After the ceremony, Franconian arranged for dignitaries from various countries to come to the conference room of the Ministry of Industry of Cyril, where Lamuru handed out the printed "First Five-Year Plan for Promoting Africa's Industrialization", and Feng Xiaochen served as the interpreter of the plan. He hung up a map of Africa and explained the design of the whole project and the path to complete it.

The officials listened enthusiastically, and from time to time someone raised his hand to ask questions, and Feng Xiaochen answered them one by one without the slightest hesitation. As an official who has been engaged in the research and development of the equipment industry for nearly 30 years, Feng Xiaochen knows the situation of various equipment well, and almost does not need to look through the information to be able to say the investment, production capacity, supporting requirements, etc. of various types of equipment, and these factors have been taken into account when preparing the five-year plan.

"Mr. Feng, according to this plan, does it mean that we can only get these industrial equipment from China? You know, in the past, we used more equipment made in Europe. A country's vice president stood up and asked.

Feng Xiaochen said: "If you use a loan provided by the Chinese government, in principle, of course, you are required to use Chinese-made equipment. Only part of our loans are in dollars or euros, and most of them are Chinese yuan, and these funds can only be used to purchase equipment in China. Of course, if there are some equipment that cannot be manufactured in China, we will also recommend African friends to purchase products from Europe, America and Japan out of supporting needs. ”

"Can we apply for a loan from Europe or the World Bank at the same time as a loan from China?" asked another African dignitary.

"Absolutely. "Our cooperation with Africa is not exclusive, and our purpose is to promote Africa's industrialization, not to invade Africa economically." If Western countries and international organizations such as the World Bank share our goals, we certainly welcome them to join the program. ”

"However, in my experience, if Westerners were to lend us money, they would have to ask us to refuse other sources of funding and to demand that our government accept their political terms. Therefore, I would like to say to my colleagues that we should be cautious in our cooperation with the West. Gai Zhan, the speaker of the Avaray Kingdom, said meaningfully to everyone that he, like Franken, has also cooperated with Feng Xiaochen for a long time, fully realized the benefits of cooperation with the Chinese, and it is inevitable that he will come out to support Feng Xiaochen at this time.

Franconia took Gai Zhan's words and said solemnly: "Another point is that the equipment in China is easy to use and cheap, and the after-sales service is very intimate. Cyril is a poor country, and when purchasing equipment, it is very important to pay attention to price, and I think your colleagues should have similar thoughts. ”

This is the legendary helper who brings his own dry food.

Feng Xiaochen smiled secretly in his heart. To talk about it, it is not surprising that Gaijan and Franken can say this, China's industrial equipment can gradually replace European and American equipment in Africa, and it is not unreasonable to be favored by African countries.

In the past, Western countries relied on their absolute technological superiority over Africa to sell cabbage at the price of gold, eager to exchange half of people's GDP with a few machine tools. African countries cannot find alternatives, and they can only comply with the knowledge that they will be trapped. After Chinese companies entered Africa, they provided African countries with new options, and at the same time, they also forced Western countries to greatly reduce the price of equipment, so that Africans have reaped the benefits.

By the way, it is precisely because of the emergence of Chinese products that it is becoming more and more difficult for Western companies to make excess profits in the international market, and relying only on average profits is not enough to support their spending on alcohol and wine, which has led to the phenomenon of a large number of Western companies losing serious losses until they go bankrupt. The hostility of some Western countries to China was also born from this.

"Here, I would like to emphasize. Feng Xiaochen followed the topic just now: "It doesn't matter whether countries use the loans provided by China or the West and the World Bank, as long as it is beneficial to the development of Africa, we will support it." As for whether to use Chinese equipment or Western equipment in the process of industrialization, it is also not important, and you need to choose according to the national conditions of each country.

However, we are proposing this five-year plan today in the hope that countries will be able to take into account the overall situation in the selection of projects, and there will be no unnecessary competition. Our plan is based on the production capacity of the African continent and the needs of the market, and has a macro coherence. By acting according to this plan, countries will be able to avoid vicious competition and share the dividends of industrialization. If this plan is violated, it can lead to a lose-lose outcome. ”

"This is very important. Lamuru stood up and said to everyone solemnly, "The big reason why Africa has become the most backward continent in the global economy is that more than 50 of us cannot be twisted into a rope, and some countries have even become agents of Western powers, stirring up trouble in Africa, undermining peace in Africa, and benefiting outsiders." Now that our Chinese friends have drawn up a unified plan for the industrialization of the whole of Africa, if we continue to guard against each other and fight separately, we will not only be sorry for the hard work of our Chinese friends, but will also ruin the opportunity for Africa's development. ”

"I have a proposal. The Minister of Industry of Gabekistan, Lulam, stood up and said: "We, the presidents and ministers who are here today, please bring this plan back and ask for the advice of Parliament and the Government." Once there is a consensus, then it is necessary to act according to the consensus, and if any country violates the consensus, everyone must resist it so that it does not benefit from the development of Africa as a whole. ”

"Yes!"

"Agreed!"

"There really needs to be some consensus!"

The crowd agreed, and LaMuru's face blossomed, and this was the scene he most wanted to see. The African Union is undoubtedly the indispensable executive body for all countries to form a consensus on economic construction and to supervise the implementation of this consensus. In the process of implementing so many major projects, the influence of the African Union in African countries will inevitably increase.

After the meeting, the crowd surrounded Feng Xiaochen and his entourage and began to inquire about the specific procedures for cooperation with the China-Africa Industrial Technology Cooperation Association. It has been clearly stated in the five-year plan that the Chinese unit responsible for promoting the implementation of the plan is this cooperative association. The responsibility of the association is to discuss the implementation of industrial projects with various governments, help them apply for Chinese loans, guide the procurement of equipment, coordinate production and sales, etc.

"We will propose liaison offices in each country to take care of matters related to each country. Feng Xiaochen said to the high-ranking government officials who were crowded in front of him.

"We will definitely provide the best venue and the most comfortable life for the liaison office!" the officials generously promised.

"I will be with me this time in Cyril, as well as the directors and engineers of a number of equipment manufacturing companies in China, and we will arrange for you to meet with them, and they will introduce their products and services to you. Feng Xiaochen said again.

"Mr. Feng, can I invite them to our country to give on-site guidance?" an official asked impatiently.

"Absolutely. Feng Xiaochen said with a smile, "This requires you to have specific contact with these factory directors and engineers." I am sure that as long as you are sincere in your cooperation, they will be more than happy to support you. ”

There is no need to elaborate on how the dignitaries of various countries will meet with the personnel of various equipment enterprises. In the following days, various equipment companies initialed hundreds of cooperation agreements with African countries, involving tens of billions of dollars. This is only the first step in cooperation between the two sides, and more dignitaries are rushing back home to get authorization to negotiate a larger cooperation with the Chinese side.

Feng spent a week in Cyril, meeting with dozens of guests every day, and sometimes going to the negotiation site to solve difficult problems. Fortunately, he was not alone on this trip, but brought a dozen followers with him, who could help him cope with many things, and he only needed to do some principled guidance.

Seeing that all the work was on the right track, Feng Xiaochen asked the other staff of the association to stay in Cyril to continue their work, and he only took a confidential secretary named Hang Jin, and took the passenger train on the Saiga Railway to the coastal city of Khamtay, Gabe, to visit the industrial park there.

At the gate of Kantay Industrial Park, Du Xiaoyuan, director of the park management committee, took a group of subordinates and executives of enterprises in the park to hold a large-scale welcome ceremony for Feng Xiaochen, and then personally led Feng Xiaochen into the industrial park, and began to introduce the situation of the park to Feng Xiaochen like a few treasures, and two of the three sentences are boasting:

"Brother-in-law, how do you see our industrial park? Look at this container factory, it is a branch of Yubei Container Factory invested and built, with an annual output of 20,000 TEUs. In order to introduce this factory, I went to Yubei five times in a row, and with my three-inch incorruptible tongue, I moved their Dr. Yang named Chen Wei and made him agree to invest here. ”

"How did I hear that the first thing you said when you saw someone said that Feng Xiaochen was your brother-in-law, and Chen Wei called me to confirm it. Feng Xiaochen revealed with a smile.

"It's just about getting closer. Du Xiaoyuan's bragging was exposed, and he couldn't help blushing a little, and he said: "When I mentioned you, I just made Chen Su believe me." That nerd can't be emotional, I gave him a complete introduction to the situation here, and finally Yuji also sent a team to investigate the investment environment. As a result, it was completely in line with their requirements, and they decided to invest in us. In fact, if you think about it, with me Du Xiaoyuan as the director here, can the investment environment here be poor?"

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