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After the Ministry of Culture and Education has finished speaking, the next step is the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

Wang Zhongyi stood up, nodded to Chairman Shi and Prime Minister Ouyang Geng, and then began to speak.

"In the past five years, domestic industry has developed greatly. First of all, the output value of our light industry has reached 5 billion yuan, among which the output value of the tobacco industry, food industry and clothing industry is the highest.

There are more than 2400 domestic light industry enterprises, covering basically all light industry sectors. "

These three industries are mainly cigarettes and tobacco sales. The tobacco produced in Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) is well-known internationally. In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has established a cigarette factory in Jianye (now Harare). Produces mid- to high-end cigarettes.

The two series of Golden Lion and Leopard are used as brands for external promotion to distinguish them from the previous brand cigarettes in the United States and Europe.

Nanhua's tobacco is of good quality, and under the guidance of Chairman Youshi, it is exported to Europe, America and Asia.

Tobacco alone can generate foreign exchange earnings equivalent to 30 billion yuan for Nanhua every year.

In addition to tobacco, there are also canned products. Nanhua's canned luncheon meat and canned fruits are extremely popular in Asia and the Middle East. They can also open up sales in South Asia.

Japan and North Korea are very welcoming to Nanhua's canned luncheon meat. These cans have brought back many female immigrants to Nanhua, and can create an annual output value of 25 billion yuan.

The clothing industry is mainly exported to Europe and the United States, focusing on high-net-worth individuals and taking the high-end route. It can create an output value of about 18 billion yuan every year.

As for making profits from dumping of low-end clothing, Nanhua is currently unable to do so because there are not enough personnel and raw materials.

These three major products of Nanhua do not conflict with Europe, so they have not been suppressed by Europe.

"In addition, the production of furs, cash crop materials and chemical raw materials in our light industrial products is developing rapidly and is expected to become the star product among our export commodities in the future."

The output of fur and sisal cotton is getting higher and higher. After domestic demand is met, it must be exported, otherwise it will damage the interests of animal husbandry and large plantations.

This type of industrial raw materials is urgently needed by Europe and the United States and will not be suppressed by Europe and the United States.

As for the chemical raw materials, they are mainly sulfuric acid and nitric acid among the "three acids". The sulfuric acid is due to the rapid expansion of Nanhua's copper smelting plant, and the output and quality of sulfuric acid have been greatly improved.

As for nitric acid, Nanhua's laboratory team took the lead in mastering the "industrial synthetic ammonia process" according to the instructions of Chairman Shi, and produced nitric acid from ammonia gas in the laboratory. The industrial sector is currently looking for ways to realize the industrial production of nitric acid.

Once successful, it will be a major achievement worldwide.

As for the "synthetic ammonia technology", it was patented as a group project. The Germans in the original time and space won the Nobel Prize for this technology. In this time and space, the laboratory team in Nanhua will win this honor.

The export of such chemical raw materials is prone to conflicts between Europe and the United States. At that time, the "synthetic ammonia process" patent can be used to exchange interests with Europe and the United States.

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“In addition, stainless steel products will be hot-selling products in our industrial sector.

We successfully experimented with the material ratio of stainless steel through the electric furnace steelmaking project. This new type of steel is not very hard, but it can be translucent and remain rust-free for a long time.

According to the instructions of Chairman Shi, we used this kind of steel in tableware and kitchen utensils, which is very suitable for the positioning of this kind of steel.

At present, we have arranged a special stainless steel tableware and kitchenware factory in the Rand Industrial Park, which has been promoted in Europe before.

Our European merchants are very fond of this kind of tableware. After our products have achieved sales and gained brand effect, we will open up patent licensing to earn premium effects.

The above is all about light industry. Next, let’s talk about heavy industry. Through the British aid project, we have realized the layout of the entire industry chain.

But in terms of the content of our heavy industry enterprises, 8% of the light industry are private enterprises, while the 114 heavy industries are almost all state-owned enterprises.

This phenomenon is not conducive to the development and growth of enterprises. The goal of our department in the next stage is to introduce private capital into heavy industry as much as possible to enhance the vitality of our heavy industry.

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In the past two years, when we introduced heavy industry, we still had unskilled workers and uncoordinated construction speed of supporting facilities. This is normal, after all, we lacked too much before.

As our workers practice their skills and study hard, we actively coordinate with the construction department.

At present, we have overcome and solved most of the problems, and our heavy industry sector will enter a stage of rapid development next.

At present, the designed production capacity of our domestic steel plants is 500 million tons, and eight large and medium-sized steel plants have been built. Among them, the Rand Steel Plant has the largest designed production capacity, with an annual output of 8 million tons.

Although there are many problems in heavy industry, our military industry sector has achieved strong growth.

Countries in South Asia, Southern Europe and South America are very fond of our military products. This is also the main reason for the continuous growth of our heavy industry output value.

In addition, the development of the military industry will not be disclosed here. Our department and the military industry department are considering setting up a research institute to work together on the research of new materials and new technologies.

Thanks to our new technology patents, our technology export trade is still good.

Radio and alternating current projects are good technologies for exporting foreign exchange. They have earned us hundreds of millions of yuan in foreign exchange income so far. The future market for technology exports is still very broad. "

Wang Zhongyi finished his speech, and next came Minister Jan Smuts of the Ministry of State-owned Assets.

The Boer minister stood up and nodded to Chairman Shi and Prime Minister Ouyang Geng, and then began to speak in English.

“With the establishment of our Dominion, the terms of reference of the Department of Land and Natural Resources were formalized.

After I took over the Ministry of State-owned Assets, I made statistics on diamonds, gold, coal, iron ore, copper and other resources in the Dominion. After five years of development, the development of mineral resources in the Dominion has achieved tremendous growth.

In 1903, diamonds and gold from domestic controlled mineral resources could earn about 2.5 million yuan per year, while the output value of coal, copper ore, and iron ore was less than 2 million yuan.

After five years of development, the output value of our mineral resources has reached 18 billion yuan.

其中黄金从1903年的35万盎司变成了如今的105万盎司（30吨左右），钻石的产量从1903年的12万克拉，增长到如今的34万克拉，这两样奢侈品的产值增速较大。

Coal mining volume has reached 3000 million tons, while steel has reached 210 million tons, copper ore mining volume has reached 50 tons, and pure copper production has reached 3 tons (Note 1).

At present, human resources for mineral development are still lacking, and the efficiency of black miners is very low. We need to increase investment in miners and mining machinery. "

Ouyang Geng nodded, "Okay, come to me after we discuss this issue, and I will sign your approval to add more workers."

PS: I was wrong about the output of copper before, thinking that smelting copper was easy. I checked the information carefully tonight and found that the output of copper in the early 20th century was very low. In 1900, the world's copper output was 50 tons.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Chile's copper production was 3 tons per year, while the United Kingdom only had tons. ) (End of this chapter)