to say, there is still a great possibility that the two sides of the strait will achieve reunion in a peaceful way, and it can be said that the mainland's work toward Taiwan is centered on striving for peaceful reunification.
It is precisely the Taiwan authorities themselves that really undermine cross-strait peace and pose a security threat to the Taiwan region. Now they are hyping up security issues with all kinds of military exercises, which are actually thieves shouting to catch thieves.
On the other hand, even if the moment really comes to the moment when "changes are taking place in the Taiwan Strait," the mainland will not need ro-ro ships if it wants to realize the complete reunification of the motherland, because it is not without large landing ships.
Amphibious assault ships and other military equipment, including the 075, are more than enough to deal with the situation in the Taiwan Strait, and the Taiwan authorities simply have no ability to deal with these military equipment, so where can they use ro-ro ships?
PLA amphibious landing ship
Finally, this incident also reveals a very obvious contrast, that is, while the mainland is actively developing its economy and improving the people's living standards, the Taiwan authorities do not pay attention to the livelihood of the people on the island and do not want to develop the economy of the Taiwan region.
This is tantamount to not making a self-confession, and it has made the vast number of Taiwan compatriots see clearly that the current Taiwan authorities are not doing their proper work all day long, do not consider the people's livelihood and economy in the Taiwan region, and are bent on doing things and talking nonsense for their own political ambitions.
Seeing this, it is no wonder that during this year's election of local leaders in Taiwan, 60 percent of the people on the island wanted to remove the DPP.
From the perspective of cross-strait relations, the current DPP's bizarre behavior will not only fail to achieve its goal of seeking "independence," but will only further lose the support of the Taiwan people.
"One Country, Two Systems, Reunifying China"
To put it bluntly, they have been not doing their jobs properly for a long time, and those young people on the island who have been poisoned by the "Taiwan independence" ideology have gradually come to their senses, and now that they have clearly seen the true colors of the DPP authorities, they are all the more willing to actively respond to the mainland's call.
The DPP authorities, in disregard of the demands for economic development in the Taiwan region, have been thinking all day long about wasting money to deal with the mainland's "ro-ro ship." Perhaps, over time, they will promote the awakening of more compatriots in the Taiwan region, more actively promote cross-strait reunification, and enjoy the convenience and dividends brought about by the mainland's rapid economic development.