Chapter 296: The Chieftain's Visit [Three Watches]
The strategic plan for pillar industries was submitted to the Federal Parliament, where it was discussed and approved. Special periods, special people, as long as it is not too abnormal, the bill proposed by the emirate will be passed. After all, it is clear to everyone that the sheikhs are the biggest investors in this coalition government.
Meng Qian has three cities that will be built and the government will invest in them. Nowadays, the state also has tax revenue, and it is no longer an era when all individuals are responsible for it. In addition, the Emirate of Stone has two cities planned, mainly to compensate for the basic industry on his side.
Although they are an alliance of two emirates, their indivisibility is stipulated in the constitution and their interests are mutually reinforcing. Everyone wants to move upwards as a whole, not individually. Alone, it would be contrary to the Brotherhood model, and it would be a step backwards.
Speaking of the construction of national pillar industries, although there are only these few items, some countries are developed enough with just one item. UME has an enviable wealth in its hands, and each pillar industry will drive countless midstream downstream industries and derivative industries, attracting a large amount of investment.
The state is mainly invested by the chiefs, but not all of them are responsible. It is open to the outside world, and has set up conditions to attract more foreign businessmen, and has also set up offshore island centers to provide tax exemption and offshore financial policies...... With a multi-pronged approach, the foundation of a major country will not be weakened.
To strengthen this foundation, Meng Qian made a special visit to China in December.
The sheikh took 15 officials of various categories and 45 representatives of business on his private Boeing 747-VIP business jet and flew to China. China is a huge economy, and trade with China will have huge economic benefits, and there is no country that does not pay attention to the Chinese market.
The Chinese-born Meng Qian knows better what this is all about. This time, he has a strong lineup and has expressed enough respect -- the Chinese side has also given him the treatment of a foreign head of state. There was a special greeting team and a red carpet passenger ladder truck at the scene, and the news media were fully prepared.
He will be personally received by the President. According to the traditional understanding, Chief Meng Qian should be one level lower than the head of state, just like the governor of the United States; But according to the form of government, he belonged to the head of the emirate, and Europe followed its own habit of translating it as "Grand Duchy".
The Chinese media preconceived to call him "chief", and in Europe they placed him on an equal footing with the "Grand Duke", or the chief or Grand Duke in terms of the history behind it. All of them have greater power than the governors of the United States, and are inferior to the heads of state of the Union, and their weight is not light.
In addition to the weight of diplomatic etiquette, national strength is also a reason for being respected. Although UME is a fledgling, it has made great achievements in the fields of military and cutting-edge science and technology by virtue of the foundation of the alliance of Western capitalists (the outside world thinks so).
At least now it is the only country that can master fusion power generation.
There is no semicolon that can use superconducting technology so well in the fields of science, tourism, and science.
So the sheikh brought technical cooperation to the visit. It is particularly important that the treatment of the head of state is a must - when the plane stops and the passenger ladder picks up, the welcoming procession on both sides of the red carpet is already boiling. The waving flags, flowers and applause of the two countries continued.
Meng Qian, who was still in a suit, appeared at the door of the cabin with his wife, he was still in the same suit, showing off his tall and stylish figure; Madame is a red one. Versace's bespoke daytime gowns are warm and chinoiserieve.
Meng Qian's arrival won warm applause.
To talk about him as a person. The popularity in China is not ordinary, first in his twenties, he has repeatedly created miracles. shocked the world, and then became the richest man in the world at the age of 29, setting a record; Just when people thought he had reached the pinnacle, he became an African chieftain.
Now he is only thirty-eight years old!
This person's deeds can be summed up as a legend with a capital letter! It is also the most admired by the Chinese people, even if he is no longer Chinese, it has not disgusted many people, but thinks that this is a better interpretation of the uniqueness of the legendary and cannot be replicated.
This time, he has brought a number of cutting-edge cooperation, and the official media has already built up momentum in advance: an outstanding leader who is friendly to China and promotes world peace. And netizens who are familiar with his deeds call him "comrade" on the Internet, which shows that he is deeply popular.
Meng Qian visited in the midst of this craze for him.
At the reception of state guests at the head of state level, police motorcycles and police cars opened the way with red and blue explosions, the national flags of the two countries hung on both sides of the courtesy cars fluttered, and the honor guard of the three armed forces in the East Gate Square specially held a welcoming ceremony for them, played the national anthem, and the chairman and his lined up to watch the ceremony.
The scene was recorded and spread as the news spread.
The standard treatment of foreign heads of state has nowhere to say. Across the world, there are only a handful of billions of people who can enjoy this kind of diplomatic head of state. He has reached the real pinnacle of life, and if he goes up, he has to subvert cognition.
……
Diplomacy is lively, and cooperation is being carried out one after another.
In the cooperation of nuclear fusion power generation, UME mainly provides technology and part of the capital, holding 49% of the shares, with an initial investment of 50 billion US dollars, and will continue to transfer technology in the future, and in the future, the technology licensing fee charged by the Chinese side will be 1.5% of the turnover.
UME will participate in the construction of superconductor motors, super grids, and suspended tracks, with a total contract of more than 100 billion US dollars, to build a power supply network with higher efficiency and lower energy consumption; The construction of ultra-high-speed tracks with speeds close to subsonic speeds will be built, and finally the technology will be transferred.
In addition to strategic projects, representatives of more than 40 enterprises have been negotiating one after another.
Basic manufacturing, construction, investment and finance...... There are many opportunities for UME, and the country has recently implemented a series of measures to attract foreign investment, enjoying low tax rates, and has a strong attraction to the outside world; In turn, UME companies have been given the green light to invest in high-end technology in China.
It's going to be hundreds of billions of dollars of cooperation for years to come.
China has won this list of envy through its first urban construction, political support during the civil war, and a comprehensive industrial base. Now everyone knows that the land of UME is full of opportunities, and being able to join the industrial chain means that the wallet is rich.
Meng Qian's own interests are focused on other areas, such as the development of China's space industry. The battlefield of Sino-US struggle for hegemony has burned to the top of mankind -- the aerospace field. The space stations of the United States and China have been built one after another, and lunar exploration and landing on Mars have also been launched.
Even Russia, with its sluggish economy, is holding its breath to land on the moon; The EU and other countries are also holding together and not giving up opportunities...... You can feel the strategic significance of this place. Mastering space will be the first step to the sea of stars, who will be willing to lag behind?
Mastering space is undoubtedly the criterion of a future superpower.
Meng Qian knows the future technology trends and the importance of the aerospace industry. Although UME is a small country, it also has the ambition to grow into a great power on the earth.
If we can cooperate with China at this stage, we will save more time and money, and make up for the weakness of UME during the period when its economic strength is not strong enough.
If China's space station and rockets can be used, it will also lay a better foundation for the test of theory in reality, and they do not need to start from the basics.
After the basic verification is successful, this step will be directly taken and built on higher technology - space aircraft, intelligent space stations, and even space elevators will be put into practice.
……
With the current economy of the UME, such big ambitions will only drag them down.
A small country wants to be independent. Developing a space career? That's impossible! Even powerful countries such as Britain and France have to join forces with the European Union in order to develop space.
Therefore, Meng Qian did not leak the news, lest people say that he was bragging, and finally he was slapped in the face...... Although it is cool, it may lead to a lower evaluation of the country's investment by the outside world.
Keeping his feet on the ground, he consulted only with knowledgeable and far-sighted people, and another chief, Tiger, was an example. Also sitting on artificial intelligence, he knows the good and the bad.
He also agrees with China's space cooperation, so he will carry out space cooperation with China on the premise of their cutting-edge technology cooperation.
They need to launch several satellites to improve the quantum communication network; Robots need to be sent to the sky, to the space station for research.
On the basis of the aviation industry, the technology of China and the EU will help them, as for the American ...... They're a little wary of UME right now.
The United States, based on the perspective of world hegemon, will inevitably be so, but China is catching up with them, and the two behemoths are fighting openly and secretly, which is an opportunity for the development of UME.
(To be continued.) )