After an afternoon of intense discussions, everyone here finally reached a preliminary opinion, that is, this matter can be done. This is a matter that will benefit the present and the future. It will benefit both the people and the government. Zhao Yi seems to be the only one. the injured party.
Since the plan was proposed by Zhao Yi, it means that he had already anticipated this situation. If it were done by a government department, it would definitely not be able to maintain a balance of payments, let alone make a profit.
After reaching an internal consensus, the next step is to expand the scope of the discussion, allow more people to participate in the discussion, and then observe the direction of public opinion. This is a relatively stable approach.
So early the next morning, "People's Daily" published some insights on education, medical care and pension benefits, and also listed the measures taken by European and American countries in this regard.
It is equivalent to popularizing the welfare system in these three aspects to the citizens.
After the "People's Daily" fired the first shot of public opinion, other media outlets joined in the discussion one after another. Some media even analyzed these three welfare systems in our country, allowing citizens to better understand our country's welfare system, and quickly formed a A trend.
Does our country have these three welfare systems? There is definitely some, but the coverage is limited and it is impossible to achieve universal coverage. At the same time, it is not fully financed. It is more the units where citizens work that bear the burden.
However, in the era of market economy, this form of units being responsible for these three welfare systems has become increasingly inappropriate for the development of the times.
The fundamental purpose of an enterprise is to carry out production and operations, not to maintain a large and comprehensive society. The burden of doing so is too heavy and will eventually bring down the enterprise.
Coupled with the increasingly fierce market competition, how can large and comprehensive state-owned enterprises defeat private enterprises in market competition? Therefore, if we want to activate the vitality of state-owned enterprises, the first step is to reduce the size of state-owned enterprises.
Individuals and organizations who understand the operation of the media understand through this phenomenon that the central government may be making big moves in the near future. Those who don't understand it are confused and feel that it has nothing to do with them.
As the country carries out reform and opening up, some state-owned enterprises have already smelled a different atmosphere, especially those in the special economic zones. Because they are at the forefront of reform and opening up, the feeling is even more obvious.
Facing the fierce competition from private enterprises, these state-owned enterprises are already a little overwhelmed. Although they have more resources, they have a heavier burden. Their turnover is large, but their profits are meager.
The substantial reduction in profits has greatly hindered the upgrading of technical equipment. The backwardness of technical equipment has further caused the shrinkage of the market. This is a vicious circle.
This was not long after the reform and opening up, and the strength of private capital was generally not strong. Most of the foreign capital only processed and produced in our country and then exported the products, which did not cause more serious interference to their operations.
But it’s not completely absent. For example, Huansha Textile Company and Hualong Apparel Company were established. Before these two companies were established, my country still had a large number of state-owned enterprises engaged in the textile and apparel industry.
However, since the establishment of Zhaoyi and other companies, it has become difficult for state-owned enterprises in this industry to operate. In the past, textile companies could still gain space for survival by relying on protective barriers.
The products of Huansha Textile Company are in line with international giants, and are even better than similar products of international giants. Naturally, they are also better than the products of domestic counterparts.
If the product price of a state-owned enterprise has a huge advantage, it can continue to gain market share. After all, not everyone can afford expensive products.
But just because the burden on state-owned enterprises is too heavy, the prices of their products will naturally not be too low.
Under such circumstances, private enterprises will definitely choose products from Huansha Textile Company with better quality, and some state-owned enterprises will also purchase products from Huansha Textile Company.
The situation of Hualong Clothing Company is similar. With its high quality, wide range of styles, and successful brand management, Hualong Clothing Company's products have entered major supply and marketing cooperatives across the country.
Fortunately, there are not many state-owned enterprises in the garment manufacturing industry in my country. Most people are still accustomed to buying cloth and sewing it themselves. Otherwise, the impact will be even greater.
As the planned economy transforms into a market economy, the original supply and marketing relationship will definitely become more and more fragile, and the future prospects of those state-owned enterprises that can still survive now will become even more worrying.
Therefore, some knowledgeable state-owned enterprise managers have taken advantage of this trend and expressed their approval in order to reduce the burden on enterprises and enable them to travel lightly.
And those state-owned enterprise managers who are not aware of the strangeness probably have limited qualifications, and the future development of the enterprise is not optimistic.
In addition to the response from the leaders of these state-owned enterprises, there is another group that welcomes this system, and that is the urban unemployed and the majority of farmers.
Because the current welfare system is based on you having a job, and not everyone in the city has a regular job, and those who do not have a job do not have these benefits.
This is even more true for the majority of farmers. They are even more thorough than the urban unemployed. These three benefits have nothing to do with them, so they definitely support the welfare system.
The more ambiguous ones are those who work in government departments and public institutions. After all, their job is to ensure income during droughts and floods. They don't have to care about operating profits, and their welfare benefits are generous.
It's just that they don't know the specific welfare plan, so the reaction will not be too big. It is still in the media briefing stage, and there has been no action at the government level, so most people still choose to wait and see.
The discussion on the welfare system was heated and lasted for half a month, with all major stakeholders expressing their opinions and suggestions through the media.
Since there is no specific plan and the government has not given any explanation, the most active groups are those with greater benefits and participate more in discussions through the media, while most of the groups with unknown interests have chosen to remain silent.
Of course, some economists have come forward to explain the difficulties that my country currently faces in trying to implement a Western welfare system, especially that of developed European countries.
First of all, the financial situation does not allow it. If we insist on launching free welfare benefits for all, it is likely to drag down the national finance, which is a measure that outweighs the gains and losses.
Of course, there are also supportive economists who realize that the tide of market economy has begun. State-owned enterprises will definitely be struggling in the tide of market economy. It is necessary to reduce the burden on state-owned enterprises.
At the same time, they also emphasized that the welfare system can be formulated, but it needs to be classified step by step and carried out in a planned manner so that it will not drag down the national finance.
Since the society is so concerned about the welfare system, high-level government officials have held expert discussions on related issues and listed out the difficulties one by one. As long as these problems are solved, it means that the universal free welfare system can be implemented.
After receiving the list of difficult problems given by experts, the government held a seminar with representatives from all walks of life, mainly to discuss the necessity of reforming the welfare system, and obtained more detailed arguments.
With the results of these two discussions, the real meeting on reforming the current welfare system has officially begun. The purpose of this meeting is to solve the problem.
Of course, it is unknown whether the problem can be solved, because no matter from which perspective, our country is currently unable to implement a comprehensive free welfare system, because conditions really do not allow it.
Zhao Yi, who was staying at home, arranged the relevant preparations for the two pharmaceuticals and then went to Huaxia International Petrochemical Company for inspection. After more than half a year of construction, the relevant work was on track, and the production base was under intensive construction. middle.
The purpose of this inspection was to see how the company was progressing. Although Wang Yaohui would send him relevant reports every month, it was unjustifiable for him to not show up for such a long time.
After notifying Wang Yaohui, Zhao Yi first went to Ningbo, where the petrochemical company is headquartered, for inspection. It not only has a production base, but also an oil reserve base, so the construction task here is the most important.
Because the construction drawings of the production base were provided by Zhao Yi, standing at the production base site, Zhao Yi could see at a glance where there were non-compliances. What made Zhao Yi satisfied was that he had not found anything that was not following the drawings for the time being. Construction situation.
Wang Yaohui didn't know much about Zhao Yi's temper. Apart from email exchanges, they basically had no face-to-face contact at other times, so he felt quite uneasy while accompanying Zhao Yi on the inspection.
Fortunately, what made him feel more at ease was that during this period, he did try his best. Technically, he completely followed Zhao Yi's drawings and did not dare to make his own decisions.
Of course, when he got the drawings, he asked relevant experts to check them as soon as possible. After all, he didn't know Zhao Yi well before coming to the petrochemical company, and he was of course skeptical about the drawings provided by Zhao Yi.
Although he was skeptical, it was impossible to refute the boss's face face to face, so when he got the drawings, he could only let experts look at them first to find out the errors, and then find an opportunity to raise these issues tactfully.
In the end, his worries were completely unnecessary. After the experts got the design drawings, after careful study, they were all shocked. Although the design drawings were similar to the bases of other petrochemical companies, many details in them were unheard of. .
After studying these detailed design techniques, they discovered the benefits of such a design, and such details abound. This is the fundamental reason for their excitement.
After all the ups and downs, not only were no errors found, but these experts were even convinced. Some experts even expressed their willingness to work in petrochemical companies.
Because in their eyes, this petrochemical company is not simple, as can be seen from these design drawings.
The production base built based on this design drawing basically achieves 100% treatment of petroleum raw materials, which not only improves the overall efficiency, but also eliminates the emission of any pollutants.
In the future, petrochemical companies will mainly provide high-quality popular products, while finishing products and special products will be left to Cornerstone Materials Company and Pusi Chemical.
After inspecting the Ningbo headquarters, Zhao Yi went to inspect several other production bases, and also inspected several oil storage bases.
Oil storage bases, especially offshore oil storage bases, have not yet started construction, and the urgency is not very high, so he went to inspect these places, mainly to check the surrounding environment of the sites. (End of chapter)