"Secretary Li, I will strictly adhere to your requirements, bear in mind my original aspiration and mission, forge ahead courageously, and never let down the leaders' expectations of me!"
"You are only 23 years old this year, and you are already the executive deputy township head and a leading cadre. That's amazing. When I was my age, I had just graduated from school and knew nothing. Look, you know so much, but none of us know anything. It seems we still have to keep learning!" Commissioner Sun Peiqing said.
"Yes, we have to keep working and learning until we're old! By the way, Zong Yuan, do you have any good suggestions for economic development?"
"Hey, Secretary Li, don't tell me, I've actually thought about it and have some experience with it."
"Don't hide it, tell us so we can learn from it."
"Developing the economy can be summed up in 12 words. Simply put, without agriculture, there's no stability; without industry, there's no prosperity; without commerce, there's no life. Agriculture can provide food and clothing, but relying solely on agriculture to achieve prosperity is difficult. Therefore, we must vigorously develop industry. There are two ways to do this. One is to encourage local entrepreneurship, building factories everywhere, but this lacks talent, ideas, and funding. The other is to attract investment, bringing in companies from outside the area that have technology, funding, and markets to help them lay the foundation for success. However, this requires certain policies, such as taxes, land, and initial investment. Nothing comes easy without sacrifice. In this regard, Honghua Township has the advantage of land, as that land can't grow crops anyway."
"To invigorate the economy, we have to rely on commerce, connecting what's available and what's needed, and invigorating the market. Ganhe City has an advantage in this regard. We're roughly the same distance from major cities like Beijing and Shanghai, and at the intersection of four provinces, with a population of approximately 50 million, we're perfectly situated in the center of a relatively undeveloped region. We have unique conditions for developing wholesale commerce, and we can act early. If we act early, we'll be the first to act. Other regions will have to rely on us for development!"
"Well, the analysis is correct. Let's talk about how we can develop agriculture?" Commissioner Sun Peiqing asked?
"Since the implementation of the household contract responsibility system a few years ago, people's enthusiasm for growing grain has increased unprecedentedly, but cash is limited. The next step is to shift from filling stomachs to filling money. Greenhouse vegetables can be grown in the plains. We can learn from Shouguang in this regard. Mountainous areas can develop forestry and fruit industries, vigorously developing peaches, apricots, apples, kiwis, pears, chestnuts and dates. For better management, one village or one township can have one product to avoid local homogeneous competition. At the same time, families can build family farms and vigorously develop pigs, angora rabbits, sheep, dairy cows, minks, chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry and livestock. The government can improve services in talent training, epidemic prevention and post-sales."
"It would be best if there is one grade per village or one grade per township, right?" Shen Congde asked.
"Yes, this way we can concentrate our efforts on major tasks. If our efforts are dispersed in any one area, nothing can be accomplished effectively."
"After talking about agriculture, can you elaborate on industry? I think we can't just rely on raising a lot of pigs and cattle to catch up with the provincial capital. We have to rely on industry!"
"Yes, we can now vigorously develop agriculture while quietly focusing on industry, especially private enterprises. I think the leaders know that there have always been two voices regarding the development of private enterprises. People with opinions are afraid that if the policy changes one day, they will be sent to prison. The owner of the stupid melon seeds has been imprisoned three times, and he can't employ more than seven people. What can seven people do? So we can just do it without talking about it, promoting it, or reporting it."
"There are indeed two voices at the top. The policy is unclear, so those with ideas need to step back and wait and see."
"I have an idea, but I'm not sure if all the leaders will support it."
"Tell me about it!" said Secretary Li Chuanyu.
"I now have 100,000 mu of land suitable for industrial development in Honghua Township. I think the district can set up a development company. I will invest 49% of the shares with the land, and the district government will invest 10 million yuan for 51%. Even if it is not a private enterprise, I dare to develop it."
"What are you going to do with this 10 million?" asked Commissioner Sun Peiqing.
"My plan is to invest 1 million yuan this year to build roads on the first phase of 500 mu of land, 1 million yuan for supporting infrastructure such as electricity and tap water, and 8 million yuan to build 400,000 square meters of standard factory buildings, each of which is about 1,000-2,000 square meters. We will attract social capital to lease and build factories. We will charge 4 yuan per square meter per month for rent. Enterprises can buy equipment and start production. I estimate that the rent collected can be used to continue construction on a rolling basis. The investment in infrastructure in the later stage will not be so much. We can build 1-2 million square meters of factory buildings each year. If 3 million square meters of factory buildings are built in three years, it will only occupy 500 mu of land, generate 6 million yuan in tax revenue each year, and absorb 5,000 workers into employment."
"Zongyuan, you're being petty. Old Sun, I think the government could invest 10 million to set up an investment company. The investment company could then ask the bank for a loan of 30 or 50 million. Wouldn't that allow them to develop 2,000 or 3,000 mu of land in a year?"
"I think it's feasible. Since the bank can't issue loans, we can take this opportunity to borrow 100 million yuan, 50 million for road construction and 50 million for development. I think it's feasible!"
The next day, Commissioner Sun Peiqing arranged for the Finance Bureau Director to invite several bank presidents to a meeting in the small conference room of the Prefectural Party Committee.
As soon as Commissioner Sun Peiqing made the Prefectural Committee's opinions clear, several bank presidents became restless. The first to raise their hands and ask to speak was the Director of the Industry and Commerce Bureau:
"Commissioner Sun, our Industrial and Commercial Bank of China strongly supports the economic development of the Ganhe region. We happen to have a 10 million yuan interest-free loan line that we can provide to the Prefectural Party Committee and the Administrative Office. In addition, we can also provide a 20 million yuan low-interest subsidy loan to the Administrative Office."
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