2023 is a critical year for the Sino-US chain game. In the past few years, the United States has imposed sanctions and suppressed China in many ways, trying to weaken China's key position in the global chain, and at the same time promoting the development of the "friendly shore" chain, transferring the original China-based chain to Vietnam, India, South Korea and Southeast Asia.
The United States believes that in this way, it can put China's economy into the ice cellar, while ensuring the security and efficiency of its own ** chain. However, is it really what the United States wants?How did China respond to the encirclement and provocation of the United States?How does China's ** chain complement and strengthen the chain?What are the difficulties and challenges faced by the "friendly shore" chain of the United States?
The U.S. sanctions and suppression of China mainly focus on two aspects: First, it blocks and restricts China's high-tech enterprises and industries, such as Huawei, SMIC, ZTE, etc.;The second is to impose tariffs and barriers on China's important raw materials and products, such as steel, rare earths, solar panels, etc.
The purpose of the United States is to cut off China's first-class chain, hinder China's scientific and technological and industrial development, and at the same time improve China's production costs and market competitiveness. However, these measures of the United States not only did not achieve the desired results, but instead stimulated China's motivation for independent innovation and self-reliance.
In the face of US sanctions and suppression, China should increase investment in scientific and technological research and development and innovation, and improve its ability to independently core technologies. China's R&D investment in science and technology in 2023 reached 35% of GDP, more than 28%。China has made major breakthroughs in chips, 5G, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology and other fields, not only narrowing the gap with the United States, but even surpassing the United States in some aspects.
Strengthen the coordination and optimization of the domestic ** chain, and improve the efficiency and stability of the ** chain. In 2023, China implemented the "dual circulation" development strategy, that is, with the domestic circulation as the main body and the international dual circulation as the supplement, forming a new development pattern in which the domestic and international circulations promote each other. By strengthening the connection between supply and demand in the domestic market, China will increase the proportion of domestic consumption, increase the driving force of domestic demand, and reduce its dependence on the external market.
At the same time, China has improved the integrity of the domestic industrial chain, increased the support of domestic supply, and reduced its dependence on external resources by strengthening the coordination and supporting of the domestic industrial chain. In addition, China has also strengthened the construction of domestic logistics and infrastructure to improve the efficiency of domestic logistics, reduce the cost of domestic logistics, and enhance the resilience of the domestic chain.
Deepen the cooperation and openness of the international ** chain, and improve the diversity and inclusiveness of the ** chain. In 2023, China adhered to the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world, and actively participated in and promoted multilateral and bilateral investment agreements, such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, and the China-Africa Free Zone.
Through these agreements, China has jointly built an open, cooperative and win-win international chain with other countries in the world, which not only provides China with more markets and resources, but also provides more opportunities and benefits for the world. China has also strengthened cooperation with countries along the Belt and Road in the fields of infrastructure, energy, and communications through the "Trade Road" initiative, which has provided a guarantee for the smooth and safe operation of the international chain.
In the face of US sanctions and suppression, China did not respond passively, but took the initiative to respond, by strengthening independent innovation, optimizing the domestic ** chain, and deepening international cooperation, it has improved the resilience, efficiency, diversity and inclusiveness of the ** chain, not only did not lose the key position of the global ** chain, but supplemented and strengthened the chain, making the US sanctions and suppression ineffective.
While imposing sanctions and suppressing China, the United States is also actively promoting the development of the "friendly shore" chain, that is, transferring the chain originally concentrated in China to Vietnam, India, South Korea and Southeast Asia. The purpose of the United States is to reduce its dependence on China while improving the security and efficiency of its own ** chain. However, this plan of the United States has also encountered many difficulties and challenges.
The cost and efficiency of the "friendly shore" chain cannot be compared with China. When the United States chooses countries in the "friendly shore" chain, it mainly considers two factors: one is the geographical distance from China, and the other is the labor cost with China. The U.S. believes that countries such as Vietnam, India, South Korea, and Southeast Asia are all closer to the U.S. than China, and at the same time have lower labor costs than China. However, the United States has overlooked an important factor: the size and efficiency of China's ** chain.
The Sino-US chain game will have a "counter-climax" in 2023, that is, there will be no plot expected by the United States. The United States believes that it can suppress China's economy by doing its best to sanction and suppress China, and to unite Europe, Japan, and South Korea to contain it. However, it backfired, but made China strengthen the resilience of the first chain, not only did not lose the key position of the global first chain, but supplemented and strengthened the chain. Chain