Section 6: Economic Reform

Tang Guoqiang stepped forward and held his hand tightly, and said with a smile: "Welcome Director Liu to Changjia County to inspect the work. Director Liu is an expert leader in the field of financial capital, this time, please give more guidance to Chang Jia's work and care more about Chang Jia's economic development. ”

Ye Zhiran understood that Tang Guoqiang was taking precautions.

Liu Shiqing is not tall, half a head behind Tang Guoqiang. Seeing that Tang Guoqiang was so kind, he raised his face slightly, and said continuously: "Don't dare, I didn't dare, I came down to study with my teacher, Professor Lin." The teacher is very heavy on Ye Zhiran, and this time combined with the restructuring of the garment factory in Mashi Township, the teacher will dissect it as a specimen to explore the gains and losses in the process of modern enterprise restructuring. I think this project is very relevant. So, I also came to do field trips and study. According to the plan, it will take one to two years to complete this project, and we may often trouble the Changjia County Party Committee and County Government. ”

Tang Guoqiang nodded and said, "It should be, it should be." ”

Ye Zhiran then introduced the two senior brothers and Song Shuang to Tang Guoqiang. Tang Guoqiang shook hands one by one, and warmly welcomed Professor Lin and Liu Shiqing.

After the introduction, Tang Guoqiang sat down on the main seat of the reception room, turned his head and said to Secretary Hu: "Xiaohu, you go and invite County Magistrate Zhang to come over, and I will report to Professor Lin and Director Liu about the economic situation of Changjia County with County Magistrate Zhang. ”

Tang Guoqiang knew that although Professor Lin was not a government official, he had more energy than ordinary government officials. Moreover, he is a real economic scholar with a broad vision, which allows him to put Chang Jia's economic pulse into the spot, which is conducive to identifying problems and proposing solutions, which is beneficial to Chang Jia's development.

After a while, Zhang Shunqiang, the county magistrate, came to the reception room and was slightly moved when he heard that it was Lin Pingsheng, a well-known economist, and his student, Liu Shiqing, director of the issuance department of the Hudong Stock Exchange.

He said with a little excitement: "Professor Lin, I listened to your speech when I was working at Jianan Daily, and it is a great honor to be able to ask you about economic issues in person this time. ”

Professor Lin smiled and waved his hand and said, "County Magistrate Zhang is too polite, and I am just talking on paper." ”

Zhang Shunqiang said: "Professor Lin, you are an expert in domestic economics, and suggestions on economic reform, currency delivery, and financial innovation can be heard by heaven. Accurate judgment of the international and domestic economic situation. Your guidance can allow us to take fewer detours and take more shortcuts, which has great guiding significance for Changjia's economic development and long-term planning. ”

After saying this, he turned around and said to Liu Shiqing: "Director Liu, many enterprises in Changjia are in the throes of reform, and one bottleneck problem is the refinancing of enterprises. Now that Director Liu is here, I have to ask you to give advice to Chang Jia's state-owned enterprises. ”

Liu Shiqing said with a smile: "County Magistrate Zhang is too polite, with my teacher here, that round will I be beaked?" ”

Tang Guoqiang said: "The opportunity is rare, Professor Lin and Director Liu are both distinguished guests of Chang Jia, and we all want to ask for advice." Shunqiang County Magistrate, you first report Chang Jia's economic situation and problems to the two sages, right? ”

"Good, good!" County Magistrate Zhang smiled and nodded. During this time, in order to cope with the pressure of the city government, he and Tang Guoqiang were in the honeymoon period and cooperated tacitly.

Ye Zhiran also felt very excited to see Chang Jia's two main leaders so harmonious, if it can be maintained like this for a long time, it will be a great fortune for Chang Jia.

As soon as Zhang Shunqiang opened his mouth, he was greeted by a series of economic data, and then said: "Changjia's state-owned enterprises, including provincial, municipal, and county-owned enterprises, are facing the problems of many retired workers, heavy burdens, and weak product competitiveness. Large enterprises like the Changjia Cement Plant are also struggling right now. If the efficiency of enterprises is not good, they are all supported by bank loans, and if this goes on for a long time, they will face the problem of feeding the employees of the enterprise, and it will cause social instability. This is a big problem that must be addressed. But we're a little helpless right now. ”

Professor Lin said: "In recent years, state-owned enterprises have generally faced the dilemma of not being able to sell their products and their efficiency has declined sharply. There are two main reasons for this: First, the burden on state-owned enterprises is too heavy. This burden is mainly the wages and remuneration of the workers. What can be done by two or three workers in a private enterprise, it takes five or six people to do in a state-owned enterprise. At the same time, the vast majority of state-owned enterprises are old enterprises, and there are more and more retired workers, while China's current retirement security system mainly relies on the original enterprises. Second, state-owned enterprises have a relatively weak sense of market competition from the staff to the management and are accustomed to the thinking mode of the planned economy. To change the predicament of state-owned enterprises, we must start from these two aspects. ”

Zhang Shunqiang said approvingly: "The two points summarized by Professor Lin really hit the key point of state-owned enterprises. The relevant administrative departments of the state have also fully recognized the unreasonable retirement and pension system for employees. The social co-ordination plan for the pension of retired employees has entered the policy level, and it is believed that it will be tried soon. ”

Professor Lin nodded and said: "For enterprises, after the implementation of social co-ordination, the state will include all the wages of retired employees into the overall scope, which can solve the burden of some old enterprises." But that's not the root of the problem. In order for enterprises to develop, the fundamental point is to change the thinking mode of the planned economy and take the initiative to ask for orders from the market. Accelerate product upgrading and liberate productivity. In this process, there will inevitably be a part of the enterprise that will fall. As a local government, you need to pay attention to the after-effects of this. ”

Professor Lin is an expert in economics, and his way of thinking is one step ahead.

When Tang Guoqiang heard this, he felt that he had a worried question, and said: "Professor Lin, now Changjia Cement Factory is facing such a dilemma. The equipment of this factory is relatively backward, with more than 700 workers and more than 700 retired workers. Although the construction industry is booming, in recent years, the plant has fallen into the dual pressure of loan repayment and wage burden, and the production cost of cement is much higher than that of the newly established private cement plant, so it cannot compete with private enterprises and falls into a vicious circle. Workers often come to the county party committee and county government to petition. The government has had to put a lot of effort into solving the problems faced by these companies. So, fundamentally, there is a lack of good methods. Do Professor Lin and Director Liu have any good ideas? ”

Liu Shiqing smiled at Professor Lin, and then said, "Secretary Tang, County Magistrate Zhang, I think the government should do the government's business, and the enterprise should do the enterprise's business." Everyone should be clear about their responsibilities. If the government takes all the business of the enterprise on its shoulders, it not only wastes the government's public resources, but also develops the disadvantage that the enterprise cannot compete in the market. ”

Liu Shiqing's words made Tang Guoqiang and Zhang Shunqiang feel refreshed. Knowing that he had something to do, they all fixed their eyes on him.

Liu Shiqing said: "The easiest way for the government to decouple from enterprises is to restructure enterprises. According to the actual situation, the enterprise can be put on the market by means of holding, equity participation, or complete sale. ”

Tang Guoqiang had heard of a county in S province selling all state-owned enterprises to Hong Kong and Taiwan businessmen or domestic private business owners. As a result, the county's county party secretary was given the title of "sold out." This practice has also given rise to a lot of controversy, not only on the issue of whether state-owned assets are sold at a low price, but also on the change in the functions of the government. He pondered for a moment and said: "Director Liu has provided a very good idea to comprehensively promote the enterprise to the market, which can indeed make the government concentrate on the exercise of government functions. However, there is some controversy about how to put these companies on the market. If Director Liu can support us to achieve the listing of enterprises through the method of public issuance of shares, it will not only solve the financing difficulties of enterprises, but also solve the new way of state-owned equity transfer. ”

Liu Shiqing said: "The requirements for listed companies are very high, and there are many restrictions, if Changjia has qualified outstanding companies to be listed, I will definitely support it." However, the threshold for listing and financing is very high, and it cannot solve the dilemma of most enterprises. ”

Professor Lin took over Liu Shiqing's words and said: "China's planned economic system is changing to a socialist market economic system. The function of the government in economic construction is to do a good job in macroeconomic regulation and control, to exercise indirect control over the entire national economy through government management, the formulation of industrial policies, planning guidance, employment planning, and so on, and to provide public goods. The times are developing, and the functions of the government must also be changed accordingly. ”

Tang Guoqiang nodded happily and said, "Professor Lin's words have pointed out the direction for the transformation of Chang Jia's government functions. It is one of the functions of local governments to manage and provide services for social and public affairs. In particular, we are still very lacking in the word service, and the masses of the people have opinions on it. In the future, the Changjia County Party Committee and the county government will pay full attention to this issue and implement it in a down-to-earth manner. ”

Professor Lin continued, "The most direct and effective way for local governments to develop the economy is to attract investment. If the Changjia County Party Committee and Government can do a good job in social management and service, it will greatly improve the investment environment. In the operation of the economy, the government is a visible hand, and the market is an invisible hand, and the visible hand should not intervene in this invisible hand unless necessary. If local governments do a good job in regulation, control, management, and service, the economic environment of the local government will be able to suit the liberation and development of the productive forces, and the situation of sustained economic development will be opened. ”

After Ye Zhiran participated in the work, he developed a good habit of shorthand in meetings. At this moment, I heard the conversation between Professor Lin, Liu Shiqing, Tang Guoqiang and County Magistrate Zhang, and I felt that every sentence was to the point and thought-provoking. He writes shorthand and thinks at the same time, forgetting the loss of time.

When the conversation between the four of them came to an end, Tang Guoqiang said in surprise: "Ah, it's twelve o'clock!" Let's go eat first. ”

Fortunately, Secretary Hu had already booked a private room for the "Wangshan Restaurant", and the group walked out of the reception room and downstairs. In the corridor, the staff went to Secretary Tang and County Magistrate Zhang to accompany the guests to talk and laugh, and they all stood sideways against the wall, and only after they passed did they move their bodies and continue to move forward.

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