The Chinese State Council Prime Minister Li Keqiang held a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir earlier (20th). The two sides signed five memorandums of cooperation to mention that China will further expand palm oil and other special agricultural products.Mahathir said: "I am very happy, the Chinese government said it will import more Malaysian products, especially palm oil andrdquo; he also expressed his hope that China understands Malaysia's situation, increase investment, help solve serious debt in Malaysia countryQuestion. It is reported that the total liabilities of the Malaysian government exceeded 1.1 trillion Macco (about S $ 370 billion), reaching 80%of the national GDP. China is a long -term trading partner in Malaysia. As Malanil said, China is a huge oneWhether China and Malaysia -Malaysia relations can maintain a stable development, the impact on the Malaysian economy is important.
Malaysia is currently the world's second largest palm oil production and exporter, of which 88%of the output of palm oil are exported, and more than 490,000 people rely on the palm oil industry to survive.It directly affects its gross national product.However, the palm oil industry is currently facing a difficult deal. The EU Parliament passed the bill last year that it would gradually stop using biofuels produced by palm oil by 2021.On the other hand, India also announced that it would increase the import tax of Malaysia's palm oil to 30%, so that Malaysia's palm oil exports faced double blows, and the trade barriers were significant. Some analysts stated that their palm oil industry will have the problem of overcapacity in the next few years.The global palm oil market has also maintained a low price trend.
China has already planned to strengthen the trades of palm oil with Malaysia. In February this year, the Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia announced that China has no upper limit on the import of palm oil in Malaysia, and the cooperation of palm oil biological fuels and rubber.The Oil and Tsinghua University will jointly study the use of B5 biological diesel in several provinces in China.In addition, Malaysia's Planting and King of Industry Ma Jiqiang predict that China will become the largest market for palm oil in Malaysia in two years.
As the local palm oil industry is deep, reviewing Mahathir has always been vaguely of China ’s“ Belt and Road andrdquo; project and introducing Chinese investment attitudes. All Chinese actions are undoubtedly explaining goodwill to the Malaysian government and promoting two to promote trade measures.National relations.
However, it is also important to note that the destruction of the palm oil industry on the environment is based on the World Natural Foundation information, and an average of 300 large rainforests disappeared per hour.In 2016, the planting area of palm trees in Malaysia reached 5.74 million hectares, accounting for about 17.37%of the total land area of Malaysia, an increase of 1.7%from 2015.Most of the palm oil planting gardens have transformed from tropical rain forests. Green and flat finger. In order to freeze out the oil -implanted brown trees in the air, companies do not hesitate to cut or even burns the virgin forests, destroy the living place of biology, and even even the biological habitats, and even the biological habitat.Causes the forest fire.In addition, many media have revealed that in order to achieve maximizing profits, palm oil manufacturers have not expected to recover agricultural land in a way that violate the principles of environmental protection with groundwater and burn Patsuma. Improper planting of oil palm trees may destroy carbon balance, resulting in increased greenhouse gas increases.Cause the earth warming.The report of the "Environment and Social Impact of Palm Oil Production" of the World Nature Foundation states that and "and" and the range of "large -scale single -planting oil palm is broad, so that tropical forests and other ecological areas with high protection value have high protection value.Both were destroyed and cleared. Andrdquo;
The environmental problems derived from the production of palm oil, including soil erosion, water pollution, air pollution, and the infringement of active and plants for many years have been criticized by environmental protection people.
In view of this, the European Union decided to ban the use of palm oil biofuels in 2021, and decided to pass a single authentication system about European palm oil and other vegetable oil exports. Through Sustainable Palm Oil Certification (CSPO), it can ensure that all kinds of vegetable oil can be ensuredIt is produced in a continuous environment.France and Germany immediately acted to study the proportion of palm oil in biological diesel according to the EU's renewable energy instructions.
In addition to the damage of the environment, the problems of child labor issues, labor exploitation, and indigenous land are also seriously affected by local people's livelihood. If China continues to support these trade, the people will have the opportunity to cause domestic Malaysia to produce China to China.dissatisfied.From the perspective of diplomatic relations, expanding palm oil trade may not be a long -term and effective solution. In addition to the development of trade in China and Malaysia, they must consider the balance of the environment and ecology.It is an important factor in the sustainable development of relations between the two countries.
In recent years, the number of palm oil and palm oil products exported from Southeast Asian countries has increased significantly, and it is important to meet domestic demand.The business model is indirectly participated in the forestization and indirect importing forests. Therefore, the government must not only monitor the quality of imported goods, but also pay attention to its production process. However, the local economic and people's livelihood issues must always rely on the local governmentThe root cause is solved that the Malaysian government should regulate and supervise the process of palm oil production, and urge oil production dealers to perform corporate social responsibilities to ensure the sustainable development of the industry.
