Recently, Italian Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said that Italy is negotiating with three Chinese automakers, with the aim of attracting at least one Chinese car company to invest in setting up factories to achieve the country's planned goal of producing 1.3 million cars per year. According to foreign media reports, the three Chinese car companies are BYD, Chery and Great Wall Motor.
However, Carlos Tavares, chief executive of Maserati maker Stellantis, said Stellantis would likely have to close some of its Italian factories if Chinese competitors were allowed to produce cars in Italy.
Many media have reported the news one after another, which has aroused great attention and heated discussions among netizens.
Some netizens commented: Europe is really hopeless, so you can only drive a gas car.
I would say that Stellantis' seclusion and self-containment look very much like the Qing Empire before 1840.
Some netizens said: Of course the losers league is afraid.
And he also made a public statement, which was even more surprising.
Some netizens commented: The technical dividend has come to an end.
As netizens said, China is getting stronger and stronger, and it has begun to break down various technical barriers, and the good days when Europeans can earn high profits by lying flat should also come to an end.
Closer to home, the Italian government says it is in talks with three Chinese automakers to attract Chinese automakers to invest in the country, which should be a mutually beneficial thing.
However, Tang Weishi, the chief executive of Maserati maker Stellantis, expressed concern and publicly said that allowing Chinese competitors to produce cars in Italy could force the company to close some of its Italian factories. This news has sparked a discussion among netizens about the future development of the Italian automotive industry.
There is no doubt that enterprises should actively face the challenges of competition, introduce excellent enterprises, and produce a catfish effect, such open cooperation can promote the prosperity of the industry.
To a certain extent, it is precisely because of this consideration that the Italian government seeks to attract Chinese car companies to invest and set up factories. Such a move also reflects the Italian government's openness to the development of the automotive industry, and is also a recognition of the technological and capital strength of Chinese automakers.
Of course, at the same time, Chinese automakers also hope to expand their market share and enhance their brand influence by investing overseas.
Such a cooperation is clearly a win-win situation, as the cooperation between the two parties will help promote the coordinated development of the multinational automotive industry chain, drive economic growth, and create more opportunities for local employment.
In the face of fierce market competition and challenges from domestic and foreign peers, Stellantis, as a European automobile manufacturing giant, should embrace competition and achieve long-term development through innovation and competitiveness.
Stellantis, however, chose to run away. There is no doubt that the isolation of the country and the complacency of the country will only lead to the backwardness and passivity of enterprises, as the experience of the late Qing Dynasty has proved. Only in an open environment can enterprises continue to introduce advanced technology and management experience, enhance their competitiveness, and better meet market demand.
Truth be told, it's not easy for companies like Stellantis to compete with rivals from China. However, an environment without competition is a cup of poison.
Without competition, enterprises will only lose the momentum to move forward in an overly comfortable environment, and in the competition, enterprises will have to share resources with partners, carry out technical exchanges and cooperative innovation to enhance their competitiveness, so that enterprises become stronger and stronger.
Open cooperation will not only help promote the prosperity of the automotive industry, but also help promote the progress of global automotive technology.
Although the competition between competitors is fierce, it is this competition that promotes the continuous upgrading and innovation of technology and products, which makes the automotive industry continue to progress.
European companies should actively face the challenges of competition, break down barriers and strengthen cooperation in order to achieve sustainable business development.
Closing oneself from one's own country will only lead to stagnation and eventual abandonment by the times.