The recent G7 summit has attracted widespread attention from the international community. At the meeting, Biden's G7 announced the launch of a "global infrastructure plan" to raise US$600 billion to help "poor countries" with infrastructure construction. Foreign media speculated , this G7 plan is to counter China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative. Western countries have been hyping it before. The "One Belt, One Road" has brought debt problems to lending countries and made them fall into a debt trap.
President of the EU Presidential Committee Von der Leyen said that Europe will raise 340 billion US dollars for the plan, and Biden also stated that the United States will also invest 200 billion US dollars through various forms; but just last year, also in At the G7 summit, the leaders of the seven countries proposed a "building a better world" and wanted to invest US$40 trillion as funds for infrastructure construction in developing countries. However, in the end, nothing happened and the leaders of the seven countries never mentioned it.
In fact, it has been nearly ten years since China proposed the "One Belt, One Road" initiative. The United States and other Western countries have not stopped looking for ways to confront it, but they have always been helpless with the "One Belt, One Road" initiative. China has invested in various parts of the world and helped many countries build Bridges, ports, power stations as well as railway tunnels and 5G wireless networks are expanding their own influence and benefiting other countries.
Just when Biden announced this plan, the US media poured cold water on Biden. " New York Times " commented that although the Biden administration has been recruiting allies to fight against China, this initiative It is very likely that the old problem of "Western allies" being unable to unite will be exposed.
In the eyes of the US media, the project launched by the US this time is completely imitating China's "One Belt, One Road". China is called an "infrastructure maniac" by the outside world. Therefore, the US media believes that the global infrastructure plan is like China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative. It is simply impossible to defeat China in the "Game". Among the current top 20 international construction contractors, 14 companies are from China, but none of the US companies are on the list, which illustrates the problem.
According to relevant data, China received a World Bank -financed infrastructure contract worth US$2.3 billion in 2020, while the US side received only US$27 million. The gap is visible to the naked eye. This time the United States is pulling the G7 and EU Even the United States itself cannot compete with China in this field, let alone other countries and organizations.
At the same time, 150 countries and 32 international organizations around the world have signed cooperation documents with China. The data has proved everything. If the United States wants to compete with China in this field, it is simply hitting the stone with an egg.
In response to this issue, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also responded today. Zhao Lijian said that the "One Belt, One Road" initiative mentioned at the G7 Summit leading to a debt trap is completely false. This initiative has been proposed for 9 years and has brought consequences to many countries. There have been tangible benefits, and once the transportation infrastructure under this initiative is fully realized, it will generate US$1.6 trillion in benefits for the world every year after 2030, and low- and middle-income countries will receive more benefits. .
Zhao Lijian also emphasized that all "Belt and Road" partners will not believe that the initiative has brought them the so-called "debt trap". The United States is the creator of the debt trap. Its monetary policy and various wrong actions have led to development China's debt burden continues to deepen, so the United States should be responsible for developing countries falling into debt traps.
Regarding the new initiatives proposed at the G7 summit, Zhao Lijian said that China firmly opposes the use of "infrastructure construction" as an excuse to discredit the "One Belt, One Road" initiative. Last year at the G7 summit, the United States proposed a similar initiative, emphasizing that It is necessary to promote infrastructure construction initiatives that are different from China's, but no matter what initiative the United States proposes, it should be a project that sincerely wants to benefit the people of all countries.
Zhao Lijian’s speech can be said to be to the point. If Western countries are really willing to invest funds to assist some countries in infrastructure projects, then China will certainly support it. However, the G7 has a strong political purpose this time, which is to confront China. Western countries are not as good as China in terms of experience and technology in infrastructure construction, and they do not have sufficient funds to compete with China.
Therefore, under the banner of infrastructure construction, the United States seeks to confront China internationally, and ignores the desire of all countries for win-win cooperation. It is bent on engaging in zero-sum games and provoking division and confrontation. This kind of behavior is bound to be unpopular. Its so-called "global infrastructure plan" will also fail.
