Chapter 848: Catharsis of Dissatisfaction

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In fact, the military version of the American Boeing 707 aircraft of the same level as the Yun-10 aircraft still undertakes a large number of military transport tasks, and there is nothing outdated, and the B52 has been flying for almost 50 years, and it is still the main force of the US Strategic Air Force.

If it is because of lack of money, how can it then come up with billions of dollars to import American aircraft?

It is indeed absurd that any product, the first piece from scratch, will never be perfect, because it is inconsequential to negate it, thus ending China's successful path of building large aircraft from its own raw materials, or because of a little personal self-interest, China has artificially lagged behind in this field for more than 30 years, which is indeed absurd.

"Don't mention this, China has lost too many opportunities, I hope that today's cooperation will be a good start, and if we can see results within ten years, I can still take our own domestic big plane around the world." Boss Zhu said with some emotion.

Fan Wuxian nodded, thinking that this goal should be achievable, or a little faster.

In the next few days, the State Council held a working meeting of relevant units, the main topic of which was to discuss the integration of the domestic aviation manufacturing industry, and of course, to a small extent, also launched a discussion on whether China's airplane project will be launched in the near future.

The strategic goal set by the state for the large aircraft project is to develop large civil passenger aircraft, and the focus of debate in the aviation industry for decades is not military aircraft, but large civil aircraft.

The Shanghai University aircraft project marks the beginning of a historical turning point in China's economic development, marking the beginning of China's industrial development from relying on foreign technology to independent innovation, and from falling into low-end economic activities to climbing to high-end fields. Therefore, the strategic objectives of this project must be understood in the context of transforming China's economic growth model.

Large civil airliners are the crown of the aviation industry, with the most complex technology, the highest quality requirements, and the greatest economic interests involved. For the large aircraft project, it is to mobilize the strength of the whole country in the form of the state, establish a product development platform on which the technical capabilities of large aircraft are generated, developed and improved, and realize industrialization through continuous product development and technological progress in the form of competitive enterprises, and finally form a strong trend with the United States and Europe in this high-tech and high-value-added industrial field.

Fan Heng and Fan Wuxi, father and son, also participated in this discussion activity, and some people still put forward the old tune that it is better to buy than to build, and it is better to rent than to buy, and the implication must be that they are unwilling to give up the current comprador thinking, unwilling to give up the vested interests they have obtained in their hands, and are full of pessimism about the country's own development of large aircraft projects.

Naturally, there are also many people who want to embark on the aircraft project, because it can save many aviation manufacturing companies and bring a lot of jobs and employment opportunities to China.

After listening to their quarrel for two days, Fan Wuxian felt very depressed, and finally expressed his opinion during the recess, "Contrary to many people's fantasies, technical ability cannot be obtained through the free market mechanism, because technical ability is endogenous to the organization, and its important component can only come from the silent knowledge of experience, so a large amount of publicly flowing technical information and the technical ability to use this information are two different things." In addition, companies in backward countries face significant risks when investing in technological learning due to the ability barriers created by the gap with advanced countries. Therefore, as evidenced by the historical experience of all successful catch-up and overtaking countries, the development of technological capabilities depends on high-intensity technical learning, enterprising corporate strategies and unswerving national will, which is not only the significance of the implementation of major national projects in key areas, but also the necessary elements for the success of large aircraft projects. ”

Many of the people who attended the meeting didn't know Fan Wuxian very well, and they all whispered as they watched this young man make remarks that were completely inappropriate for his age, and they were all amazed at how he could be here and have the right to speak?

Fan didn't care about their reaction, but continued, "If successful, the big plane project will revitalize China's aviation industry and a range of related industries, and will create a large number of high-income jobs in related fields, including services." Not only that, but it will also make a qualitative leap in China's air power and make China militarily safer. The leap in the technological capabilities of the aviation industry, driven by the large aircraft project, will not only bring about structural changes in China's position in the world economy, but will also provide a powerful means to ensure China's political independence and national sovereignty. ”

After taking a breath, Fan Wuxi patted the table angrily and said, "On the contrary, when countless technical talents are working hard for the rise of China's national industry, some people can sell their national interests and dismiss a large aircraft project like Y-10 for a little selfish profit, for a little kickback for the purchase of aircraft, for the exchange conditions for their children to study abroad promised by foreign companies, and for some other benefits, this kind of behavior is simply shameful!" Shameless! ”

After Fan Wuxi's words came out, the people in the venue were stunned, no one thought that someone would pick out such a sensitive topic on this occasion, especially the several project leaders who were responsible for the procurement of passenger aircraft, and their faces were very ugly.

Soon everyone understood the identity of the young man in front of them, and they all gasped suddenly, no wonder people have such a big confidence to dare to slap the table at the high-level seminar held by the State Council, they have the strength and confidence! Besides, what people say is not wrong, and everything is reasonable!

New China's aviation industry has a history of more than 40 years, with an industrial scale second only to the United States and Russia, with more than 500,000 employees in the whole industry, 34 ministry-level research institutes, 50 factory-level research institutes and more than 100 large and medium-sized enterprises, six state-level key laboratories and 38 ministerial-level key laboratories, and one of the world's largest wind tunnel test bases.

In particular, the Y-10 project, which was launched in 1970 and successfully flown in 1980 and then forced to be discontinued, has always been a historical event that cannot be bypassed. The Y-10 is a major national project comparable to two bombs and one satellite, and analyzing the causes and consequences of its success or failure is a key to understanding what problems exist in China's aviation industry.

From the perspective of technical capability development, the Y-10 is not only a model, but also a product development platform for China's first large civil aircraft. In other words, the Y-10 was not only the embodiment of China's aviation technical capabilities at that time, but also the basis for further improving technical capabilities.

The development of technical capabilities cannot be separated from the material objects of R&D activities, so the product design that represents the final results of the R&D activities of the enterprise becomes the "step" or "working platform" on which the development of the enterprise's technical capabilities depends, that is, the so-called "development platform".

If a product design becomes a development platform, the enterprise must have intellectual property rights for the product design, because without intellectual property rights, there is no right to modify and redevelop it, and it is impossible to become a working platform for the development of the enterprise's technical capabilities.

The McDonnell Douglas aircraft assembled by AVIC and the foreign-branded cars assembled by CA through joint ventures are not product development platforms for Chinese industry, because China does not have intellectual property rights for these product designs and cannot modify and redevelop these products.

There are two ways to obtain intellectual property rights, self-design or outsourced product design, but effective technology transfer requires that the technology recipient must develop a comparable capacity, and striving to develop such a capability is also the process of generating self-developed capabilities.

Obviously, having an independent product development platform on large aircraft projects is of great significance for technological progress and the development of technological capabilities.

"Those who defend the abandonment of the Y-10 always say that the Y-10 was developed in imitation of the Boeing 707, and that by the 80s it was already behind. In fact, the Y-10 is not a Boeing 707, even if the Y-10 is a Boeing 707, the crux of the problem is not whether it is lagging behind the Boeing 727 and 737, but the product development platform that China has not surpassed or even barely reached after the Y-10 was launched. "If this platform had been retained at that time, it would have been possible to continuously improve on this platform, and the result would inevitably be to continuously improve the technical level of the product on the one hand, and the technical ability of the development team to continue to grow on the other hand." On the contrary, the result of abandoning the Y-10 platform is to interrupt the process of technological learning in China's civil aviation industry. ”

After Fan Wuxian finished speaking, he was warmly welcomed by many technicians, especially some old experts who had made a lot of contributions to the new China's aviation industry, and they all came to shake hands with him.

"If I can re-launch the large aircraft project this time, I think I can still contribute a little more, and if it is too late, I am afraid it will be too late-" A famous aerodynamics expert who is almost 70 years old shook Fan Wuxian's hand and said to him with some embarrassment.

Fan Wuxi's heart is also very unsettled, fifteen years, how many people's youth have been delayed.

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