Josef Nerušil, a member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic for the SPD, regional chairman of the Prague SPD and a Prague city councillor, said that despite criticism of the current government, Czech-Chinese trade continued to grow at a rate of around 10 percent per year. According to him, relations between the Czech Republic and China should be based primarily on pragmatic reasoning and mutual respect.
In his speech, he criticised the European Union's approach to promoting electromobility and other changes in the economy. „I'm a fan of electromobility in a way, but not of the way the EU is trying to force electromobility,“ He said. On the other hand, he said he sees an advantage in China's long-term planning system. „It is thanks to these five-year olds that the development of electric mobility in China is thriving," he said.
Nerušil also recalled his experience from abroad, especially from Africa and Brazil, where, in his opinion, Chinese cooperation works more effectively and fairly than the model promoted by the United States. „The cooperation between China and Brazil is a bit different. Brazil supplies agricultural products and in return gets technology,“ he described.
He also described the purely commercial dimension of the relationship as important, without political ambitions. „I think it should be based on pragmatic consideration and also on some mutual respect,“ He said. According to him, the Czech Republic, despite its size, still has a lot to offer and can build on the existing relations with China.
He concluded with an example from the Sinsheim Technical Museum, where he said the contrast between Germany's failed maglev project and China's development of railway technology showed different approaches to industrial and technological development.
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