The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Beijing.

Great Hall.

The commendation conference for the successful ignition of the controlled nuclear fusion demonstration reactor kicked off with a speech from the conference host and warm applause.

At the commendation meeting, the leaders personally awarded more than twenty medals and bright red certificates to the researchers who made outstanding contributions to the demonstration reactor project, and expressed their highest respect and gratitude to these scientific researchers who have made outstanding contributions on the front line of scientific research.

China's research on controlled nuclear fusion almost overlapped with the founding of the Republic.

After almost three generations, this century-long project was finally completed.

This commendation conference also brought this vigorous scientific research project to a successful conclusion.

China has always been a country that respects and promotes science.

In the whole world, there is no other country that respects, admires and promotes science more than China!
Liu Tao looked at his medals and certificates without any change in expression.

He has won so many awards that he can't even remember how many awards he has won.

There are awards both at home and abroad!

Logically speaking, given his current situation, he is not suitable to win any more awards, because awards are given to scientific researchers to encourage them and are spiritual rewards.

But he is also the chief engineer of the fusion demonstration reactor project and the soul of the entire controlled nuclear fusion, leading everyone to conquer the controlled nuclear fusion technology. If he did not accept the award, others would refuse the award and feel that they do not deserve it.

In order to allow others to receive the award with peace of mind and continue to contribute to China's scientific research, Liu Tao accepted the award reluctantly.

Of course, not everyone is happy on this festive day. People in industries that have been hit hard can't even laugh if they want to.

For example, in major coal-producing provinces, their scalps go numb when they read the documents issued from above.

Shutting down almost all coal production in a short period of time would definitely be a major blow to China's coal industry. The extent of the impact on major coal-producing cities and provinces can be imagined.

In the past year, China's industrial raw coal output was 47.6 billion tons, and the total raw coal output in the country was conservatively estimated to be more than 50 billion tons. The amount of imported coal exceeded 5 million tons.

With the development of fusion nuclear power plants, China's demand for raw coal will only be 20 to 30 million tons a year.

That's a 99% reduction in production.

You have to know that the coal industry is an extremely huge industry. It is not only the "food and clothing of millions of canal workers", it is truly the "food and clothing of tens of millions of canal workers"!
Without the coal industry, the entire local economy will be hit hard and a large number of coal workers will lose their jobs.

As for the thermal power plants, it’s even more difficult to cry.

According to the power generation cost of nuclear fusion power plants, thermal power plants do not make any money, and their power generation costs are much higher than those of nuclear fusion power plants.

Employees of thermal power plants will be unemployed in a very short time.

Similarly, small hydropower stations and old medium-sized hydropower stations across the country have all ushered in specific timetables, and the demolition schedule for each hydropower station is very clear.

For the hydropower station demolition project, central funds account for 50%, provincial funds account for 30%, and city and county funds account for 20%!

If there are still steps to implement it domestically, then coal imports will be reduced to zero in an instant.

Overseas coal producers have cold hands and feet, as if a basin of cold water had been poured on them and their souls had been frozen.

China imports more than 5 million tons of coal every year. Which country in the world can replace China's coal demand?

No, not one!

One coal producer after another is declaring bankruptcy.

Not long after, during the Two Sessions, China officially released a plan to build a nuclear fusion power plant.

Fusion nuclear power plants are being built at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant, Beibu Gulf Nuclear Power Plant, Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant, and Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant, each with two nuclear fusion reactors. Each nuclear fusion nuclear power plant has an annual power generation capacity of 2 trillion kilowatt-hours.

This is the first five-year plan for the China Nuclear Fusion Power Station.

Among them, the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station supplies Hong Kong, Macao, Guangdong and Fujian, while the Beibu Gulf Nuclear Power Station supplies the entire Beibu Gulf Economic Zone and all provinces. Combined with abundant hydropower, it can meet the future electricity demand of the provinces in the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone.

The Qinshan Nuclear Power Station is used to meet future electricity demand in the Yangtze River Delta.

The Haiyang Nuclear Power Station is used to meet the electricity needs of the entire Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan area.

In addition to exporting the excess electricity, it can also stimulate electricity demand. As you can imagine, with the reduction of electricity prices, the electricity consumption of enterprises and residents will further soar. Residents no longer have to turn on the air conditioner 24 hours a day in summer or winter because of the high electricity prices.

The further promotion and popularization of electric motorcycles and electric cars will also further increase the demand for electricity.

This year's Two Sessions also made it clear that fuel-powered vehicles will be phased out in the next 10 to 20 years. Old fuel-powered vehicles in society will be phased out at a faster pace, and those who are willing to sell them as used cars will find used car dealers specializing in exporting used cars to other countries.

The National Grid, formed by the merger of the Southern Power Grid and the Northern Power Grid, is also attracting widespread attention.

It is indeed a brand new State Grid, it is so huge in size, far exceeding China Tobacco!

It is no exaggeration to say that if the State Grid wants to make a profit, its profits will skyrocket in minutes.

In the new year, China has been making big moves and adopting drastic measures.

If controlled nuclear fusion technology appears in the West, while bringing about changes in productivity, it will inevitably have an impact on the traditional energy industry, and these contradictions will become obstacles to social change.

But there is no such problem in China.

Unlike Western countries, there are no real "energy giants" in China.

Whether it is China Petroleum, China Petrochemical, the Southern Power Grid, or the Northern Power Grid, although they are enterprises in name, in essence, whether they are the top or second-in-command, the primary attribute of their identity is not capitalists.

After all, the socialist market economy does not entirely serve capital.

In the face of higher interests, any interests below them have only two choices: either follow the trend of history or be thrown under the wheels of history.

In China, there is no era belonging to a certain capitalist, there is only someone under the era!

The Southern Power Grid and the Northern Power Grid are huge companies that monopolize the electricity markets in southern and northern China respectively. However, once the country decides to merge the Southern Power Grid and the Northern Power Grid into a new national power grid, the merger will be carried out in an orderly manner as soon as a document is issued. Anyone who wants to resist will not have a good end.

There is more good news from the two sessions than just this.

It also includes the state increasing its support for private aerospace companies and agreeing that private aerospace companies can purchase aerospace planes after obtaining the corresponding qualifications.

This is undoubtedly a major benefit to private aerospace companies!

Of course, another major benefit to private enterprises is the liberalization of solid-state batteries!
Solid-state batteries will make electric motorcycles and electric cars more competitive and eliminate fuel motorcycles and fuel cars from the market more quickly!
After all, under the same conditions, the range of electric vehicles powered by solid-state batteries can easily reach one thousand kilometers. If it is a luxury version, the range can even reach two thousand kilometers, completely solving the problem of short range of electric vehicles.

Before this, solid-state batteries had actually already come out.

However, due to limited production capacity, it has always been used on Huaxia motorcycles and Huaxia automobiles and has not been released.

Now, with the layout of solid-state batteries in recent years, it is time to let go.

Of course, there are many hot topics at this year's Two Sessions.

For example, breakthroughs in controlled nuclear fusion, how to balance the interests of all parties, how to properly place practitioners in the coal-fired power industry, etc.

Moscow.

Kremlin.

A bald man frowned slightly after listening to his subordinates' report. The decline in oil and natural gas prices is not good for Russia.

After all, Russia's largest exports are oil and natural gas!

Russia controls the European energy market to the west and the East Asian energy market to the east, and its market share is very stable.

If the prices of oil and natural gas are good, then the Russian economy will naturally be good.

If the prices of oil and natural gas are not good, Russia's economy will naturally not be good.

China's breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion has undoubtedly impacted the world energy market.

Naturally, it also impacted Russia's economy.

Although Russia has also gained a lot of benefits from the Far East development plan, there is no doubt that China has gained more benefits.

The benefits gained from the Far East development plan are far less than those in terms of energy.

But Russia does not have many cards to play in the Far East.

"Is things still not peaceful over in Ukraine?" he asked.

The man in the leather jacket nodded and said, "Ukraine is determined to follow the United States and apply to join NATO."

The man heard this and laughed angrily.

"Stupid thing, are you looking for death?" The man's eyes suddenly became sharp, and a hint of determination flashed in his eyes.

He realized that without taking over Ukraine, Russia would never become a superpower.

Over the years, Ukraine's constant provocations have gradually made him lose his patience.

If he doesn't accept my toast, then don't blame him for not caring about the old friendship between our two countries.

Europe.

The EU meeting is underway.

After many rounds of meetings, countries reached a consensus on increasing funding for stellarator research.

However, there is a lot of controversy over how much each member state should spend.

And now, we have finally reached an agreement.

When the meeting was finally passed, there was warm applause at the scene.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think it won't be long before you all hear that we have made a huge breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion!"

Europe is constantly uniting.

The United States is in even worse shape.

You know, the United States has invested a lot in controlled nuclear fusion and has always ranked first in the world.

Unlike Europe's choice of stellarator, the United States simultaneously selected several technical routes for research and verification.

But now, the United States lags behind in controlled nuclear fusion.

"You idiots have been wasting taxpayers' money for so many years, you all deserve to be fired!" The golden-haired man was furious and cursed, pointing at the nose.

The United States has always been a global leader in investment in the field of controlled nuclear fusion. It promotes research on controlled nuclear fusion through government funding, private enterprise cooperation and international cooperation, and the cumulative funding in this area amounts to several billion dollars each year.

But now, the United States has fallen behind in the field of controlled nuclear fusion, and China has become the first country to master controlled nuclear fusion technology.

He asked the officials in charge of controlled nuclear fusion and was told that without greater investment, with current funding and research progress, it would conservatively take 50 years to achieve controlled nuclear fusion.

This directly angered him.

In fifty years, it’s hard to say whether the United States will still exist by then.

In recent years, under the strong pressure from Jewish capital, he started a selling mode.

A large number of high-quality American assets were sold.

At this time, the US military personnel and military spending should be cut, and the money saved can be used to repay US debts, maintain the US debt market, and reduce the total size of US debts.

Naturally, not everyone in the United States agrees with his approach. Almost all Americans do not agree with this approach and there is a lot of criticism against him.

He can divert conflicts by scolding his predecessor for increasing the U.S. debt by more than 15 trillion dollars over two terms of eight years, causing a large amount of national fiscal revenue to be used to pay interest on the U.S. debt.

China's manned lunar landing cannot be blamed on him because he had only been in office for a short time.

But controlled nuclear fusion is different; it actually happened during his term.

This caused his poll approval rating to drop significantly, to just 48%.

You know, he hopes to be re-elected.

Now, his chances of reelection are in jeopardy.

"This is how we are in America!" the person in charge said aggrievedly.

The funds seem to be a lot, but you have to know that American Commissioner Smith has great ability, and it is normal to collect two or three layers. In addition, the United States' own production costs are high and employee salaries are high. This amount of money is not even as much as the same amount invested by China.

A sudden cold winter swept the world.

Let the whole world feel the cruelty of winter.

The whole world seemed to have pressed the pause button.

This cold winter came so quickly and so violently.

Europe and the United States took open-book exams and had reference answers in advance, but the students did not even get a passing score, which shocked the whole world.

Is this the case in European and American countries?

This kind of organizational ability is not even as good as that of a county or a city in China.

After the first month, China emerged from its fear and became the first country to welcome spring.

Although it is a severe winter, workers are still preparing for the construction of the Qinshan Nuclear Power Station.

As long as one new nuclear power plant can be successfully completed, the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant will be sufficient to ensure the growing electricity demand in the entire Yangtze River Delta region.

Saving electricity is being silently torn off the label.

Liu Tao personally flew to the Qinshan Nuclear Power Station to express his condolences to the workers working on the front line.

For the fusion nuclear power plant, Liu Tao still serves as the chief engineer, but in fact he needs to ensure that the fusion nuclear power plant is qualified, which requires his golden finger.

Compared with the construction of the demonstration reactor, the construction period is not so tight now that normal construction has been resumed.

After all, the current power generation can still meet the current electricity demand. (End of this chapter)