The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 931 Inspection Work
Chongming Sandao Port Area.

This is a new port area under construction and development. The port facilities are mainly distributed in the three islands of Chongming, Changxing and Hengsha. The development goal of Changxing Island is to become the largest shipbuilding base in China, and Chongming Island and Hengsha Island are reserved development areas for the port.

A helicopter hovering in the air.

Liu Tao took a telescope and looked down. There was a huge construction site below.

In addition to the construction of the port, the largest project here is the construction of a shipyard.

Jiangnan Shipyard, Hudong Shipyard, Modou Shipyard and other large and small shipyards have all moved to this area.

The land was allocated by the Magic City, and the construction costs were paid by the Magic City International Port Group. Except for a small part that was converted into a museum, most of the original shipyard sites were used to develop ports and real estate.

Once the shipyards here are built, they will be moved here.

This time will be realized in the next five years. By the millennium, all the shipyards in Shanghai will be gathered here.

After circling around, the helicopter flew towards Yangshan Port, which is located in Yangshan Bird Group, Shengsi County, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province. According to the plan, this will be the deep-water hub port area for containers of the Magic City International Shipping Center, the core port area for Magic City Port to participate in international competition, and the main port for international ocean-going container liners.

In the next few years, the planned container throughput here will reach 220 million TEUs. By 2005, the throughput will reach 550 million TEUs. By 2010, it will reach 1300 million TEUs. By 2020, the entire Yangshan Port's container throughput will reach 2500 million TEUs.

The entire time node has been planned, and the entire Yangshan Port planning and construction is based on this time point.

In addition to the port construction, the East China Sea Bridge is also under construction. The entire East China Sea Bridge is China's first bridge across the open sea, connecting the mainland of Shanghai and the Yangshan Port on the outer island. It is 32.5 kilometers long and consists of a highway and a freight railway! The highway bridge deck is 31.5 meters wide, with a six-lane design in both directions, a speed limit of 80 kilometers per hour, and an expected lifespan of 100 years; the freight railway adopts a double-line construction, which can withstand a 12-level typhoon and a 7-level earthquake. The bridge has four navigation holes, of which the main channel navigation hole has a clear height of 40 meters and a clear width of 400 meters, which can accommodate -ton ships.

The total investment of the entire East China Sea Bridge reached 80 billion RMB!

For the entire Yangshan Port project, the construction units are mainly entrusted to CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Bureau, CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Bureau, Shanghai Harbor Engineering Bureau, Shanghai Port Engineering Bureau, Engineering Corps Academy, China Construction Group, etc. The design units are mainly entrusted to CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Bureau, and the supervision units include East China Supervision, South China Supervision, etc.

This is a big project that will last for 20 years!
It flew around Yangshan Port without landing and left Yangshan Port directly.

Guifei Group.

3架K8初教机、4架歼教7A高教机、5架‘雄鹰高教机’、8架歼10战斗机、9架歼11战斗机在停机坪。

The pilots flew the planes, one after another, taking off.

These vehicles will be driven to Saudi Arabia, a total distance of 5600 kilometers, during which they will stop at 2 to 3 airports for refueling.

This is also long-distance flight training.

After arriving in Saudi Arabia, the pilots took a flight back to China.

This batch of aircraft was negotiated by Liu Tao and Prince Sultan. The price of K8 primary trainer aircraft is US$200 million, the price of J-7A advanced trainer aircraft is US$870 million, the price of "Eagle" advanced trainer aircraft is US$1500 million, the price of J-10 fighter aircraft is US$2500 million, and the price of J-11 fighter aircraft is US$4000 million.

Including weapon systems, training, infrastructure and maintenance costs, the total contract is as high as US$67.74 billion.

Panshan Group had previously completed training, helped Saudi Arabia build two modern military bases, and delivered all weapons.

Now these are the only aircraft left to be delivered.

Originally, these planes could be flown back by Saudi pilots or transported to Saudi Arabia by sea.

However, for the Air Force, this is a very rare long-distance training, and it is going abroad, so every time a delivery is made, the Air Force sends pilots to fly long distances to Saudi Arabia.

Planes took off one after another, and soon all the planes had completed their takeoffs. Liu Tao watched these planes soar into the sky, praying in his heart that they would arrive in Saudi Arabia safely and then return safely.

Afterwards, Liu Tao, accompanied by Yu Ximing, inspected the 011 Aviation Base.

By now, the 011 Air Base has basically been built, with only a few places left that will take about half a year to complete.

Modern factories are scattered around in an orderly manner.

Roads and green belts separate the factories.

Some of the trees that were planted a few years ago are now looking very nice.

As the largest aviation base in the country, it is also the most modern aviation base in the country.

Here we have the most advanced pulsating assembly technology in the country, which can greatly increase the speed of aircraft manufacturing.

Almost the entire city revolves around the 011 Air Force Base and serves the 011 Air Force Base.

现在011航空基地，可以生产制造歼7系列飞机、歼8系列飞机、歼教7A高教机、雄鹰高教机、歼10战斗机、歼11战斗机、海鹰舰载机、运10、运13、‘雷雕’直升机、‘乌雕’直升机以及侦察机。

"Mr. Liu, I am about to step down. I wonder which comrade will take over from me?" Yu Ximing asked after hesitating for a moment.

Yu Ximing is already 68 years old this year. Logically, he should have retired several years ago, but Liu Tao made an exception and retained him. He even convened a party group meeting to discuss the matter and form a meeting document.

However, after this year's year-end party committee meeting, 69-year-old Yu Ximing will inevitably retire. If he is re-hired, he will only be a technical personnel and will no longer hold a leadership position.

Liu Tao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Mr. Yu, do you have any suitable candidates to recommend?"

The position of general manager of Guifei Group is at the department level, but because he is also the person in charge of the 011 Aviation Base, it is different and a high-level configuration is adopted.

"Comrade Pang De is actually a very suitable candidate. He has rich work experience and has been working on the front line of aviation for a long time." Yu Ximing mentioned a candidate.

Liu Tao waved his hand and said, "Comrade Pang De is not suitable."

Pang De is only a deputy section-level cadre now, and he has been punished. It is obviously inappropriate for him to be promoted to the head of Guifei Group.

If it were in the past, when Panshan Group was growing rapidly, everything was a makeshift team and extraordinary promotions were not a big deal at all.

But it’s different now. Panshan Group’s rules and regulations are very complete, and everyone has to act in accordance with them, including Liu Tao.

For example, the appointment and removal of the person in charge of Guifei Group is not decided by Liu Tao alone, but has to be discussed at the party group meeting.

It’s just that Liu Tao has a veto power in the party group meeting.

Of course, Liu Tao rarely uses his veto power.

Yu Ximing looked helpless. According to the tradition of Panshan Group, a position like this one requires a technical background, rich work experience, and management skills, which are very demanding requirements in themselves.

It is not easy to find a suitable candidate.

The reason why he was able to delay his retirement before was also related to this.

(End of this chapter)