Two days later, Liu Shiqing went to Zhongnanhai to make a special report on the seawater desalination project to the west and the Taklamakan Desert reconstruction project. Several members of the Standing Committee of the Central Political Affairs Bureau and members of the Political Affairs Bureau in Beijing attended the meeting.

Vice Premier Shan Liangkun, who is in charge of science, technology and culture, presided over the special report. He first briefly introduced the theme of the report meeting, and then invited Liu Shiqing to make a special report.

Liu Shiqing repeated what he said at Guo Shi's wrong house, and then said: "Ladies and gentlemen, my plan is this, the two projects should be carried out in order, first do the desalination project to the west, and wait until this project is completed, and then start the Taklamakan Desert Reconstruction Project, as long as there is water, the desert can also be turned into fertile land."

Now I will talk about the significance of the seawater desalination project to the west. First of all, it can change the situation of severe water shortage in our western and northwestern regions, provide necessary water resources for the large-scale development of the western region, and improve the local situation of poverty and backwardness.

Second, it is necessary to improve the ecological environment of the great northwest with drought and lack of rainfall, stop the trend of further desertification of the country, and even ask for land from areas that have already been desertified or semi-desertified. We will strive to ensure that the red line of China's 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land is not lost. At the same time, it can increase the area of land put on the market, suppress housing prices, and achieve the goal of having land for farmers and houses for homeowners. In addition, if the area of cultivated land increases, the output of grain, vegetables, fruits, and various non-staple foods will increase, which can stabilize prices, curb inflation, and achieve sound economic development.

Third, with water, the Great Northwest can be transformed into a suitable area for human habitation, and the state can formulate various policies to encourage immigration. Encourage enterprises to invest in the northwest, promote the migration of the population from the eastern coast, northeast, north China, central China, south China and other places to the northwest, alleviate the population pressure in these areas, promote the balance of national distribution, and maintain the stability of the frontier. Of course, doing so can also allow house prices to fall further. Fourth, it can increase employment, such as desalination, pipeline patrol maintenance, mercury station management, etc., all of which need to be done by people. I estimate that after the completion of the desalination project to the west, it will at least increase the employment of several thousand people.

Fifth, we can use water resources as a weapon to deter and entice our water-scarce neighbors and seek favorable outcomes

Liu Shiqing's mouth is really not covered, in order to get the leaders of the central government to agree to him to carry out this project, he listed so many benefits.

After Liu Shiqing finished speaking, from the No. 1 leader onwards, everyone did not rush to express their position, but digested what Liu Shiqing said.

The venue was quiet for about two minutes, and the No. 1 leader said: "Comrades, we can't just listen to Comrade Xiao Liu, what he said is so lively, don't turn around and let us fall for him, he fooled us." What questions do you have, just say it, just ask it. Let me say something indecent, let's give full play to the spirit of breaking the casserole and asking the end, strip Comrade Xiao Liu naked, and let him answer our questions well.

As long as we do a good job, then we will be the heroes of the nation and will be famous for thousands of years, but once we make a mess, then we will be the guilty ministers of the country and the people. In order to be a hero, not a criminal, we don't have to hold it, just ask what you have. Comrade Xiao Liu, I can put the ugly words in front of you, comrades' questions, as long as there is one question, you can't give a satisfactory answer, then whether the seawater desalination project can be carried out to the west has to put a question mark

Liu Shiqing nodded solemnly, he hadn't done anything in the past few days, and he had been thinking about how to convince the leaders of the Central Committee. Without their support, even if Liu Shiqing had a good plan to successfully solve all the problems of the seawater desalination project to the west, it would not be possible to really do it.

The Prime Minister said, "Let me ask the first question. Comrade Xiao Liu, the issue of funds for the desalination project will definitely not be a small number, and I feel that it will only be more than the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and it will not be less than the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. How do you solve this problem? ”

Liu Shiqing had already prepared, "Leaders, I plan it this way. The source of funds is mainly divided into three parts, at least seventy percent of the funds are raised by our Galaxy Industry, and the remaining three percent, I plan to divide into two parts, one part to attract central enterprises for cooperative investment, and the other part to raise funds through the issuance of bonds to the whole society

The prime minister asked: "So, do you plan to operate the desalination project to the west after it is completed?" How do you plan to arrange the shares?

Liu Shiqing said: "seawater desalination west project, we Galaxy Industry to account for at least 50 percent of the shares, the remaining 50 percent by the chiefs to decide, if the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission under the central enterprises can solve the Galaxy Industry self-raised funds outside the three percent of the funds, then the fifty percent of the shares can be shared by the central enterprises, if the central enterprises can not solve these funds, then to the whole society to raise that part of the funds, there may be."

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The vice chairman smiled and said: Comrade Xiao Liu, when you say this, aren't you going to suffer? Seventy percent of the capital, but only fifty percent of the shares. ”

Liu Shiqing smiled faintly and said, "Chief, I am a businessman, of course I will not do loss-making transactions." Central enterprises should not only contribute money, but also help solve the following problems, such as geological exploration, pipeline laying, population relocation, land acquisition and auxiliary facility construction. The fifty percent of the shares were not given to them for free. ”

Seeing Liu Shiqing's appearance of the city, all the leaders laughed, and the vice chairman said: Comrade Xiao Liu, I heard you say this, how can I have a feeling that the central enterprises only account for 50% of the shares. A bit of a loss, huh? ”

The chairman of the National People's Congress asked: Comrade Xiao Liu, the seawater desalination project is a big project, and in terms of technology, can you ensure that there will be no problems? ”

Liu Shiqing said: "Chief, the technical problems of the seawater desalination project to the west, at present, nothing can trap us. Let's start from the source, seawater desalination, we are now building seawater desalination treatment plants in many coastal cities, including Jinmen City, and there are samples of seawater desalination equipment in the real room of Yenching University, which proves that we have mastered cheap and efficient seawater desalination technology, which can purify seawater desalination into drinking water suitable for direct reference.

Pipes for transporting fresh water can be made of tempered glass pipes, or pipes made of high-strength polymer materials, or corrosion-resistant steel pipes, or specialized in new types of pipes. Regardless of the type of use, it is a problem that can be solved at this stage.

Due to the high terrain in the west and low in the east, the seawater desalination project still needs to solve two problems, one is how to solve the altitude difference, and the other is stopped. How to solve it when crossing the ridge. This necessitated the construction of large mercury stations and the excavation of tunnels.

I don't say anything about the construction of tunnels, but all the leaders know that our country has done this construction many times, and the technology is quite mature. What is missing is nothing more than a matter of money. In addition, we can also conduct international bidding, take out part of the project, and ask internationally qualified tunnel companies to do it with us.

As for the mercury station? Great credit can be used for mercury in water. As for the energy used by the mercury station to pump fresh water, we don't need to consume one kilowatt-hour of electricity from the national grid, and the solar panels made by Galaxy Energy can build a supporting solar self-power station for each mercury station, and we can also build a small hydropower station to provide part of the electricity when the fresh water flows. ”

The leaders nodded again and again, Liu Shiqing said in an orderly manner, obviously not in a word, should have been prepared.

"Comrade Xiao Liu, I have a question here. How much fresh water do you plan to transport to the northwest every year? How much of the cross-sectional area of the pipe are you going to make? The Deputy Prime Minister asked.

"I plan to do so, the desalination project to the west to achieve profitability within 50 years, then the annual delivery of fresh water to the northwest can not be too little, my plan is to initially achieve the annual transport of fresh water in more than 100 million cubic meters, and then gradually increase to 1 billion cubic meters, in the future according to the situation, further increase, if possible, will eventually increase to 10 billion cubic meters. In this translated, more than 27 million cubic meters of fresh water are transported every day. The leaders discussed a lot, as if they were discussing the feasibility of the figure Liu Shiqing said.

Liu Shiqing said: "The total cross-sectional area of the pipeline, I don't plan to repair it too much, the cross-sectional diameter is about ten meters, and when the time comes, the flow rate will be increased to improve the ability to transport fresh water." ”

After that, Liu Shiqing answered the questions raised by the leaders of the central authorities. This time, he stayed in Zhongnanhai from morning until dark, and after a hasty meal at noon, he continued to hold a meeting to answer questions raised by the leaders. Liu Shiqing said that his mouth was dry and his head was dizzy, if he didn't have enough energy, he would really be a little unbearable.

On the other hand, the leaders present at the meeting, the more energetic they became, and it was difficult not to admire them.

In the evening, the Central Political Bureau approved in principle the implementation of the seawater desalination westward transportation project by a show of hands, but the specific implementation plan and whether it will be approved will be voted on at the National People's Congress in March next year. However, before that, units including Galaxy Industry, Huaxia Academy of Sciences, Huaxia Construction Engineering Corporation, Huaxia Railway Construction Corporation and other units were allowed to conduct preliminary survey and survey. Once approved by next year's National People's Congress, construction can officially begin. When the time comes. The Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee will organize the media across the country to carry out intensive reports and publicity on the seawater desalination project to the west.

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