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Chapter 1298 [Turning the Desert into an Oasis of Renewable Energy]

There is no doubt that it is right for large-scale agricultural reclamation to be in the hands of the state and that private interference is not allowed.

Fang Hong will not let other stars get involved, nor will he let other private individuals get involved. This must be public.

Let's imagine a scenario: what would happen if large agricultural reclamation was marketized? First, the price of grain would be manipulated. The grain in Northeast China is the main source of grain circulation in the country. If the large agricultural reclamation in Northeast China is controlled, the price of grain in the country can be manipulated, raising domestic inflation and instability.

What would happen if they let the large agricultural reclamation sites fallow for a year and not produce any grain? In the market, they can find all kinds of reasons to reduce production, such as problems with the capital chain, etc. However, the grain production of large agricultural reclamation sites is a national task, not a market-oriented behavior of enterprises.

So, how can we ask for grain production units to be completely market-oriented and enterprise-oriented? Looking at the effects of the current marketization of education and medical care, it is the lower-class people who pay the bill in the end. If the country's strategic grain base is also marketized, there is no doubt that the lower-class people will also pay the bill. Even more serious than this is the hidden danger of national food security.

Not to mention that after marketization, capital has led to a decline in employee welfare benefits in the agricultural reclamation system in order to make profits. Even if capital drives up housing prices in residential communities like this one, everyone's quality of life and happiness index will plummet.

From a higher-level international perspective, China is the controller of global grain and a major grain exporter. Three of the world's four largest grain traders are from China. The reason behind this is that the relationship between the US dollar and grain is getting closer. The strategic role of grain is rapidly increasing in the future, and national food security is becoming more important.

It has become more profitable for external capital to control grain, so large agricultural reclamation has also become a battlefield for internal traitors and external capital to make profits. That is why they have been smeared and belittled in public opinion in an attempt to pry open this piece of profit pie.

Because there are huge opportunities to make huge profits, and for America, food is also one of their best weapons to contain the great Eastern power.

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Fang Hong talked with the general manager of the large agricultural reclamation company for about half an hour. The atmosphere of the whole communication process was very pleasant, and they also reached some consensus on the gentleman's agreement.

That is, the agricultural grain production base in the Northeast will cooperate with relevant high-tech enterprises in the galaxy, such as large agricultural reclamation bases introducing artificial intelligence unmanned monitoring solutions for rice fields.

This trip can be regarded as Fang Hong finding a big customer for the high-tech enterprises under the Qunxing Star System.

But these can only be regarded as appetizers. The real main course is the agricultural production model of the Northeast Agricultural Reclamation. Fang Hong's trip here is just a pioneering step. Later, Qunxing will arrange a team to visit and stay for a long time to study. The Northeast Agricultural Reclamation is also very happy to export this production model and impart the experience of the large agricultural reclamation, because this is an affirmation of the large agricultural reclamation and proves its advancement and competitiveness.

Fang Hong also attached great importance to this point. Sending a team here to learn the production model of agricultural reclamation is a very important strategic arrangement. This matter is related to the future economic development of the Far East. In particular, Outer Northeast is definitely the best land in the entire Northeast Asia. It can be used for farming, has abundant resources, and has a coastline that stretches for tens of thousands of miles.

The Far East, covering millions of square kilometers, has vast plains and dense river networks. Not only is the land fertile and suitable for large-scale agricultural reclamation and industrialization, but the natural resources are also quite abundant. The forest coverage rate reaches 70%, and the region's mineral and energy reserves are also among the highest in the world.

We need to reserve relevant talent teams in advance so that there will be people available when the time comes and a team can implement the plan.

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In the next few days, Fang Hong still stayed in the Northeast. This trip lasted for more than half a month, which greatly exceeded the expectations of the outside world. From the length of time Fang Hong stayed in the Northeast, many people outside speculated that the stars attached more importance to the Northeast than most people imagined.

However, Fang Hong did not care about these things and did not care at all. He continued his research and investigation in the Northeast to understand the local situation.

During this period, his field investigations and research in the Northeast mainly focused on four aspects, namely food agriculture, industrial manufacturing, energy resources, and ecological environment, which just corresponded to four of the five major security strategies. The only one missing was national defense and military industry, which was indeed difficult to carry out research on.

But Fang Hong also visited two Harbin Institute of Technology, one is an industrial university and the other is an engineering university. These two universities are also known as the "Seven Sons of National Defense".

After more than 20 days of field investigation and research, Fang Hong had a more comprehensive understanding of the current actual situation in Northeast China, and he had a general idea in his mind, which also gave him a clearer and more specific layout for future investment in the local area.

However, after Fang Hong finished his inspection trip in the Northeast, he did not return directly. Instead, he took a special plane from the Northeast to the Hetao Plain in the Northwest.

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October 10, Kubuqi.

The world's first 10 million kilowatt wind power and photovoltaic base is located in the Kubuqi Desert. This is a large-scale renewable energy project led by Qunxing Capital and jointly promoted by many large enterprises such as Sanxia Group and some private enterprises. This project is just one of them.

Under the blue sky, thousands of photovoltaic panels stretch out, facing the sun and absorbing the hot light energy. Under these photovoltaic panels, the endless yellow sand has disappeared, replaced by a green grassland.

Several off-road vehicles were driving on the gaps between the photovoltaic panels. Fang Hong was in one of them. The project's chief engineer acted as a guide, taking the group on a tour and introducing the situation here.

The convoy stopped at the wind power photovoltaic base, and everyone got out of the car. Fang Hong looked at the surrounding environment and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, this place was a desert a few years ago, and I didn't expect it to become a green land so quickly. Photovoltaic sand control has proven to be feasible, and it kills two birds with one stone. We have energy and the environment is also controlled."

The project manager came to Fang Hong and introduced to him: "The Kubuqi Desert is located in the Hetao Plain. It is the seventh largest desert in China. It is located on the south bank of the Yellow River bend. To the north is the Yinshan Mountains and to the south is the Ordos Plateau. It is about 400 kilometers long from east to west and only 50 kilometers wide from north to south. The total area is 1.39 square kilometers..."

During the Western Zhou Dynasty 3,000 years ago, the Kubuqi Desert and the entire Ordos Plateau were teak habitats with dense forests and abundant grass and water. Later, due to climate change and human activities, the fragile surface began to become fragmented due to wind and sand erosion, and gradually evolved into today's desertified surface.

There are many places like the Kubuqi Desert in the country. More than one-fifth of the country's land is desert, distributed in an arc-shaped area in the north of the country, stretching across six provinces and regions including Northwest, North China and Northeast China.

Moreover, because the desert is highly mobile, the appearance of sand dunes will change with strong winds, making it time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly to manage. Even if a lot of effort is put into management, there are too few places that can be used.

For a long time in the past, we could only watch these barren lands in vain. However, since the country proposed a renewable energy plan, the desert has become a popular destination and has become a paradise for renewable energy.

Although those large deserts are not suitable for human survival, they are indeed oases of renewable energy. Strong sunlight, strong winds and little precipitation are the main causes of the formation of deserts.

But let’s think about this problem in reverse.

Strong sunlight and strong wind mean abundant solar and wind energy resources, low precipitation means there is no need to worry about equipment being soaked in water, and sparse population means there are large amounts of unused cheap land resources.

What else could this not be an oasis of renewable energy?
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(End of this chapter)