The railway from China to Myanmar will definitely be built, and it will be repaired to the ports of Myanmar, which is a key project, so that China will have an outlet to the sea in the southwest.

This outlet to the sea can drive the economy of Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan and other provinces, after all, with the southwest outlet to the sea, the export side will save a large part of the shipping distance.

If it is imported raw materials from India, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the east coast of the Americas, it can be shipped back to China directly from Myanmar ports, and there is no need to detour in the Strait of Malacca, saving a lot of distance.

The Ministry of Construction gave a plan for the construction of the Diandian Railway and submitted it to the cabinet, and after the cabinet approved it, it was sent to Xia Jun for approval.

The Ministry of Construction intends to build the railway within three years, and the railway is still a double-track railway.

The efficiency of the double-track railway is very high, more than twice as high as that of the monorail.

However, the construction of a double-track railway on the rugged Sino-Burmese border is more difficult, and the French built a Yunnan-Vietnam railway in Yunnan and Vietnam, which is a single track and a narrow gauge, and the construction of this project has killed two or three hundred thousand Chinese workers.

Although the difficulty is great, the technology of the engineering team of East China Group is still relatively strong, if there are any construction problems, you can study and solve them, anyway, the equipment Xia Jun has in hand.

This project can be tried.

After reading the plan, Xia Jun also stamped the big seal, and the plan was officially passed.

The Chinese New Year will be in a few days, Xia Jun is busy for this year's Spring Festival Gala, and the theme of this year's Spring Festival Gala has been determined, that is, to call on the people to actively go to backward areas for construction.

At present, China's economic distribution is relatively deformed, and because of the recovery of some territories that are vainly trying to split, coupled with the recovery of the territory occupied by the Dutch, and the acquisition of Indonesia by the Dutch, there are many areas that need to be developed.

For example, in the Northeast, although many areas have been designated as protected areas, there are still large areas of land that have not been developed, because the current pressure on agricultural land is not obvious, so it is not necessary to develop these lands, but there are some resources on these lands that can be developed.

There are also the Monan, Mobei, and Western Regions, due to the migration of the local population, the invincible nomads have completed the migration activities on foot, and the Western Regions are not bad, they have been immigrating there continuously in recent years, and the population has begun to increase.

There are large areas of grassland in the south and north of the desert, and the resource planning of these grasslands has been completed, and the environmental protection department has designated nearly 80 large areas of grassland in the south and north of the desert, which can be exploited and utilized.

At present, China mainly relies on Australia for wool, most of which are imported, and many Chinese have brought excellent sheep breeds to Australia to invest in animal husbandry. The development of Mobei and Monan is conducive to reducing the import of wool and other agricultural products. However, Xia Jun has always been very cautious about the development of grasslands, so only 80 grassland areas have been demarcated, these areas are not connected, they are divided, and the outside of the area is all protected areas, and any grazing behavior is prohibited, these protected areas occupy 70% of the grassland area in Mobei and Monan, and only 30% of the areas allowed to be developed, and they cannot be overdeveloped.

In addition, the most important thing for this year's Spring Festival Gala is to call on people to go to Indonesia, Myanmar and other regions, and actively go overseas to explore new markets.

…… In the Spring Festival of 1917, the climate in various regions was relatively clear, and under the bright sunshine, the people in various regions launched warm celebrations.

The cinema plays free video tapes of the Spring Festival Gala 24 hours a day, and it is also shown everywhere outside the cinema.

This year's Spring Festival Gala was two hours longer than in later years, because this year was the first year of the Empire's founding.

At the party, the official announcement of the empire announced the gratifying progress since the beginning of last year.

"After nearly a year of hard work, the relief policy of the Ministry of Civil Affairs has succeeded in making more than 98% of the population of the empire have achieved food and clothing, and in the new year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will strive to free all citizens from the trouble of food and clothing."

"Last year, the economic development of the empire was in a good situation, and due to the impact of the European war, the national capital of the empire grew rapidly, and the average growth level last year was 120%. In the state of rapid economic development, 75% of the people of the empire solved the problem of food and clothing without the help of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and 15% of the people reached the middle class level. The Engel consumption index of the people of the empire fell by 10 percent last year, and in the developed provinces, the Engel consumption index accounted for only 15 percent of the income of residents......"

"Last year, the empire's agriculture developed rapidly, and the agricultural output value has exceeded 40 billion yuan, ranking first in the world, and the Chinese nation has been an agricultural civilization since ancient times, and in this industrial age, the empire's agriculture has risen again......

"The empire's industrial development is also rapid, and last year's empire's industrial output value exceeded 50 billion yuan, an increase of 130% compared with last year's industrial output value......

"Last year, the empire's overseas investment exceeded 8 billion yuan for the first time, and the total tonnage of ocean-going trading ships exceeded 7 million tons, ranking second in the world, second only to the United Kingdom, ahead of the United States, France, and the ...... Imperial steel production exceeded 15 million tonnes last year, second only to the United States' 38 million tonnes......"

"Last year, the Chinese people in the world worked hard to establish the Nanyang Republic, and the Kokang Chinese in Myanmar established the Kokang Kingdom......"

The gratifying results have made the people of the whole country excited.

"This year, the empire will increase the people's livelihood and economic construction in the underdeveloped provinces, strive to achieve real food and clothing this year when more than 90% of the people do not need to be helped, and strive to make more families reach the middle class level. The empire will strive to reduce the national average consumption index to less than 30% this year......"

Engel's consumption index refers to the proportion of residents' expenditure on food to income. At this time, China's agriculture was developed, coupled with various policies, the price of agricultural products was low, and the Engel consumption index in the developed provinces accounted for only 15%, and the people became richer, and the level of food and drink became higher, so the Engel consumption index would not be reduced to a very low level. 20% is the limit of extreme wealth, and at this time, the Engel consumption index in China's developed provinces is as low as 15%, so it can be said that the people's living standards are already very good.

However, it is not accurate to say that it is extremely wealthy, because China at this time had just broken away from the semi-feudal society, so many people had not changed the thrifty habits they had developed in the old era of material constraints, and they would not eat and drink all day long, so Engel's consumption index was very low.

However, in developed provinces, people can indeed eat whatever they want, because now that the price of agricultural products is low and the income has increased, it is okay to eat meat every day.

The Engel consumption index is not always too accurate, but to a certain extent, it can also reflect the living standards of residents.

However, the news of the establishment of the Kokang Kingdom by the Burmese Chinese mentioned in the Spring Festival Gala has puzzled many people, and the people basically have no understanding of this Kokang Kingdom before.

The British political axe received news from the Chinese New Year Gala and immediately sent personnel to investigate the core of power in the Kokang Kingdom.

However, the investigation over there has not yet been concluded, on the first day of the first lunar month, Yang Lianxing took the representatives of the Kokang Han people to the Jinwang Temple in Yunnan to worship Li Dingguo.

The major newspapers immediately reported on the Kokang people, and when the British political axe learned of this, the cabinet members were so angry that they jumped into a rage, no wonder China would support this Kokang kingdom, it turned out that the royal family of this Kokang kingdom turned out to be Burmese Chinese.

However, the agreement has also been signed, what else can Britain do, it can only pinch its nose and admit it.

When the people of the empire learned that the Kokang Kingdom of Burma was a regime established by the Han Chinese, a wave of immigration was immediately set off, and many small merchants even began to pack their belongings and prepare for the road as soon as they saw the news.

Over the years, more and more people have gone to backward areas to run businesses and make a fortune, if Burma is a Han Chinese regime, judging from the rise of the Kokang Kingdom of Burma, it is obvious that it is also a country similar to the Nanyang Republic, all of which are universal imperial laws, and there will be basically no changes in commercial policies and domestic.

And since it is a Han Chinese regime, if there is a conflict with the natives, it will definitely not favor the natives.

As long as it is a general imperial law, then the economy of the Kokang Kingdom will definitely develop in the future, as long as you reach the Kokang Kingdom one step ahead, you will be able to seize the opportunity and occupy a large market gap.

Many successful things in China can be moved to Myanmar, and it is the safest to follow the path of success of predecessors.

Many companies in the empire heard that the Kokang Kingdom was a Han Chinese regime, and they also sent personnel to Burma to investigate, hoping to seize the opportunity.

In Myanmar, the most famous is jadeite jade, which is produced in large quantities in northern Myanmar, and China is a country that likes jade the most, and the price of jade is much higher than gold.

Now that the empire is in full bloom, the price of those antique jade items has begun to rise.

Myanmar's agriculture is also an area of interest, and China lacks a source of tropical cash crops, but this changed after the establishment of the Nanyang Republic, which has its own advantages over the Kokang Kingdom of Burma.

At the same time, Myanmar's minerals are also very concerned, but this is only paid attention to by some large mining companies, because there are very few small industrial and mining industries in the empire, and since the unification of the empire, small industrial and mining industries have been completely banned, and ordinary enterprises cannot squeeze into the industrial and mining industry.

However, some less important minerals are allowed to be entered by ordinary enterprises, and these minerals are not profitable, but they are essential.

Mineral mining is mainly monopolized by the East China Group.

East China Group has also sent personnel to Myanmar for prospecting, Myanmar's minerals mainly include copper, lead, zinc, silver, gold, iron, nickel, gemstones, jade, etc., in addition to a large amount of tungsten reserves, and more than 3 billion barrels of oil reserves.

At this time, the Kokang Kingdom had not yet unified Burma, so the oil in the south had not yet been mastered, but the main minerals of Myanmar were concentrated in the eastern mountainous area, which was demarcated as the territory of the Kokang Kingdom, and most of the minerals in Myanmar were controlled by the Kokang Kingdom, and these underground minerals were wealth.

(To be continued)