In recent years, China's reputation as "infrastructure madness" has resounded all over the world, and a series of miracles in China's own infrastructure construction have also made many developed countries feel admired and incredibleIn particular, China's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed rail network has also made many American and Western countries feel envious, and for China's changes, in fact, Russia's psychology is the most complicated, seeing that China, which once lagged behind itself, has now far surpassed itself in the field of infrastructure, but Russia's own high-speed rail project has not yet landed, and Russia is naturally very distressed about this.
Of course, anyone with a discerning eye can see that for the current Russia, whether in terms of the scale of funds or the level of technical capabilities, it chooses to value itself 1The 7 trillion ruble high-speed rail project is the most reliable, safe, and economical choice for the construction of the high-speed rail project to the Chinese side, but surprisingly, this time the high-speed rail network construction project, Russia did not hand over the construction project to the Chinese side, what is going on?
As we all know, since last year, Russia's ** Putin has announced that he will begin to implement the high-speed rail network construction project, and since last year, after determining the location of the station of the Moscow-St. Petersburg high-speed railway, the Leningrad region has also begun to act, and unexpectedly formulated the Sinara Group in Russia to carry out the construction of the main regional section of the Leningrad transverse railway.
However, because there is no choice of Chinese enterprises to carry out the construction, Russia has indeed encountered many serious problems in the construction process of this high-speed rail project, first of all, the shortage of funds, the scale of funds of the Russian local construction group is naturally far from being compared with Chinese enterprises, only the preliminary estimate of the Russian side, including the cost of laying tracks, building station facilities, purchasing high-speed rail, etc., it will take 1The cost of about 7 trillion rubles, such a large amount of money, is undoubtedly a headache for Russia, which is now mired in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which consumes a huge amount every day.
On the other hand, Russia's technology in high-speed rail construction is far inferior to China's, especially in the severe cold climate in most parts of Russia, which puts forward higher requirements for the technical conditions of high-speed rail construction. Finally, the distance between St. Petersburg and Moscow in Russia is more than 600 kilometers, and the geological conditions in between are also very complex, including a large number of swamps, permafrost and other different harsh terrain landforms, which also caused serious difficulties in survey and construction.
Obviously, if Russia chooses Chinese enterprises to build, not only will the construction progress of high-speed rail be greatly accelerated, but also the cost will be lower than the cost of the local group, so why does Russia understand this or do it? This is mainly due to the fact that the Russian side has these two considerations.
First, Russia hopes to further develop its own high-speed rail market potential, after all, Russia's "look east" strategy has been determined, and the future large-scale development of the Far East has been the general trend, and if you want to develop the Far East on a large scale, the construction of a systematic high-speed rail network is the top priority.
If Russian local enterprises can contract these projects well and accumulate more experience and technology, then in the future, when the Far East is developed on a large scale, Russia will also be able to completely contract by itself, create more jobs and enterprise orders for its own territory, and enhance the competitiveness of its own domestic enterprises.
The second nature is to consider the security aspect. This Russia-Ukraine conflict has completely made Russia realize that even if it is a good relationship, it is safest to control the core technology in its own hands, so that no matter how the outside world changes or even sanctions itself in the future, it will never be possible to be controlled by others. Therefore, choosing a local enterprise that is close to him to be responsible for these major infrastructure facilities will indeed make Putin feel more at ease and at ease.
Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, it does not mean that Chinese enterprises have completely lost the opportunity to participate in the construction of Russian high-speed rail network facilities, after all, such a super project, involving a considerable number of complex subcontracting systems, Russian local enterprises are also likely to take the initiative to find Chinese enterprises to provide technical support, materials and other subcontracting projects in the future, with the help of China's superior technology and cost advantages to speed up the progress of the project.
All in all, China's current infrastructure technology capabilities are obvious to the world, as long as the technology in our hands has been "far ahead", then there is no need to worry about the future there is no opportunity for cooperation, this is the most fundamental, but also where our self-confidence lies.