Recently, Australian mining giant Andrew Forrest will inject $740 million into a Ukrainian investment fund, , to start its post-war economy, the first payment of a $100 billion global fund known as Ukraine’s “Marshall Plan”.
Speaking of the Ukrainian version of the "Marshall Plan", it can be traced back to the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. In March, British Prime Minister Johnson promised that the West would formulate a new version of the "Marshall Plan" for Ukraine.
It is reported that Zelensky released a video of nearly 8 minutes on March 9, thanking British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his promise to develop a new "Marshall Plan" for Ukraine and said that the West will support the plan. Zelensky thanked: "Boris is a trustworthy person and a sincere friend of Ukraine." From
to October, a German lobby group composed of several companies operating in Eastern Europe called for a plan to rebuild Ukraine, saying that the plan was a replica of the "Marshall Plan" that the United States helped Europe rebuild after World War II in the 1950s.
, the plan called "Rebuilding Ukraine", involves industries, agriculture and energy, and has become the main topic of the Ukrainian-German Business Forum held in Berlin on the 24th.
23, a signed article jointly published by European Commission President von der Leyen and German Chancellor Scholz in the " Frankfurter Report " also called for Ukraine to provide the "Marshall Plan for the 21st Century", saying that "rebuilding Ukraine can pave the way to EU ."
Finally, on October 25, G7 and the EU launched the Marshall Plan aimed at helping Ukraine rebuild. German Federal Prime Minister Scholz and European Commission President von der Leyen presided over the expert meeting and pressed the "start button" of the reconstruction plan.
"Rebuilding Ukraine Plan" covers a wide range of areas, including industry, agriculture, education, people's livelihood, energy infrastructure, etc.; participating countries cover major Western members; sources of funds are diverse, and governments, private and international organizations are widely involved. Now, the first fund from the people has been in place, which has made a good start, and has eliminated the worries of the Ukrainians and further inspired the Ukrainians' fighting spirit.
However, the war is still going on now, and the entire Ukraine is ruined under the ravages of goose screws. Ukraine has a long way to go to reconstruction. According to a report jointly released by the World Bank, the Ukrainian government and the European Commission in September, rebuilding Ukraine may cost nearly US$350 billion, about 1.6 times the country's 2021 GDP.
In short, one sentence: It is easy to destroy this world, but it is difficult to rebuild it. No matter which country it is bombed, it is a loss to all mankind. Therefore, the old saying goes again, peace and development are the mainstream in the 21st century. Please cherish peace and stay away from war.
