The next day, in addition to the main forum, the city held another closed-door meeting, which was attended by Executive Vice Mayor Zhou Kunlin, asking everyone to actively support and cooperate with the city's work.

"I have read everyone's opinions, the construction of Pujiang International Shipping Center, is a national decision, but also our common wish, although everyone's opinions are different, but the starting point and ultimate goal are the same......

Zhou Kunlin said: "Based on everyone's opinions, in addition to the common vision of building an international shipping center, there are several points that can be reached to a consensus......

"First of all, the construction of Gaoqiao New Port Area, whether it is the construction of the deep-water port of the outlying islands, or other deep-water port construction schemes, there is a long construction period and high construction costs, and the logistics growth rate of Pujiang Port in the past two years is very fast, and in the next two to three years, the existing port area will be completely saturated, so the construction of the new port area is imminent, and the construction cycle of Gaoqiao New Port is the shortest of many schemes, we need Gaoqiao New Port ......"

Bao Feiyang nodded, Gaoqiao New Port already has a mature plan, if it is started now, it will definitely be able to be completed and put into operation within two years, which can greatly alleviate the tension in the existing port area of Pujiang Port. The construction period of the deep-water port on the outlying islands is relatively long, and the longest of them is actually the demonstration and design stage, when the construction of the entire port and the cross-sea bridge really starts, it will take about three years.

"I agree with Mayor Zhou......"

Bao Feiyang said: "It is a very reasonable and necessary arrangement to build Gaoqiao New Port first, and at the same time to conduct research and demonstration of the deep-water port construction plan. ”

Bao Feiyang said: "However, I still hope that everyone can fully realize that the logistics growth of Pujiang Port will be faster and faster, and there is no way to solve it with just one Gaoqiao New Port, and the future ocean-going cargo ships will become larger and larger, and the water depth of 2.5 meters is not enough, so it is still very necessary ......to build a real deep-water port."

Zhou Kunlin smiled and waved his hand: "We'll discuss this later......"

"First of all, the dredging project of the Tianjiang waterway, this can also be said to be the consensus of everyone, the Tianjiang River is known as the golden waterway, after the dredging of the waterway, the quality of the golden waterway can be more sufficient, the dredging of the Tianjiang waterway is very important to the economic development of the cities along the Tianjiang River, and the support of the hinterland, the development of Tianjiang shipping is also very important to the construction of the international shipping center of Pujiang City, so regardless of the construction plan of the Pujiang deep-water port, the dredging project of the Tianjiang waterway is a must!"

Hearing Zhou Kunlin's words, everyone nodded slightly. If the lower reaches 2.5 water depths in the lower reaches of the Tianjiang River, then cargo ships of less than 100,000 tons will be able to reach the major ports along the river downstream, and the impact on the economic development of coastal cities will be huge. This means that the major cities along the Yangtze River have the advantages of some coastal port cities in terms of shipping conditions, which will surely boost the development of the economic belt along the Yangtze River, and the development of the economic belt along the Yangtze River will not weaken the logistics of Pujiang Port, on the contrary, the vigorous development of the economic belt along the Yangtze River will bring greater demand for ocean transportation and logistics for Pujiang Port.

"Since there is no objection to these two points, the city hopes that everyone can support the construction of Gaoqiao New Port and the dredging ......project of the Tianjiang Waterway without shelving the dispute," Zhou said.

The purpose of this closed-door meeting in the city is to unify thinking and win support for the construction of Gaoqiao New Port. Although there are not many places where the participants can contribute to the construction project of Gaoqiao New Port, the domestic approach is not to want to have incongruous voices in the process of launching major projects. Generally speaking, once the leader makes a statement and the superior makes a decision, all kinds of abnormal voices must disappear, otherwise it is not conducive to the development of the work.

Hearing Zhou Kunlin say this, everyone also nodded their heads one after another, after all, they are not against the Tianjiang waterway dredging project and the construction of Gaoqiao New Port, most people's views are actually similar to Bao Feiyang, they all think that the dredging of Tianjiang Waterway and the construction of Gaoqiao New Port can not solve the problem of no deep-water port in Pujiang City.

Bao Feiyang also said: "I support the city's decision, but in the process of building the Pujiang International Shipping Center, I think we must take a long-term view, the pace must not be slow, and the starting point of planning must be high." ”

Bao Feiyang said: "The fourth generation of container ships, 2.5 meters of water depth can be in and out of the clock, the fifth generation of container ships, it needs 5 meters of water depth, the future of larger container ships, the need for the channel water depth will reach about 20 meters, so the future deep-water port construction goal should be set at at least 20 meters of water depth, not only the 2.5 meters of the plan is a temporary plan, the 5 meters of water depth of the plan can not win the future, rather than the construction of a new port area, it is better to plan in advance, advance layout ......"

After the meeting, Zhou Kunlin called Bao Feiyang to the office, some things are not good to say in a public meeting, and there are not so many taboos when there is no one, Zhou Kunlin asked directly: "Do you want to promote the deep-water port project on the outlying islands in the near future?"

Bao Feiyang nodded: "Yes, the leader also said at the meeting just now, some goals are the common vision of all of us, if Pujiang City wants to become an international shipping center, it must build a deep-water port, and if it is a high-standard deep-water port, Gaoqiao New Port can't solve this problem, and the dredging of the Tianjiang waterway can't solve this problem......"

"Of course I understand what you say......"...

Zhou Kunlin smiled and shook his head: "But you also know that the city's finances are relatively tight, and the construction budget of the deep-water port project on the outlying islands is at least 10 billion, and the city can't come up with so much money now, including the construction of Gaoqiao New Port, if it is not for the intention of Ma Xi and Xincheng Port Group to invest, it can only adopt a gradual construction ......."

Zhou Kunlin said: "You know, the cost of the construction of Gaoqiao port is much less than the deep-water port of the outlying islands, the total investment of the project completed last year is 19000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000......0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

"After talking about Ma Xi and Xincheng Port Group involvement, Pujiang Port Group intends to start the construction of Gaoqiao New Port in advance, the new port area is located in No. 5 ditch, the first phase of the project plans to build 18 container terminals, more than 3 million TEU processing capacity, a total investment of 0 billion, a total construction period of three years, the whole project is divided into two stages, the first stage will be completed in two years, which can increase nearly two million TEU processing capacity......"

Zhou Kunlin looked at Bao Feiyang and said: "Pujiang Port Group's plan is to start the third phase of the Gaoqiao Port Project, which will be completed by the end of next year, and will increase the processing capacity of 50,000 TEU, and at the same time start the construction of Gaoqiao New Port at the end of this year, and complete the first phase of the new port area by the end of the next year, increasing the processing capacity of 800,000 TEU, and then by the end of 2004, the second phase of the new port area will be completed, and the processing capacity of more than one million TEU will be increased. The fourth phase of the project can basically ensure the needs of Pujiang Port within 10 years......"

Zhou Kunlin said: "According to the plan of Pujiang Port Group, as long as more than 100 million yuan is invested every year, the port throughput capacity can be increased year by year. ”

Bao Feiyang smiled and said: "The construction cost of the deep-water port on the outlying island is indeed relatively large, but the cost of the first phase is large, and after the completion of the first phase, the subsequent construction cost will not be much higher than that of Gaoqiao New Port Area!"

"As for the construction of a cross-sea bridge in the first phase of the project, it will cost at least more than 10 billion, which is indeed relatively high, but the prospects of the deep-water port are very good, and we can finance it in a variety of ways, and it is not that it cannot be solved. ”

Zhou Kunlin glanced at Bao Feiyang: "Even if the financing can be successful, the financing cost of more than 10 billion yuan, as well as the follow-up repayment pressure, are all unbearable for the port group!"

"Of course, if you can really solve the financial problem, the port group and the city will also consider this plan!" Zhou Kunlin said.

"In addition, there is a key problem with the outlying island deep-water port plan, that is, whether it is Yangshan Island, Shuangqishan Island, or Sijiao Island, these islands all belong to Jiangbei Province, although they are all deserted islands, but it is very difficult to row the islands from Jiangbei Province, in fact, we have also mentioned it to Jiangbei Province, but we have been rejected by one ......."

Bao Feiyang nodded, he has experienced the dispute settlement of Beishazhou, although Beishazhou is basically a useless sandbar for Huixun District, Beishazhou is separated from Huixun District by a Tianjiang, but it is connected with Tongbei City, from the perspective of geography and development, it is reasonable for Beishazhou to belong to Tongbei City, but if Bao Feiyang dares to do this, he will definitely be scolded by the people of Huixun District for selling land for glory.

A similar situation has also happened in another time and space, when Pujiang City and Jiangbei Province reached an agreement to build a deep-water port in Dayangshan, it is this deep-water port that makes Pujiang Port the world's largest port, so that Pujiang City has become an international shipping center, and the original barren island has also become a modern port, but on the Internet, many Jiangbei people are constantly clamoring for Pujiang City to return to Dayangshan, and after the end of the first three phases of the project, because of the ownership issue, the fourth phase of the project has been delayed for five or six years, so the issue of zoning and ownership is very complicated, not that the central government has made up its mind, an administrative order and a document down, you can assign the big and small Yangshan to Pujiang City, even if the Jiangbei Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government agree, it is useless, and the ideas of the local government and the people need to be considered.

What's more, Jiangbei Province also does not want Pujiang City to build large and small Yangshan ports, they hope that Pujiang City will increase the dredging project of the Tianjiang waterway and put part of the shipping logistics in the port of Tongcheng, which is conducive to the development of cities along the river and Tongcheng in Jiangbei Province.