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Thrilling! More than 70 million people in China have foreign control over their water resources, and more than 60% of water utilities were once controlled by foreign investors.
But China did not let the United States conspiracy succeed this time.
So why is there so little actual holding in China Water? What is the United States calculating?
Mexico fell
Water is the source of life and the cornerstone of the development and survival of human society, and in today's globalization, the development and competition in the field of water affairs are not only related to people's livelihood and well-being, but also closely related to the country's strategic security.
But who would have thought that in the movie "Tengu" directed by Qi Jian, the protagonist's family was oppressed by the villagers and could only use coke instead of water to wash and cook, and the plot really happened to the Mexico country.
And Mexico is oppressed by the United States, in our impression, the Mexico gangsters, everyone has more or less something to do with the gangsters, but the current Mexico water dilemma is shocking.
It perfectly gives China's persistence and counterattack in the field of water affairs, and provides a model for the world to think deeply and learn from.
Fast forward to 1994, when the Coca-Cola Company of United States established factories around the world, and of course Mexico also built factories, seemingly bringing economic development and a large number of jobs to the Mexico state of San Cristobal de Casas, and the Mexico government was initially pleased with this.
However, as time passed, this seemingly beautiful cooperation gradually revealed its hideous face.
Although the factory has brought economic development, it has also brought problems to the environment, such as uncontrolled factory sewage and unlimited factory water use, which have caused strong damage to Mexico's water resources.
The government also wanted to control the situation of the factory, but Coca-Cola had already given the government a lot of benefits when it first arrived, in order to be able to sign a contract for the supply of water, and with this contract, Coca-Cola had the right of first refusal to use the water, and the government could not do anything about them.
In this situation, local residents in Mexico not only face water shortages, but also rely on cola for hydration due to the chronic lack of clean running water, resulting in high rates of obesity and diabetes.
The most terrifying thing is that the United States began to control Mexico's water resources 70 years ago, and the water sources of Mexico are dead.
With the construction of a series of water conservancy projects, the United States has cut off the Colorado River, the mother river on which Mexico depends, while ensuring its own water supply, leaving 35 million people in Mexico in a crisis of extreme water shortage.
This well-planned conspiracy plunged Mexico into an abyss from which it could never recover in the field of water resources, and also let the world see the hegemonic behavior and greed of United States in the competition for water resources.
Expanding
The successful United States is no longer satisfied with controlling a country, and in a blink of an eye it sees the big fish of China, which has just been founded, and thinks about how to occupy the water source of a large place, and China does not dare to fight with United States.
In fact, not only in United States, when we shift our attention from Mexico to China, we will find that foreign investment has been coveting China's water market for a long time.
In the 21st century, China's water affairs have been infiltrated by a large number of foreign investment, and the rapid population has increased the demand for water resources, coupled with economic development, which provides a huge market potential for foreign enterprises.
The water affairs that have just been established are not very perfect, and there are many loopholes, which gives foreign capital the opportunity to exploit loopholes, and in order to join the WTO, China has lowered the threshold for foreign investment to enter China a lot, which further stimulates the desire of foreign-funded enterprises to enter China's water market.
Under such circumstances, foreign capital led by United States poured into China's water market like a tide, and a strong capital chain was used as a support to frantically acquire the equity of China's waterworks at a price several times higher.
Once the actual holding exceeded 51%, they began the harvesting activities, and various problems arose.
Residents in some areas have found that there are serious problems with the quality of tap water, such as deterioration, excessive benzene content, and the appearance of unknown substances, which seriously threaten people's health.
At the same time, the price of tap water has also shown an unreasonable upward trend, which has brought a heavy burden to the lives of residents.
These capitalists seem to be the goal of their lives to oppress the common people, but the Chinese government immediately recognized it.
China retaliates
Timely multiplication measures have been taken, starting from the level of policies and regulations, new regulations have been introduced to limit the quality and price of water use, strengthen the supervision and regulation of the water market, standardize the market order, and provide a legal basis for protecting the rights and interests of residents in water.
For this reason, the government has vigorously supported domestic water enterprises and expanded the proportion of China's water in the market.
Through capital investment, technology research and development, talent training and other ways, the core competitiveness of domestic water enterprises has been improved, so that they gradually occupy a dominant position in the market competition.
These are obviously not enough, with the improvement of China's international status, there will be no need to lower the threshold for foreign investment in China, so a few years later, the restrictions on foreign investment in the water sector will be clearly stipulated, and the rampant flow of foreign investment in China will be further controlled.
Through these countermeasures, the share of foreign companies in China's water market has gradually decreased at a terrifying rate of 10% per year, and China's water affairs are finally back in China's hands.
Obviously, China won a complete victory in this war without gunpowder, and of course China does not welcome foreign investment in China.
China's favorable investment environment, strong supply chain foundation, abundant human resources, stable social environment and continuous introduction of various preferential policies have provided strong support for the development of foreign-funded enterprises in China.
China's active cultivation and development of new quality productive forces has also brought more new opportunities for foreign-funded enterprises. Of course, if a foreign-funded enterprise violates China's laws and regulations, or engages in activities that harm China's national sovereignty and interests, the Chinese government will take corresponding measures in accordance with the law.
China welcomes foreign-funded enterprises from all over the world to produce and operate in the Chinese market in accordance with laws and regulations, and foreign investment and China's local economic sectors can achieve mutual integration, symbiosis and common development.
summary
Finally, the Chinese people have a high degree of patriotism and the spirit of unity and cooperation, and in the process of globalization, we must actively carry out international cooperation, make full use of international resources and markets, and promote our own development; It is also necessary to maintain a high degree of vigilance, guard against excessive expansion and malicious competition by foreign-funded enterprises, and safeguard the security of the state's resources and the fundamental interests of the people.
References:
China Environment News: (Why did "Ocean Water" ebb in the PPP boom?) February 28, 2017)
Jimu News: (Who will "quench the thirst" of Mexico2024-04-09)
Observer.com: (A small town in Mexico quenches its thirst with carbonated drinks because the cola factory runs out of drinking water?) 2018-11-19 ）