Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, praised China in the interview. On December 15 local time, after being elected as the man of the year of time magazine, musk was rated as the "person of the year" by the financial times for promoting the electrification transformation of the automotive industry. In an interview with the financial times, musk mentioned that China will become a force that can not be ignored in the world automobile industry. "I think it's incredible that people ignore the great achievements China has made." Musk believes that "the wave of Japanese commodity import in the 1980s and 1990s is about to be staged again in Chinese auto enterprises." He said, "China's professionalism and the large number of hardworking and intelligent people are amazing. It makes people both admire and fear. They will do things well." The financial times pointed out that Tesla launched model s nearly a decade ago, proving that electric vehicles can compete with the best fuel vehicles in performance and style. Four years ago, model 3 pushed electric technology to a broader market. In these years, while struggling with bankruptcy, musk almost established the electric vehicle market on his own, fought with Wall Street short sellers and "quarreled" with regulators. The financial times believes that this year is a year for musk to correct his name, and more automobile companies have indicated that they want to enter electric vehicles. This is not the first time musk is optimistic about the Chinese market and new forces in car making. At the just past CEO Council of the Wall Street Journal, musk said that China's economic scale may be two to three times that of the United States in the future. At the same time, he also believes that Tesla maintains a very good relationship with China. "This does not mean that I am speaking for China, just as I will not speak for the United States or any other country." At the world new energy vehicle conference held in September this year, musk said in a video speech that China's auto enterprises are the most competitive auto enterprises in the world. At the world Internet Conference two weeks later, musk stressed the importance of China to Tesla and highly praised China as a global digital leader. Musk's attitude towards China has something to do with Tesla's rapid growth in China. As the first wholly foreign-owned automobile factory in China, Tesla Shanghai Super factory has been continuously improving its production capacity and market scale in China since its completion in 2019. At present, Tesla has built Shanghai Super factory, Shanghai Super charging pile factory, Shanghai R & D innovation center and data center in Shanghai. Meanwhile, the annual production capacity of Shanghai Super factory exceeds 450000 vehicles, which has become the most important export center of Tesla. The localization rate of parts of Shanghai Super factory has exceeded 90% and is further improving. According to the data of the passenger Federation, Tesla sold more than 240000 vehicles in the Chinese market from January to November this year. According to Tesla's third quarterly report, Tesla's revenue in the Chinese market accounted for 24.97% in the world in the first three quarters of this year, compared with 19.45% in the same period last year. The contribution of the Chinese market to Tesla is increasing significantly. (Xinhua News Agency)