On April 28, Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited China. On the same day, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers issued a notice, clarifying that 76 models from 6 companies, including Tesla, meet the four compliance requirements for automotive data security. Tesla said that at present, various places have successively lifted the ban on driving and parking restrictions on intelligent networked vehicles such as Tesla. Some analysts believe that this also lays the foundation for Tesla's self-driving system (FSD) to enter the Chinese market.

From actively participating in the compliance pilot work organized by relevant departments, to building Tesla's Shanghai data center to realize localized data storage, to introducing third-party authoritative institutions to review the company's information security management system...... Tesla has done a lot of work in terms of data compliance in recent years. This progress is the result of the joint efforts of all parties and has written a new footnote for Sino-foreign economic and trade cooperation. For a long time, China has adopted an attitude of treating domestic and foreign-funded enterprises equally and equally, and is committed to creating a market-oriented, law-based and international first-class business environment.Facts have proved that as long as it abides by China's laws and regulations and fulfills its security commitments, any foreign-invested enterprise can obtain national treatment and its investment rights and interests in China can be protected in accordance with the law。

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As the first wholly foreign-owned new energy vehicle project, Tesla announced the construction of a factory in Shanghai, creating a miracle of "starting construction that year, completing construction that year, putting it into production that year, and going public that year". Last year, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory delivered 947,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 33%, accounting for more than half of its global production capacity. Musk said, "Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory is Tesla's best-performing factory, thanks to the industrious wisdom of the Chinese team." In fact, it's not just high-quality workers. Huge consumer market, complete industrial chain, efficient logistics and transportation...... A series of advantages have significantly reduced Tesla's costs and opened up a broad space for development.

"The next 'China' is still China." Tesla's development in China vividly illustrates that an open China can create new opportunities for the development of the world, and also demonstrates China's firm determination to continue to promote high-level opening-up.

Only by opening the window can air convection be achieved and fresh air can come in.Back then, when Tesla was about to build a factory in China, there was no shortage of doubts. Some people say that this is a "wolf", which will impact the country's new energy vehicle industry. In fact, Tesla is not a "wolf", but a "catfish", activating the vitality of the domestic new energy vehicle market. In the past few years, under the high-intensity competition, a number of domestic new energy vehicle companies with unique skills and even the world's leading in subdivided fields have sprung up. The introduction of foreign capital means a wide range of high-quality elements in terms of talents, capital, information, and markets, and means the introduction of more advanced concepts, mature models and innovative technologies.

Openness leads to progress, while closure leads to backwardness. Any protectionist who rests on his laurels and tries to regain trade and investment protectionists will only lose more in the wave of globalization.Looking forward to the future, all countries will "join hands" instead of "let go", "tear down walls" instead of "build walls", and work together for mutual benefit and win-win results, which will surely usher in more opportunities and greater development space and create a better tomorrow for the world.