"Does your factory need foreign exchange so much now?" asked Li Hao.

"Mayor Li, let me tell you the truth, our Tianyin Electronics Factory is not only short of foreign exchange, but also has a very large gap in foreign exchange!" Duan Yun frowned slightly, and then said: "At present, our factory is developing a new electronic product, some of which must be imported from abroad, and preliminary statistics, the annual import of these parts alone will cost foreign exchange, will reach 10 million US dollars, in addition, our factory is also preparing to introduce a new production line, the foreign quotation is more than 8 million US dollars...... These are important materials related to the future development prospects of our factory, now Shenzhen can hardly find a place to exchange foreign exchange, even if we want to buy it is impossible, so I think since our factory exports more than 5 million yuan per year, then the government can leave us more foreign exchange to stay, once our enterprises develop in the future, it will definitely bring more foreign exchange ...... to our Shenzhen Municipal Government and the country."

Duan Yun's words were quite sincere, he only knew that he didn't often have the opportunity to talk face-to-face with Mayor Li, and since he had such an opportunity, he had to make some of his own requests.

"More than 10 million US dollars ......" Hearing this, Li Hao was also taken aback, he didn't expect Duan Yun's electronics factory to need so much foreign exchange funds.

In fact, at present, 80% of the domestic export production enterprises are not user units, because most of the domestic exports are resources and primary products, and the degree of dependence on imports is not large, and even some enterprises in Shenzhen are between tens and millions of dollars, and private enterprises like Duan Yun who want more than 10 million US dollars in foreign exchange are the first time they have heard it in the future.

If the boss of other private enterprises made such a request, Li Hao would probably not agree, but Duan Yun is different, their Tianyin Electronics Factory is the leader of private electronics enterprises in Shenzhen, and Duan Yun has also donated so much money for municipal construction, no matter what, he must seriously consider Duan Yun's request.

"In fact, the state has always had incentive policies for export-earning enterprises, but these export incentives are only limited to state-owned enterprises, and there are no clear export incentives for private enterprises...... Li Hao thought for a while, and then said: "I can find a way to reserve 5% of the total foreign exchange earnings of your enterprises in foreign exchange ......."

The foreign exchange retention system is a foreign exchange distribution system in which the state allocates part of the foreign exchange to the founding units according to a certain proportion in order to encourage the enthusiasm of local departments and enterprises to earn foreign exchange through exports.

In the early 80s, almost no private enterprises in China could become export-earning enterprises, and even Lu Guanqiu, who exported universal joints to General Motors of the United States, still had the name of township enterprises and did not carry out shareholding reform, so the foreign exchange retention system has always been aimed at state-owned enterprises.

As a private enterprise, Duan Yun also wants to get the foreign exchange retention rewarded by the state, which is very difficult, first of all, there is no explicit policy provisions, and the other point is that even if the local government permits, the proportion of foreign exchange retention of enterprises will not be too high.

"It's only 5%......" Hearing this, Duan Yun suddenly showed a look of disappointment.

"Don't be too little, even if it's 5%, I still have to hold a meeting and negotiate with various departments before I can get it for you. Li Hao said.

"Is it so difficult?" Duan Yun asked in surprise.

What Duan Yun actually didn't know was that Li Hao wanted to fight for 5% of Duan Yun's foreign exchange retention, which was indeed not an easy thing.

Because in the current domestic government departments, there is the problem of foreign exchange segmentation, 60% of the foreign exchange earned is state-owned, the current department retains 22%, the local government's concentrated foreign exchange retention plus the expansion of foreign exchange, local foreign exchange, etc., accounting for 18% of the export receipts, and there are more than 100 departments with retained foreign exchange, 29 provinces and municipalities, the conditions are staggered, each has its own policy, forming a "batch of foreign exchange points" of different sizes The foreign exchange department has always been a sweet spot, who has foreign exchange and who has the right, and the various departments in the local government are arguing over this, and sometimes the main leaders of the region must come forward to coordinate.

Therefore, it is not easy for Li Hao to "cut" 5% of the foreign exchange retention for Duan Yun from the relevant departments of the municipal government, because there is no clear policy regulation, so Li Hao can only use his authority to talk to the person in charge of the relevant foreign exchange approval department to win the export reward for Duan Yun.

"There are some things you may not understand, foreign exchange retention has always been a very sensitive issue, and I can't talk to you about it here. Li Hao paused, and then said: "In fact, since last year, the state has issued a document to increase the proportion of foreign exchange retention of export enterprises, compared with the past has been greatly improved, as far as I know, Hangzhou City has been allocated to the export commodity process, foreign exchange has increased nearly 4 times before the implementation of the new ratio, and our special zone has also increased about three times, but this policy is only for some key export enterprises, the maximum retention ratio of enterprises can reach 12%, but there are also many conditions in this......

"What conditions?" Duan Yun asked.

"It must be a national key mechanical and electrical enterprise, and the annual foreign exchange amount is more than 10 million, it is possible to give the enterprise about 12% of the foreign exchange retention. Li Hao said.

"We are also an electromechanical enterprise!" Duan Yun's eyes lit up, and he continued: "In addition, our company also has great potential, and it can reach more than 10 million US dollars in foreign exchange earnings from exports every year!"

"It's a pity that you are not a national key mechanical and electrical enterprise...... Li Hao sighed, and then said: "But you don't have to be disappointed, as far as I know, our country's new foreign exchange retention reform plan will be introduced this year, the new plan may stipulate that Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou, Xiamen 4 special economic zones and Hainan Island, Guangzhou Huangpu Development Zone and Tibet trade foreign exchange retention is 100%, Guangxi and other ethnic minority areas are 50%, and other areas are 30% ~ 25% If this plan can be implemented, then we Shenzhen can retain all the foreign exchange earned by exports, and then our municipal government can greatly increase the proportion of our export enterprises in Shenzhen!"

"That's great!" Hearing this, Duan Yun suddenly showed joy.

In fact, the new foreign exchange retention policy was introduced two months later, that is, in June 1986, according to the provisions of the new policy, Shenzhen obtained 100% of the foreign exchange retention for trade, and the export enterprises can leave about 35% of the foreign exchange at most, the introduction of this policy, greatly promoted the development of Shenzhen's export enterprises.

"So my suggestion is that you stay patient for the time being, and I will do my best to help you solve the problem of foreign exchange retention. Li Hao smiled slightly, and then asked, "Do you have any other difficulties?"

"No!" Duan Yun replied very dryly.

In Duan Yun's view, as long as the government can help their factory solve the problem of foreign exchange, other things can be easily solved, and once his Tianyin Electronics Factory has enough foreign exchange, Duan Yun can start the plan to open up the international market in the next step......