The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 935 Southwest Industrial Cluster

Dianchi Lake.

A cruise ship was sailing, but not very fast.

Liu Tao, Yang Zhenning and others accompanied the leaders to inspect Dianchi Lake.

As one of the earliest cities to adopt water body management, Dianchi Lake has achieved remarkable results in water body management. Although Kunming City now has a permanent population of over 600 million, there has been no large-scale pollution in Dianchi Lake, and the water quality of Dianchi Lake is stable at Class II.

The water used by the provincial and municipal governments is the tap water that is drawn from Dianchi Lake by the water plant and provided after purification.

Kunming City has a complete rainwater and sewage diversion system, and the standards of the sewage treatment plant are also very high.

Every stream that flows into the Dianchi Lake system undergoes wetland construction to purify the water before it flows into the lake, and protection is being carried out along the water systems.

There are also a large number of people living around Dianchi Lake. In addition to universities, the largest number are scientific research institutions and high-tech companies.

The provincial leader in charge of water conservancy is reporting and introducing the water management of Dianchi Lake.

The leader nodded from time to time and then asked some questions.

As China has developed to this point, the problem of pollution has to be taken seriously. The water pollution in the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Pearl River, Poyang Lake, Taihu Lake, Dongting Lake, West Lake, etc. is appalling.

As the city that has done the best job in water management, Kunming has also become a key focus of inspection.

However, many cities cannot learn from this because they have invested heavily in building related facilities and have strict planning from the very beginning.

The city of Kunming also rejected a large number of polluting enterprises and only accepted enterprises with little pollution.

After touring Dianchi Lake, the cruise ship docked at the pier of Southwest Associated University.

After inspecting Southwest Associated University and giving a speech there, I had dinner in the university cafeteria in the evening.

"Comrade Liu Tao, you have done a good job in the southwest. I think the development of the southwest is not worse than that of the southeast coastal areas." The leader smiled and said, "With this huge development engine, the national economy can also develop faster and better."

China's economy is now flourishing in many aspects, with the southeastern coastal area and the southwestern region developing the best and most active. The southeastern coastal area is dominated by light industry, with very developed textile and shoemaking industries, as well as petrochemical industry, shipbuilding, etc. The southwestern region is mainly heavy industry, electronics industry, etc.

What is similar is that these two regions are determined to forge ahead, and reforms are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Everyone is seeking change and exploring. After all, reform itself is a process of feeling your way forward.

The big difference is that the southeastern coastal areas are more foreign-invested, Taiwanese and Hong Kong-based, and have more small and medium-sized enterprises. The southwest region is supported by Panshan Group, a super-giant state-owned enterprise, and each of them is asset-heavy and monopolizes the industry. The entire southwest is revolving around Panshan Group.

China's current economic development is unbalanced, mainly in the central, central-western, and northeastern regions.

Old industrial bases like Northeast China have declined particularly severely. If it weren't for the rise of the shipbuilding industry, it would probably be worse than it is now.

The development of the central region is also not satisfactory. Unconsciously, Panshan Group has built a huge and terrifying industrial cluster in the southwest region, involving electricity, water resources, automobile industry, motorcycle industry, home appliance industry, semiconductor industry, computer industry, steel industry, machine tool industry, aluminum industry, aviation industry, military industry, rare metal industry, rare earth processing industry, Internet industry, etc.

In addition, Panshan Group has opened up channels to the Beibu Gulf and the Indian Ocean in the south, which has greatly raised the ceiling of the entire region. The entire southwest has become a frontier position facing the South China Sea, with the entire South China Sea as its back garden. The products in the southwest can be continuously exported to all parts of the world through these channels.

The development of the Southwest region is diversified, with the primary, secondary and tertiary industries developing in parallel. While developing, great emphasis is also placed on environmental protection, which keeps environmental damage in the Southwest region within an acceptable range.

In many aspects of development, such as institutional improvement, the Southwest region is even at the forefront of the country.

"Leader, we are also crossing the river by feeling the stones. Fortunately, we have chosen the right path, otherwise we would not have achieved what we have today!" Liu Tao said with a smile.

To be honest, if we were to start from scratch now, the road would be much more difficult and the military industry would simply not work.

At that time, thanks to the Iran-Iraq War, the Fifth Middle East War, the Afghanistan War, and the Falklands War, military industry orders increased significantly, which enabled the company to quickly accumulate the first pot of gold and form an internal cycle of replenishing blood with military industry export trade.

Now, the world is generally peaceful. Although there are occasional wars, the demand for arms has dropped significantly, and it is difficult to obtain large military orders.

Times make heroes, which shows the importance of times.

"Reform is like crossing a river by feeling the stones. No one knows what will happen!" The leader smiled. "The clean energy corridor you have built is very important to the country. Fortunately, you deployed it in the front. Otherwise, East China and South China would suffer from power shortages!"

In the East China region, including the rapidly developing Yangtze River Delta region, the demand for electricity is enormous and the rate of growth is extremely terrifying, far exceeding the country's expectations.

In South China, with the fast-growing Pearl River Delta and the international metropolis of Hong Kong, the demand for electricity is also extremely terrifying, and the growth rate is terrifying, which was completely unpredictable in the country's previous planning.

However, although we have suffered from power shortages in recent years, the situation has actually been alleviated much more than we imagined.

By this year, the suffering of power shortage has been greatly alleviated. At least counties and cities no longer have to cut power, and rural areas no longer have to suffer long-term power outages, so that electricity can be supplied to industry.

"A large part of our profits over the years has been used in the construction of reservoirs and hydropower stations. We have also built quite a few thermal power stations. Fortunately, the blind cat has caught a dead mouse, so there is no need to worry about the future." Liu Tao said with a smile.

The current national power generation presents an interesting phenomenon: the north is dominated by thermal power, while the south is dominated by hydropower, which is just the opposite. The north has made obvious breakthroughs in thermal power technology, while the south has made great strides in hydropower-related technologies, conquering one technology after another.

With the current ultra-high voltage power transmission technology, the power loss from the southwest to the east and south China is only about 1%!

Moreover, this large-scale construction of reservoirs and hydropower stations will continue for about 25 years, which means it will come to an end around 2020. By then, the hydropower generation in the entire southwest will be considerable.

Of course, relying solely on hydropower in the south is not enough to support the electricity demand of the entire south. It requires supplementation by thermal power plants, tidal power plants, wind power plants, and nuclear power plants.

Especially tidal power generation and wind power generation, which have great potential in coastal areas.

The site selection for nuclear power plants is very strict. They are set up in as safe a place as possible to ensure that if anything happens, it will not cause major casualties.

(End of this chapter)