Chapter 900 "Three Departments" Construction

"The aluminum industry is one of the mainstream industries in the future world, just like electricity was in the past. Now everyone can see the huge potential of the electricity industry, while the aluminum industry and petrochemical industry in East Africa are just starting out. Both are pillar industries that are extremely important to the industry." This is an important reminder from Eubicio to the town of Hinde and the Tete City Government.

This is indeed very convincing. When electricity was still in its infancy, East Africa invested heavily in it. Now the power industry is developing rapidly in East Africa, and all cities hope to get a piece of the pie.

Therefore, Eubicio's words did play a certain role. At least the Tete and Hinde town government delegations were more determined to establish the aluminum industry in the region.

The fact that the towns of Hinde and Tete are considering introducing the aluminum industry actually reflects that the current focus of East African governments' regional investment is shifting to backward areas such as Angola and Mozambique.

This is very important. If the East African central government does not support it, then this matter may be difficult to resolve, just like the Hechingen Province in southern East Africa, the former Transvaal Republic.

In the past life, it was the core area of ​​South Africa's economy. Its industry was very developed and ranked first in Africa. However, due to Ernst's restrictions, the development of Hechingen Province has been lukewarm.

After all, state-owned economy accounts for 70 percent of East Africa, and the development of each region is entirely decided by the East African central government.

Ernst can make the final decision on where to develop. If Ernst says to build Walvis Bay into the largest city in East Africa, even if the local climate conditions are harsh, it can still become the largest city in East Africa.

Of course, as a national ruler, Ernst would certainly not formulate national development strategies based solely on his personal feelings. As for the overall pattern of economic development led by the East African government, it actually has more benefits than disadvantages in driving the economies of East African countries.

The most typical reference compared with East Africa is Brazil. Today, Brazil's economy and population are completely concentrated in the southeastern coastal area, which is quite unfavorable for inland development. East Africa has completed the development and construction of the east and inland hinterland, and is now turning to other regions again. In this case, the gap between Brazil and East Africa will only get bigger and bigger. This can be fully reflected in the agricultural field. The expansion rate of cultivated land in East Africa is much higher than that of Brazil, and even ranks first in the world.

As international food prices have been hit, Brazil's development of inland land has been frustrated. However, East Africa has used administrative means to forcibly promote development and construction in various regions of East Africa. Even in places such as Helsingborg Province, which are restricted in development, the economic growth rate is much higher than that of Brazil.

At the same time, the state-owned economy is much more coordinated than private enterprises, and is fully adapted to the grand strategy of development of East African countries. Although it is not conducive to competition, with the rise of monopoly organizations in countries around the world today, this situation in East Africa is in line with the development trend of the times.

After all, competition among countries is the mainstream, and competition among countries requires monopoly organizations to achieve. Otherwise, under the erosion of foreign capital, it is a question whether domestic companies can survive.

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With the large-scale population migration in East Africa and the start of new construction projects, a new construction boom has emerged in Angola, Mozambique and other places.

According to the plans of the East African governments, at least one million people migrate from central and eastern Africa every year to settle in relatively backward areas.

So new villages are springing up in Angola and Mozambique, East Africa's railway system is overwhelmed, and its roads are crowded, making governments at all levels in East Africa busier.

"This year's railway system's passenger and freight volumes have clearly exceeded the design standards, especially the severe shortage of trains, which are overloaded by more than 30 percent, forcing us to relieve traffic pressure through roads and waterways," Minister of Transport Liu Yideville reported to Ernst.

"Moreover, the number is still increasing. In addition to our own citizens, black laborers are also moving to various parts of the country. Therefore, we agree with the Ministry of Transport that we need to increase the production of trains." The Ministry of Railways also complained.

Industrial transfer, population migration, and engineering construction all rely on the railway and road systems, and the scale of each of them is not small, which has put tremendous pressure on the work of the two departments.

"The operation of the railway now is just like that during the South African War. What we are actually facing is an economic war in peacetime. The western, southern and northern parts of East Africa all need to develop. These regions are already far behind the central and eastern parts of our country, so I know your difficulties." Ernst said.

The current national work in East Africa is similar to the "three-line" construction of the Far Eastern Empire. The main development directions happen to be three, corresponding to the west, south and north, so it can be summarized as "three-part" construction.

Of course, there is a huge difference between the two. The dominant indicators of the "three-part" construction in East Africa are population and agriculture, while the main indicators of the third-line construction of the Far East Empire are industry, especially the national defense and military industry.

After all, the population of the Far Eastern Empire had already been saturated, and even the remote areas had a large population at that time. In the "three parts" of East Africa, even the population was an important resource, and the problem of "having or not having" population had to be solved first.

After the population problem is solved, agricultural development will naturally follow. Otherwise, the problem of food and clothing cannot be solved by relying solely on the existing arable land, unless the fields in the central and eastern regions that have been transformed into cash crops are turned back into arable land for growing grain crops.

This is obviously impossible. As an important economic source for East Africa, the area of ​​cash crop cultivation will only increase, not decrease. After all, East Africa wants to be a hegemonic country in cash crops.

If the existing arable land remains unchanged, it is natural to open up new arable land, and the development of arable land is inseparable from the population factor, so the two complement each other.

This also means that the scale of East Africa's future food exports will become smaller. After all, during the period of population migration, it will take time for newly reclaimed land to produce food. At the same time, various infrastructure construction projects in East Africa, including transportation and farmland water conservancy construction, will consume huge amounts of food.

However, the reduction in food exports has little impact on East Africa. First, international food prices have been low all year round, and profits are low. Second, East Africa is also a country with surplus food production. It would be a good thing if the excess food production capacity could be consumed through population migration and engineering construction.

Of course, as the area of ​​newly added arable land in East Africa expands in the future, food production will certainly increase significantly. This is not a big problem. After all, the population of East Africa is growing rapidly. By the end of this century, the population of East Africa is likely to exceed 80 million.

Although the construction of the "Three Ministries" also involved the industrial field, it was very different from the "Third Line" construction. The industries transferred by the Third Line construction were all the top-quality industries in the Far Eastern Empire at that time, while East Africa only transferred backward industries. In addition to expanding the scale of East African industry, there was also a need for industrial upgrading in the central and eastern regions.

Moreover, even if it is backward industries, not all of them will be transferred. Currently, the industries in many cities in East Africa are based on mineral resources.

In this case, if there are no corresponding minerals at the transfer destination, it will definitely not work. Therefore, the backward industries eliminated in the central and eastern regions are not all, but only a part.

Moreover, the transfer and upgrading of backward industries cannot be achieved overnight. They correspond to the population migration in East Africa and will take several years.

In fact, with the help of this large-scale immigration, East Africa will not only develop the "three parts" of west, south and north, but also increase the industrial scale and urban population of East Africa. Cities like Luanda, Beira, Bangui and others will benefit.

The construction of the "three departments" is actually a comprehensive and systematic optimization of East Africa's domestic construction. When completed, the population, cities, industry, agriculture, transportation and other structures in East Africa will be more balanced.

This is also the process of consolidating the "foundation" in East Africa. After the construction of the "three departments" is completed, the economy of East Africa will enter a new level. In the next stage, Ernst has to consider the comprehensive industrialization of East Africa.

(End of this chapter)