The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 937: Opportunities of China's High-speed Rail

At present, Myanmar is still a place where various forces are intertwined.

The forces that the Panshan Group has won over occupy about two-thirds of Myanmar, and almost one-third are hostile to the Panshan Group. It just so happens that these one-third are all in the middle and lower reaches of the Salween River and the Irrawaddy River.

What Panshan Group can do is to build reservoirs and hydropower stations in the upper reaches of the Salween River and the Irrawaddy River, boiling the frog in warm water and slowly eliminating these forces.

One-third of the hostile forces put forward a leader - Aung San Suu Kyi!
This woman is no simple matter. She was born in Aung Kwang, Myanmar. Her father is Aung San. Aung San Suu Kyi has obtained the support of Europe and the United States. Coupled with her family power, she should not be underestimated.

However, they are not a monolithic group. There are many conflicts within the military and various political parties, and there are at least a dozen different forces.

However, the Chinese and overseas Chinese who originally lived in these territories all fled to the other two-thirds of the territory.

This makes Panshan Group's previous methods no longer applicable.

After Liu Tao introduced the construction status of the Southbound Channel Project, he began to introduce the reservoirs and hydropower stations that have been built, are under construction, and are planned in the entire southwest.

It can be said that in the development of hydropower and water resources, Panshan Group and the Southwest region will continue to strive for nearly 25 years, thereby increasing the hydropower resource development rate in the Southwest region to more than 95%, forming a clean energy base in the entire Southwest region.

The leaders nodded repeatedly. The construction of these hub projects can not only generate electricity, divert water for irrigation and drinking water, but also provide benefits such as navigation and flood control. Moreover, this energy is inexhaustible, has little pollution, and has a relatively low overall cost.

Although such a large investment will affect the profits submitted by Panshan Group, as the saying goes, what is taken from the people should be used for the people. In the final analysis, national taxes are used for national construction. This is the same goal achieved by different means.

The leaders are very appreciative of Panshan Group's purchase of shares held by Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces and the restructuring of the Southern Power Grid, as most of the future profits will be invested in electricity.

The importance of electricity is beyond doubt.

A country's industrial scale, power generation and electricity consumption are definitely very important indicators.

Without electricity, there is no need to talk about modern industry or modernization.

China is deeply aware of this.

"After New Year's Day, the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway will be completed. Should your Panshan Group also invest more in transportation?" said the leader.

The Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway will officially hold its completion ceremony after New Year's Day. This coastal artery connects Shanghai, coastal cities in Zhejiang Province, coastal cities in Fujian Province, and coastal cities in Guangdong Province. The entire project is finally about to be completed.

Through the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed ​​Railway, Chengdu-Kunming High-Speed ​​Railway, Guangzhou-Kunming High-Speed ​​Railway, and Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed ​​Railway, a semi-arc circle is formed.

Liu Tao was stunned for a moment, then the leader explained it to him and Liu Tao understood.

Up to now, China has the Beijing-Kowloon High-Speed ​​Railway, Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed ​​Railway, Chengdu-Kunming High-Speed ​​Railway, Guangzhou-Kunming High-Speed ​​Railway, Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed ​​Railway, and Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway, which has the longest high-speed railway mileage in the world. The total mileage of China's high-speed railways exceeds the total mileage of high-speed railways in other countries.

The Beijing-Kowloon High-Speed ​​Railway has a total length of 2536 kilometers, the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed ​​Railway has a total length of 1453.82 kilometers, the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway has a total length of 1622 kilometers, the Chengdu-Kunming High-Speed ​​Railway has a total length of 1069 kilometers, the Guangzhou-Kunming High-Speed ​​Railway has a total length of 1330 kilometers, the Chengdu-Kunming High-Speed ​​Railway has a length of 1085 kilometers, and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway has a length of 105 kilometers.

The total mileage of China's high-speed railways has reached 9200 kilometers.

The total mileage of high-speed railways in other overseas countries is less than half of that in China.

China's high-speed rail has become a dazzling business card of China.

All foreign guests who come to China will be arranged to take a high-speed train to experience the charm of China's high-speed trains.

The leader's intention is that Panshan Group will invest again to build the Xicheng High-speed Railway and the Beijing-West High-speed Railway, thus forming a high-speed railway circle. The Xicheng High-speed Railway is 658 kilometers long with a total investment of 460 billion yuan; the Beijing-West High-speed Railway is 1216 kilometers long with a total investment of 850 billion yuan.

Liu Tao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Leader, if we invest in all the high-speed rail, what's the railway boss going to do?"

The total investment in the two high-speed railways is as high as 1310 billion yuan.

Now in China High-Speed ​​Railway Group, the railway boss holds less than 10% of the shares.

If the Xicheng High-Speed ​​Railway and the Beijing-West High-Speed ​​Railway were built, the shareholdings held by the railway boss would inevitably be further diluted.

"The Railway Boss has his own responsibilities. He will electrify the freight and passenger railways and increase the speed of the railways. He will also start planning the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, etc. This will not conflict with you." The leader waved his hand.

"You funded the construction of Xicheng High-speed Railway and Beijing-West High-speed Railway. In addition, you can use our technological advantages to promote our Chinese high-speed railway abroad!" The leader said, "Most developed countries in Europe are now planning to build large-scale national or cross-border high-speed railways and gradually form a European high-speed railway network. This is a rare opportunity."

Liu Tao raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that Europe was planning to build high-speed railways on a large scale. This was good news.

Previously, due to the economic downturn in Europe and the difficulties of rising energy prices, European countries simply did not have the financial resources to build high-speed railways, and the development of high-speed railways in Europe came to a standstill.

Currently, there are only four countries in the world that have mastered high-speed rail technology: China, Japan, France and Germany.

It is simply impossible to build high-speed railways in Japan, France and Germany because they have geographical advantages. It is impossible for Panshan Group to snatch the food from their mouths. Others would rather spend more money than hand it over to Panshan Group. Even if Panshan Group really snatches the food from their mouths, others have countless ways to disrupt it, making Panshan Group not only unable to make money, but also suffer heavy losses.

However, Europe has high-speed rail projects in other developed countries, so there is a lot of room for maneuver.

"Leader, is this news accurate?" Liu Tao couldn't help but ask.

The cost of building high-speed railways in Europe is much higher. The high cost means huge profits. Moreover, when high-speed railways are built, the trains will inevitably be purchased from that country.

The current construction cost of China's four high-speed rail lines is about RMB 7000 million per kilometer, while the construction cost of Europe's double-line high-speed rail is about RMB 1.6 million per kilometer, which also includes land, rolling stock and construction period interest.

You can imagine how huge the profits are here.

"The news is accurate. After the Gulf War, Europe's economy has developed well, so they want to build high-speed rail to improve transportation conditions and form a European high-speed rail network." The leader said, "Our Chinese high-speed rail technology is the most advanced and mature in the world. We have an advantage in this regard."

Japan is one of the earliest countries to master high-speed rail technology. As early as 1964, Japan completed and opened the world's first high-speed railway, the Tokaido Shinkansen.

However, the cost of Japan's high-speed rail is much higher than that of China's high-speed rail, and its cost-effectiveness is not as high as that of China's high-speed rail.

Japan's high-speed rail now has a total mileage of more than 2600 kilometers, second only to China in the world.

The total mileage of Germany's high-speed rail is now 228 kilometers.

The total mileage of France's high-speed rail is 1282 kilometers.

The total length of Spain's Madrid-Seville high-speed railway is 472 kilometers.

The cost of high-speed rail in Japan is high, and the cost of high-speed rail in Germany and France in Europe is even higher.

(End of this chapter)