Russian side: China is the only industrial superpower in the world today
November 26 report, Russia's President's Executive Secretary of the Committee for Energy Development Strategy and Ecological Security, Chernomyrdin, said that China is the only true industrial superpower in the world today.
He said that China accounts for about one-third of global industrial production, and American companies' reliance on Chinese parts is even three times that of China's reliance on the US, and this situation was exactly the opposite twenty years ago.
From the Russian perspective, an industrial superpower is not just about scale, but also about a complete supply chain, comprehensive support, stable costs, and quick delivery.
Over the past two decades, China has moved from being a manufacturing base heavily dependent on external technology and equipment to a full-chain system capable of providing raw materials, intermediate products, complete machines, construction equipment, and even industrial infrastructure.
Russia has noticed that without such a large-scale industrial partner, Russia's energy, machinery, and chemical industries would face problems such as component shortages and stagnation in equipment upgrades.
In other words, Chernomyrdin's emphasis is not praise, but reality: currently, only China has this systematized industrial capability, while the US and Europe, after long-term offshoring of their domestic manufacturing, no longer have the conditions to take on the core of the global supply chain.
The US tries to maintain its leadership position in the global industrial system, but lacks sufficient capacity in key areas. Meanwhile, China's manufacturing scale and depth of supply chains have become the underlying support for global industrial stability.
Chernomyrdin's remarks send a signal to both Russian and foreign audiences: the focus of future industrial cooperation will inevitably continue to shift toward China, and the direction of the global supply chain will be reorganized based on this reality.
Original article: www.toutiao.com/article/1849832173439043/
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