On the afternoon of May 9 local time, President Xi Jinping held talks with Prime Minister Orban of Hungary at the Prime Minister's Palace in Budapest.
Direct news: On the afternoon of the 9th local time in Hungary, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Hungarian Prime Minister Orban jointly met the press and announced the establishment of an all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era between China and Hungary. Today, the relevant joint statement and the list of achievements of the visit to Hungary were released. Mr. Guan, what special observation do you have on this?
Special commentator Guan Yao: The all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era, translated into English as "all weather strategic partnership", is the most frequently mentioned English keyword in the international mainstream media today. Today, Reuters released three real-time updates of the relevant telex from Budapest. The title of each telex highlights this keyword.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the diplomatic relationship between China and Hungary. When meeting with the reporters together with Orban, the Chinese head of state stressed that China Hungary relations are sailing in the right direction and entering the best period in history, which is undoubtedly the high praise of the Chinese head of state for the 75 year road of friendship between China and Hungary and the status quo of bilateral relations. The Chinese head of state highly praised China Hungary relations as a model for building a new type of international relations, The two countries have always been good friends of mutual trust and mutual assistance and good partners of win-win cooperation.
I noticed that during his talks with the President of Hungary, the Chinese head of state told a diplomatic story that made him very moved, warm and humanistic: according to the Hungarian side, the girl who presented flowers to him at the airport was the 6-year-old girl who presented flowers to him at the airport 15 years ago. The little girl in those days has now become a beautiful girl. The head of China said that what she symbolizes is the growth story of China Hungary friendship and friendship.
In my opinion, the upgrading positioning of all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era will further open up the high-quality development space of China Hungary relations and comprehensively expand the cooperation fields. Such wonderful growth stories will be told and spread more frequently in the future. The Chinese head of state stressed that he would take the all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era as a new starting point to push bilateral relations and practical cooperation to a higher level. So in my opinion, its important connotation and influence are not limited to the bilateral level between China and Hungary, especially in the scope of Central and Eastern Europe. The development of all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era between China and Hungary is especially of regional demonstration significance.
On the afternoon of May 9 local time, President Xi Jinping jointly met with the press after talks with Prime Minister Orban of Hungary at the Prime Minister's Office in Budapest.
Direct news: In your opinion, what does the all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era mean for China Hungary relations, and what regional demonstration significance will it bring?
Special commentator Guan Yao: The China Hungary joint statement and achievements list officially released today clearly show the grand vision and practice roadmap of all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era. To take details as evidence, on Monday, Hungarian Foreign Minister Sijardo issued a statement, saying that at least 16 agreements would be reached between the two countries during this state visit. I also commented on the program yesterday that Sijardo stressed "at least", but there was room for it, because when he issued the statement, there were still two agreements in the final coordination stage, and China and Hungary were also evaluating the possibility of nuclear energy cooperation. According to the latest 18 achievements, the two agreements that were finally discussed intensively have been implemented, and China Hungary nuclear energy cooperation has also entered the achievements list.
It must be emphasized that China and Hungary develop all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era. The "Belt and Road" initiative has always been the strongest platform driver. Hungary's position as the bridgehead of the "Belt and Road" initiative in Europe will be further strengthened. I noticed that the Chinese head of state stressed to complete the construction of the Hungarian Cypriot high-speed railway on schedule when he talked with the Orban. At the press conference, he also made it clear again that the construction of the Hungarian Cypriot railway and other key projects should be promoted. The New York Times reported today that the Hungary Serbia high-speed railway is China's flagship infrastructure project in Eastern Europe. It has been five years since this flagship project was built with unprecedented investment and influence. This time, the Chinese head of state visited Hungary and Serbia, which are linked by the project, making the project construction get substantial boost again.
The all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Hungary in the new era is particularly prominent and targeted in the current geopolitical background of Central and Eastern Europe. In fact, in response to the visit of the Chinese head of state, the US and Western media have been hyping up the so-called "wedge theory", advocating that since the outbreak of the Russian Ukrainian conflict, the whole Eastern European region has become increasingly dissatisfied with China. Yesterday, the New York Times even accused Budapest of being the only reliable friendly capital in Europe to China, which is totally reversed, Ignoring the huge repercussions that the Chinese head of state will bring to Europe in Paris, Belgrade and other places.
The Chinese head of state stressed that the cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries has a strong endogenous momentum. China and Hungary will jointly lead the cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries to develop in a wider range, broader fields and at a higher level, so as to better benefit the people of all countries. This will certainly stabilize the relationship between China and Central and Eastern European countries, and will also forcefully counter the "wedge theory" deliberately instigated by American and Western politicians. Under the complicated international environment and regional conflicts, whether the dialogue mechanism between China and Central and Eastern European countries will be restarted is an indicator that is worth observing.
The picture shows the scene of the talks between the heads of state of China and Hungary.
Direct news: Hungary will become the rotating presidency of the EU in the second half of the year. The head of China especially pointed out that he hoped Hungary would play an active role in promoting the healthy and stable development of China EU relations. What does that mean?
Special commentator Guan Yao: The visit of the Chinese head of state to France, Serbia and Hungary in this European trip is of great significance to bilateral relations and has far-reaching impact on the stability of China EU relations. In fact, when the Chinese head of state attended the trilateral meeting between China, France and Europe at the Elysee Palace in the French presidential palace, he said it clearly from a strategic perspective: France is the first stop of my visit, and today's trilateral meeting has enhanced the significance of this visit to Europe. He stressed that China and the EU should adhere to the partnership orientation, dialogue and cooperation, and promote the stable development of China EU relations. China and the EU should deepen strategic communication, enhance strategic mutual trust, build strategic consensus, and carry out strategic cooperation.
It is worth noting that in the trilateral meeting, the Chinese head of state clearly responded to the so-called "overcapacity" issue, which has been intensively hyped and pressured by American and Western politicians recently, and this is the first time that the Chinese top leader has made a clear statement on this issue. He argued convincingly that China's new energy industry has developed real skills in opening up and competition, representing advanced production capacity, which not only enriched global supply, eased global inflation pressure, but also made great contributions to the global response to climate change and green transformation. No matter from the perspective of comparative advantage or global market demand, there is no so-called "overcapacity in China". It should be said that the Chinese head of state firmly refuted "overcapacity" as a bogus issue and a bogus agenda, which has made great repercussions in the world. I noticed that Hungarian Prime Minister Orban said to the Chinese head of state yesterday that Hungary does not agree with the so-called "overcapacity" or "risk reduction".
Today, the New York Times again played a spooky role, saying that Orban has always been a "alien" in the EU, and forced him to label him as "odd man", accusing the Hungarian Prime Minister of undisguised expression of establishing friendly relations with China and Russia. So when Hungary is about to become the EU presidency, the extent to which Orban's independent decision-making will affect and shape the collective decision-making of the EU deserves close attention. China has a clear expectation for this transmission. The Chinese head of state pointed out that Europe is an important pole in a multipolar world and an important partner in realizing Chinese style modernization. It is hoped that Hungary, as the rotating presidency of the EU in the second half of this year, will play a positive role in promoting the healthy and stable development of China EU relations.
I personally think that whether the EU can shoulder the interference of third parties and really promote the "strategic autonomy" of Europe that French President Maclon has been loudly calling for, an immediate observation window will appear next week: US Secretary of Commerce Raymond has publicly said that it does not rule out taking Extreme Action, or so-called "extreme action", on China's new energy vehicles exported to the United States based on "national security considerations". Whether the EU, which has launched the so-called countervailing investigation against China, will follow suit under external pressure will be an immediate test of the EU's own strategic autonomy and resistance to external interference.
Author Guan Yao, special commentator of Shenzhen Satellite TV's Live Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan
Editor | Lai Chenlu, Chief Editor of Shenzhen Satellite TV Direct News
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