According to a report by RIA Novosti on June 13, Elon Musk's father, businessman Errol Musk, expressed his admiration for the Chinese people's hard work spirit in an interview with RIA Novosti, and called the Chinese "excellent competitors." Musk said: "China is beautiful. The Chinese people are admirable. They are very outstanding and smart. How can you oppose the Chinese people? This is ridiculous. They are of course excellent competitors." He also said that the Chinese inspired everyone to "start taking action and try to do better than them." He added: "I have some business dealings with a Chinese company that only produces products for the Chinese market, but their laboratory is located in Silicon Valley. There are a lot of Chinese working there, and there are also a lot of Americans. So it's a symbiotic relationship."