After hearing the proposal of the Palawan economists, the Chinese negotiating group bowed their heads to each other and discussed, and finally Minister Chang stood up: "In this case, then our Chinese side agrees to a low-interest loan, and the interest rate of the loan is based on the international interest rate, this should be no problem, right?" ”

Sanshui nodded: "There is no problem, I also think that the low-interest loan is the most suitable!" ”

"And what about the length of the loan?"

"Five years! Palawan will repay the principal and interest to China in three installments within five years, what do you think, Minister Chang? ”

Chang Wanquan nodded, and the two sides sat down together with a tacit understanding, obviously the two sides reached a consensus on this aspect. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Palawan's bottom line is actually higher, and some loan interest rates can be raised, but the Chinese side has not continued to insist, after all, if the discussion continues here, it will be tens of millions of profits, which is almost negligible for the country.

"Now that we have reached consensus on the first item, we can move on to the next proposal, which is to assist the Palawan Ring Railway."

Liu Shan once again appeared in front of the rostrum, and the picture of the Wuhan displayed on the big screen just now has become a map of Palawan.

"Palawan Island, the whole island covers an area of about 12,000 square kilometers, but because the island terrain is long and narrow, so the number of railway kilometers required is about 150 kilometers, including some mountainous areas, the terrain is very complex, the amount of engineering is not very large for some projects in our country, but the project is very complicated."

"First of all, it takes at least half a year to survey the terrain, and there are no major steel companies in Palawan that provide the necessary rail ...... for the construction of the railway."

"Secondly, regarding ecological destruction, Palawan is known as the last undeveloped virgin land in the world, and if a railway is built around the island, there is a big problem for the ecological destruction of Palawan, and this problem is not a small problem."

"The second is the issue of construction funds, the construction of a railway around the island is not a small amount, whether the Palawan government has enough funds to ensure the normal progress of the project."

"Of course, there are still a lot of follow-up issues, and we need to discuss them slowly, but if these three issues are not negotiated, I think there is no need to discuss them in the future." After Liu Shan finished speaking, he returned to his position again.

This time, Sanshui stood up directly: "Regarding the three requirements put forward by Secretary Liu, which is also a problem we have taken into account, please take a look at the big screen." ”

As he spoke, a secretary in Palawan stood up, walked to the position in front of the rostrum, and put the PPT manuscript he had prepared into it, and a topographic map of Palawan appeared on the screen again, but this map was much clearer than that of China, and there were some more bars on it.

"This is a rough sample of the exploration carried out between 2000 and 2006 when the Philippine government was preparing to build the Palawan Ring Railway, where the red areas are geologically hazardous areas and are not easy to build driveways, while the blue areas are pristine areas that are not easily destroyed, and the rest of the green areas are the living areas of the Palawan people."

"This topographic map took six years to complete, and our people have also surveyed it roughly, there are not too many problems, and the accuracy cannot be guaranteed to be 100%, but it is still very high, and we can conduct an investigation on the basis of this map, so that we can save a lot of manpower and material resources."

"And on the issue of ecological protection, we have planned a part of the ecological environment that needs to be protected, and these places will not be developed, and the rest of the development will not have any problems."

One part of the map, this time the topographic map of Palawan has been replaced with another one, the red area is the area that needs to be protected, the rest is not, there are not many red parts on the map, and the island of Palawan is occupied piecemeal.

"The first two issues, I think we should easily agree, because we have been preparing for the construction of a railway around the island beforehand, and as for the third proposal, we have roughly discussed three plans before coming."

"First, the Chinese side fully funded the construction of the Ring Island Railway in Palawan, including the construction of two steel mills in Palawan with an output of no less than three million tons, of course, steel mills of this size are not allowed to operate in China, but in Palawan, it is basically enough to meet Palawan's self-sufficiency."

"After the railway is completed and opened to traffic, the Chinese side occupies 30% of the dry shares of the railway, does not participate in the operation, and 30% of the annual railway income will be returned to the Chinese side, of course, this railway is called the Pakistan-China Railway, and the dry shares occupy for 20 years, and after 20 years, Palawan will take back the railway with the market value of this railway!"

"The second plan is a joint venture between China and Pakistan to build this railway, China and Pakistan will each pay 50 percent of the cost, and in terms of construction, China will bear the responsibility for building the railway, and at the same time, as in the first condition, China will build two steel plants with a production capacity of no less than three million tons for Palawan, but in this plan, the number of workers in all aspects of employment is one to one, which means that Palawan will also send some workers to participate in the construction project."

"After the construction of the railway is completed, the Chinese side will have a 10 percent stake in the railway for 20 years, and after 20 years, Palawan will take back its stake at the same market price."

"The third point is that Palawan will build this railway in the form of loans, and the loan will be mortgaged in the form of the dry shares of this railway, and 50 percent of the dry shares of this railway will be mortgaged to China, and the Chinese side will lend all the project money to Palawan to assist in the construction of this railway, but China will no longer enjoy the right to dividends, and Palawan will recover the shares of the Chinese side within 10 years."

"These are the three ways we talk about cooperative construction." After finishing speaking, Sanshui walked off the stage with a smile on his face, and the materials prepared in his hand had already been copied and sent to the hands of the Chinese representatives.

Of course, if we just look at the way Sanshui proposes it now, I feel that unless China is the most wronged, it is impossible to agree to such conditions, after all, these conditions seem to be only beneficial to Palawan, and the Chinese side does not see any benefits, and it is completely a thankless role, without any benefits.

But negotiating, I'm a lion with a big mouth, you just sit on the ground and pay back. (To be continued.) )