Guo Zhuocheng continued to talk eloquently: "For the second category, we will selectively open up, and at the same time encourage private individuals to set up enterprises that produce such products, and encourage state-owned enterprises or military factories to change in this direction and produce such products to meet the needs of society and enterprises. ”

For the third category, we can temporarily not let go, continue to operate according to the current system, and at the same time we encourage all qualified enterprises to produce such products from funds, policies, and taxes, and at the same time, we take out a sum of money to purchase a large number of these materials from abroad, so that the shortage can be alleviated. After three to four years the situation eased, we gradually opened them up. ”

Because of the large number of participants, and the supreme leader's repeated emphasis on telling the truth and speaking from the heart, Guo Zhuocheng concisely stated his views without too much consideration, and the focus was on establishing a level playing field, and did not touch on how to intensify competition.

The supreme chief was noncommittal, and then ordered another leader's general to speak.

The leader, a vice governor from the southern provinces, was obviously not as open as Guo Zhuocheng, or because he had scruples and feared that saying the right thing would only be a verbal compliment, and saying the wrong thing would affect his career. With the idea that he would rather not make mistakes than be in the limelight, he said: "I think that our current reform and development is very good, and we should go deeper on this foundation." At present, agricultural products are still quite scarce, and there is still a shortage of grain in many localities, so we should continue to deepen the reform of the rural system and actively help enterprises producing agricultural materials to step up production and produce more chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Only when the agricultural problem is solved can we carry out reforms in other industries with confidence. That's all I said. ”

In the previous life, these words could be said to be soy sauce words, there was not a single wrong sentence in them, there was not a single sentence to blame, and what he said was not unreasonable, but saying this at today's meeting is really of limited effect.

The supreme chief was still noncommittal, but handed over the task of naming Yu Gangqiu, and asked those officials to speak by name, after all, there are many officials here, and it is a bit unrealistic to really let everyone speak.

The speeches that followed ranged from mediocre to radical to methodical. Some people's words made Guo Zhuocheng have to admire. The more he listened, the more he felt that these people were more and more enlightened, and that they were all targeted, whether they were radical or conservative, whether they were cheerful or hesitant, many times they were pretending to serve their inner purposes.

Many people who have not expressed their opinions, they are not without ideas, nor are they without ideas, but they don't want to be the first bird, and before obtaining the benefits they want, the emphasis is on a stable word.

And those radical people are not stupid, the reason why they are like this is either to attract the attention of the leadership, or to create an illusion for others to think that he is unstable and not to be afraid, so that he can secretly cross Chen Cang in the future...... And so on, and so on.

Guo Zhuocheng didn't think too much about other people's thoughts and practices, he just warned himself in his heart: None of the people who can sit here are fuel-efficient lamps, and you must not despise any of them.

When more than 20 officials finished their opinions, the top leader sent a message asking the top leaders of several departments to stay, and the other officials left, because Guo Zhuocheng is now actually in charge of the Third Machinery Department, and everyone knows that he is an expert in the economic field, and no one was surprised to hear that the top leader asked him to stay.

For a moment, the conference room was empty, and there were only seven or eight people present.

The supreme leader glanced at Guo Zhuocheng, and then said to Yu Gangqiu: "Xiao Yu, you are in charge of the stall of the Planning Commission, and after listening to so many speeches, how are you going to start the reform of prices?" Let's talk about it, let's talk about it together. ”

Yu Gangqiu nodded and said, "Okay." I have listened carefully to the speeches of all comrades just now, and although they have different opinions, and although some comrades still have some misgivings and do not dare to speak their hearts openly, I still understand this. Judging from the speeches of the comrades, all of them are unanimously in favor of reform and in favor of deepening the reform of the economic structure, but there is a difference in the depth and breadth of reform.

Before the meeting, I had a discussion with Comrade Guo Zhuocheng, and his views were basically the same as those of several of our leaders, and he also believed that under the current situation, the majority of the people and the majority of enterprises still have a little tolerance for price increases, and can tolerate a certain price increase in a short period of time. In this way, we will be much less constrained, we will be much bolder, and we will be able to take some steps forward when it comes to reform.

Therefore, I would like to share here the views of our Planning Commission, that is, to fully liberalize the prices of raw materials, non-civilian industrial products, and some agricultural products. For the time being, the prices of civilian industrial products will not be liberalized, and they will be liberalized again when the majority of the people have enjoyed the fruits of reform and development, and when the majority of the people have truly become rich.

Of course, all prices must be allowed by national policies, and there must be no sudden price spike, and units and enterprises that take the opportunity to increase prices must be dealt with strictly. Until then, we can strengthen the local price departments and give them more disposal rights. Comrades can express their views on this general policy, and our Planning Commission will certainly accept it with an open mind. ”

Cheng Yun glanced at the supreme chief, and then glanced at Guo Zhuocheng, and then said: "I completely agree with the full liberalization of raw material prices, but we must also pay attention to avoid the indiscriminate exploitation of underground resources by mining enterprises, and we must encourage competition and encourage more enterprises to join the competition under the condition of protecting resources as much as possible." We can control this, and I'm not worried. My only concern is the food problem, which is still fragile.

With the gradual implementation of the contract responsibility system for joint production, China's grain output has indeed increased, but there are still many old and poor areas where there is not enough grain, and there are still many peasants living below the subsistence and clothing line; if we liberalize grain prices too much, grain will be intercepted in rich areas, and even less grain will flow to old and poor areas, and the phenomenon of starvation to death is very likely. I have no objection to liberalizing this price, but we must come up with a way to guarantee that no one will starve to death.

In addition to grain, there is also meat, especially pork, which cannot be released because of the price liberalization, pork swarms to rich areas, for this, we can come out of the staff canteen of the third machine department, hehe. The canteen of the Third Machine Department is so rich that you can eat meat for every meal. If they were to buy it at the market price, they would eat up ten of us. ”

In the end, Vice Premier Cheng Yun made a joke.

However, although he was joking, it also illustrated an irrefutable fact that in the case of lack of materials, it is not possible to completely act according to the laws of the market, and certain administrative measures are also needed, otherwise it will cause another form of imbalance and inequality.

Although China is an agricultural country with a history of several thousand years, it has not solved the food problem for a long time. Due to the large population, low output, and too little arable land, the per capita grain share of the whole country has only reached the level of food and clothing, far lower than the level of developed countries, and even by 2004, the total grain output of the whole country is only 9 billion catties, while the consumption has reached 99.7 billion catties.

However, before the year 2000, although China was short of grain, China was still an exporter of grain, and in exchange for precious foreign exchange, urban residents bought grain according to the plan, and they had to take the grain capital to buy grain, and the saved grain was sold abroad by the state. Now, because foreign exchange is not as tight as in the previous life, grain is basically no longer exported, but the state does not dare to open up supply.

The supreme leader nodded and said, "That's a good opinion." The food issue is a red line that cannot be violated, and only with a sound approach can we let it go. What do you have any suggestions on this issue? ”

Because the scope was greatly narrowed, and the discussion was about the food issue, which was clear to everyone, the leaders attending the meeting were all active and offered suggestions one by one.

After discussion and deliberation, the supreme chief decided that the grain reform should also be carried out, but in order not to starve to death, it was decided to stock up on a batch of grain for later use before the reform of grain prices. And the hoarding of grain is solved in the international market, that is, the import of large quantities of grain in case of emergency.

In China, a country with a large population, food is really a big problem, and it is a material that touches people's sensitive nerves, and as long as the food problem is solved and the people are not hungry, more than half of the trouble will be solved. Today's people do not have as many requirements as in their previous lives, and their requirements in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation are simple.

As for the turmoil in industrial products as a result of the price reform, it is far less than the impact of food.

The Supreme Chief, who concluded on the food issue, said categorically: "No matter how our reforms are carried out, they must not come at the cost of starvation, social unrest, or dissatisfaction with the majority of the population." We can allow some people to get rich first, but we can't make more people poor. While reforming the economic system, we should also stress the building of the legal system and the maintenance of the integrity of the contingent of cadres......"

For some reason, Guo Zhuocheng always had a strange feeling, feeling that several leaders were always looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, and the supreme leader had given him several glances just now. He said to himself, "What are you and I doing?" I'm a strong supporter of reform, and I'm not overly superficial. The few words I said today are just a kind of words that many people can think of, and they are not too radical? But why do you pay so much attention to me? Is there any trap waiting for me......"