China's high-speed rail has failed to compete, and I am afraid that few people can believe this news, after all, the strength of China's high-speed rail is also the existence of the top of the pyramid when looking at the world.
But the situation has taken a turn again, China itself voluntarily withdrew, what the hell is going on, we can force ourselves to withdraw, there must be internal circumstances.
Bulgaria, a small European nation, unveiled its own tender last year to procure the trains needed for the high-speed rail project, including a 15-year maintenance deal.
China looks at it, isn't this a door-to-door business, after all, we still have full confidence in our high-speed rail technology. First, you can have a business to do and earn some foreign exchange, and secondly, you can also make your reputation out, so that you can cooperate with other countries in the future.
So he happily went to Europe to participate in the bidding, not to brag that as long as China makes a move, there is no business that cannot be done, who knows that the EU does not play cards according to common sense. Originally, it was just trying to make some stumbling blocks and force China to withdraw from the competition for the project, but now China has withdrawn as it wishes, and the Bulgarian project has also been yellow.
In fact, after China's withdrawal, Bulgaria has more partners to choose from, and Spain is one of them, but Spain is very direct that the time and cost of this project will be greatly increased, and it cannot be delivered on time as promised by China.
This time Bulgaria was dumbfounded, and China withdrew from it, so it had no choice but to cancel the follow-up plan of the high-speed rail project.
CRRC Qingdao Sifang is the hero of this incident and our high-speed rail company in China. Whether it is technical or business capabilities, it is first-class in China, the famous "Fuxing" high-speed train is from their company, in addition to the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, including the Chicago subway, they are all built.
After helping China complete the layout of four horizontal and four vertical railways, more complex eight horizontal and eight vertical railways are also in full swing construction. As of 2023 last year, the total mileage of China's high-speed rail has exceeded 42,000 kilometers, ranking first in the world. Germany is in second place with only 6,226 kilometers, and China is seven times as much.
Therefore, while China's rapid development, we should also choose to go out and let the world see how advanced China's high-speed rail technology is.
Some of the surrounding Southeast Asian countries have long been connected to our railway network, which will promote the development of tourism in the surrounding areas and strengthen cooperation with China. Some of the more powerful countries in Africa are also on China's radar.
Europe and the Middle East are China's next targets, but the Middle East already has China.
China was the first to cooperate with Saudi Arabia, and there is no way for anyone to make money rich.
As we all know, there are a lot of deserts in the Middle East, and the terrain here is very complex, and it must be quite difficult to build a high-speed rail in the desert.
Even Japan, which became famous earlier in the world, shook its head helplessly after seeing Saudi Arabia's request, but China is different. China's topography is also very complex, with mountains, hills, plateaus and deserts. So this little problem is not difficult for us.
Although it seemed to the West to be an impossible task, China started and finally built a high-speed railway that met the requirements of the Saudis, much to their delight.
Everyone knows that there is a lot of cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia is a country that understands technology very well, and it just so happens that China has technology, so the two countries hit it off and reached a lot of cooperation, and high-speed rail is just one of them.
The reason why China has such an advantage is that China has built a one-stop service, and after the bidding is completed, from design and construction, to train installation, to later maintenance, China can achieve self-sufficiency, because our industrial chain is very perfect.
It takes two years to complete abroad, but it only takes one year in China, and the cost in China is very cheap, so in foreign countries, made in China is also known as the king of cost performance.
With such an advantage, China is always the easiest choice for foreign countries to choose when considering which company.
With the rapid development of the economy, the emergence of high-speed trains is an indispensable part. Bulgaria announced that it would purchase 20 high-speed trains, 15 years of maintenance and, of course, training for Bulgarian employees.
After this news was announced by the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport, it immediately attracted the attention of CRRC Qingdao Sifang Company.
China's next market development direction is the European region, if it can win this order, it can take this opportunity to completely open up the European market. So we didn't hesitate to choose to bid.
The offer given by China is very favorable, our price is almost half that of Spain. Although the Spanish high-speed rail company is also very powerful, it can be regarded as comparable to CRRC, so in the end, only two companies entered the final competition.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows who to choose at a glance, but Bulgaria hesitates because the EU has begun a countervailing investigation into Chinese companies. The EU believes that the price offered by Spain is the level that the market should have, while the price given by China is significantly lower than the market price, and it is suspected that the Chinese government has provided a high subsidy to CRRC Qingdao Sifang, so CRRC's price will be so low.
Now the EU wants to launch a countervailing investigation against CRRC Qingdao Sifang Company. Because according to the "Foreign Subsidies Regulation" promulgated by the EU in July last year, when a company's tender value exceeds 250 million euros and receives more than 4 million euros in subsidies from a third country within three years, then the company must confess to the EU and take the initiative to report the EU's bidding plan.
Since Bulgaria has joined the European Union and become one of the member states, CRRC Qingdao Sifang Company also abides by the regulations of others, after all, this is people's territory, the strong dragon can not overwhelm the head of the snake, we still understand this truth, not to mention that as long as the Bulgarian market is opened, there are many opportunities for cooperation with the EU in the future.
Therefore, CRRC Qingdao Sifang Company has submitted all the information required for this declaration, and then only needs to wait for the EU to complete the review.
However, the EU seems to have taken the initiative to provoke trouble, claiming that it had found violations and would launch a countervailing investigation against CRRC Qingdao Sifang, which believed that the 1.75 billion euros subsidized by the Chinese government violated the fairness of the bid and was not conducive to fair competition between Chinese and Spanish companies.
Obviously, this is the egg in the bones, as long as the declaration materials provided by CRRC Qingdao Sifang Company meet the specifications, the EU should not block it, after all, how much the subsidy is a matter of the Chinese government, and it has nothing to do with others, but the EU is grasping this point.
In addition, the EU also took the opportunity to investigate China's electric vehicle industry and photovoltaic product industry, and there is a sense of not giving up until evidence is found.
Seeing that the EU's attitude is getting tougher and tougher, CRRC Qingdao Sifang Company knows that even if its bid is completely legal and compliant, it is estimated that it will not get the final cooperation, so it simply chose to withdraw and left this cooperation opportunity to Spain.
Seeing that only its goals have been achieved, the EU claims that the investigation has been closed. Although China took the initiative to withdraw this time, everyone knows in their hearts that this is also something that cannot be helped, and you can't do anything if people want to mess with you.
I thought that this matter would come to an end, Bulgaria and Spain reached a cooperation, the two sides are happy to build high-speed rail, China can only find another partner, but last month Bulgaria suddenly announced that it would cancel the direct high-speed rail construction plan, the reason is that the Spanish high-speed rail company, unable to complete the railway construction and train delivery on time, which is certainly not good for Bulgaria, but there are only two companies that are finally shortlisted, China will definitely not cooperate again, otherwise the EU will find them trouble, Spain has already said that it is not finished, and it is better to cancel this plan directly than to carry out the unfinished.
At present, Bulgaria does not have more choices, if it were not for the EU to block it, maybe our high-speed rail has already been built and has begun to operate, after all, China's speed is not blown.
Bulgaria's high-speed rail line was originally a tourist route built to stimulate domestic economic development, and at the same time it can also relieve domestic traffic pressure.
I have seen so many cooperation breakdowns, either because the price is too high to bear, or the construction period is too long to be completed temporarily, and the first time I met because the price is too low to let the cooperation, this is really the world's big.
Originally, the EU agreed to allocate 1.2 billion euros of high-speed rail subsidies to Bulgaria, and then encouraged everyone to help Bulgaria build high-speed rail, Spain's offer included the 1.2 billion euros of subsidies, but then the EU changed its plan, because of its limited budget, so it was only willing to give Bulgaria an interest-free loan, which Spain was naturally unwilling to cooperate, so the original offer did not have the 1.2 billion, and the task had to be completed within the specified time, which was simply impossible. So in the end, the two countries could only break up.
The EU did not expect this to be the result, the times have changed, China is no longer the China it used to be, it used to need China to open its eyes to the world, to see how Western countries develop their economies, now it needs the EU to open its eyes to the world, to see how China can surpass them.
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