The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 938 European High-Speed ​​Rail Project
After the leader left.

Liu Tao began to collect relevant intelligence.

Liu Tao looked at the relevant information he had collected and seemed to see a new wave of high-speed rail development coming.

Japan, a country with a long history of high-speed rail, plans to build another 400 kilometers of high-speed rail in the next years, thus forming a complete high-speed rail network in Japan. Liu Tao just watched Japan's high-speed rail, and there was absolutely no hope of competition.

Then there is France, a veteran country in high-speed rail. France plans to build 1452 kilometers of high-speed rail in the next 2482 years, bringing the total mileage of France's high-speed rail to kilometers. France can only watch enviously on this part of the high-speed rail. Even if France has to pay a higher price, it will be handed over to its own companies.

Germany plans to build 15 kilometers of high-speed rail in the next 1343 years, bringing the total mileage of Germany's high-speed rail to 1571 kilometers.

Spain plans to build 15 kilometers of high-speed railways in the next 2386 years, bringing the total mileage of Spain's high-speed railways to 2859 kilometers, thus ensuring that Spain's high-speed railways basically cover the entire territory of Spain.

Italy plans to build 15 kilometers in the next 921 years.

What surprised Liu Tao was that South Korea also planned to build a high-speed railway. It planned to build a high-speed railway from Seoul to Busan with a total length of 573 kilometers. The estimated investment was US$32 billion, which means a construction cost of US$558 million per kilometer.

Liu Tao smiled. It was undoubtedly a pipe dream to build a high-speed railway at this cost.

But it's normal. South Korea is now frugal and has a foreign trade-oriented economy, but its products are not as competitive as China's, and South Korea doesn't have much money.

This is how the world is. The cake is only so big. If you eat one more bite, others will have to eat one less bite.

Not everyone has the ability to make the pie bigger.

South Korea’s current GDP is approximately US$1000 billion, and its per capita GDP is US$2450.

"Americans are also planning to build high-speed railways?" Liu Tao was a little surprised.

The United States does not have the technology to build high-speed railways, nor does it intend to build high-speed railways directly. Instead, it continues to speed up the Northeast Corridor, which has a total mileage of 735 kilometers.

The total mileage of American railways exceeds 25 kilometers, which is the largest railway network in the world. Of course, the United States' railways are mainly freight lines, and passenger lines are only 3.5 kilometers. The condition of these railways is unsatisfactory. After all, many railways have been built for a long time.

The United States mainly develops air transportation and has a very developed air transportation network. Most people are accustomed to traveling by plane rather than by train.

Liu Tao shook his head. It would be extremely difficult for the United States to build a new railway now.

"It seems that Europe is serious this time. Spain, Italy, Belgium, Denmark and Sweden are the most suitable targets." Liu Tao pondered for a moment.

The next morning, Liu Tao formed a working group specifically for the European high-speed rail and subway construction projects, and with the help of foreign affairs departments, went to these countries to start work.

It would be best if it could be done through international bidding, and we just need to follow the rules. If not, we need to rely on the power of the country.

New Year’s Day has just passed.

Liu Tao then set out for the Magic City.

A completion ceremony for the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway Project was held at a hotel near Shanghai's Hongqiao Railway Station.

In fact, the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway was fully opened to traffic several years ago, and now the entire project has been completed.

There are four lines, namely, two trains running at the same time from Modu to Pengcheng or from Pengcheng to Modu.

This is why the main arteries have such high standards, otherwise double-track railways would be sufficient. In the early stage, when there were not so many EMUs, two lines could be used as passenger lines, and the other two lines could be used as freight lines or mixed passenger and freight lines. Later, as the passenger flow increased, all four lines became passenger lines.

During the construction of the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway, numerous difficulties were overcome and the entire project was finally completed after several years. Its significance can be said to be enormous.

All train stations along the line have been built into modern railway stations, which have greatly improved the flow of people and goods.

It promotes the connection between Shanghai, Zhejiang Province, Fujian Province and Guangdong Province.

Leaders from various provinces and cities as well as leaders from above attended the completion ceremony. It can be said that the completion ceremony was very grand.

At the meeting, Liu Tao highly affirmed the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway project, and then emphasized the recognition of the workers involved in the construction. These workers will ride the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway for free in the next 20 years.

This is also a benefit.

Now, across China, the number of railway construction workers has reached 200 million, almost all of whom are retired soldiers. Behind the construction of high-speed railways, subways, and railway upgrades, there is such a large group of railway construction workers working hard.

The employees under the jurisdiction of the Railway Boss include construction workers, railway police, flight attendants, railway station staff, judicial staff, logistics staff, etc. The Railway Boss now has 350 million employees.

Although Panshan Group and Tielaoda jointly established the China High-speed Railway Group, all of China's high-speed railways are invested, constructed and managed by the China High-speed Railway Group, but most of these are actually cross-managed or dual-managed.

To date, the entire railway system has a very high degree of independence and has its own schools, hospitals, courts, public security, etc.

However, there are still some differences between Huaxia High-speed Railway Group and the railway boss. The most obvious difference is the salary system. Huaxia High-speed Railway Group adopts the salary system of Panshan Group, and the salary is much higher than that of other railway employees. In addition, employees of Huaxia High-speed Railway Group can go to Panshan Hospital or Panshan School to study.

The two seem to be the same system, but in fact they are very different.

Even in terms of accounting, each company has its own separate accounting, with its own revenue, profits, and taxes.

Liu Tao is very optimistic about the prospects of the Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway. It can be said that the Beijing-Kowloon High-Speed ​​Railway, Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed ​​Railway, and Shanghai-Shenzhen High-Speed ​​Railway are the easiest to achieve profitability, and the profit level will still reach a very high level.

However, like other high-speed railways, their profit prospects are not as good as these three.

After the leader delivered his speech, he presented awards to advanced individuals and units, commending those individuals and units that performed outstandingly throughout the project.

We need material rewards, as well as spiritual rewards. We need both, and both must be strong, so that we can better motivate everyone to continue working hard.

The individual who received the highest reward even received a bonus of 100 million.

The unit that received the highest reward received a bonus of 3000 million.

Some of them even received the National May 1st Labor Medal and their deeds were widely reported. Similarly, there are also experts with very high attainments in construction, or those who have achieved high academic attainments and have been selected as academicians.

This is what large-scale infrastructure projects are like. They can always make breakthrough progress in some aspects, complete technological innovation, and solve many problems that could not be solved before.

For example, in this project, Panshan Group has made greater progress in large-scale shield machines, which have larger diameters and higher working efficiency.

In addition, there has been greater progress in tunnel support and bridge construction.

(End of this chapter)