"What kind of opinion is it, and what are the thoughts of the ministries?"

Meng Fanze was really attracted by Luo Xiangfei's words. Although he has retired, his influence at the top has become even greater, and the reform is facing many new situations and new problems, and the country needs old comrades like him to grasp the overall situation. For the equipment manufacturing industry, Meng Fanze has always been very concerned, listening to Luo Xiangfei said that there is an opinion in various ministries and commissions that has encountered controversy, he can't help but ask the truth, if he thinks that Luo Xiangfei's opinion is correct, he has to bring these opinions to the superiors.

Luo Xiangfei told Meng Fanze about the matter, and he also had the idea of suing through Meng Fanze. Listening to Meng Fanze's question, he said: "We wrote an opinion, requiring all ministries and commissions to communicate with the Heavy Equipment Office and other units in advance when introducing technology from abroad in the future. In terms of equipment, if it can be produced in China, in principle, it will not be imported; in terms of technology, if it has been developed in China or has been introduced once, it will not be re-introduced unless there is a major breakthrough abroad. ”

"That's a good idea, and it's something we've said over and over again in the past. Meng Fanze commented, "So, what are the different opinions of various ministries and commissions?"

Luo Xiangfei said: "Of course, not all ministries and commissions have different opinions, only a part. They did not directly put forward different opinions, but said that the problems in reality are relatively complex and should not be applied in one size fits all, so it is necessary to consider and study them again. ”

"Consider and study, isn't this just kicking ball?" Meng Fanze sneered. They are all officials with many years of practical work experience, and when they hear about this situation, they still don't know what is going on. He asked, "Xiao Luo, have you gone to find out more about what their main concerns are?"

Luo Xiangfei nodded and said, "We have understood, and the reasons are very complicated. However, there are no more representative categories. ”

"Tell me about it. ”

"The first type is for personal gain. Because the introduction of technology means that there is an opportunity to go abroad, you can bring back large household appliances from abroad, and you can also buy high-end cars and build buildings and halls in the name of foreign affairs reception. ”

"I know this situation, and the state has repeatedly ordered it to oppose this kind of behavior. Meng Fanze said.

Luo Xiangfei said: "This kind of situation is indeed not a new phenomenon, and with the acceleration of our country's opening up to the outside world, it is not uncommon for officials in many places to go abroad, and the blind introduction of technology for this purpose has been decreasing." What we're currently encountering is the second type of situation, which is really embarrassing to say. ”

"What's the situation?"

"Monks from outside will recite sutras. Luo Xiangfei said, "Some ministries and commissions have index requirements for the introduction of technology by subordinate enterprises, and the more they are introduced, the more open and modern they will be." In this way, some units obviously do not need to introduce technology, just for the sake of good publicity materials, saying how much or more they have imported equipment, so even if they already have such technology in China, they have to go all the way to import it from abroad. ”

"Isn't this just admiring foreign people?" Meng Fanze said angrily.

Feng Xiaochen grinned beside him and said: "Minister Meng, your concept is too backward, now is the era of comprehensive opening up, what do you say about worshipping foreign countries." ”

Meng Fanze is also used to messing with Feng Xiaochen, in his heart, he regards Feng Xiaochen as a junior, so naturally he doesn't care about Feng Xiaochen's ridicule, he glared and said: "No matter what era, it is wrong to worship foreign flattery. It is undeniable that our country started late, was poor and white when it was founded, and needs to learn from abroad. However, taking the quantity of imported technology as an open evaluation criterion, and even the equipment that can be built by oneself must be imported from abroad, this kind of person is a soft bone, and in the era of war, it is not too much to call them traitors. ”

"But that's the reality now. Luo Xiangfei sighed, "Ministries and commissions, provinces and cities are all pursuing the number of foreign investment and foreign technology, and regard this as a basis for evaluation." The company's external publicity, not to mention how many years of history it has, how many model workers, just how many foreign equipment it has introduced, how many people have gone abroad. Some scholars have also suggested that China should engage in international cooperation, and that it is enough to directly import equipment from abroad instead of engaging in equipment manufacturing by itself. ”

"It's just nonsense!" Meng Fanze reprimanded, and after that, he waved his hand again and said: "Xiao Luo, Xiao Feng, your opinions are very good, I will find an opportunity to report to the leading comrades that this trend of blindly pursuing foreign goods must be cracked down." However, each industry and region also has its own considerations, and it is not so easy to unify everyone's opinions, and sometimes, some skills are needed. ”

"I understand that. Luo Xiangfei hurriedly responded, "Our rearmament office is originally a coordinating body, which is responsible for synthesizing everyone's opinions. Generally speaking, the enthusiasm of the comrades at the grassroots level is still very high, and some signs can be seen from this exchange meeting. ”

Speaking of the exchange meeting, Luo Xiangfei's mood got better again, and he introduced some of the transaction intentions reached two days ago to Meng Fanze in detail. As he said, the grassroots enterprise leaders are still very pragmatic, received the notice of the heavy equipment office, many factories have sent a team led by the factory director or deputy director of production, composed of the chief engineer and a cadre of technical personnel, to visit and negotiate in the capital.

Since the end of the 50s, after the Sino-Soviet rebellion, the process of China's large-scale introduction of technology from abroad was interrupted for more than ten years, and it was not until the mid-70s that the "43 Project" was restarted. The core of the "43 Project" is the introduction of complete sets of equipment for steel, fertilizer and petrochemical, and the main purpose is to solve the urgent needs of China in these aspects, and the components of technology introduction are slightly inferior. For example, the introduction of the 1.7 meter rolling mill that year spent nearly $1 billion on equipment, but did not spend millions more dollars on drawings, so that later efforts to imitate it were completely shattered.

After the end of the movement, the country began to introduce technology on a large scale, after taking many detours and paying a lot of tuition, it gradually learned the model of "combination of technology and trade", and began to bundle the introduction of equipment with the introduction of technology, which was later commonly known as the "market for technology" model.

In fact, this method of market exchange for technology is not the first in China, and there are also ways to achieve technology transfer between Western countries through the signing of long-term technology contracts. According to the data, in World War II, Japan's metallurgical equipment manufacturing industry has been seriously damaged, after the war, Japan's Mitsubishi, Ishikawashima Harima, Hitachi three companies, as well as the Federal Republic of Germany's Sark, SMS, Demak three companies, has signed long-term technical contracts with the United States Mysta, Wei-Yunat, Paul Knox and other companies, the purchase of the latter's technical drawings and manufacturing licenses. For example, SMS has a long-term contract with Weiyunat, which stipulates that SMS will have to pay a substantial technology purchase fee and a manufacturing license fee equivalent to 7% of the contract value to Weiyunat for each equipment manufactured in the future.

China has learned from such international practices, signed technology transfer contracts with foreign equipment manufacturers on the condition of equipment procurement in the domestic market, obtained a large number of technical patents and know-how, and improved the level of domestic industrial technology.

However, technology introduction is often carried out by specific enterprises as technology transferees, which limits the diffusion of some technologies. Many companies that have not been given the opportunity to be transferred are still using outdated technology. This technical exchange meeting has given these enterprises the opportunity to introduce technology, which can not make all enterprises rush to it.

Slogans like "revitalizing national industry" are often posted on the wall or in the speeches of leaders. The majority of ordinary cadres, workers, and technicians do not keep this slogan in their mouths all day long, and all they care about and talk about every day is wages and prices, not just the shortcomings of parents such as their children's schooling. However, everyone has some professionalism to a greater or lesser extent, and as an industrialist, the pursuit of better technology is an instinct that melts into the blood, which does not need to be flaunted with slogans.

Over the past two days, there has been a lot of activity in technology trading at the conference. According to the standards stipulated by the re-equipment office, the enterprise that transfers technology determines a reasonable transfer price for each technology, and most of the transferee enterprises are able to accept such a price, after all, the benefits that a technological breakthrough can bring to the enterprise are far greater than the cost paid.

"Linbei Heavy Machinery introduced large-scale mining excavator technology from the United States, in addition to the drawings of the whole machine, including more than 400 special technologies. The whole machine technology cannot be transferred to other enterprises, but the special technology is not limited by this aspect. For example, the smelting and casting technology of wear-resistant steel castings they introduced have reached 12 transactions in the past two days, and the buyers are engaged in construction machinery and agricultural machinery. Zhongyuan Tractor Factory originally planned to introduce this technology from abroad, and applied for more than 400,000 US dollars, but we spent less than 100,000 yuan to buy the technology, saving a lot of money. ”

Feng Xiaochen smiled and gave Meng Fanze an example.

"If you charge 100,000 yuan for the transfer of a technology, then these 12 transactions are not 1.2 million yuan? When you first introduced this technology, you didn't spend so much money, right? Xiao Leng, your business is very cost-effective. ”

Meng Fanze turned his head to look at Leng Shanguo, the director of Linbei Heavy Machinery Factory, who accompanied him, and joked with a smile.

Leng Shanguo also smiled: "Of course, Xiao Feng is the deputy director of the production department of our factory, can he make us suffer?" However, Director Luo is a little not enough friends, he asks us to give 25% of the income to the reloading office for each transaction as a commission, which is really too black-hearted." ”

Luo Xiangfei said: "The commission is just a name, the money that is really used to hold the meeting, plus the income of Chenyu Company, a total of less than 5 points in the middle of the 25%, and the remaining 20 points are used as funds for further development of equipment technology introduction." Your technology was also imported by the state at its expense, so how can there be any reason why you sell the money and not hand it over to the state?"