To understand the importance of Clark Canal, we must first look at the role of the Straits of Malacca in the south. As a strategic throat for importing strategic materials (oil, minerals, etc.). ) Entering East Asia and Northeast Asia, the Straits of Malacca are controlled by Singapore. In particular, the United States has the largest overseas military base in Changi, Singapore, which has become an important stronghold to control China, Japan, South Korea and even the Russian Far East.

Secondly, through the important role of Malacca Strait and entrepot trade, Singapore can earn hundreds of billions of dollars from entrepot trade every year. All the major financial institutions in the world have branches in Singapore, which makes Singapore an important financial center in Asia. Among them, all the materials of Shanghai Futures Exchange are delivered in Singapore Port. This has greatly increased the cost of East Asian countries in the trade field.

There are two ways to get rid of the above problems. The first is to establish a deep-water port for entrepot trade and a free trade zone in Shanghai. At present, with the completion of Shanghai Yangshan Deepwater Port and the establishment of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone not long ago. Shanghai's re-export trade has exceeded the annual throughput of Singapore/KLOC-0.0 million TEUs (Yangshan Port has more than 20 million TEUs). With the establishment of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, it is believed that most world-renowned banks will set up offices in Shanghai in about three years. So from a financial point of view, it is only a matter of time before Shanghai surpasses Singapore. At the same time, Shanghai has the ability of rapid radiation to the mainland of China and other regions that Singapore does not have. Shanghai can rapidly radiate all kinds of materials to the inland areas of China through airports, railways, expressways and the main stream of the Yangtze River. ) With such a large demand for materials, the transportation in Malacca alone can't meet the demand of China and neighboring countries, so the second plan is to build the Clark Canal. Necessity of building Clark Canal: First of all, if you pass through Clark Canal, the voyage time will be shortened by at least three days compared with that of bypassing Malacca, which can reduce the freight cost. Second, America's control over East Asia will lose its support. From the geostrategic point of view, the relationship between Thailand and China is much closer than that between Singapore and China. Finally, Thailand and China are closely linked in highway (Kunming-Kunming Expressway), railway (planned Trans-Asian Railway), land and water (Lancang-Mekong River shipping), and the re-export and transit costs of materials will bring great benefits to Thailand.

If the political connotation of Clark Canal is to break the shackles of strategic transportation and enhance China's geopolitical influence on neighboring countries. Avoid the fragile strategic life channel being subject to people. Enhancing China's competitiveness in international politics, finance, logistics and other modern service industries in the future can be a powerful driving force for China's future economic growth.