The biggest risk in life is not taking risks.
The same is true for a country.
Hostile countries will never sit back and watch you develop steadily. They will keep a close eye on you, constantly harass you, and create many obstacles to your development.
Just like China at this moment, not to mention internal and external troubles, at least the external environment is not stable and safe enough.
Sandwiched between two superpowers, our country is the most populous country in the world, and the burden of domestic development and people's livelihood is already very heavy.
Fortunately, this time, a thundering blow was delivered in the harassment war against Annan.
It immediately caused a huge stir in international public opinion.
Annan, who had been clamoring, also fell silent.
The big brother who supports them behind the scenes has also begun to reconsider its relationship and attitude towards our country.
but……
These local advantages are only temporary.
The competition and trade-offs between major powers are never determined by just one or two angles or performance on the battlefield.
Here in the capital, there is a festive atmosphere.
After all, this partial victory over Annan can be considered great news in recent times.
However……
The old man sat in the office, still holding a cigarette with a frown on his face.
Secretary Liu walked in with a pile of materials in his hands, but did not dare to interrupt the old man's thoughts.
It was not until a long while later that the cigarette in the old man's hand burned his hand. He suddenly realized and quickly threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray.
Then he glanced at Secretary Liu who had been waiting for a while, pointed at him and said with a smile: "Why didn't you call me when you came in?"
"I saw that you were so absorbed in your thoughts that I was afraid to interrupt your train of thought."
Secretary Liu smiled and brought up all the materials and placed them on the table.
"There's nothing to think about, just one word... money!"
Shaking his head, the old man stood up and pointed at the documents that Secretary Liu had just brought over. He smiled and said, "You kid! Believe it or not, I don't need to look at it to know that most of the documents you brought are asking for money. And it's foreign currency, US dollars!"
Secretary Liu also smiled bitterly and said, "You are really good at predicting things. The top one is an application from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for overseas training and material purchase. The amount is not much, only 50,000 US dollars.
Then there are several large chemical plants that want to apply for foreign exchange quotas for the import of some large equipment. The amount ranges from one million US dollars to twenty million US dollars.
There are some more things to come, such as the purchase of books from the Ministry of Culture, the introduction of technology from the Ministry of Machinery, and so on. I just calculated that it cost nearly 100 million US dollars!"
"Look! Look! They are all here to ask for money!"
The old man smiled and searched his pockets while speaking, "But I have nothing here, and I'm afraid the little foreign exchange I have will be emptied out in no time."
It has to be said that this is the current reality in the country.
Foreign exchange is extremely scarce, and the only foreign exchange we have is obtained through the export of grain, rare minerals, and even oil.
The prices are also kept very low by international buyers.
What we export are these raw materials with low added value, while what we import are those high value-added machinery and technology.
And as soon as the seller saw that the buyer was China, the price immediately soared again, completely taking advantage of China.
But unfortunately, the situation is stronger than people. If we don't buy, there is nowhere else to buy it. And it is an urgently needed technology or equipment, so we have to bear the loss with tears, no matter how big it is.
"Approve them all! Then we can think of a way to sell whatever we can on the international market..."
After looking through the applications, the old man waved his hand generously.
"Okay! I'll go take inventory again. If that doesn't work, I'll just sell some more crude oil. Daqing is very motivated right now, and oil production is increasing steadily. It has become an important source of foreign exchange for us.
As for timber from Northeast China, Japan also had great demand, but the price was a little low. They knew we were in urgent need of foreign exchange, and even proposed to pay in Japanese yen. We insisted on accepting US dollars, so they lowered the price by another 10%.
As for rare earth resources, the Ministry of Mineral Resources does not recommend that we sell more because our prices are completely low.
Moreover, rare earth resources are important strategic resources. If we sell too much, the production will decrease in the future, and we will not be able to support many of our own research projects..."
Secretary Liu reported everything one by one. Fortunately, he had a good memory, but each thing was enough to give him a headache.
But in the final analysis, isn’t money the most important thing for a country’s development?
Without money, how can we develop?
This year, China's total foreign exchange reserves are only over 900 million US dollars. Just now, the old man approved nearly 100 million US dollars. Adding to what was spent before, the foreign exchange is probably running out.
Historically, it was precisely because of the vigorous development of the economy that too much foreign exchange was consumed, resulting in almost deficits in the following years. China's foreign exchange reserves were completely negative, and had been in debt for many years.
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In Chuncheng, Northeast China, Lin Tongchun returned to the State Guesthouse and immediately made an international call to the Japanese company's headquarters.
Immediately ask your accountant to conduct an inventory of assets and summarize the total amount of funds the company can currently use if converted into US dollars.
About an hour later, the accountant reported the specific number.
The total amount is one million US dollars. If there is an urgent need, the company's assets or equity can be used as bank mortgage to borrow another million US dollars.
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