The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 675 Steel Production
According to China's current huge demand for steel, Liu Tao has no doubt that it will only take five or six years or even less time for China's steel output to exceed 2 million tons.

From the establishment of the first Hanyang Iron and Steel Works in China in 1890 until the founding of the People's Republic of China, China produced a total of 59 million tons of steel (including the steel output of the machinery factory) in 760 years. The highest annual output was only 1943 tons in 92.3, and most of the output was distributed in the Northeast occupied by Japan. Due to the impact of the war, the national steel output in 1949 was only 15.8 tons, ranking 26th in the world.

After the founding of the Republic, after the first five-year plan, steel production reached 1957 million tons in 535.5. Now, my country's steel production has exceeded 10124 million tons, reaching million tons, ranking first in the world, truly achieving "catching up with Britain and the United States."

In just 40 years, the Republic’s steel production increased 640.76 times!
Steel production has exceeded 100 million tons, which is the dream of generations.

Liu Tao is very confident that the national steel output will soon exceed 2 million tons, 3 million tons, and 4 million tons.
As for why he had this confidence, it was because he still remembered that China's steel production, excluding underreporting, had exceeded 10 billion tons, making it the first country in the world to achieve an annual steel production of 10 billion tons.

At that time, there was a ridiculous saying that the world's number one in steel production was China (excluding Hebei Province), the second was Hebei Province, China (excluding Tangshan), and the third was Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China.

And the amount of steel production that is underreported is definitely quite a lot.

If you don’t believe it, go watch the interview video of Section Chief Ma.

In recent years, several steel mills have developed rapidly, and the development of these steel mills has driven the development of the local economy.

Just like the rapid development of Hebei Province, one very important reason is that the steel mills are developing very rapidly, driving the development of the entire Hebei Province.

Moreover, the development of China's steel industry is not only reflected in the huge changes in output, but is also very obvious in adjusting the industrial structure and improving the technological content. The output of various special steels is not low.

China's steel production is growing rapidly, and its cement production is also growing rapidly.

The next morning, Liu Tao went to Beijing University of Technology, where he was invited to give a lecture.

Although Liu Tao holds the title of professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, he actually does not need to teach undergraduate students and only needs to give one or two lectures a year.

The graduate students supervised by Liu Tao are mainly affiliated with Beijing University of Technology and Southwest Associated University.

These are the two universities with which he is most closely associated.

Due to the good development of the weapons industry system, the development of Beijing Institute of Technology is also very good. It is currently ranked fourth in the country, only after Tsinghua University, Peking University and Southwest Associated University.

Currently in the whole of China, Tsinghua University, Peking University and Southwest Associated University are in a class of their own. Although Southwest Associated University was established late, it started from a very high level, has strong faculty and abundant school funding, so it is very strong in the country.

Moreover, Southwest Associated University had the power to recruit students independently, and it attracted some outstanding students in advance through independent recruitment every year.

Liu Tao won the 'Turing Award' this time, and Beijing Institute of Technology invited him back to the school many times to give lectures to students.

After all, the 'Turing Award' is the highest award in the world's computer industry, known as the Nobel Prize in the computer industry. As the first Chinese to win the 'Turing Award', this is not only an honor for Liu Tao, but also a blessing for his alma mater, Beijing Institute of Technology.

The auditorium of Capital Institute of Technology was already packed with people. Every seat was occupied. Wherever there was a standing space, there were people there.

Almost every student had a notebook and a pen in their hands, and they were talking quietly.

If we were to ask which professor’s lectures are the most popular, it would undoubtedly be Liu Tao. Although Liu Tao only gives a few lectures at Beijing University of Technology each year, every time he gives a lecture, it is always the most popular, and students rush to get a seat.

Even students from nearby universities would rush to attend the lectures.

"Professor Liu is really amazing. He has even won the highest international computer award. He is truly a role model for my generation."

"I heard the prize money is a lot of money, most of which is more than you can earn in a lifetime."

"I am looking forward to seeing Professor Liu win the Nobel Prize someday."

"I don't care what award Professor Liu won. I only care about how many people Panshan Group will recruit from our school this year, and whether Professor Liu will recruit graduate students this year."

"It would be best if I could join Panshan Group. I heard the benefits are super good, unique in the country, and better than joining a ministry."

"I have heard from the grapevine that Panshan Group is going to recruit 200 students in total, and they must be excellent in academic performance and both character and learning!"

"Is this true? You're going to hire another 200 people? Didn't you hire 200 people last year? You're not kidding, are you?"

Many people chatted and talked about recruitment.

In the past, college students were guaranteed jobs. But now it is different. It can no longer be called guaranteed jobs, or it is no longer completely guaranteed jobs. It is a two-way choice. Various state-owned enterprises, research institutes, government agencies, etc. come to schools to recruit people. Many of them are actually targeted recruitment. The supply and demand situation varies from major to major.

Graduation assignment refers to the unified arrangement of employment for university or technical secondary school graduates according to the planned indicators allocated by the state under the planned economic system. The graduation assignment system emphasizes "obeying the state" and does not pay much attention to individual interests, hobbies, abilities, specialties and employment requirements.

During a specific period, the graduation assignment played a role in promoting the flow of talents and the allocation of resources, and coordinating the interests of different industries and regions. However, with the establishment of the market economy system, its drawbacks have become increasingly apparent.

For example, if the system is too rigid and too many restrictions are imposed, graduates, schools and employers will not be able to understand and choose each other in advance, which may easily lead to a mismatch between talent allocation and positions, and is not conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of the three parties.

For example, employers only have the obligation to accept but no right to choose. Regardless of whether they are needed or not, all are allocated according to the plan, which easily leads to a backlog of talent and waste, while making it difficult to obtain indicators for urgently needed talent.

For example, for schools, the unified allocation of graduates cuts off the connection between schools and society, and the setting of courses and professional structures can be done without considering social needs, making it difficult to verify the educational effect in practice. For students, they get a "iron rice bowl" as soon as they enter the school gate, and become "state cadres" of course. They are employed as soon as they graduate, lack the internal motivation to study, and are in a passive position of "leaving it to fate" when being allocated, and cannot choose the right job according to their own abilities, specialties and hobbies.

Therefore, there was a reform of two-way choice to solve the drawbacks of guaranteed allocation and give all parties choices.

There are even students who choose not to work in state-owned enterprises, research institutes, government agencies, etc., but instead choose to work in private enterprises. After all, although private enterprises are not iron rice bowls, they often have higher salaries and more freedom.

Some students are even ambitious and choose to start their own business and venture into society after graduation.

But for most people, being able to work in a good unit is naturally the best choice, and Panshan Group is undoubtedly the best place to go.

(End of this chapter)