All projects are progressing very smoothly, with the local government providing full support and assistance.
Every city faces water and electricity issues to varying degrees, and local governments will naturally provide full support for projects offered by Wujiang Group.
In just about a month, Wujiang Group signed cooperation projects with twelve coastal cities, with a total investment of no less than 300 billion RMB, most of which came from low-interest bank loans.
For projects like this that benefit the people and generate stable income (water and electricity bills), banks readily agree to lend, so Wujiang Group naturally doesn't need to use its own reserve funds.
Even if Wujiang Group were to acquire the project without contributing a single penny, the local government would likely still actively facilitate its approval and help Wujiang Group secure bank loans.
Before long, netizens in major coastal cities who received the news were overjoyed.
Water and electricity are matters of vital interest to everyone.
Therefore, the local people were overjoyed when they learned that Wujiang Group was building a seawater desalination plant, an offshore photovoltaic power station, and an offshore wind power station in the area!
Everyone realized that once these three projects were completed, water and electricity costs would definitely decrease.
"Wujiang Group is awesome! The exorbitant water and electricity bills are finally going to be reduced!"
"Water and electricity bills have been rising every year, but they can't be rising anymore. Wujiang Group is really doing a great job. They are a truly conscientious company!"
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Internationally, China's methods for solving water scarcity are simple, direct, and incredibly generous, leaving countless foreigners dumbfounded, while also feeling a touch of envy and resentment.
Of course, some people said they weren't envious.
"Is that all? Our country would never waste resources building a desalination plant. We have the Ganges and the Indus Rivers, and we have more fresh water than we can use!" Because China and India have similar populations and large land areas, and are neighbors, many Indians like to compare their country with China, which is why some Indian netizens expressed their disdain.
Goodness, this Indian netizen must be quite ignorant, unaware of India's suffering. Despite having many major rivers like the Ganges and Indus, India suffers from extreme water scarcity. With a large population, 600 million people lack access to reliable water every year, and 200,000 lose their lives as a result…
Several days have passed, but the controversy has not subsided; instead, it has intensified, sparking global discussion.
Not all Indian netizens are idiots; they know their country is short of water. So some people online have suggested learning from China's methods and building seawater desalination plants to solve India's water resource problem.
However, as soon as this suggestion was made, netizens in Western countries immediately began to ridicule it.
"They want to use seawater desalination to save lives? Can farmers in India afford that?"
"It's unrealistic. Seawater desalination is too expensive for ordinary Indians. If India wants to truly solve its water crisis, it should focus on finding ways to conserve water."
India's economic development in this lifetime is slow and it is completely suppressed by China. As we all know, there is a term in economics called the "siphon effect". China's development is too rapid, and the resulting siphon effect has seriously affected the surrounding countries. Talent and capital have been drawn away by China, thus limiting the development of the surrounding countries.
In its previous life, India's main economic pillars were three: manufacturing, agriculture, and services.
In this life, however, India's service and manufacturing industries have been severely stifled. In its previous life, India was known as the "Land of Programmers," with its information technology services sector being one of its most competitive and innovative areas, and a significant source of foreign trade and revenue. This included a shift from initial outsourcing models to consulting, solutions, and product models, and an expansion from low-end data entry and software development to high-end knowledge process outsourcing and R&D centers. Unfortunately, in this life, Wujiang Group doesn't give India a chance. Instead, it has cultivated a large number of IT personnel domestically, replacing India. Furthermore, most of the internet giants belong to Wujiang Group, and who gets orders and who doesn't is entirely up to Wujiang Group.
Not to mention the manufacturing sector, Indian-made goods can't even leave the country; instead, Chinese-made goods are encroaching on India's territory and seizing its domestic market share.
Today, China is moving towards Industry 4.0 and building automated and intelligent factories. China has not only become a manufacturing powerhouse but also a manufacturing superpower. Chinese-made products have become more competitive, making it difficult for India's manufacturing industry to rise, let alone attempt to take advantage of its demographic dividend and follow China's early development path by pursuing low-end manufacturing.
Although China is now pursuing high-end manufacturing, it has not abandoned low-end manufacturing.
Machines are cheaper than manual labor, isn't that appealing? Why abandon low-end manufacturing?
Now that we've started eating meat, does that mean the soup doesn't taste good anymore?
We must focus on both low-end and high-end manufacturing, and we must be strong in both areas. At least, Wujiang Group is doing just that.
If you look at India, its only notable achievement is probably its agriculture.
(End of this chapter)
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