The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

It is better to buy than to make, this is the consensus of most countries in the world.

These countries have tried to make them themselves, but they often find that the price is higher and it is better to buy them.

As the world's factory, China has the most complete industrial system in the world, the only industrial system in the world, and has terrible scale advantages that can minimize costs.

In terms of the spirit of contract, China is the best in the world.

In this case, most countries in the world can buy almost anything they want from China.

Chinese entrepreneurs are brave enough to explore overseas markets and actively develop international markets.

This has resulted in China's export trade volume reaching new highs each year and continuously setting historical records.

For example, in terms of small commodities, Yiwu has almost achieved the ultimate, and even the general elections in Europe and the United States have included the Yiwu index.

In addition, e-commerce such as Alibaba has made international trade simpler, lowered the threshold, and added fuel to international trade.

Saudi Arabia once tried to industrialize.

But Saudi Arabia gave up soon after.

For example, Saudi Arabia wants to build a bullet production plant, but after the construction of the bullet production plant, the price of the bullets produced is more than twice as high as those imported from Panshan Group.

The construction of other military factories also saw their costs much higher than imports.

For example, Saudi Arabia’s tank repair factory is not opened by Saudi Arabia itself, but by Panshan Group, and all the maintenance workers are Chinese.

The same situation applies to gun repair shops.

The high social welfare makes ordinary Saudis not want to do dirty and tiring work. They would rather lie at home than work as maintenance workers!

Most of the dock workers in Saudi Arabia are not Saudis, but Chinese and Pakistanis!

For example, in the shipbuilding industry, China has the most powerful shipbuilding industry in the world. Up to now, China's shipbuilding industry has accounted for 70% of the world's total. Most of Japan's shipbuilding industry has gone bankrupt and will never see the glory of the country that once was the world's largest shipbuilding industry again.

Chinese industry has become the world's number one in too many fields.

In terms of hydropower, photovoltaic power generation, wind power, tidal power generation, and waste incineration power generation, China is the world's number one in both technology and power generation and is far ahead.

In shipbuilding-related industries, including gantry cranes, port machinery, etc., China has also become the world's number one and is far ahead in the field.

In terms of cement production, China is also number one in the world in terms of both performance and output. In particular, China accounts for more than half of the world's cement production.

In terms of automobile production, China is the world's largest automobile producer and consumer, as well as the world's largest automobile exporter. Chinese automobiles are competing with German and Japanese automobiles in the international automobile market, and the entire international automobile market is characterized by a three-way battle.

In the field of motorcycles, China ranks first in the world in both technology and output, far ahead of the second place, and ranks first in various sub-segments. The most typical representative is the three-wheeled motorcycle that has been very popular in recent years.

In terms of mobile phones and telephone production, China is the world's largest producer, consumer, and exporter. Both its mobile phone and telephone brands are well-known around the world.

China has the most Internet users in the world. China's Internet industry has become the best in the world. Even the Internet industry in the United States cannot compare to that of China. The top three Internet giants in the world are all in China!

In the furniture field, China is the world's largest furniture producer, consumer and exporter. Whether it is Chinese furniture, Western furniture or other styles of furniture, China can make them and do them well. In the field of ultra-high voltage power transmission, China is an absolute leader.

The supercomputer, China's latest supercomputer, has a peak computing power of 1271 trillion times per second, far ahead of the second place! In fact, the most advanced supercomputer is at Southwest Associated University, with a peak operating speed of 9.3 quadrillion times.

Global navigation system, Beidou satellite navigation system is the world's most user-friendly and most advanced global navigation system. It is widely used and ranks first in market share.

Steel. China's steel production exceeds 10 billion tons, making it the country with the largest steel production in the world's history.

High-speed rail: China's high-speed rail technology ranks first in the world, and it also has the most high-speed rail mileage in the world. The total mileage of China's high-speed rail is much longer than that of all other countries combined. The production and performance of high-speed rail trains are ranked first in the world.

Titanium alloy, China can produce the best titanium alloy in the world. At the same time, China's titanium alloy output accounts for 70% of the world's titanium alloy output.

China's annual coal production also reaches a staggering level.

China also ranks first in the world in terms of television production. In Guangdong province alone, the annual production of color televisions exceeds 1 million units!

In the field of engineering machinery, China is also number one in the world, both in terms of performance and output.

China's production and export volumes of air conditioners, refrigerators, electric fans, hair dryers, etc. are both ranked first in the world.

China is number one in the world in so many areas.

There has never been an industrial country that can produce such a terrifying industrial scale as China.

Since the deindustrialization policies of the United States and the United Kingdom, the proportion of industrial output value in the United States and the United Kingdom is far less than that in the 20s and s.

The United States at least still retains some high-end manufacturing, but the United Kingdom has almost no industry.

In Europe, many European countries have also chosen to deindustrialize because their industries are completely uncompetitive. They cannot compete with other brands, prices, or price-performance ratios.

This has led to many factories in Europe and the United States going bankrupt in the past twenty years.

The bankruptcy of factories has led to an increase in the number of unemployed people.

Even in an industrial powerhouse like Germany, the number of registered unemployed people is as high as 500 million.

Under such circumstances, Germany already has the lowest unemployment rate in Europe.

Of course, when economic globalization is developing in full swing, anti-globalization voices are also emerging.

Anti-globalization voices are rising in the United States and European countries.

Especially in the United States, the northeastern United States - near the Great Lakes, was originally a traditional industrial area. From the late 19th century to the 20s and s, the northeastern United States - near the Great Lakes became a heavy industrial center because of convenient water transportation and rich mineral resources. Industries such as steel, glass, chemicals, logging, mining, and railways have emerged one after another, and industrial cities such as Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Milwaukee, Dayton, Cleveland, Chicago, Harrisburg, Bethlehem, Buffalo, and Cincinnati were also quite developed at one time.

However, since the United States entered an economic system dominated by the tertiary industry, the heavy industries in these areas have declined. Many factories have been abandoned, and the machines in the factories are gradually covered with rust, so it is called the Rust Belt.

People in the Rust Belt miss the days when a blue-collar worker's salary was enough to support a large family, and every family had a car and lived in a big house. They blame the current Rust Belt on economic globalization and are very dissatisfied with it. They intend to change policies and start reverse globalization, so that manufacturing can return to the United States. (End of this chapter)