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Chapter 1542 Industrial Upgrading (Third update, please subscribe)
Happiness doesn't come without a price!

On the subway, looking at Zhou Wangtang's photo and his biography in the newspaper, Zou Haishan couldn't help but sigh. Even though he had never known this 19-year-old young man and even though they had no contact, it did not prevent him from feeling a certain sadness.

"This is the price of happiness..."

Zou Haishan let out a long sigh. As a senior civil servant in the Dongning Office of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, he knew very well what East Africa meant to this land.

"80% of our corn, 30% of soybeans and 30% of our meat come from East Africa. East Africa is not just a granary for us, it is also related to our food security!"

This is the text listed in the newspaper.

"The vast modern farms in East Africa and the vast corn fields are our lifeline. Without the corn there, we would not have enough pork, chicken, eggs or milk."

Why are these data listed in the newspaper?
Zou Haishan was very clear - he wanted to tell the people that the reason for sending troops to East Africa was not just to fulfill the so-called Commonwealth obligations.

In fact, everyone knows that the so-called "Commonwealth obligations" is just an excuse.

Sending troops is more for their own interests. Just like reading the newspaper, the subway soon arrived at the station, and then Zou Haishan got off the train as usual, walked out of the station, and entered the Ministry of Commerce and Industry after a short walk.

As soon as I arrived at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, I heard my colleagues arguing. They were obviously arguing about things like industrial policy adjustments.

Their argument was so loud that even people in the corridor could hear it, and the agents from various departments were all expressing their opinions.

Industrial policy adjustment has been a focus of the Dongning Trade and Industry Department in the past two years. As the easternmost city in SEA, although Dongning's industrial and commercial economy has been fully developed in the past decade, not only has it established large steel companies, shipyards, automobile manufacturing plants, and supporting enterprises surrounding their production, but on the other hand, Dongning's development has also reached a bottleneck.

Dongning has always relied on exports to the United States. Its industries are developed but messy. With the increase in wage levels, the prices of Dongning's exports to the United States and America are increasing, and some low-end products are being eliminated.

"…Last year, profits in the textile, clothing, footwear and hat industries fell by 30%. We have to face this reality!"

"The textile industry has fallen behind, and we must transform as soon as possible..."

Transformation is not as easy as it sounds!
Listening to the arguments of his colleagues, Zou Haishan couldn't help but sigh. Then, he sat down at his desk and looked through the report again.

The report is about the business analysis of Gulfstream Corporation. Gulfstream Corporation is the only aviation manufacturing enterprise in Dongning. The Gulfstream aircraft it produces is the best small business aircraft in the world.

"Gulf Stream, Gulf Stream..."

Last year, Gulfstream received more than 700 orders, driven by the Cuban Missile Crisis, when wealthy individuals realized they needed private jets to get out of harm's way.

This is not limited to world wars, but also includes special circumstances such as judicial investigations, where private jets can allow them to leave a place and go to other countries at the first opportunity.

The Cuban Missile Crisis made everyone realize the benefits of private jets, which also brought a large number of orders to Gulfstream.

However, this does not mean that Gulfstream has no competitors. The "Global Express" developed by Nanyang Aerospace Industries is the world's only supersonic business jet, and it stole the limelight during the "Cuban Missile Crisis". However, this supersonic business jet is still under test flight.

This aircraft is a competitor of Gulfstream.

Of course, this matter is not within his consideration now. After all, Gulfstream is Gulfstream and China Southern Airlines is China Southern Airlines.

However, while reading the report, Zou Haishan was actually thinking about something else - the Internet that the Communications Industry Bureau was discussing.

"internet?"

Zou Haishan thought in his heart:
"What is this? It's a telephone line that connects all the computers together? Is it important?"

As a layman in computers, Zou Haishan's understanding of computers is limited to the fact that they can help companies perform various calculations and help him complete some work, but that's all.

In fact, for most people, this is generally what they know about computers.

"The Internet? What good can it do?"

Thinking so, Zou Haishan once again cast his eyes on the report in front of him. As the section chief of the Heavy Industry Bureau, he had already made up his mind that when formulating industrial policies this year, he must include the aviation industry.

In his opinion, the aviation industry is the breakthrough point for Dongning to carry out industrial upgrading. After all, in Chang'an and other places, the aviation industry provides tens of thousands of jobs.

There is great potential for Dongning to develop its aviation industry. After all, there is the successful example of Gulfstream Corporation.

"We can use small general-purpose aircraft as a breakthrough point..."

After making up his mind, he once again came to the director's office with the report he had already written.

As soon as he saw the director, he said straight to the point: "Director, I still think that we should use the aviation industry as a breakthrough point!"

Niu Wenxun, who was flipping through the report, closed it in his hand and said:

"Oh, you still insist on this view. You should know that we already have Nanyang Aerospace Industries, which produces C717 and C707, which are the best aircraft in the world and fly all over the world. Tell me why we should establish a company of our own to compete?"

"market!"

Zou Haishan said:
“Because of the market, Director, the aircraft produced by Nanyang Aviation Industry are too big!
First of all, we have to talk about SEA’s unique geographical environment.

Our territory is vast - not only does it span a long distance from east to west, but transportation between the local area and outlying islands must rely on aviation. Even between the central cities and small towns on the islands, there are not necessarily good roads.

Dense jungles and turbulent rivers act as natural barriers, isolating many areas from the outside world and making traditional land transportation difficult, especially during the rainy season when the roads are muddy and driving becomes almost impossible.

Except for the main island, the road conditions on other islands are not that good, because building roads requires costs and returns. It is impossible to build modern roads and bridges in many areas because the scarce traffic volume will make it impossible to recover the costs.

Not only is the maintenance cost of such a huge infrastructure extremely staggering, so there are no expressways in Dongning, Zhongxing and Yongding, and many places only have simple roads.

“… In such situations, air transport becomes the lifeline connecting these remote areas.

Small planes shuttle between jungles and rivers, providing local residents with a fast and efficient way to travel, and becoming an important bridge for them to connect with the outside world. "

While introducing the advantages of small aircraft, Zou Haishan took out a report and said:

"Director, look, last year, only 17 small domestic airlines purchased more than 112 regional aircraft, most of which were small regional aircraft with 40 to 80 seats..."

When showing the report to the director, Zou Haishan introduced:
"Statistics show that about 40% of the population relies on air travel every year, and in Zhongxing and Yongxing, this proportion is as high as three times the national average.

Many small local airlines have also keenly captured this market demand and opened numerous routes to remote areas to facilitate exchanges between urban and rural areas.

Some airlines have even launched "air taxi" services, further improving the convenience of air transportation and integrating air travel into the daily lives of local residents."

Looking at the report that listed various data and charts, Niu Wenxun did not speak, but just flipped through the report.

Zou Haishan continued:
“This strong reliance on air transport has created a unique market environment that provides fertile soil for the development of the aviation industry.

Therefore, we should also actively respond to market demand and develop small aircraft that are adapted to the local environment, with efficient fuel consumption and low operating costs, and can take off and land safely on short runways, which perfectly fits the characteristics of the regional aviation market.

And Gulfstream..."

Finally, Zou Haishan got to the point. He continued:

"The company's technology is still very strong. Although the Gulfstream aircraft we developed is a small business aircraft, it is fully capable of conducting research in this area. Now that we have a suitable company, we only need to make appropriate adjustments to the industrial policy to encourage them to enter this market.

At the same time, we will coordinate with local and other regional airlines to purchase their aircraft. I believe this industry will definitely be promising. According to my calculations, it can bring us 40000 to 50000 jobs.

It can also help us complete industrial upgrading.”

For the Department of International Trade and Industry, the most important task is to formulate industrial policies and achieve continuous economic development by constantly adjusting industrial policies, gradually completing industrial upgrading in this process.

Although most of the time they formulate industrial policies following the policies of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, each local department of international trade and industry will make some appropriate adjustments based on its own situation.

After all, the situation in each place is different and it is impossible to apply it mechanically.

Niu Wenxun was flipping through the report, looking at the data carefully, then thought for a while before speaking.

"Prepare a more detailed report first, and then contact Gulfstream to see if they have any inclinations in this regard. After all, it is ultimately up to the company to complete this work."

The director's words basically made his attitude clear; he supports the development of the aviation industry.

"I understand."

Zou Haishan nodded and said.

"I will contact Gulfstream as soon as possible to persuade them to enter this market."

(End of this chapter)