After this question, the old man did not let Zhao Yi leave immediately. Obviously he wanted to communicate with Zhao Yi on more issues. After all, they met very rarely. If this opportunity happened to happen, of course he wanted to have more discussions. comminicate.
"I have also read relevant reports on the start of domestic urbanization this time. The renderings sent from various cities are very beautiful. What do you think about this?" the old man asked.
To be honest, when Zhao heard the old man ask this, he didn't know how to answer. Because the question was relatively general, he couldn't guess from which angle the old man wanted to listen.
However, Zhao Yi did not hesitate for too long. He pondered for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "Urbanization is a necessary process for our country to build a modern socialist society.
Regarding the benefits of urbanization, I believe you have also read relevant reports. According to the current plan, in the future, China Housing Corporation will be mainly responsible for urbanization construction, and the government will be responsible for the construction of basic transportation networks.
According to my vision, there should eventually be about 150 central cities in the country, with populations ranging from 3 million to 10 million.
Calculated according to my country's provincial administrative units, there are about five such cities under each provincial administrative division, absorbing a population of about 900 million, accounting for about half of the total domestic population.
The remaining half of the population will be distributed in county-level regions across the country. Each county-level region has a population of about 300,000. Its main function is to cooperate with the regional industrial chain, carry out industrial production, and also carry out modern agricultural production.
Central cities mainly provide services, technological innovation industries and trade links. This forms industrial cooperation between central cities and small and medium-sized towns, forming our own industrial development system.
Due to the implementation of the maximum two-child policy, as long as we work hard on relevant welfare systems and strengthen family promotion, the future population will basically remain stable at around 1.8 billion people.
In fact, based on my country's population size and economic size, we can basically achieve stable economic development by relying on internal circulation. As long as we continue to make progress in science and technology, culture and industrial industries, this situation can be maintained for a long time.
I think this stage is the final form of the primary stage of socialism. The main endogenous driving force of this stage comes from large-scale industrial production and balanced economic and industrial policies.
But if we want to continue to develop, we must further improve the innovation consciousness and civilization of the whole people. I call the intermediate stage of socialism a knowledge-based society.
At this stage, the domestic people's education level is generally relatively high, everyone has certain basic knowledge of innovation, and everyone can spontaneously become a part of the national innovation system.
Entering this stage means that the country will not lack innovation power, and all aspects will enter a stage of unprecedented prosperity. It will basically get rid of material constraints, the level of civilization will be greatly improved, and the consciousness of citizens will also be greatly improved.
As for the final stage of communist society, I don’t have a good idea yet, but one thing is necessary, that is, at this stage, our civilization should be a cosmic civilization.
Because the earth's resources are limited, if we want to realize a communist society, we must have endless resource support. Otherwise, if it continues to develop, involution will be inevitable. " Zhao Yi said.
After listening to Zhao Yi's words, the old man's eyes lit up. He found this description somewhat interesting. Although it was not detailed, at least there was a way to think about it.
Social development is basically divided into two paths. One path is planned in advance, which requires more foresight and preparations in advance. When the time comes, entering the new social form will be a matter of course, and there will not be too many changes. Big mess.
Another path is to watch as you go, and summarize as you practice. This approach lacks foresight and only considers problems when they happen.
In this case, due to the lack of foresight in many things, many conflicts will accumulate to a certain stage, either already breaking out or on the verge of breaking out.
If these contradictions can be resolved, it will continue to develop. If the contradictions are not resolved, or the contradictions cannot be resolved, the chaos and blow will be huge.
Anything that is forewarned will lead to failure, and failure to do so will lead to failure. Although Zhao Yi himself cannot make detailed judgments about the future, as long as there is a direction, relevant experts can be organized to conduct special research on this, and there will always be achievements.
In this way, at each stage of social development, we can make preparations in advance and avoid possible conflicts and risks in advance, so that the transition period can be passed safely.
"This plan is very ambitious, but it will take a long time for my country's population to reach 1.8 billion. Judging from your current behavior, it seems that you are in a hurry for urbanization. Do you have any considerations?" the old man asked.
To be honest, Zhao Yi has not disclosed his thoughts to the outside world before. Anyway, the country currently needs to solve a large number of population employment problems, especially the employment problem of the remaining population in rural areas.
This can not only accelerate my country's urbanization, but also balance the income issue of my country's residents, shifting from the previous focus on increasing the income of urban residents to comprehensively increasing the income of the entire society.
Apart from this, there is not much consideration. As mentioned above, it lacks foresight and is just a measure to solve temporary problems.
Therefore, Zhao Yi was not surprised at all about the elderly's problems, because the urbanization construction that Zhao Yi was responsible for took only a few months from decision to planning to start of construction.
If it is to build a building, such a short time is considered relatively short. As for China Housing Company, the scale of construction in ten cities at once is quite huge, which can be said to be unprecedented.
"Actually, it's not a rush. First, we can achieve the current efficiency through the application of new technologies. Although it seems that the time is relatively short, it is not rushed. Many things have been strictly certified.
Second, if we want to develop modern agriculture, we must solve the employment problem of rural surplus labor as soon as possible. Only this kind of large-scale urbanization can solve this problem well.
The third is the need to expand domestic demand. Generally speaking, the higher the degree of urbanization, the higher the consumer demand of the people. This has a positive effect on coping with changes in the future situation and is also the basic condition needed to build a stable economy.
Our current economic development model is mainly driven by investment. This model will last for a long time. Only when the infrastructure required for economic development is basically completed will we shift to a model where consumer demand drives the economy.
Therefore, rapid urbanization is one of the main driving forces for my country's endogenous economic development. It is the most important method during the current period of sluggish consumption in my country. Of course, the faster the better.
As you know, my country's current economic development model is mainly foreign trade, and it has achieved good development results. However, it is very difficult to maintain this speed.
Among several important export categories, my country already occupies a very large market share. You can imagine the difficulty of further increasing it.
Moreover, because my country has had a large trade surplus in recent years, it has aroused great concern from relevant countries. If some changes are not made, the future will not be optimistic and huge international trade conflicts will accumulate.
To start urbanization at this time, we need to purchase a large amount of energy and mineral resources from the outside world, which will have a positive effect on reducing our country's trade surplus.
At the same time, importing huge energy and mineral resources is equivalent to increasing our country's reserves in this area. When urbanization is completed and infrastructure is fully improved, our dependence on external resources will be reduced by several levels.
At that time, in terms of energy, we can use photovoltaic power generation on a large scale, or more advanced energy sources, such as controllable nuclear fusion, to solve energy needs.
In terms of mineral resources, we can use resource reuse technology to achieve a recycling model of reusing waste resources. We may also purchase mineral resources from the outside world, but we don’t have to rely as much as we do now.
The fourth is to reduce the cost of urbanization. Although my country's per capita income has increased rapidly in recent years, there is still a big gap compared with developed countries.
Urbanization construction requires the participation of a large number of labor forces. At this time, accelerating urbanization construction can minimize the scale of investment and maximize the effect.
In addition to labor costs, land costs will definitely continue to rise with economic development. In the future, no organization can afford such large-scale urbanization in the short term.
At that time, let alone a private organization like me to implement this plan, even if the government wants to carry out this plan, it will need to borrow a lot of debt to do so, so from this perspective, of course, the sooner the better.
The fifth is the need to improve and develop the industrial chain. The process of urbanization is also a process of rapid development of supporting industries. Urbanization is only an outstanding external performance, but internally is the development of related industries.
For example, steel, cement, furniture and appliances, decoration materials, landscaping, urban informatization, urban supporting industries, transportation, etc. will all benefit from it.
We have formulated a plan for the industrial chain before, but without a large-scale comprehensive project to take the lead, even if we realize the shortcomings of the industrial chain links, we will not be able to immediately make up for the shortcomings in this area and expand the demand in this area.
Therefore, we must have a large-scale comprehensive project to take the lead, and urbanization construction is the best lead project at this stage in my opinion, and the goals achieved will be very impressive.
As for the scale of these industries after urbanization, they may shrink, but because the huge urban agglomerations need maintenance, they can still retain considerable production capacity and solve considerable employment problems. " Zhao Yi replied.
After hearing Zhao Yi's answer, the old man nodded, pondered for a while, and then asked: "Then what do you think of the various developments in the country?"
When the old man asked him this question, he probably didn't want to hear the good points, but wanted to mention the shortcomings so that he could improve later. Otherwise, this question would have no meaning.
“In fact, in terms of various domestic developments, economic development is not what I am most worried about, because we have already occupied certain advantages in the field of high-end manufacturing R&D, and emerging industries have also occupied a favorable position.
This can be seen from my country's export trade categories. High-tech products account for a very high proportion. Even the traditional manufacturing industry is not based on labor processing, but on brand management and high manufacturing technology.
However, these are good aspects and do not represent the level of my country's physical manufacturing industry. However, after this period of state-owned enterprise reform, the effect is still relatively obvious.
In the future, as long as we deepen the reform of state-owned enterprises, promote a group of managers with entrepreneurial spirit, strengthen management supervision, formulate active reward programs, and improve the scientific and technological content of enterprises, there will still be greater room for progress.
As for other private enterprises, due to relatively weak capital, difficulty in financing, and uneven levels of operators, it is still very difficult to reach a certain height and cannot be achieved in a short time.
Therefore, we should further open up the entry threshold for small and medium-sized fields, guide private capital to develop in areas within their capabilities, and enrich people's lives.
In terms of economic development, we are actually on the right path. This can be seen from the economic results in the past few years. As long as we continue to develop the economy unswervingly, future results are predictable.
However, to match economic development, we need to improve our thinking. The current official system is still the same as before. Although it has improved due to policies and guidelines, there is still a serious disconnect compared with economic development. .
This phenomenon is not particularly prominent in major cities, because the economies of these cities have always been at the forefront, the quality of management personnel is relatively high, and the way of thinking changes relatively quickly.
However, in small and medium-sized cities and remote areas, the scope of change is very limited. If these places do not further improve their ideological level and change their work style, there will still be great obstacles to future economic development.
Even if my companies operate legally in these places, there are many obstacles. Other private operators will definitely encounter more problems.
Moreover, these private operators themselves are relatively weak and have small capital scale. If they make things difficult every day, not only will they not be able to develop, but there is a high probability that they will lose money and go bankrupt.
There is also a large number of current government managers who do not have common sense in economics, which is not only unhelpful to economic development, but will also become an obstacle to economic development.
Therefore, I think that if we want our country's economy to continue to develop and maintain its current good momentum, we need to carry out a metabolic reform in government departments, introduce fresh blood, and appoint young and capable officials.
In addition, there are vicious problems among the people. Although the previous economic development has basically achieved the goal of full employment for urban residents.
However, in vast rural areas, there are still a large number of gangsters, gangsters and road bullies, which makes it very troublesome for local governments to govern and has a great impact on the economy and people's livelihood.
To solve this problem, first, we need to deal with a group of people with serious crimes with a sharp blow, which can have a deterrent effect.
The second is to further improve the construction of our country's legal system so that all illegal and criminal acts have legal basis and evidence-based evidence. This will not only allow local governments to know how to deal with relevant issues, but also regulate the behavior of local government personnel.
Matching this is the issue of legal education and the issue of public prosecutors and law enforcement performing their respective duties. Only in this way can we get rid of the authoritarian political governance model and start a legal governance model.
In fact, our country has had a high level of creativity from ancient times to the present, and a large proportion of this creativity comes from the private sector. As long as the people know what they can and cannot do.
We must not only severely crack down on violations of law and discipline, but also effectively protect the interests of law-abiding people. Only in this way can all behavioral norms be adhered to, while maintaining social fairness and justice and improving people's sense of security. .
The third is to develop the rural economy, so that some people can go to the city to work or settle down, and some people can stay in the local area to be fully employed or develop, and enjoy the fruits of my country's economic development. This is the truth.
In the past, due to limited resources, we could only prioritize the development of the urban economy and neglect rural construction. In the future, although the urban economy will still occupy the mainstream, we can properly take care of the development of the rural economy.
The other is to cancel the discriminatory policies for migrant workers in cities and treat them equally, so that migrant workers can enjoy the same free atmosphere as urban residents after work.
The fourth is to improve the level of education for all. This does not only refer to compulsory education and higher education. In this regard, we have achieved free education for all.
I am referring to education for all and literacy education. Only by reducing the illiteracy rate can we have the basis for re-education. Only by accepting re-education can we adapt to the development of the era of fierce changes.
You also know that the educational foundation of the young and middle-aged labor force in the current society is quite weak. They can only sell their labor force at present, but it is very difficult to develop further.
Moreover, this group of people will be the main force in my country's economic construction for a long time. If left unchecked, it will seriously affect the difficulty of my country's economic development and social governance.
However, I have asked the Chinese Education Company to launch a national literacy campaign. This will be an ongoing task. In addition to the literacy campaign, there is also a lifelong education plan.
At present, this lifelong education plan has been launched in various companies under my umbrella. The current operation results are quite good. China Education Company will continue to improve the content of the courses and improve the education mechanism based on actual needs.
It is impossible to get rid of poverty and become rich simply by selling labor force. It can only maintain food and clothing, let alone reach the level of developed countries. If you want to achieve a jump in people's income, you must work hard on education.
The fifth is to improve the level of social governance in our country. How to improve it, I think we can do it from four aspects:
The first aspect, as mentioned above, is to eliminate some public officials who are not adapted to the development of the times and select young officials with outstanding abilities.
The second aspect attaches great importance to the research of social governance. Political governance is actually a very in-depth subject. We can strengthen research work in this area in colleges and universities and study theories of social governance and political governance that are in line with our country’s national conditions.
The third aspect is to strengthen the training of government personnel. Government personnel also need to keep pace with the times, especially in this era of drastic changes. Great changes are taking place at home and abroad. If we do not strengthen learning and progress, we will only be eliminated.
The fourth aspect is to establish a more practical evaluation system for public officials to avoid the situation of overstaffing and promotion based on personal relationships, realize a system where the capable are promoted and the mediocre are promoted, and the idea of an iron rice bowl and a big pot is eliminated.
The fifth aspect is to strengthen the fight against corruption and form a long-term supervision mechanism. With the development of the economy, corruption crimes will occupy an increasingly important proportion in government governance.
The sooner this aspect is controlled and governed, the more cost will be reduced in the later period, so as to prevent corruption from becoming an unspoken rule and a common phenomenon, causing the masses to distrust the party's governance and doubt fairness and justice.
As we all know, corrupt individuals are the biggest sources of trust between the government and the masses, and must be taken seriously.
The sixth aspect is to further increase the transparency of government management, which can not only eliminate the possibility of secret operations, but also introduce a mass supervision mechanism, which can effectively increase the public's trust in government governance. "(End of chapter)