Chapter 191: Where I Ever Fought and Lived
Lu Zhengdong has blown a whirlwind in the supervision of the large-scale development of the western region, and after chasing it by the media for a while, he has gradually calmed down, but this is only the feeling of the outside world, from '92 to the present, another decade has passed, and the rapid development of these ten years has caused some sequelae to begin to appear, especially the economic problems of cadres, but people in a slightly higher position know that such a supervisory mechanism has risen to a new height, and only those who really understand this can know the tremendous impact of such a rise. At least quite a few people who know about it are beginning to converge.
As an introduction to the aluminum industry, the breaking of the monopoly has also allowed more private capital to participate, of course, it is also a leader in private enterprises that can enter such an industry. Compared with the fanfare of state-owned enterprises, private enterprises are much more low-key and pragmatic, and they value more the opportunities and opportunities brought by the policy gap opened by the state this time.
Among them, Yaoming Group has invested the most, and as a well-known private enterprise with great influence in China, Lu Zhengdong really admires the helmsman.
The helmsman of Yaoming Group is seen by the outside world as bold, cautious and conservative.
Such an evaluation seems very contradictory, but Lu Zhengdong feels that such an evaluation is not contradictory, in fact, in Lu Zhengdong's opinion, this is his shrewdness.
The boldness of the outside world means that he has never set foot in such a heavy chemical industry and dares to enter the domestic monopoly industry, and it is a highly monopolistic industry, but Lu Zhengdong does not think that this is a bold advance, but has undergone full research.
In fact, it is the best time to enter such an industry when the monopoly has not been completely broken, because once it is completely liberalized, the cost advantage of private enterprises is incomparable with that of state-owned enterprises.
It's just a person who dares to enter such an industry. However, they are very cautious when it comes to funding. It can even be said to be very conservative. When Yaoming Group decided to enter the field of heavy chemicals, many banks took the initiative to find him and expressed their willingness to provide loans, with a credit line of up to several billions, but his helmsman did not accept it, and only symbolically loaned four or five billion.
In such a capital-intensive industry, financing means that you can do your best to become bigger and stronger, and most of the entrepreneurs at the big business and bigwig level are accustomed to and are good at creating financing methods for renovation.
Especially now the market trend of the aluminum industry is good. The more natural the scale, the more profitable it is, but he doesn't want a loan from his door, and basically relies on his own capital investment, which is really incomprehensible in the eyes of outsiders.
But Lu Zhengdong appreciates this very much, it is right to rely on scale expansion, but it is a very dangerous thing to rely too much on scale expansion in China.
Although excessive reliance on banks or lending can greatly increase the speed of development, the hidden risks should not be underestimated, because others will not know like him when the state will sacrifice a big killer weapon that is vital to their life and death -- macroeconomic regulation and control.
Once the market fluctuates, the state tightens monetary policy, and banks tighten monetary policy or call on loans. Such a corporate capital chain is extremely prone to breakage, in fact. "Sudden death" of large private enterprises is not uncommon, from Delong to Tieben, from the relatively early famous old Mu Lao Shi is all on top of this, the only one who turned over is the old history.
In fact, every time the private enterprises that survive the macroeconomic regulation and control can get rapid development, and those that cannot survive will naturally disappear in the dust of history.
And as an industrial private enterprise must also face one of the biggest problems, that is, overcapacity, in such a special atmosphere in the country, as long as any industry is profitable, is a rush to fight a price war, in the future no matter which industry in the country will appear overcapacity, and is an absolute overcapacity, permanent overcapacity.
In a sense, the opponents of these enterprises may not be large central enterprises or others, but this era of overcapacity. How to control costs, how to be distinctive, and how to maintain competitiveness even when there is overcapacity is the only magic weapon to survive.
Perhaps, the cautious style and the choice of "preferring to be slower" will indeed make some companies lose some opportunities to make money quickly when the market is hot, but in the subsequent years, they are like a fish in water.
The reason why Lu Zhengdong let Yang Lu not do those more speculative financial businesses after his investment in the Internet returned was also based on a risk consideration, of course, more importantly, these things are not Yang Lu's forte......
The "Circular on Implementing Several Policies and Measures for the Large-scale Development of the Western Region" promulgated and promulgated by the state also put forward some specific measures and opinions on speeding up the development of industries with special and advantageous characteristics in the western region, optimizing the industrial structure and layout, enhancing the self-development capability of the western region, and realizing the rapid and sound development of the western region.
Opinions and suggestions were put forward on the overall thinking, development characteristics, guiding principles, development goals, policy measures, and funding arrangements for the development of industries with special advantages in the western region......
At the same time, the new version of the "Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment in Industries" was released, and one of the most noteworthy points in the new version is to encourage foreign investment in the western region, relax the restrictions on foreign investment in the western region, and put forward some suggestions and opinions.
In fact, the large-scale development of the western region is also aimed at attracting and utilizing foreign capital in the western region that is far lower than expected, and the total foreign investment in the entire western region accounts for only about 4 percent of the country's total.
On the one hand, this reflects that the attractiveness of the western region to foreign businessmen has not improved as a result of the implementation of the strategy for the large-scale development of the western region, and therefore we should attach great importance to it.
Foreign capital is reluctant to take root in the west. There are objective reasons, but one very important reason is that when it comes to attracting foreign investment, government officials often think from their own perspectives and formulate policies that are just wishful thinking. Foreign businessmen have no sense of this. And there are too many demands for attracting foreign investment. In addition to attracting capital. It is also necessary to increase employment opportunities, earn foreign exchange through exports, and introduce advanced technology.
From the perspective of foreign investors, capital is only a factor of production, and they need to invest and transfer capital in order to seek the best combination with other factors of production in order to obtain better returns.
Whether or not the strategy for the large-scale development of the western region can be effectively implemented. The key lies in whether or not we can effectively mobilize the forces of all parties to join in the construction of China's western region, in which attracting foreign direct investment plays an important role. The entry of foreign businessmen into the western region is not only a simple inflow of funds, but most importantly, it can bring advanced management technology and concepts, play an exemplary and guiding role in the local economic operation mechanism, and play a role in promoting the improvement of the investment environment.
These two texts are undoubtedly the guiding texts for the refinement of the economic development of the western region, indicating that the central level will tilt in this direction in terms of capital investment and policy inclination, which is a signal.
"Dong Yuan, just when you are going to enter Beijing, this matter will not bother the two masters, so it is up to you to implement this matter."
Governor Lin sat on the sofa opposite. While looking at the text in his hand, he said naturally:
"Our province has developed a development plan. It is necessary to become an economically strong province in the western region and an ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, develop the economy and society in a coordinated manner, and strive to achieve a new leap forward. But I found that the introduction of this policy seems to be very unfavorable to our several development zones, you see, the development zone of Long Beach is basically a traditional industry, as for the development zone of the provincial capital, it is basically according to the model of Long Beach, and other surrounding provinces and cities have characteristics of the development zone or industrial park, there is a certain gap, which makes me worry, after all, several development zones occupy a relatively heavy position in the entire development, especially the provincial development zone, which is the top priority. If we don't get strong support, it will affect us a lot......"
"Governor Lin, it seems that this should be the job of Governor Zhiyang or Governor Jinlin, right? I went to the United Front Work Department to report on the work of the province, so I'm afraid it's not right? β
Jiang Dongyuan frowned a little embarrassed.
Governor Lin smiled:
"You are more familiar with Director Lu of the Western Affairs Office, and you are more familiar with the temperament of the other party, you can take over this matter, the specific things are still done by the government, but you will have to worry more about communicating with the Western Affairs Office, this is also the meaning of the Central Plains Secretary, the large-scale development of the western region is related to the overall situation, if we in Xihe can't make a difference, it will definitely be ...... the board."
Governor Lin paused for a moment and continued:
"Dongyuan, Xihe has changed a lot over the years, but the surrounding areas have developed faster, I and the Central Plains Secretary are also a little sincere and fearful in this position, especially the western development, Xihe as a province that can play a supporting role in the west, how the West River develops, from a great extent dΓΉ can drive the development of the west, the central government has high hopes for the West River, requiring us to be fast and good development, but realistically speaking, we have always been unsatisfactory in development, I and the Central Plains Secretary have also discussed and studied many times, How to achieve sound and rapid development of Xihe is the most urgent issue facing our Xihe Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government. β
Governor Lin is a local cadre who grew up from the land of Xihe step by step, and spent the entire work period on the land of Xihe, and has an indescribable deep affection for Xihe, he and Jiang Dongyuan are also acquaintances, when Jiang Dongyuan served as the director of the Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office, he was the vice governor in charge, and the relationship between the two has been very good, so he will be so casual to Jiang Dongyuan.
And Jiang Dongyuan also knew that when he was the director of the Provincial Poverty Alleviation Office, Lu Zhengdong was the director of the Long Beach Poverty Alleviation Office, and he was very good in terms of official affairs and personal feelings.
In the face of Governor Lin's explanation, Jiang Dongyuan had no better reason to shirk, not to mention that he also hoped that he could jump out of the United Front Work Department to do more things and really do something for Xihe, and this coordination and communication with the Western Office was undoubtedly the best time.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xihe has always occupied an absolutely dominant position in the western region, and in the more than 50 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially in the more than 20 years since the reform and opening up, Xihe has made tremendous achievements in reform and development, and has achieved the goal of quadrupling its GDP ahead of schedule.
However, due to many reasons, such as its inland location, large population, weak foundation, and very prominent contradictions in the irrational economic structure, the gap between Xihe and the national average, especially the eastern coastal provinces and cities, has gradually widened.
The total amount of Xiheji in the country has dropped from the early stage of reform and opening up to the eleventh place in the 2,000 years, and there is a trend of continuous decline; GDP per capita is only half of the national average, placing it very low.
As a province with large resources and population in the west, Xihe has a very important strategic position, but its political and economic status is much worse than before.
Although there are objective factors such as geographical conditions, it is still a matter of ideology and concepts, and the idea of emphasizing scale over efficiency is not the same in governments at all levels, and the state-owned hat is reluctant to lose, and the soil for the development of the private economy has never been able to catch up with the eastern coast. No one can continue the pioneering and enterprising situation created by Secretary Yang and Governor Chen when they partnered.
For example, on the issue of Lu Zhengdong's appointment, he also encountered great resistance at the beginning, especially when Lu Zhengdong was appointed secretary of the Mianxi Municipal Party Committee, because Lu Zhengdong's age encountered obstacles from all sides, Secretary Yang and Governor Chen made some compromises, hoping to transfer Lu Zhengdong to the provincial capital and serve as executive deputy mayor, in fact, he was responsible for economic work such as the provincial development zone, but he failed to do so, and finally Lu Zhengdong went to the ministry and commission, and then went to Anxin.
Look at the current Anxin, and then look back at the provincial capital of Xihe, the provincial capital that didn't put Anxin in its eyes at all is now far away from Anxin.
Some things are afraid that there is no comparison, but once compared, everything will be clear, if Lu Zhengdong could be transferred to the provincial capital, the provincial development zone would not still be a four-way ......
Sun Zhongyuan and Governor Lin have only just taken office and are still in the run-in period, but it can be seen that both of them hope to take advantage of the opportunity of the large-scale development of the western region to bring the development of Xihe to a higher level.
In order to make another great social and economic development in Xihe, it is always necessary to put some capable and capable people into more important positions, and now the secretary and the governor are still in contact with the cadres of the province, so this is not an opportunity for themselves? (To be continued......)