According to the reference source, citing Hong Kong's "Hong Kong Economic Journal", the head of the EU delegation to China, Tuo Yaoyu, said that although the EU has tried to reach out to China for months on the issue of imposing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, China has not sought consultations until recently. A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said that this was not the case. On the contrary, China has always advocated the overall interests of safeguarding the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership, and urged the EU to properly handle economic and trade frictions through dialogue and consultation.
China has always maintained that trade protectionist measures are not conducive to global development. All countries should adhere to dialogue and cooperation, instead of beggar-thy-neighbor and artificially disrupt global industrial and supply chains. China will take all measures to safeguard its rights and interests against any egregious act of abusing rules and suppressing China.
However, at present, the EU is insisting on imposing temporary countervailing duties on EV imports from China, up to 38%, despite China's warnings. Since the EU launched a countervailing investigation into China's electric vehicles, China and the EU have held several rounds of consultations, but it can be said that no effective results have been achieved, which eventually led to the official entry into force of the policy.
There are still four months to go before the official conclusion of the countervailing investigation, and if China and the EU continue to reach an agreement in the meantime, the policy could last for five years.
In fact, the EU's tariffs on China's electric vehicles are similar to the time when Western countries joined forces to "encircle" China's semiconductor industry around the world. At that time, Australia was at the front, refusing China's participation in local 5G project bidding on the one hand, and catering to the chip embargo imposed by United States on China on the other. However, the United States and Europe have not curbed the development of China's semiconductor industry.
In the past, the United States also united many countries to curb China's aerospace development. However, the more they pressed us, the stronger we bounced back. Today, China not only has the world's leading J-20 fighter, but also its own "space villa". Today's Chinese electric vehicle industry is experiencing what a technology company and aviation industry have experienced.
However, what people did not expect was that at such a critical moment, Germany began to take the lead in attacking China. The Germany government once again publicly halted the sale of the gas turbine business by Volkswagen's company MAN Energy Solutions to a Chinese company, citing so-called "national security" reasons. In response to this, Germany's Interior Minister Fetzer publicly stated that he welcomed the decision.
Germany's economy minister, Habeck, who had just visited China, also said that the reason for stopping the deal was that the German government must protect the key technology of "public order". Not long ago, she said, "China is still very important for German companies." But now, the attitude has changed dramatically, which is really unexpected.
It is understood that the Chinese enterprise that was called off for cooperation is China Shipbuilding Industry Longjiang Guanghan Gas Turbine Co., Ltd. According to the news released by CSSC 703, the company signed an asset purchase agreement with Mann Energy Solutions last year, and the main cooperation is to acquire its gas turbine business.
The working principle of the gas turbine is that the continuous flow of gas can drive the impeller to rotate at high speed, and convert the energy of the fuel into useful work. Therefore, this acquisition business is a happy thing for both partners. In this way, it can not only provide users with more efficient decarbonization energy equipment solutions, but also reduce carbon dioxide emissions and contribute to the global carbon emission reduction cause.
Judging from Germany Chancellor Scholz's own attitude, he has always advocated a pragmatic line toward China and actively promoted Germany's cooperation. However, Scholz's government is a "traffic light" coalition, and its economic ministries and foreign affairs are controlled by the Greens in Germany. Although the MAN Energy proposal favored Germany, the Germany Greens advocated halting the sale of the gas turbine business.
It is said that the United States previously asked Germany to stop the acquisition of the gas turbine business of "MAN Energy Solutions" by Chinese companies, on the grounds that "it should not be used in military matters". Mann Energy Solutions says it doesn't have any military turbine technology, and its turbines are designed only for use in pipelines and other industrial sectors. Obviously, this is another Western technological blockade of China.
Unfortunately, they did not think that China is the second largest economy with a wide range of consumption space, and Germany's desire to do business around China will inevitably hurt its own interests, which enterprises and capitalists do not want to see.
In the face of Germany's targeting, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry also responded, saying that the international community is very worried about the unilateralism and trade protectionism of the EU in the economic and trade fields, and hopes that the EU can abide by the basic norms of open and cooperative market economy. This matter is not only about the cooperation between China and the EU, but also about the EU's own image in the economic and trade fields and the future development space of the two countries.
Even if Germany is very aware of this, it is still unwilling to "stop", perhaps, Germany believes that the gas turbine they are targeting is indeed very important, has a certain role in many fields, and has always had this high-end technology in their hands, so they dare to "shout five and drink six" to the mainland. Sadly, it soon tasted the "bitter fruit".
It is true that the Germans underestimate China's scientific and technological prowess. The day after Germany announced the suspension of trading, China quickly announced that its self-developed 15-megawatt heavy-duty gas turbine "G15" was successfully rolled off the assembly line in Deyang, Sichuan. The birth of this technology can be described as a "timely rain", which solves the urgent needs of Chinese enterprises.
In fact, China's independent research and development in the field of gas turbines has not been achieved overnight. The project, called "G15", has been in motion for a long time, and has gone through several key stages such as conceptual design and component manufacturing, and finally finally rolled off the production line in the near future. It can be said that this is the fruit of the Chinese stepping step by step with the fighting spirit of self-reliance.
It is understood that this heavy-duty gas turbine named "G15" has a thermal efficiency of up to 35%, and its carbon emissions are greatly reduced compared with traditional thermal power generation units, which can reduce carbon emissions by more than 150,000 tons per year. This environmentally friendly and efficient power generation equipment has undoubtedly made a positive contribution to the optimization of the mainland's energy structure.
At the same time, its strong combined cycle power generation capacity can meet the electricity demand of about 2,500 households for a day, further improving the stability and security of power supply in the mainland. Gas turbines, a high-end equipment known as "industrial pearls", are only a few countries in the world that have the ability to independently develop them. Today, China has not only successfully broken through this technical barrier, but also innovated and developed on this basis.
It is worth affirming that all kinds of heavy industrial products independently developed by the mainland have the advantages of green energy, which actually represents the importance of the mainland to energy transition. It is not easy for the Continental Army's industrial industry to develop to the forefront of the world without relying on plundering and colonizing other countries in just a few decades. However, under such circumstances, the United States and the West have begun to criticize the mainland's development on groundless grounds such as "environmental protection." It is simply sad!
In any case, China's breakthrough in the 15-megawatt heavy-duty gas turbine this time really hit Germany hard. At the same time, this incident also further proves that the various sanctions and containment measures imposed by the West on all walks of life on China will only make China more determined to invest in independent research and development to achieve technological independence and independence.
The Chinese government and companies have realized that only by constantly making breakthroughs and innovating on their own can they get rid of the technological blockade and restrictions of the West and achieve real technological progress and development. Therefore, China will not sit idly by and watch the situation of "stuck" happen, but will continue to increase investment in R&D, promote technological innovation, and provide stronger impetus and support for China's economic and social development.