Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an interview with the "all in" podcast host on the evening of the 16th local time that China, the world's second-largest economy, will one day dwarf the output value of the United States "What we will see is that China's economy is twice or possibly three times the size of the United States. Anyone alive will witness (this moment) for the first time. It would be strange to live in such a world." Musk said of the US China economy
According to the Bureau of economic analysis (BEA), the total GDP of the United States in 2021 is about $23 trillion. According to the data of China's National Bureau of statistics, China's GDP in 2021 reached 114.4 trillion yuan (about 17.7 trillion US dollars at the annual average exchange rate).
This is not the first time musk has compared China and the United States. According to the independent on May 10, musk "praised Chinese workers" in an online interview with the financial times. According to the report, when asked which electric vehicle start-up company impressed him the most, musk did not mention his competitors in the U.S. market - American new energy vehicle start-up lucid motors and American electric vehicle manufacturer rivian, but praised China.
Musk said, "I think there will be some very powerful companies in China. There are many super talented and hardworking people in China. Their faith in the manufacturing industry is very strong." "They [Chinese workers] not only work late into the night, they work until 3 a.m., they don't even leave the factory, but in the United States, people try not to go to work," he said