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The Mayor of Prague, Czech Republic, He Jipu press conference. Image: Zhang Liangyi / photo
Zdeněk Hřib, Mayor of Prague, Czech RepublicOn the last day of his visit to Taiwan, a meeting with the media was held today (fourth). He Jipu cited data from Czech analysts and criticized China’s promise of substantial investment in the Czech Republic, but it almost never materialized, and there was no technical transfer or transfer. Mutual benefit, mutual benefit and investment participation. He said more bluntly that the returns on China’s investment in the Czech Republic are “completely overstated.”
In the morning, He Jipu held a media meeting at the Far East International Hotel in Shangri-La, hosted by Foreign Ministry spokesman Ou Jiang’an, and agreed to joint media interviews.
Speaking of the six-day trip to Taiwan and the rewards, He Jipu mentioned that he had discussed direct flights between Taipei and Prague with executives from China Airlines, and went to the Taipei Zoo to see pangolins. Two pangolins will be borrowed. The descendants of the Prague Zoo bred and visited the Industrial Technology Research Institute. I found out that there are many branches of the Industrial Research Institute in Taiwan. I hope that the Industrial Research Institute can also establish a site in Prague in the future to promote technological cooperation between Taiwan and the Czech Republic.
In addition, He Jipu also announced that next year there will be two major cultural exchanges between Taiwan and the Czech Republic, namely the new art giant and Czech national treasure artist Afons. The works of Alfons Maria Mucha will be on tour in Taiwan, and the Prague Philharmonic will be touring Taiwan.
Kallistova(Kateřina Kalistová) said it is an honor to announce that the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra will perform in Taiwan next October. She is expected to tour Kaohsiung on the 8th, Taichung on the 9th and Taipei on the 10th.
After the meeting, the media askedHe Jipu has shown its support for Taiwan for a long time, and even concluded a sister city with Taipei City. It does not agree with the “one China” principle and severed the sister city’s relationship with Beijing and Shanghai. Have you ever felt a threat from China? He Jipu frankly said that he encountered some minor problems due to the termination of its sister city relationship with Beijing, but also wanted to emphasize that the original relationship with Beijing was mainly started by politicians and journalists who were oriented towards the interests of the Chinese market. Association; Furthermore, we have also seen that China deliberately canceled its planned tour of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
He Jipu also said that in response to pro-China Czech politicians and China’s influence in the Czech Republic, China pledged to invest heavily in the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2015, but in the end these investment promises were almost never fulfilled. , only very one-sided and some were implemented. And the implementation is done through mergers and acquisitions, merged into existing existing companies originally existing, and there is no technical transfer, mutual benefit or participation in the investment.
He Jipu said that especially now that the epidemic is quite severe and seeing China’s economic growth continue to decline, he can say with certainty that these investment commitments will not be implemented in the near future or in the future.
In addition, He Jipu summoned Czech analysts to analyze China’s economic impact on the Czech Republic. He noted that the so-called Chinese investment has caused the ecology of the Czech media to get worse and worse, and that the alleged benefits of China’s investment in the Czech Republic are “completely overstated.” In general, the impact of China’s GDP in the Czech Republic is less than 1%.
He Jipu emphasized that China accounts for less than 0.42% of all foreign investment in the Czech Republic, which is a very low proportion, and China’s exports to the Czech Republic are only 1.5%, and they have been declining since 2017. In In terms of actual figures, China’s economic impact on the Czech Republic is not really a major factor in our relationship with China.
He Jipu cited data from Czech analysts and criticized China for promising strong investment in the Czech Republic, but hardly ever noticed.
He Jipu bluntly stated that the returns on China’s investment in the Czech Republic are “completely overstated.”
Kalisdova, conductor of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Image: Zhang Liangyi / photo
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