The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 848 Visiting
New Year's Day.

Liu Tao went to wish the leaders a happy new year.

Then in the evening, Zhao Guoping came to visit with his wife and children.

Zhao Guoping returned to the capital at night.

Ever since Zhao Guoping was transferred from Panshan Group, the two have not been in the same place or in the same system, and they have met only a few times a year.

If they are all in the capital, they will visit each other.

If Zhao Guoping takes a vacation and goes to Panshan Group headquarters to visit his wife and children, they will also meet and have a meal together.

Liu Tao treated Zhao Guoping's family to beef hotpot. It was simple and straightforward: just hotpot whatever they wanted to eat.

After three rounds of drinks, Liu Tao talked about some things about the New Year and gave Zhao Guoping some advice.

Zhao Guoping nodded, looking serious.

He had heard something about it, but not in detail.

Now that Liu Tao said this, Zhao Guoping understood that this was the general trend and would benefit the country and the people. He knew what to do.

After these years of experience, Zhao Guoping's abilities have improved rapidly. Compared with when he left Panshan Group, Zhao Guoping has become much stronger.

Zhao Guoping mentioned that he wanted his wife and children to move to Rongcheng to avoid being separated.

Liu Tao advised Zhao Guoping that Panshan Group headquarters had the best education and medical care, and his child was doing well in school. If he changed schools rashly, the child would have to adapt to the school and new classmates again, which would inevitably affect his studies.

Besides, how many years can he stay in Rongcheng?

Wouldn't the child have to follow him then?
Liu Tao could understand Zhao Guoping's idea, but he did not agree with Zhao Guoping's approach.

He has a deep understanding of this aspect.

Zhu Lin took the child from Beijing to the Panshan Group headquarters, and the child's school was naturally transferred to the Panshan Group headquarters as well. As a result, the child's academic performance fluctuated greatly during that period, and has only now recovered.

This is when he and Zhu Lin have time to accompany their children, teach them, and help them overcome difficulties.

But Zhao Guoping and his wife are both very busy people. Zhao Guoping is busy with work and has a lot of things to deal with every day. How much time does he have to spend with his children?

Liu Tao joked, "If you two plan to have another child, just ignore what I said."

Zhao Guoping almost spit out the wine he had just drunk, and his lover couldn't help but roll his eyes at Liu Tao.

They already have three children, and they don't plan to have more.

After Liu Tao's persuasion, Zhao Guoping's concerns faded.

He also thinks that the family can spend more time together and more time with the children, but in reality it may not be as he imagines.

He is thinking from his own perspective, not from the child's perspective.

In particular, Liu Tao's analysis using his own experience as an example made Zhao Guoping listen more attentively.

Later, Zhao Guoping talked about some of his experiences in Rongcheng during the past half month.

The two had an in-depth exchange on "sustainable development".

"What we should pursue is harmonious coexistence between people and the environment, and sustainable development, not unsustainable development!" said Liu Tao.

Sustainable development is actually not a new concept.

It was proposed as early as 1972 that the so-called sustainable development refers to development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations.

This is one of the basic requirements of the scientific outlook on development. In 1980, the International Union for Conservation of Nature wrote in its World Natural Resources Conservation Program: "It is necessary to study the basic relationships between nature, society, ecology, economy and the process of using natural resources to ensure global sustainable development."

In 1981, Brown of the United States published "Towards a Sustainable Society", proposing to achieve sustainable development by controlling population growth, protecting resource base and developing renewable energy.

Just last year, the United Nations held the "Conference on Environment and Development" in Rio de Janeiro and adopted documents such as the "Rio Declaration on Environment and Development" and "Agenda 21" with sustainable development as the core.

Europe and the United States are both exploring sustainable development routes and strategies.

The path that Europe and the United States have taken is to pollute first and then control it. The path of industrialization has also caused a lot of pollution. Then, after the country becomes rich and strong, it will control the pollution problem.

However, governance often requires a large amount of manpower, material resources and financial resources.

The paths taken by Europe and the United States are actually a lesson for us.

We can learn from Europe and the United States, but we should also draw lessons from them and avoid taking detours.

Take the essence and discard the dross.

Zhao Guoping kept nodding. Based on what he saw and heard, he also felt that they should choose the path of sustainable development.

Then the two talked about the development issues of Fujian Province.

Fujian Province is one of the fastest-growing cities along the coast and is also located at the junction of the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta.

Of course, the terrain of Fujian Province is not friendly. It has been a place of no contention for military strategists since ancient times, because Fujian Province is truly a place of eight mountains, one water and one division.

In ancient times, the land output of Fujian Province was not enough to feed the entire province.

Many people from Fujian Province went to Southeast Asia and the United States to make a living because they were forced to do so because they could not make a living by simply farming in the local area.

In this respect, it is very different from Huguang. There used to be a saying: If Huguang is prosperous, the whole world will be prosperous!

It is actually not that easy to develop Fujian Province.

Mawei Shipyard, Rongcheng Port and Ludao Port are just development engines. If we want to develop Fujian Province, more needs to be done.

At the same time, it is also necessary to support private enterprises, attract overseas Chinese to return home to invest, and attract Taiwanese businessmen to invest.

The other thing is the change in thinking and concepts in Fujian Province, which is not easy.

In Fujian Province, the accent changes every ten miles and the language changes every hundred miles, and the concept of local customs is particularly strong.

Sometimes we have to admit that geographical location often determines development to a large extent.

Like the entire Guangdong province, not all cities are developing very fast, but they are concentrated in the Pearl River Delta and coastal cities.

The area and population of the Pearl River Delta are far smaller than those of the Yangtze River Delta. Therefore, from a considerable perspective, the development potential of the Yangtze River Delta is far greater than that of the Pearl River Delta.

This is also why the country continues to invest in the Yangtze River Delta, making the Yangtze River Delta a major engine for national economic development.

The geographical location of Fujian Province is very ordinary, and the terrain is also greatly restricted, so there are only a few places that can be developed.

This means that Fujian Province's development potential is far from that of the Pearl River Delta, let alone the Yangtze River Delta.

However, no matter how difficult or easy it is, we have to develop.

No matter how bad the geographical location is, it is always better for development than in mountainous areas.

Moreover, the conditions in Fujian Province are not bad now, and the foundation for development has been laid. As long as we continue to work hard, maintaining rapid development in the next 20 years will not be a problem.

For development twenty years from now, we have to consider the development strategy in advance.

(End of this chapter)