Reasons for the Backward Engine Technology in China
In recent years, China has been catching up with western developed countries in science and technology, and has made some achievements. However, in terms of engine technology, there is still a big gap between China and Germany, and the reasons for this gap can be mainly attributed to two points.
The first is macro time. In the early days of the industrial revolution, China was still in the feudal era. Only in the first industrial revolution, China's industrial technology was far behind. It was not until after the reform and opening up that China began to study engines, that is to say, we lagged behind western countries for more than half a century. It is conceivable how difficult it is to fill the defects of half a century in a short time. Secondly, it is because of the patent monopoly of engines in western countries. The existence of patents is to protect intellectual property rights, and the existence of patents can stimulate the innovative spirit of human beings. Western countries occupy too many routes in engine structure patents, and it is not so simple for China to make its own engine by bypassing western patents, which makes it difficult for China to make great strides in engine technology.
What is Germany's intention to stop supplying engines?
Arguably, because of China's huge demand for engines, Germany can get a lot of economic benefits from engine trade with China, so why cut off its own financial resources and ban the sale of engines to China? The main reason is that the autonomy of China's engine research and development has put pressure on Germany.
Although we can't compare with Germany in engine core technology, it doesn't mean that the engine we independently produced and developed can't be used. In addition, we are not good at asking for people's personality. Even though our engine still depends on imports, we have never stopped the pace of independent research and development, and are committed to developing an engine that does not lag behind Germany in all aspects. In order to limit our development, Germany decided to stop exporting engines to China. In addition, Germany's move also sent a good signal to the United States. After all, once China's engines catch up, the global engine markets of the United States, Germany and Japan will also decrease. For Germany, the advantages of stopping supplying engines outweigh the disadvantages.
The engine will not get stuck when the power is cut off.
Germany hopes to strangle China by cutting off the engine, just like the way the United States cut off the chip. However, although China still lags behind other countries in some areas, it is not without beginning. Just like the engine, China has achieved completely independent research and development of the engine, which is more than enough to meet the daily needs, but there is still a gap in cutting-edge performance, which has little to do with whether Germany exports the engine to China. It is obviously useless for Germany to stop supplying engines to our necks.
Moreover, China's independent R&D capability in the field of military industry has reached the first-class level in the world, and the failure of German engines has most affected our civilian fuel vehicles, that is, fuel vehicles. However, at present, fuel vehicles are withdrawing from the historical stage at a speed invisible to the naked eye, and new energy vehicles are booming. Germany's move is tantamount to shooting itself in the foot.