Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"What is everyone's attitude toward Soviet advisors?"

"There are currently three main attitudes towards Soviet advisers."

Xu Daben, Minister of Coal Industry, spoke.

Xu Daben has also been very busy recently.

Because coal projects were the most numerous among Soviet aid projects, Xu Daben traveled extensively with Soviet experts. Soviet experts of that era held a very high status; after arriving in China, their income and benefits surpassed those of ministerial-level officials in central government ministries.

"One attitude was that the Soviet Union was the leader of the socialist camp and the only country with real achievements in construction. So they had great faith in Soviet experts and followed their advice on everything."

Wei Hongjun nodded.

This is understandable.

There are not just one or two cadres in the Party who blindly worship the Soviet Union.

It should be said that there was a strong trend within the Party that worshipped the Soviet Union. Although this ideology was fiercely criticized during the Yan'an Rectification Movement, it did not completely resolve the problem.

When the new China began to rely on the Soviet Union again in its construction, the worship of the Soviet Union rose again.

The pro-Soviet faction has been a powerful force since the founding of the Communist Party of China. It was later suppressed, but it has resurfaced in the new China. It is only just beginning to rise. In a few years, when all aspects of China are influenced by the Soviet Union, the pro-Soviet faction will become even more powerful.

This is a very normal and natural phenomenon.

The Soviet Union was powerful, and China learned from it. Naturally, many people began to admire the Soviet Union from the bottom of their hearts.

"Another attitude is that Soviet experience isn't necessarily suitable for China. During our revolutionary wars, Soviet experience repeatedly failed to adapt to local conditions. Therefore, we screened and used the opinions of Soviet experts. However, this screening even had the connotation of rejecting Soviet experts."

Wei Hongjun frowned.

People are most likely to go to extremes.

Why does Confucianism always emphasize "moderation"? Because "moderation is easy to say but difficult to practice."

Many Party cadres now harbor feelings toward the Soviet Union. This is especially true among those who joined the Party earlier, having experienced the Party's blind policies in its early years. Furthermore, after the rectification movement, many have begun to reject Soviet experts.

They secretly excluded Soviet experts on the grounds of respecting China's reality.

Wei Hongjun also had a headache.

In the early days of the People's Republic of China, there were many seemingly trivial but serious incidents.

"There is also a third attitude, which is to ignore the Soviet consultants. There are two situations. One is to completely ignore the Soviet experts, or to say, not to care about the technical staff such as the expert consultants. The other attitude is a bit embarrassed to always

Disturb the Soviet experts.

There really is everything.

While Wei Hongjun could at least understand the first and second attitudes, as their tendencies were rooted in reality and historical reasons, the cadres with the third attitude gave him even greater headaches.

One is not caring, the other is embarrassed.

Not caring about it clearly shows disdain for technical staff and that they simply don't take them seriously. This is a very bad thing to do. People who are embarrassed are too thin-skinned, which is not a good thing at work.

But it is precisely because there are all kinds of cadres that the work is so difficult to handle.

Wei Hongjun looked at the other comrades and asked, "What about the situation in other ministries and commissions?"

"It's all about the same."

Lin Dafeng, Minister of the Fuel Industry Department, said: "Currently, our cadres have different attitudes towards Soviet experts. Some are completely convinced by Soviet experts, some are worried that Soviet experts will not adapt to the local environment, and some do not take Soviet experts seriously at all. Of course, most of them

The cadres all felt that the Soviet experts were superior and didn't know how to interact with them, and they felt a little embarrassed.

"What is the attitude of the Soviet experts?"

“They don’t really care about our attitude.

Wei Hongjun thought for a moment and said, "Comrades, this way of working is not feasible. The Soviet Union has very successful experience in economic construction and industrial construction. For us in China, this is a successful experience that cannot be bought with money. We are students now, and we must humbly learn from Soviet experts.

Only through diligent study can we discern what is suitable for us and what is not. Before we learn, we have no right to disdain or reject Soviet experts. We must emphasize this point.

The Soviet experience is a very valuable experience in socialist construction.

Those Soviet experts were knowledgeable and experienced. Blind worship of them is problematic, but blind rejection of them is even more unacceptable.

"Another point is that our country has spent a lot of money to allow these Soviet experts to come to our country. It is a huge economic cost. Now that they are here, our cadres cannot have any embarrassment. We must ask what we should ask and not waste the country's money. As long as it is not

I understand. Whenever we encounter new problems or difficulties, we always ask Soviet experts for help.

Since the Soviet experts have arrived, Wei Hongjun cannot waste them.

All the money was spent.

Of course you should ask questions if you have any.

Otherwise, why would they come?

Some cadres were embarrassed to ask Soviet experts, but Wei Hongjun disagreed.

, please set aside some time in the next few days to hold a meeting. I will preside over it. Invite the heads of ministries and commissions, and thousands of others, to attend. Let's discuss the issue of Soviet experts. Everyone should think carefully about it after returning home. We cannot blindly trust Soviet experts, but we cannot exclude them either.

We should still learn from the Soviet experts with humility. We should carefully consider how to grasp this.

Chapter 786: Proposal of Harbin International Trade Fair

"How come you have time to look for me?"

Mao Zemin had already poured a cup of hot water and was waiting for Wei Hongjun to come over.

Seeing Wei Hongjun, Mao Zemin smiled and spoke. Mao Zemin and Wei Hongjun had only known each other for five years, and there was a twenty-year age difference between them. But the two had always worked well together, sharing many common ideas, and their relationship had only grown stronger.

In Mao Zemin's eyes, Wei Hongjun was that kind of genius.

I joined the army as an illiterate and learned to read and write in the army. With this foundation, I have made it to where I am today, capable of handling any work in the Party, government, and military with ease, and making groundbreaking contributions.

After being transferred to the State Council, the questions raised in every meeting were all very targeted.

There are even some issues that many leaders of the State Council have never thought about, but Wei Hongjun has already started to propose them and even has a draft in mind. At present, many ministers of the State Council are working with Wei Hongjun for the first time. It is surprising that Wei Hongjun, a soldier from the army, has such a great influence on economic construction.

I was surprised to learn so much about the work.

Wei Hongjun asked Mao Zemin to meet him, and Mao Zemin immediately arranged a time.

Because Mao Zemin knew that Wei Hongjun was very busy.

Wei Hongjun is currently in charge of the National Staffing Committee, which is a very trivial task. Staffing committees are now being established at both the provincial and municipal levels across the country, and are currently compiling statistics on the staffing of various institutions.

Moreover, Wei Hongjun is in charge of assigning grades to cadres at all levels, in preparation for the next step of unified salary distribution across the country.

This is no small matter.

"Men don't shed tears easily, but only when the time comes to award ranks." Currently, assigning ranks to cadres is as difficult and offensive as awarding ranks in the military. Of course, it's also a great opportunity to expand your network and rally people's hearts.

However, Wei Hongjun will not use this opportunity to win people's hearts.

Doing this kind of thing might make you famous and powerful for a while, but it actually leads to endless troubles. Not only will the central leadership be dissatisfied with you, but local leaders will also be dissatisfied with you.

What Wei Hongjun is doing now is to formulate the grading standards and strictly follow them. As for some special cases, such as those who have a lot of experience but for various reasons, the position and qualifications do not match, Wei Hongjun will not make decisions on his own. It still needs to be discussed with all parties.

Come up with a plan.

But these things are very cumbersome to handle.

Wei Hongjun smiled and said, "There are some things I can't handle alone. I still need to discuss it with you."

"What's up?"

Mao Zemin was very serious after sitting down.

Mao Zemin knew that Wei Hongjun, despite being so busy, had come to see him, so it must be something serious. Wei Hongjun said, "We recently received a Soviet delegation visiting China. They were discussing canned food exports with our Ministry of Food Industry."

"I know that."

Mao Zemin nodded.

After Stalin and Chairman Mao successfully negotiated and signed the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance, relations between the two countries suddenly entered a honeymoon period. In addition to sending various experts and advisors, the Soviet Union also sent delegations to China to discuss trade.

There are now limits to the trade China can do with the Soviet Union.

Soviet cadres visited China's canning factories and then discussed the issue of canned food exports with China.

Mao Zemin was in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, so he knew some of what was happening.

"It's not just the Soviet Union. The socialist countries in Eastern Europe have also approached us about exporting canned goods. However, they are not familiar with our cannery's products and don't know what kind of cans we can produce."

Wei Hongjun had never thought that the Soviet Union and the Eastern European socialist countries would care so much about a small can. They were not familiar with China's industrial situation and looked down on China's industrial level. But in the trade of light industry, the first thing they asked was to get

It’s just that they don’t know what kind of canned food is available in China.

"This is a problem. Not only are the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries unfamiliar with our canned food, but we ourselves are not very familiar with the situation of our canned food industry. Therefore, all ministries and commissions need to compile statistics on our current economic situation as soon as possible. The Ministry of Light Industry and the Ministry of Food Industry should also be familiar with the situation of our canned food industry.

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce must understand the current situation of my country's light industry. This way, there will be no major problems in foreign trade in the future.

Mao Zemin still didn't understand what Wei Hongjun meant.

But he also continued speaking along the lines of Wei Hongjun's words.

New China had just emerged from the war and lacked a thorough understanding of its own industrial situation. Of course, another reason was that communication between the central and local governments was not smooth, and central government departments lacked the ability to deter local governments.

Therefore, local central bureaus and local regions do not pay much attention to the orders of central ministries.

However, the work of the central ministries and commissions still requires the cooperation of the local central bureaus and local regions. If the local central bureaus and local regions do not cooperate with the central ministries and commissions, then the work of the central ministries and commissions will be very difficult.

This is the case now.

Despite the central government's constant criticism of "separatism" and "localism," the results have been only moderate. In practice, "localism" remains quite potent.

Wei Hongjun said directly: "I think this situation will be difficult to change in the short term. In fact, there are many problems in our business with the Soviet Union and Eastern European socialist countries. The Soviet Union and Eastern European socialist countries do not know what we have in China that they need, and of course we are even less

We know what they need. Furthermore, our countries are not capitalist countries like Europe and the United States. Foreign trade is conducted on a public-to-public or government-to-government basis. This makes our business even more difficult.

Mao Zemin frowned.

China has already decided to turn to the socialist camp headed by the Soviet Union. It can be said that China has already joined the socialist camp. Under such circumstances, the focus of China's foreign trade must be placed on the socialist camp headed by the Soviet Union.

But there are also many trade issues.

Because socialist countries’ foreign trade is mainly conducted on a business-to-business basis, for example, if China suddenly needed to build a power plant and import generators, the government would directly apply to the trade departments of the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries for purchases.

The same is true for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. As long as China puts forward its demands, they will sell things to China.

This type of trade is severely inflexible.

No initiative.

But doing business certainly requires initiative, and you should actively create business opportunities.