It is reported that the three aviation groups are China Southern Airlines, Air China and China Eastern Airlines. Among them, China Southern Airlines purchased 96 aircraft, Air China purchased 96 aircraft, and China Eastern Airlines purchased 100 aircraft. The aircraft purchased w

According to a report released by Global Network on July 2, China's three famous aviation groups have successively issued announcements that they have signed new purchase agreements with Airbus . It is reported that the three aviation groups are China Southern Airlines , Air China and China Eastern Airlines . Among them, China Southern Airlines purchased 96 aircraft, Air China purchased 96 aircraft, and China Eastern Airlines purchased 100 aircraft. The purchased aircraft are Airbus A320NEO series aircraft, and the 292 aircraft are The total price of the large order is as high as 37.2 billion U.S. dollars, equivalent to nearly 240 billion yuan. It is not only the first large-scale purchase of new passenger aircraft by China Civil Aviation in the past three years, but also a new record since the establishment of cooperative relations between Airbus and the above three aviation groups. The amount of a single order.

On the evening of July 1st, after three Chinese airlines officially announced the news, it immediately caused an uproar in the American public opinion circle. As Airbus’ only global competitor, Boeing Company immediately learned of the matter. to put pressure on the Biden administration and expressed disappointment with the purchase.

According to a report released by Reuters on July 2, Boeing stated in an emailed statement that the European government has had a "constructive dialogue" with China on this order, as it has half a century of cooperation with the Chinese aviation industry. Boeing, the top U.S. exporter, is disappointed that current geopolitical differences have limited U.S. passenger aircraft exports to China. The statement also reminded the Biden administration that it must have a "productive dialogue" with China as soon as possible, because trade with China has created tens of thousands of jobs in the United States.

It is worth mentioning that the three major civil aviation groups in China jointly signed a large order with Airbus. This happened after the NATO organization and the Group of Seven summit. This year’s NATO summit and the G7 summit agreed that Identifying China as “posing a systemic challenge to the West.” However, in just a few days, China signed a large aircraft order with Europe, obviously in order to "kill two birds with one stone." First of all, the influence of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is gradually being replaced by inflation and economic recession in the West.

According to the latest data released by Eurostat on July 1, the inflation rate of euro zone countries in June this year increased by 0.6% compared to May, reaching a record high of 8.7%. Energy prices soared directly by 41.9%. Therefore, cooperation with Airbus can deepen the relationship between China and the EU to a certain extent, and bury a nail between the EU and the United States.

After all, for the EU business community, turbulent global geopolitics has created too much uncertainty. If the Chinese market can remain stable as always, it will surely make European capital feel at ease, and this trend will also affect the EU. Policy makers should re-evaluate their relationship with China and the United States. Secondly, due to the influence of some EU countries and pro-US forces within the EU, the China-EU Comprehensive Investment Agreement has not been able to pass smoothly so far. Coupled with the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, China-EU deepening economic and trade cooperation was once looked down upon. .

However, China used this large order of more than 30 billion US dollars to prove to Europe that the Chinese market is still full of sincerity and has enough energy to carry out more cooperation with the EU. If we can use this as an opportunity to further tighten the ties between China and Europe in the economic and trade field, it will make the EU more forward-thinking when dealing with China-related Indo-Pacific affairs, and the result of "the EU is unwilling to go too deep" is exactly what we expect. , which will help us focus more on dealing with the United States and its Asian allies. It can be said that the emergence of this order is not only China's goodwill towards the EU, but also a reminder that "cooperation or confrontation", the EU must give its own answer to this question.