The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

At this time, the completion and trial operation ceremony of the "Maimai High-speed Railway" is being held.

The 'Madinah-Mecca High-Speed ​​Railway' is 480 kilometers long and passes through the four cities of Medina, Rabigh, Jeddah and Mecca from north to south.

This is also the world's first desert high-speed railway with a speed of over 360 kilometers per hour.

The completion of the 'Maimai High-speed Railway' is of great significance.

This means that China has proved that it has mastered the technology for building desert high-speed railways.

From then on, the entire Middle East high-speed rail market was completely opened to China. Anyone who wanted to build a high-speed rail would inevitably come to China.

Because no other country in the world knows how to do it, only China knows how to do it!

It was a rare occasion for Liu Tao to step out of the country and come here to attend this ceremony.

Looking at these workers whose skin is tanned, dry and cracked, Liu Tao has nothing but respect.

Although the 'Maimai High-speed Railway' is only 480 kilometers long, it took Chinese railway workers seven full years to build it.

They overcame various difficulties and it took them seven years to finally build the "Maimai High-speed Railway".

Saudi King Abdullah, who just ascended the throne, has a smile on his face.

The completion of the "Maimai High-speed Railway" ended Saudi Arabia's history of having no high-speed railway. From then on, Saudi Arabia also had high-speed railway.

More importantly, this can win the hearts of Muslims.

The most important thing in the lives of Saudi Arabians is the pilgrimage, which is also the most important thing for Muslims every year.

Mecca is known as the 'capital of religion', so in the 12th month of the Islamic calendar every year, millions of Muslims gather in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

This religious custom is not only observed by Saudi Arabians. For all Muslims, it is their religious belief to go to Mecca for pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime.

Saudi Arabia is building the 'Mammah High-Speed ​​Railway' not only to develop the economy, but more importantly to solve the problem of people's pilgrimage.

Saudi Arabia had been planning to build the Medina-Mecca railway since the 80s, but to connect the two cities of Medina and Mecca meant that most of the railway had to be built in the desert.

Saudi Arabia has money, but it does not have the technology to build high-speed rail. Everyone who came into contact with it felt a headache once they understood it, and then shook their heads and refused. In the end, China took over the matter.

Now, the 'Maimai High-speed Railway' has finally been completed.

And not only has the construction problem been solved, China has also used advanced sand-fixing technology to ensure that the Maimai High-speed Railway will not be threatened by wind and sand.

All the prominent Saudi figures attended the ceremony.

Even many heads of state, wealthy merchants, princes, etc. from Arab countries came.

Although energy prices have dropped sharply since the outbreak of the global financial crisis, everyone's life is not as good as before.

However, with the current international crude oil and natural gas prices, there is still a lot of profit space for the oil and gas producing countries in the Middle East.

It's just that the profits are not as huge as before.

Last year, they received a promise from Liu Tao that China's shale oil technology would not be exported and spread abroad, and that China's shale oil would grow steadily in the next decade, reaching 2020 million barrels per day by 1000.

Moreover, Saudi Arabia no longer only exports crude oil as it did in the past, but also exports a considerable amount of refined oil. In addition to the oil production industry, Saudi Arabia also has a considerable oil refining industry and various chemical bases producing various chemical products. At the same time, Saudi Arabia also exports a considerable amount of natural gas every year.

As the world pays more and more attention to environmental protection, natural gas, as a clean energy, is favored by developed countries. Although Saudi Arabia cannot be called an industrial country, its industry is still quite large.

Other Middle Eastern countries are no exception. Life is not as good as before, but it is still comfortable.

They want to see the 'Maimai High-speed Railway' with their own eyes, and then see if they can build a high-speed railway in their own country.

For example, Kuwait, don't even think about building a high-speed railway. Instead, it cooperates with Saudi Arabia to build a high-speed railway connecting Kuwait City to Riyadh, namely the "Liko High-speed Railway", which makes transportation between the two cities more convenient. This "Liko High-speed Railway" is about 700 kilometers long and requires a lot of investment to build, but for Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, it is naturally no problem.

Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman can all build high-speed railways, connecting major cities in the country with high-speed railways, and then connecting to Riyadh, thus forming a regional high-speed railway network.

The ceremony was very grand, and then for the trial run, a high-speed train had a total of 16 carriages.

Everyone entered the carriage and found a seat.

Then when the doors closed, the high-speed train started.

Someone took out a coin, placed it on the car window sill and stood it up to see if it would fall down.

When I was sure that I would not fall, I could not help but exclaim.

Things like this are not uncommon on the Internet, and they are all filmed on China's high-speed railways.

China's high-speed rail is now a shining business card of China.

China's high-speed rail technology and China's subway technology have all stood the test of time.

And now, China is even building high-speed railways in the desert area, which is simply a miracle.

This high-speed train started from Mecca and went directly to Medina without any ceasefire. It was 480 kilometers long and took less than an hour and a half.

When the carriage display screen indicated that the high-speed rail speed reached 360 kilometers per hour, many people exclaimed and applauded.

The high-speed train stopped at Medina Railway Station. Everyone got off the train and started discussing things excitedly.

Soon, with the speed of Internet communication, news about the "Maimai High-speed Railway" spread throughout Saudi Arabia.

The CCTV filming team continued filming.

This news will definitely be on the 7 o'clock news.

The 'Maimai High-Speed ​​Railway' is a symbol of friendship between China and Saudi Arabia and a landmark project.

With the completion of this railway, the relationship between the two sides will become even closer.

The King of Saudi Arabia held a grand reception in Medina to celebrate the completion of the "Madinah High-Speed ​​Railway".

Although there is still a trial operation phase ahead, it will definitely be able to better transport believers during the pilgrimage in December 2009.

It's not that there are no conflicts within Saudi Arabia, but because of the high welfare system, even the poorest people can live well, so the conflicts between people of different classes are not so sharp.

In other words, Saudi Arabia is spending money to ease domestic conflicts so that the lower-class people in the country will not rise up and try to overthrow the royal family.

Even when dealing with different factions, they should be reconciled rather than allowed to conflict.

The "Maimai High-speed Railway" will definitely make the Saudi government and royal family gain more supporters in Saudi Arabia and win more hearts and minds among the people. Even the entire Arab world will have a better impression of the Saudi government and the Saudi royal family.

This is more important than making tens of billions! (End of this chapter)