Not long ago, Russia finally put down its son, and the Russian energy giant Novatek announced that it would order 20 CGT25-D gas turbines for power generation from China's China Shipbuilding Corporation for its Arctic LNG-2 LNG project. Under the joint embargo between Europe and the United States, Russia has also begun to cooperate closely with China, and Russia has 20 units in one breath, which has become the largest order in the history of China's gas turbine equipment exports, which also means the expansion of China's overseas markets for high-end equipment.
Russia has always regarded itself as a teacher of China, especially in the production and research and development of heavy high-end equipment, and would rather suffer a loss to purchase equipment from European and American countries than cooperate with China
Russia finally let go
According to Russian satellite communications;Russian energy giant Novatek will buy 20 CGT25-D units from our country for the Russian Far East Gas project.
The reason why the Russians signed this order is actually very simple, after the Russian-Ukrainian war, European and American countries have imposed comprehensive sanctions on Russia, and Russia's purchase of Western gas turbine equipment has become impassable, so it has to be abandoned.
China's CGT25-D, the version of the GT-25000 heavy-duty gas turbine produced in China, passed the test in the Far Northeast Antarctic climate a few years ago, and naturally became the first choice.
The Russians placed an order to our country, which is also an affirmation of the technical quality of our country's high-end equipment, and the CGT25-D gas turbine has a deep relationship with the best people. The GT-25000 is also the power system of the Chinese Navy's 052D missile destroyer and 055 large missile destroyer.
China's GT-25000 gas turbine, its predecessor is the Ukrainian UGT-25000 gas turbine, and the UGT-25000 is developed from the Soviet Union's third-generation marine gas turbine UGT-15000.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine inherited the Soviet Union's third-generation ship gas turbine UGT-15000, due to the long-term sluggish economic development of Ukraine, there is no plan to build large surface ships, so that the UGT-25000 is in an embarrassing state of uselessness for heroes.
It happened that at this time, the construction of the third generation destroyer in our country was put on the agendaHowever, the development of domestic gas turbines could not keep up with the construction plan of ships, in this case, we decided to introduce UGT-25000 gas turbines, and then digest, absorb, achieve localization, and then improve and improve it.
Now, Russia has entered the first country again, and people can't help but sigh for 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.
A model derived from the technology of the UGT-25000 gas turbine introduced from Ukraine.
In 1993, China and Ukraine signed the "UGT-25000 Gas Turbine Production License and Single Engine Sales Contract", which brought China into the top stream of gas turbines, and now Gazprom has ordered 20 units that will be an improved version of the GT-25000.
In fact, this is the first time that Russia has purchased a GT-25000 gas turbine produced in China, and there is no bitterness behind the sanctions imposed by Europe and the United States.
Nai, too, only Russia can understand.
China's gas turbines are surpassing those of the West?
Russia is a country that attaches great importance to the development of heavy industry, and how did the gas turbine industry fall to the point where it has to buy from China on a large scale when it is sanctioned by Europe and the United States?
In fact, this problem is simply that Russia's long-term market investment is insufficient, the lack of necessary national strategic support, and finally formed the idea that it is better to buy than to buy, and it is better to rent than to buy, which has destroyed the independent gas turbine industry under this kind of thinking.
The Soviet Union once accumulated a lot of technology and products for Russia, but under the impact of foreign brands, the Russian gas turbine special design bureau was gradually controlled by the West, Russia's gas turbine research and development and improvement program was stopped, many promising advanced projects were restricted, and many capable technicians were lost.
WhileAfter the introduction of Ukrainian technology, China has carried out long-term stable resource investment, continuously improved the iterative process, and constantly corrected the problem, and finally became an advanced power system on the road to localization.
This also shows that in recent years, China's industrialization is developing rapidly.
The gas turbine technology of Western countries is also very powerful, but it is not the best in Russia, and China's technology is not inferior to the West, which is also the reason why Russia purchases China's gas turbines.
In recent years, the United States has also seen China's huge advantages in industry, and has attempted to change the overall pattern of world industry by engaging in industrial transfer and reshoring of manufacturing industries.
So, what are the consequences of a country's industry if it goes into decline?
For that kind of small country, it can take any route, as long as it has its own unique advantages in one or two industries, the livelihood of millions of people will be settled.
But for a country with a large population, it is necessary to strive for modern industry in various industries, because there is no industry in the world that can accommodate hundreds of millions of people.
Once a large country achieves full industrialization, the entire huge social system will be extremely dependent on this efficient industrial system.
The social system of a large industrial country is like a high-rise building, and the pillar in it is the developed modern industrial system, and the decline of industry is equivalent to the decay of the pillar.
The pillars decay to a certain extent, which will inevitably lead to the collapse of high-rise buildings.
Americans are now very anxious about the decline of their own industry, and in the face of the declining level of industrialization, instead of reflecting on what they have done wrong, they blame it on "being robbed of business".
In the United States, many elites have gone so far as to say that the specific reason for the decline of American industry is that China has developed too well and robbed their industry.
Therefore, the solution is to stop China's development, and then engage in "industrial reshoring".
Is it wrong for China to work so hard to develop its own economy?
Objectively speaking;The decline in the proportion of industry in the United States is mainly due to the excessive proportion of the authorities' investment in the financial sector, which hurts other industries, especially industry, and the strong dollar is not conducive to the long-term development of the country's industrial products.
Biden explained this when he signed the CHIPS Act in April.
The U.S. share of the global semiconductor market once reached 40%, but now it has dropped to 10%, in order to "strengthen market control", so the United States wants to encourage U.S. capital to make long-term investment in the semiconductor field through the "CHIPS Act".
I don't know where Biden learned this method, but freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and it is obvious that the United States now wants to revitalize modern industry with national strength, and it is difficult to return.
Because the development of industrialization cannot be saved by building a few factories, what he needs is a comprehensive upgrade of infrastructure and business environment.
Even if the United States is fully upgraded, domestic capital will not necessarily be interested in industry after a long time in the financial services industry, so the decline of industrialization will be inevitable.
Although the U.S. industry is declining rapidly, thanks to long-term accumulation, their technological level is still leading the world.
As for the degradation of Russian industry, the enterprises that originally had the ability to stop production after many years were finally stopped due to production cuts, no equipment, no workers, and no production capacity.
Now, if you want to recover, it is very difficult, although some production capacity has been restored in recent years, but the quality and quantity of production have been much worse than before, so some high-standard gas turbines need to be imported from abroad.
And because our country is a national strategy, it has built a full set of modern production capacity, in comparison, Russian enterprises are naturally not competitive.
China's strategic opportunity
The West's harsh sanctions on Russia have turned its attention to China, which will not only help Russia achieve its energy transition, but also promote the level of economic cooperation between China and Russia.
Whether or not the two countries can trust each other and strengthen cooperation depends fundamentally on the relationship of interests between the two countriesWhen the cooperation of interests is greater than the non-cooperation, it is natural to cooperate with confidence, but if you have other options in hand, the other party will also worry that you will change the door at any time.
China and Russia are both big countries, and under normal circumstances there will be many choices, so ordinary cooperation is fine, but to become friends of life and death
It's not that easy, either.
However, now that the United States is forcing Europe to break with Russia on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is constantly suppressing China and encircling China's scientific and technological development.
At this time, China and Russia are working together to deal with external suppression, and there is simply no other way to go.
Russia has abundant energy, but under the sanctions of Europe and the United States, its market share has declined and its income has decreased, which is simply worse for Russia, which is already tired of the economy.
And China is a big manufacturing country and needs a lot of energy, which is a huge market for Russia, and China can bring cheap goods to Russia. China and Russia have strong complementarity in economic development, so what else is there to say about the cooperation between the two sides?
And the United States continues to arch the fire in Europe, which also leaves a very serious sequelae, because aid to Ukraine is a huge expense.
This is just one of the ways to spend money, and the eventual compromise of the debt ceiling will inevitably limit the Democrats' arbitrary spending, such as subsidies for the repatriation of manufacturing, pension protection, subsidies for low-income people, and funds for the containment of China.
For the United States, it is a money-burning thing, and the United States has too many things to achieve, and it is really unlikely that it can take care of it at the same time.
The U.S. debt crisis has led to great financial pressure on the U.S., so the aid to Ukraine will also be budgeted, and no matter what is sent to Ukraine, the amount cannot exceed the relevant budget ceiling at will.
Although Russia's economic situation is not good, in the matter of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russia's resources are the most restricted, while the United States and Western countries are constrained everywhere.
Next year, the United States will be the first to go, and under the hidden danger of the debt crisis, how much support can the United States give?
The United States seems to have absolute strength, but now the stall is too big and obviously stretched. If the steps go on like this, it will not be a crotch pull, but a fall to the ground.
The United States has also realized that the Russia-Ukraine war has exceeded its original expectations, and now that it is in such a quagmire, the United States will be extremely cautious in its finances.
So,The possibility of the United States rashly using the Ukrainian model in the Taiwan Strait will be greatly reduced. Not only that, but the United States will also have to ask for help from our country, instead of desperately arching the fire every day.
Russia has thus become the key, dragging down the ambitions behind the US finances in an asymmetrical war manner.
In this way, Russia will be able to achieve its strategic goals, and the environment in which we can rest assured that industrial upgrading will also be presented in stages.