Chapter 86 Railways Should Be Reformed?

"Let's talk about it?" Yu Zhengmin, also known as Director Yu, was slightly stunned and looked at Fang Mingyuan. They're talking about business now, and it doesn't seem appropriate to have a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child who hasn't grown - hair - on the sidelines, right?

Su Aijun naturally doesn't care about this, let alone their current matter, when the national speed of the railway was so big, it was not first proposed by Fang Mingyuan, and in the past few years, his father Su Huandong has simply used Fang Mingyuan as half a consultant, and many things of the Ministry of Railways have not been hidden from Fang Mingyuan. This time, Su Huandong intended to carry out the reform of the railway system in Qinxi Province, although he did not inform Fang Mingyuan in advance, but he knew that it was only a matter of time sooner or later.

This time, he accompanied Yu Zhengmin and them to inspect the operation of the railway from Tongchuan to Fengyuan, and he originally intended to have a good talk with Fang Mingyuan after this, but he didn't expect that he would be so coincidental on the train.

Su Aijun knew very well in his heart that the heavy responsibility that Yu Zhengmin shouldered this time had a far-reaching impact, and Su Huandong's decision this time could be said to have stepped into a minefield. The reform of the railway system is a major event that has a bearing on the future of millions of railway workers and their families across the country, and it is also a minefield full of contradictions and problems. Su Huandong can be said to be pushing this process at the risk of ending his political life.

Su Aijun didn't know how to deal with his father's decision, intellectually he understood that the railway system in China must be reformed, otherwise it would not be able to keep up with the pace of social development, but emotionally he did not want to be promoted by his father, because it would be a laborious and likely failure reform. It has been 40 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the problems accumulated over so many years can be solved in a few years, or even more than a decade, which is a major event that can be recorded in the annals of Chinese history.

But how can Su Huandong's determination be influenced by him, who is a son, so he can only do his best to help his father fulfill this wish.

"It doesn't matter, Mingyuan often has some wonderful ideas, and he has a lot of inspiration for my father's work, and he knows a lot of things in the ministry. Su Aijun explained in a low voice, "Mingyuan, the Ministry of Railways recently intends to select a part of the railway lines within the jurisdiction of the Qinxi Provincial Railway Bureau to carry out reform pilots. That's why Uncle Yu and I came. ”

Fang Mingyuan's eyes lit up immediately, this was a secret he had never heard of in his previous life. It's only been ninety years, and Iron Boss actually deliberately took the initiative to propose reform? "So fast?"

"If you don't change it, you can't do it!" Su Aijun said with a helpless expression, "Mingyuan, you are not from the railway system, so naturally you don't know about it." When our country was first founded, there were more than 21,000 kilometers of railways left behind, of which almost half were built before the collapse of the Beiyang government. At that time, there were a total of 4,069 locomotives in Huaxia - the government, which came from more than 30 factories in 9 countries, and there were as many as 198 types of locomotives. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the government vigorously built railways, and by the 80s, China's railway mileage had reached more than 49,000 kilometers, and by this year, the railway mileage had exceeded more than 55,000 kilometers. But on average, there is not a cigarette long on the head of every citizen!" "My father is the Minister of Railways, has worked in the railway all his life, and he teaches at Jiaotong University, so it can be said that these data have been deeply engraved in my mind, and I don't need to think about it at all, I can come to it casually."

Fang Mingyuan smiled in his heart, how could he not know these things, in his previous life, the little foundation of the Iron Boss had already spread all over the Internet, and every year during the Spring Festival, posts of dissatisfaction with the service of the Iron Boss were flying all over the sky. However, this reform I had never heard of in my previous life. I haven't heard of it, but Fang Mingyuan understands that for the railway, the sooner the reform is, the less resistance it may face, and maybe it can complete a round of construction cycle before the era of extreme shortage of transportation capacity in China in the previous life.

Fang Mingyuan has always believed that the main contradiction in the so-called "comprehensive tension of coal, electricity and oil transportation" in the previous life is that the transportation capacity is tight, and the lack of transportation capacity leads to coal shortage, which in turn leads to power shortage. Fang Mingyuan remembers that for a period of time, the host on TV always proudly mentioned that the passenger turnover, cargo dispatch, freight density and other Jishu indicators of Huaxia Railway are Shijie first, and Huaxia Railway has completed 24% of Shijie Railway's transportation volume with 6% of Shijie Railway's operating mileage, indicating that Huaxia Railway's transportation efficiency and transportation capacity utilization rate are at Shijie's leading level!

But Fang Mingyuan felt that there was nothing to be proud of, which only showed that the whole society had a very strong demand for railway transportation, and the railway department could not meet the normal needs of the society at all. If a car is overloaded, it is necessary to deduct the book and pay a fine, so why should the railway be overloaded? If there is a seat for travel, who wants to stand for dozens of hours to go home? This can only show that it is urgent for the state to increase investment in railway construction and expand the scale of railway construction.

"Since the mid-80s, China's railway transportation has entered a state of comprehensive shortage, and the phenomenon of difficulty in taking trains, buying tickets, and transporting goods has become increasingly prominent, and the lack of railway transportation capacity has become a bottleneck restricting the rapid development of the national economy. However, the state's investment in railway construction is limited. The railway system itself is low-profit or even operating at a loss, and it is simply unable to form its own wealth accumulation, so as to continue to expand the railway. As for the railway construction fund, it is only about 40 billion yuan per year, and after deducting the principal and interest of debts, investment in small and medium-sized projects, and maintenance costs, a maximum of 20 billion yuan can be used for investment in new railway construction projects. The 20 billion yuan, together with the 30 billion yuan of the China Development Bank's infrastructure construction loan, is only 50 billion yuan a year, which is a drop in the bucket in the bucket today, when the expenditure on land acquisition and construction has increased dramatically!" Yu Zhengmin said, "and the situation of the Fengyuan Railway Bureau can be said to be even more difficult!"

The development of China's railway network is quite uneven, compared with the economically developed southeast coastal areas, the northwest provinces and cities are far less than the number of passengers and goods transported. If those road bureaus can still maintain a low-profit operation, Fengyuan Railway Bureau is an ironclad loss-making operation. For more than a year, Yu Zhengmin has felt the weight on his shoulders.

For Fang Mingyuan, although he is not familiar with it, he has already heard of it, it is the godson of his old boss Su Huandong, and entering and leaving Minister Su's house is like entering a no-man's land. Although Yu Zhengmin didn't understand that Weishenme Su Huandong and Su Aijun both valued this young man so much, this did not prevent him from having an attitude towards Fang Mingyuan. In particular, there is Su Aijun in front of him as an example. Therefore, Yu Zhengmin also talked to Fang Mingyuan on an equal footing. If there are people in the Fengyuan Railway Bureau here at this time, I am afraid that I would be stunned to see Yu Zhengmin, Director Yu Da, a subordinate of Su Huandong, the director of the Fengyuan Railway Bureau, the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Bureau, and the Minister of Railways, talking to a teenager with such a pleasant face.

At least Director Gong, who was sitting on the side, was very surprised. Who is this young man who is sacred, and he can be so valued by Minister Su.

"I understand that this railway branch line is short, and in addition to merging with other railways after entering Fengyuan, it does not intersect with other railways, and the annual passenger and freight volume is not very large. Fang Mingyuan patted his leg and said, "Suddenly realized". In fact, there is nothing strange about this, in the previous life, the several railway companies that were reformed and listed basically belonged to this routine, and there were few overlapping sections with other railways, and the materials transported were relatively single, most of which were mainly coal transportation.

Yu Zhengmin and the two couldn't help but change their faces slightly, it is not difficult to think of this kind of thing, but it is for the old people in the railway system, a young man can see this, it is not easy, and the two of them can't help but believe a little more in what Su Aijun said.

"Uncle Su, Uncle Yu, let's talk about it, how do you plan to reform?separation of government and enterprise, separation of network transportation, or separation of main and auxiliary?" Fang Mingyuan lowered his voice and said, these are all reform plans proposed by the Ministry of Railways in his previous life, he is very curious, at this time, what does Old Man Su think? This railway is a big minefield, how does he want to change it?

"Listen, listen, I said you kid, your mouth is three plans?" Su Aijun immediately couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart, and he pulled up Shang Mingyuan's step, which was obviously the right step!

Yu Zhengmin and the others opened their mouths in surprise, this kid is really not simple, these three plans are concise and to the point, and people can understand the goal of reform as soon as they hear it.

"Uncle Su, don't hold me here, hehe, none of these three plans is easy to do! Besides, I'm asking you what jihua you have now!" Of course, Fang Mingyuan himself knew that if it was easy to do, it would not be that by 2010, the railway would still be the same.

"At present, the ministry and the bureau are more inclined to separate network transportation, that is, to set up a passenger company and a freight company to undertake the passenger and freight business of the railway, while the construction and maintenance of the railway are still retained in the railway bureau. Yu Zhengmin hesitated for a moment and said in a very low voice.

"What about the pricing power and scheduling power, or does it belong to the bureau?" Fang Mingyuan asked. Yu Zhengmin nodded.

"It doesn't make sense to change that. Fang Mingyuan said with a disappointed face, "I can't think about the freight company for the time being, but at least the passenger company is losing money!"