In fact, the situation is not as pessimistic as Zhao Yi thought. Although it seems that his companies only provide more than 40 million jobs, these are direct jobs.
Generally speaking, around these direct jobs, many indirect jobs can be provided, such as sales and service industry, extended industrial chain, etc., and the indirect jobs created may reach hundreds of millions.
Of course, there are no accurate statistics for these, so we can only estimate and guess. Take the location of the headquarters of Hualong Clothing Company. In addition to its own hundreds of thousands of headquarters employees, the surrounding restaurants, hotels, supermarkets, shopping malls, etc. will definitely follow suit. prosper.
To solve the population and employment problem, in addition to providing industrial jobs on a large scale, it is also necessary to increase service industry jobs. If it operates well, the jobs provided will not be less than those provided by industry.
For example, the logistics industry, which is now being vigorously developed by trading companies, can provide millions of jobs if it really reaches the level expected.
If we develop subdivided logistics, or provide intra-city logistics like in previous generations, it is not impossible to provide tens of millions of jobs.
It is still a trading company, and it is still vigorously developing retail terminal channels, which can also provide a large number of jobs, but it is estimated that the incremental jobs will not be as many as imagined.
The reason is very simple. No matter how our country's economy was in the past, there are still a lot of retail employees. Although trading companies may be more competitive than state-owned units in building retail terminal channels.
But it only replaces these state-owned retail units, and this part of the market may not expand much. The incremental market is closely related to domestic economic development, that is, closely related to the income level of the people.
This is why trading companies were not eager to develop domestic sales networks before. The per capita income was not high before, and the original state-owned retail network was enough to meet the market needs at that time.
Over the past two years, per capita income has grown significantly. The per capita monthly income is expected to reach about 200 yuan by the end of this year. The new retail market has expanded several times compared with before.
Although this 200 yuan may not seem like much, you must know that a few years ago, the average per capita was less than 30 yuan, which has increased six to seven times. Coupled with the establishment of the three major welfare systems, the consumer market will develop greatly. .
And now the exchange rate has not depreciated rapidly like in the previous life, but is quite strong. Calculated based on this month's income, the per capita annual income has reached more than 1,000 US dollars, which has reached about one-tenth of that in the United States.
Although the per capita gap with developed countries is relatively large, in terms of weight, the gap with them is not obvious. This already has a huge consumer market potential.
In the future, as the economy continues to develop, in addition to this retail terminal service industry that mainly focuses on commodity sales, there will also be diversified development of service industry models, such as KTV, nightclubs, bars, etc.
If you think in this way, you don't need to be too anxious. The entire country is rapidly developing into a modern industrial country.
As the reform of state-owned enterprises continues to deepen, it may not take more than 10 years for the entire country to completely complete its industrial transformation.
With some advanced technologies provided by Zhao Yi, as well as high-end materials and high-end production equipment provided by Cornerstone Materials Company and Precision Instrument Company, it will even become a global high-end industrial power.
Now Zhao Yi has basically entered all the high-end manufacturing industries that our country should have. In the future, with the continuous development of our country's industry, surrounding semiconductor and other related industries, it will inject strong impetus into the sustainable development of our country's economy. .
Therefore, Zhao Yi's primary goal now is to absorb the surplus rural labor force. As long as this goal is achieved, he will not have to worry about his own problems, and everything will be solved.
So what industry can provide enough jobs for the rural surplus labor force? Zhao Yi thinks the real estate industry is more suitable.
First, the jobs provided by real estate are very considerable. If new cities are built on a large scale, the direct jobs provided will be tens of millions, and the related indirect jobs will be hundreds of millions.
Because industries related to real estate such as cement, sand and gravel, steel, furniture, home appliances, decoration, etc. will also develop. The employment population provided by these industries is several times or even more than ten times that of the employment population directly engaged in the real estate industry.
Second, the employment threshold in real estate is more suitable for rural surplus labor. In addition to particularly senior designers and civil engineers, other skills in this industry are traditional crafts such as stonemason and carpentry.
However, these traditional craftsmen are most widespread in rural areas. At least this group of people do not have to worry about having a meal when they enter the real estate and construction industry.
In addition to these skilled people, others who have no skills but have physical strength can also work after simple training.
Third, the real estate industry can accelerate urbanization, and accelerated urbanization can allow cities to provide far more labor jobs than rural areas.
Because urbanization is a subsidiary product of industrialization, more emphasis is placed on division of labor and collaboration, which can not only increase the efficiency of individual services, but also provide complex job requirements.
The number of jobs provided by the same population concentration is several times higher than that in rural areas.
This is also why in the past life, when our country's economic development reached a later stage, we must emphasize the urban rate. It is because if we want to increase the income of all citizens and continue to increase the country's total economic development, only a high degree of urbanization can achieve this.
Therefore, no matter in the past life or in this life, the real estate industry will play a major role in the economic development of our country. This is the inevitable result of economic development and will not be changed by human will.
But there are some things here, and Zhao Yi still hopes to correct them through his own efforts, namely the various problems caused by real estate in his previous life, which he hopes can be avoided in this life.
In the final analysis, the real estate industry is not very technical. In addition to their capital-intensive and manpower-intensive characteristics, Zhao Yi really doesn't like other incidental attributes.
This is also the reason why Zhao Yi wants to build public rental housing in Hong Kong, because he does not want real estate to become a tool of exploitation for some people who get rich first, for latecomers, or for young people.
This is why Zhao Yi first wanted to buy almost all the land in Hong Kong and then build public rental housing. In this way, no matter how the times change, housing will never become a permanent pain in the hearts of urban residents.
"With tens of millions of mansions, a large number of poor people all over the world will be happy." In ancient times, the pain of housing problems has been very different. Nowadays, social development is very different, and technology and efficiency have improved countless times.
If there are still a large number of people struggling with the housing problem, it is really unreasonable. Could it be that after thousands of years of human development, the housing problem cannot be solved.
Of course, Zhao Yi also knows that the problem of expensive housing in his previous life was still a problem of land resources. If this problem cannot be solved, then no matter how efficient and low-cost building a house is, it will not help.
Therefore, Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company’s offshore farm was born to solve this problem. With the existence of offshore farms, land prices can no longer be raised due to land resource issues.
Because now the domestic food crisis has been solved by Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company, and the remaining land in the country is enough to provide people across the country with abundant vegetables, meat and other agricultural products.
To be honest, Zhao Yi actually wanted to start the domestic real estate industry a long time ago, because he knew that if he wanted to urbanize quickly and provide more jobs, this was an inevitable process.
He has made a lot of preparations for this. For example, the Hong Kong Housing Company's public rental housing is actually an exploration of a model, and the Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company's offshore farm is to clear the way for land issues.
Tianshu Machinery Company provides equipment support for large-scale real estate development, and the high salaries provided by Zhao Yi's other companies also provide market demand for the expansion of urbanization.
It can be said that now "everything is ready, all we need is the east wind", and this east wind was also obtained during this high-level collective inspection of the offshore farm. It is finally time for Zhao Yi's goal to be realized.
Early the next morning, after breakfast, I dressed up and went out. This meeting was very important to the country and to Zhao Yi, and it was a meeting that he attached great importance to.
When Zhao Yi came to the conference room, some people were already here, but not many. It seemed that this was an early meeting that Zhao Yi rarely came to.
When the time came to half past eight, all the participants had arrived. In addition to high-level government officials, many leaders from other relevant departments, experts and scholars from major research units and universities came.
It seems that in this meeting, the leader still wants to brainstorm and find as many solutions to the problem as possible. After collecting enough solutions, he will weigh the pros and cons and choose the most suitable method to solve the problem.
At the meeting, the Chief Minister first spoke on the topic of the meeting, saying: “Yesterday, our high-level government officials collectively went to inspect the offshore farm of Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company.
After the inspection, we were very shocked. We have been thinking about solving the problem of food and clothing, and solving the food problem. In front of this offshore farm, everything has been realized.
As long as the food prices provided by Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company's offshore farms are moderate, our country will no longer be troubled by food problems in the future, which is a great joy for our country.
However, when I think about it later, there is also a very huge hidden worry, and that is what to do with the vast rural population in our country.
The quality of the food produced by offshore farms is much higher than that produced by them. If the price of this food is still low or similar, it means that farmers who rely on the land to make a living will fall into an even poorer situation.
This is contrary to our country's socialist goals, and today's meeting is to discuss how to provide sufficient employment opportunities for the large number of rural surplus laborers in the context of the development of the new era. "
After the Chief Assistant finished speaking, there were no unexpected noises from the participants at the scene. It may be that last night, they had already obtained the discussion topics for the normal meeting. Otherwise, if they came without preparation, it would be difficult to discuss any effective methods. .
The senior minister took over the words of the chief minister and continued: "Everyone who is doing this, there is no need to worry about the shortage of supply in our country's agricultural production due to the exodus of a large number of rural people.
This issue still involves Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company. A few months ago, I personally led an inspection team to inspect their agricultural cooperation demonstration site.
During this inspection, we were also very shocked. Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company showed us, the inspectors, what true modern agriculture is.
According to the situation in the demonstration sites, the use of high-tech technology can not only greatly increase the unit output of land, but also provide high-quality agricultural products, and will not be disturbed by the weather, getting rid of the situation of relying on the weather for food. .
On the bright side, this means that it can provide our country with a rich variety and quantity of agricultural products with a smaller rural working population, and completely solve our country's agricultural production problems.
It can improve our country from traditional agricultural farming methods to modern agricultural industrial production methods in a short period of time, and at the same time, it can also provide their employees with the same treatment as urban employees.
In other words, through modern agricultural production methods, the problem of low income of farmers can be completely solved, so that rural and urban areas can develop in a coordinated and balanced way. This is a very important goal of our country's socialist system.
But there are advantages and disadvantages. Again, since production efficiency has been greatly improved, it means that there will be no need for so many people to engage in agricultural labor in the future.
Previously, because of the rural cooperation demonstration site of Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company, it was mainly engaged in production work related to vegetables, cash crops and livestock breeding.
Although we allow them to continue to expand the scale of cooperation, in the short term it will only supplement our country's agricultural consumption market and cannot become mainstream for the time being.
After all, the most important thing in our country is food production, and the rural working population engaged in food production is also the largest. As long as there is no squeeze effect on this part, the rural areas will be basically stable.
But now the offshore farm of the agricultural and animal husbandry company has given us a reminder that in today's world, technology is developing too fast, and it is no longer what we used to do, step by step, we can foresee development problems for a long time in the future.
First of all, we must clearly realize that the development of science and technology is an inevitable trend and cannot be stopped. We have spent so many decades just to catch up with Western developed countries in this regard.
In this regard, we should not prevent them, but should encourage their development. However, we also need to actively find ways to solve the hidden dangers brought about by technological development and strive to find a way to rebalance.
Secondly, it is the practical needs of our people. In recent years, our country's economy has developed quite well, and people's income has generally increased a lot. In particular, the wages of the urban labor force have made great progress.
As for our country's agricultural production methods, except for a few points related to Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company, the rest are really lackluster. At this rate of development, it is unable to meet our country's increasingly diverse needs for agricultural products.
Nowadays, my country's agricultural production is changing from mainly staple food demand to diversified agricultural products, from mainly meeting the needs of food and clothing to mainly high-quality agricultural products.
This sign has already appeared, and the two trends will become more and more obvious in the future.
What does this mean? It shows that our country's current agricultural production methods are indeed lagging behind and have begun to fail to keep up with the speed of our country's economic and social development.
This is why, after inspecting the agricultural cooperation demonstration sites of Tianji Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Company, we still asked them to expand the scale of cooperation, which is to solve the contradiction caused by the second point.
Finally, it still involves the issue of rural labor income. Our country has long been in the two-dimensional structure of urban and rural areas. This is a historical problem caused by our country's backward economic development and limited resources.
However, modern agriculture and the sustained development of our country's economy have brought opportunities to solve the problem of low income of the rural labor force, and are the best way to completely end the two-dimensional problem of urban and rural areas in our country.
The above mentioned many benefits that modernized agriculture has brought to my country's economic development and social governance, but there is still a problem that needs to be solved, and that is the problem of rural surplus labor.
Although making farmers rich is one of our wishes, rather than getting rich, we should solve their employment problem. Without solving this problem, there will be nothing else to talk about.
Therefore, we have summoned many comrades from departments, as well as many experts and scholars to this meeting, hoping that you can provide suggestions and suggestions to solve this problem that has arisen in our country's current economic development.
Only if this problem is solved, our country's economic and social development will enter the next stage, using high technology as a new driving force for economic development, and using high-efficiency, high-value-added production methods to increase people's income. . "
Although the two leaders of the government and Yuan spoke from different angles, they all involved the same issue, that is, how to solve the problem of rural surplus labor.
In subsequent discussions, what was talked about the most was increasing the scale of industry and letting rural surplus labor flow into the field of industrial production.
From this perspective, there is nothing wrong. After all, my country's rapid economic development in recent years relies on the progress our country has made in industry.
In particular, my country's export of high-tech products has provided a strong impetus for my country's economic development, quadrupling the size of our economy in just over four years.
This fully demonstrates that my country's industrial field has great potential. From this perspective, these experts and scholars have no problem. In the future, the industrial field will also be the main area where my country's employment population will flow into.
However, industrial development does not happen overnight. It takes a long time to perfect the industrial chain and cultivate the market. The rapid growth of exports in recent years is because of the existence of Zhao Yi.
The real situation is that as my country's exchange rate increases in the future, the competitiveness of low value-added export products will be very low and they can only be sold in the domestic market.
However, the domestic market requires a process of cultivation, and solving the problem of surplus rural labor is more urgent and cannot be solved in a short time.
Zhao Yi doesn't want to wait slowly for the opportunity to come, otherwise the agricultural and animal husbandry company's modern agriculture plan will only be able to proceed to this step, and then it will enter a period of slow growth, changing with market changes. (End of chapter)