Chapter 285: Overfulfilled
But having a sufficient population is not perfect, and the foundation of a country's prosperity lies in technology and education, and it needs a lot of elites. At present, rapid education can supplement the foundation, but at a higher level, higher education is difficult to be fast, and there are not many people to adapt to.
Therefore, after using his trillions of brain thoughts per second, Meng Qian came up with a long-term plan covering talents and technology - he planned to set up a foundation, and then set up a research institute, with artificial intelligence as the director, to continue to popularize advanced technology.
These cutting-edge projects that have been brought out by artificial intelligence are definitely attractive enough for researchers, and this alone can poach a group of people from the fraternity, and in the future, they will make a name for themselves with more results, and then attract more people...... In this way, we will absorb talents from all over the world.
As far as the current situation is concerned, absorbing these people will not play much role in the overall scientific and technological process, but the reserve of talents is long-term, and the long-term vision will come in handy when one day Meng Qian's advanced knowledge is exhausted and the creation of artificial intelligence needs more helpers.
Meng Qian decided to do it with one stone.
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The time is slowly approaching in December, and the Christmas holidays are approaching.
Because of the large number of native Christians, the Christmas holiday and New Year's holidays are observatory, which means that a busy year of work can finally be over, and it also means that the sister cities will once again welcome tourists from all over the world, and the beaches and parks will be full of tourists from all over the world.
Malagasy is located in the southern hemisphere, so winter in the northern hemisphere is just beginning to usher in summer, with plenty of sunshine and wonderful beaches. Coupled with the many unique tourism projects in the local area, Villefranche is the entire tourism service industry. There will be an explosive period.
The owners of both cities are now vacationing on a private island outside of Villefranche.
Lie under the parasol. The men were chatting over beer, and the ladies were basking in the sun and chatting about fashion. Children walk their big cats on the beach...... Meng Qian stretched: "We're ready to reach the end of the year, we should have a lot of tasks that have been overdone, right?" ”
"Economic growth has reached expectations." Wearing sunglasses and a laid-back look, Tiger said, "So far, the number of tourists has reached 40 million. ”
"This Christmas holiday can also contribute tens of millions." Meng Qian said that if this is calculated, it will only take more than a year for Liberty City to become a world-class tourist attraction when it is fully opened.
"We also need to invest in building more hotels." Tiger affirmed Meng Qian's prediction, and the miracle coupled with the well-crafted tourism project was very popular.
"It's a bit too much." Meng Qian had a feeling.
Visitors to the West are usually families – both parents and children want to visit Jurassic Park. Children are interested in rapid education, and Future City has an experience center that can quickly grasp the knowledge of a certain point; And adults love the sights and nightlife of Liberty City.
The popularity of this family-friendly package has led to a surge in the number of tourists, who now have to run to private islands to find refreshment, because the public beaches and streets are full of people – a rare sight a few years ago that is now a miracle come true.
"In the future, we will have more technological miracles, and hotel projects will become hot investments." Tiger said he knows there are still cards in both cities.
"I'm joining." Meng Qian did not hesitate. They have almost a monopoly on hotel investment in sister cities, and customers who rarely travel here are very generous.
The thriving tourism industry has brought huge economic benefits. According to the latest statistics from the Macao Government Tourism Office, the number of visitors has reached 50 million after the New Year. It has brought nearly $100 billion in economic benefits -- a figure that many cities look up to.
Las Vegas, a casino city known for its entertainment and spending. The number of tourists is about 45 million every year, and the economic benefits are more than 70 billion US dollars. Compared with the two, the tourism industry of the sister city is very high, and there are opportunities everywhere.
Because of the large number of tourists, the industry is all aspects, and commercial real estate has already shown signs of developed countries, but there are still countless people who are keen to invest and buy; The catering, clothing and luxury goods industries are also blooming everywhere; The technology industry is even more famous overseas.
Gold everywhere has become synonymous with them.
At the same time, they also let their economic plans be overfulfilled! A year ago, the goal was to reach 200 billion US dollars, but now the tourism alone has reached 100 billion, and the total GDP of the two cities has reached 265 billion US dollars, and these two cities have completed the task of the whole country!
Outside the Special Economic Zone, benefiting from their explosive development, the demand for agriculture and basic industries is very high, and these are mainly provided by the local area, generating a GDP of 64 billion US dollars, pushing the volume of the entire country to 329 billion US dollars, or 14,000 US dollars per capita.
With a little more effort, we may be able to enter the level of developed countries per capita in three years.
As for the other conditions in which the developed countries are measured, such as education and living standards, they can also be gradually made up - rapid education is now implemented in the special regions and chiefdoms, and is expected to be completed by the end of the year, and then other regions will become a national welfare.
The development of the economy has also brought considerable tax revenue to the government.
According to the calculations of the Ministry of Finance of the Special Administrative Region, they implement a relatively light tax policy, and the proportion of tax revenue in GDP is only 25%; In European countries, it is usually more than 35%, and in countries such as Germany and France, it is more than 40%. In contrast, the corporate tax burden here is light.
According to the 30-year economic agreement between the SAR and the government, they will provide 30% of the tax revenue to be paid to the state, and the rest will be at the disposal of the local government, that is, 17.5%, which will belong to the SAR government, that is, there will be 57.5 billion US dollars, which is the government's disposable income!
This amount of money is equivalent to a city with a total population of less than 2 million, which is undoubtedly a huge amount of income, which can be used for urban construction, residents' welfare, and the military of the Special Administrative Region.
When the government has money, it is naturally arrogant, and they have decided to allocate one-fifth of the funds for military construction -- this is an important link in ensuring the stability of the status of the special zone and the stability of the country's development, with $11.5 billion, plus a certain amount of debt, totaling nearly $12 billion to be invested in the military.
The money will be used to purchase a batch of electromagnetic gun systems from Marsh Industries, with a contract of about $1.5 billion for two years; 15 UAV orders with Mont Aerospace, with a contract of 2 billion yuan, for two years; exoskeletons, armored vehicles, artillery systems with Stone Industries, $1.5 billion......
Purchases in the defense industry, to some extent, the money goes back to the pockets of the bosses behind the scenes.
Once the contracting enterprises have orders and income, they will naturally be able to speed up the research and development of weapons, and the first batch of electromagnetic guns will be delivered this year, and the focus will be on deployment around the SAR, and the air defense force will be extended to the surrounding 1,500 kilometers, and it will also be able to carry out ground attacks.
After the UAV is installed, it will be able to make the country's air combat power skyrocket, and it may also earn orders from the outside world; The improvement of ground equipment will also arm the SAR's army, and the overall strength of the navy, land, and air force will be raised to a higher level.
Both Meng Qian and Tiger have already felt the benefits of investing in the city.
The rate of return is much stronger than that of investing in enterprises! When investing in a business in another country, you have to pay taxes to the government honestly, and here, they are part of the government, and the taxes are set by them!
How to use it and how to develop it is also up to them, and the traditional real estate has always represented 10,000 taels of gold, all controlled by their enterprises.
The higher the GDP, the greater the benefits they can get...... At this time, not only the model and people are evolving, but even the economic mode is also evolving.
The prosperity of this scene made these capitalists celebrate.
Of course, in addition to the beneficiaries behind the scenes, the Brotherhood's philosophy has made them forget more people.
Millions of people will benefit from an annual welfare policy in the Sister City Special Zone: they will receive $500 million from government tax revenues and local residents, with a total of 1 million eligible people receiving $500 per person!
Five hundred dollars, even in developed countries, is a considerable amount of money. In Malagasy, this is equivalent to half a month's salary for a local; Seven years ago, this was something that the whole family didn't necessarily earn in a year...... This move by the government has effectively bought the hearts and minds of the people.
It allows more people to be interested in becoming a resident and a citizen.
(To be continued.) )