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According to reports from the Spanish newspaper "Ouhua Bao," in order to overcome the difficulties brought about by the economic crisis, all sectors of Spanish society, from the government to the private sector, have increasingly valued the development of the Chinese market.
At the government level, in addition to the recently introduced "500,000 Euro property purchase for residency" policy aimed primarily at wealthy Chinese individuals, a tourism promotion plan targeting Chinese tourists was also vigorously promoted not long ago, with the goal of attracting 1 million Chinese tourists to Spain by 2020.
Just as government departments at all levels in Spain are making every effort to create conditions for developing the Chinese market through macroeconomic policies, various Spanish chambers of commerce and companies of all sizes are also taking the lead in going to the Chinese market to seek and seize business opportunities.
Amidst Spain's deep economic crisis, although Chinese people living in Spain are adept at business and have accumulated some wealth, they have not been able to remain unscathed. Facing market depression, narrow industry sectors, and intensified competition, many are at a loss and feel their future is bleak. At this time, however, the Spanish are focusing heavily on China, vigorously developing and competing for business opportunities.
Just as the whole of Spain, from the government to the private sector, is "bustling for profit" regarding China, the Chinese community in Spain is largely absent from the development of the Chinese market, still sticking to their small retail stores, restaurants, and grocery shops, constantly lamenting the market depression and the difficulty of doing business.
Looking at a series of economic and trade data between Spain and China, the period from 2010 to last year was a phase of explosive growth in Spanish commodity sales in China. Domestically, however, Spain was exactly at the bottom of its deepest crisis. At this time, in addition to experiencing the pain brought by the Great Depression along with local Spanish merchants, Chinese people in Spain also faced suppression and unfair treatment from the government, media, and society. These "compounding" difficulties have made survival and development for Chinese people in Spain increasingly arduous. Consequently, many complain incessantly or consider leaving, and almost no one has noticed Spain's large-scale development of the Chinese market or seen the hope and business opportunities within it.
In reality, Chinese people living in Spain have significant inherent advantages in developing the Chinese market, possessing the right timing, geographical convenience, and human harmony. Because they understand the situations in both China and Spain, and have advantages in language communication and cultural understanding compared to their compatriots in China and the Spanish people, combined with the personal connections they maintain or have reserved in China, they should have been in a prime position to communicate trade and expand the Chinese market. However, the reality is that among the army of businesses rushing to seize opportunities in the Chinese market, the presence of Chinese people living in Spain is almost invisible.
It is understood that in Spain's current trade and investment with China, the industries involved by Chinese people in Spain are limited to the sales of red wine, olive oil, and a small portion of food products. Compared to the total trade volume of these commodities between China and Spain, the share held by Chinese merchants is minimal, to the point of being negligible. In the development of the Chinese tourism market and the expansion of the Spanish clothing industry in China, it is even more of a blank slate.
Regarding the absence of Chinese people in Spain from the development of the China market, some economic and trade figures in Madrid stated at a recent seminar that, in fact, the establishment and development of Spanish companies in China are often completed through joint ventures or cooperation with local Chinese companies and enterprises. For Spanish companies looking to enter China, finding a Chinese partner is a high-risk and relatively difficult task.
The questions raised by these Spanish economic and trade figures can be considered a very beneficial inspiration for the vast number of Chinese people living in Spain. From another perspective, the current blank situation also reveals a vast new world beyond their existing horizons. The next step depends on whether the Chinese in Spain can seize the opportunity of Spain's vigorous development of the Chinese market, follow the trend, and leverage it for development.
