Less than 3 days after Blinken left, Musk suddenly visited China

Global Eye No. 3

2024-04-29 15:57Posted on the official account of Shanxi Henan Radio and Television Station

On April 28, Tesla CEO Elon Musk started a new visit to China, and Musk did not disclose relevant information before the visit. After Musk's visit to Beijing, the Chinese senior level met at the Diaoyu Island State Guesthouse. The Chinese side pointed out that Tesla's development in China can be regarded as a successful example of China-US economic and trade cooperation. Foreign-funded enterprises are indispensable and important participants and contributors to China's development, and China's super-large market will always be open to foreign-funded enterprises. Musk said that Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory is Tesla's best-performing factory, thanks to the hard work and wisdom of the Chinese team. Tesla is willing to further deepen cooperation with China and achieve more win-win results.

Elon Musk

It is reported that Musk's visit to China is intended to promote Tesla's full self-driving, and seek permission from the Chinese side to transmit the car driving data collected by Tesla in China to foreign countries for autonomous driving algorithm training. According to public information, according to the requirements of Chinese regulators, all driving data collected by Tesla in China since 2021 is currently stored in Shanghai, and no data is transmitted to the United States. Earlier this month, Musk announced on social media that he would launch a self-driving business to Chinese users. Some experts pointed out that China's traffic situation is more complex than other markets, and there are more pedestrians and cyclists on China's roads, and driving data in this context is crucial to accelerate the training of intelligent driving algorithms.

It is worth noting that about a week before his visit to China, Musk announced the postponement of his plan to visit India, and the reason he gave at that time was that Tesla was busy with business and could not get away with it. However, after Musk suddenly arrived in China, many Indian media expressed their dissatisfaction, and even bluntly said that "Musk announced that he would visit China a few days after postponing his visit to India". In this regard, Reuters pointed out that Musk did not go to India and chose to come to China, and it is obvious that the Chinese market is more important to him. China is Tesla's second-largest market. In addition, there are also rich application scenarios here, and if cooperation with China can be improved, Tesla's technology will inevitably be taken to the next level and occupy more shares in the global market. Therefore, coming to China can better "stabilize the morale of the military".

Tesla's China factory

On the same day that Musk arrived in China, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers issued a notice on the testing of four safety requirements for automotive data processing. According to the report, 76 models from 6 companies, including BYD, Ideal, Tesla, and NIO, meet the four compliance requirements for automotive data security. Among them, all Tesla vehicles produced at Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory meet China's safety requirements. According to analysis, this marks Tesla's further trust in China.

In a discussion with Ren Hongbin, president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Musk said that he was pleased to see the rapid development of China's electric vehicle industry, and he believes that all cars will be electric in the future. He also pointed out that "I have a lot of Chinese fans, the emotions are mutual, and I am a huge fan of China". Musk visited China in May last year. When talking about Sino-US relations, Musk once bluntly said that China has many more smart people and hard-working people than the United States, and China prefers to focus on domestic affairs and will not invade other countries than the United States.

Musk's visit to China

Recently, American politicians and business people have visited China one after another, starting a wave of visits to China. Just a few days ago, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken just concluded a visit to China. During the talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the Chinese side made it clear that if the United States always regards China as its main adversary, China-US relations will only continue to be troubled and full of problems. The Chinese people's right to development is inalienable. The United States has emerged an endless stream of economic, trade, and technological suppression measures against China, which are not fair competition, but containment, not de-risking, but creating risks. The US should put into practice its statement that it does not seek to contain China's economic development, does not seek to "decouple" from China, and has no intention of preventing China's scientific and technological progress.

Wang Yi meets with Blinken

It can be said that since the San Francisco meeting, Sino-US relations have made some progress, but the US side still says one thing and does another, and has intensified its suppression of China in many fields. As the world's largest two economies, China-US relations are undoubtedly the most important bilateral relationship in the world. It can be said that the door to dialogue and communication between China is always open. At the same time, the US side must realize that it cannot communicate for the sake of communication, cannot say one thing and do another, and still less should it have the illusion of dealing with China from a so-called "position of strength".

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