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Mu Guoxing knows that the problems reflected in these provincial and municipal reports do exist. After agricultural companies purchase oil crops, they hand them over to domestic oil extraction companies for processing.And pay the processing costs and corresponding profits of these oil extraction companies, and the vegetable oil produced is put on the market at the price stipulated by the state, which fundamentally prevents the rise of vegetable oil prices.

However, some oil processing companies acquired by foreign capital do not have such treatment. They want to import genetically modified soybeans, but no one buys the soybean oil they produce. They want to process them for agricultural companies, but they cannot get orders. In this case, it would be strange if they didn't go bankrupt.So these companies also approached the local government one after another, asking them to process for agricultural companies like other companies.

Since these foreign-funded enterprises purchased oil-extracting enterprises in a very covert manner, the local government did not know the situation very well, and they wondered why the agricultural companies did not give them orders for the advanced production equipment of these oil-extracting enterprises. How about choosing some enterprises whose processing capacity is not too strong?

How do these local enterprises know that the national security department has already investigated which enterprises have been controlled by foreign capital and how they acquired them.The list was immediately reported to the Ministry of Agriculture. The Ministry of Agriculture sent it to agricultural companies in various provinces as a top secret. It can be said that these enterprises have been blacklisted by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Some local government officials have also found agricultural companies at all levels, but unfortunately, agricultural companies at all levels are directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture, and they do not buy the account of the local government. Although they are under a lot of pressure, how dare they still No matter how to do it, the local government has nothing to do.Since you can't grasp the official status of these people, and you don't have the slightest binding force on their business activities, why do you dictate to them?

In desperation, the local government had no choice but to write a report to the central government, asking the central government to come forward to resolve this conflict. Of course, there is no shortage of cases where it is necessary to sue the Ministry of Agriculture.

Shen Yuqing, Minister of Agriculture, is also facing tremendous pressure during this period. Some major provincial and municipal leaders have come to ask the Ministry of Agriculture in person, why do they do this, why do the same enterprises have two standards? If you no longer have power over planting, processing and sales in the grain and oil market, how will you proceed with your work in the future?

Faced with these questions, Shen Yuqing not only explained to them that this was an instruction from the central government, but also painstakingly introduced the importance of this work to these officials in Xinjiang, and hinted that this work was personally carried out by Vice Premier Mu. .

Hearing that Vice Premier Mu personally took over the job, these big officials in the frontier region no longer had the arrogant look they had at the beginning. They knew that Mu Guoxing's work style was extremely strong, and anyone who dared to violate his Instructions, the only result is being adjusted to work or even being taken off the official hat.

Mu Guoxing personally drafted a document on several regulations on grain purchase, processing and sales, and issued it in the name of the General Office of the State Council. After seeing this document, all the officials in Xinjiang understood that the central government was going to The production, processing and sales of the company are once again unified.This small storm was like dropping a pebble on a calm lake, and it disappeared quickly.The spirit of the central document is also very clear, further re-division of labor in the grain field, each province and city is only responsible for organizing the production of grain and oil to ensure that the grain income increases year after year, and they don't need to worry about the rest.

At the executive meeting of the State Council, Gao Xuzheng was very excited and very satisfied with the implementation of the [-] project: "Comrades, after several months of trial operation, the [-] project has been implemented very smoothly, although we are also facing tremendous pressure. , but generally speaking, the implementation of this project is still very successful. According to the statistics of relevant departments, the price index has dropped significantly in the first half of the year. It can also be said that it has now fallen back to a normal level. Although We have paid tens of billions more for this, but it has also further stabilized the social order and eliminated the resentment in the hearts of the people, which is also worthwhile."

VIP Two Thousand 490 Chapter Two Exchange Rate Issues

Five months later, U.S. Secretary of State Palak finally set foot on the land of China. **Bubble! Book.Right* In the past, this kind of situation was very rare. In the past, as long as the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic letter to the Huaxia Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and their country’s dignitaries came to visit, it would not take long for the confirmation letter from the Huaxia Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be sent back in time. .

There is also a reason why it took so long this time. On the one hand, the U.S. government was planning to send Deputy Secretary of State Michael to visit China. Before receiving a reply, the four major U.S. grain merchants and Iron Mountain Corporation lobbied the U.S. government again. Send higher-level government officials to visit China, so that everything has to be done from scratch.

Although one is the deputy secretary of state and the other is the secretary of state, according to the principle of diplomatic reciprocity, the two sides will have to conduct renegotiations, and it is understandable that it will take longer.But the main reason is that Huaxia Kingdom is deliberately delaying. They want to use this time to observe the movements of the four major grain merchants and Tieshandu Company. If they can take the initiative to withdraw, things will be much easier. If Ken voluntarily withdraws, the Huaxia government will use this time to make full preparations.

On behalf of the Huaxia government, Mu Guoxing greeted Palak and his party at the airport. Walking on the spiral staircase, Palaque immediately saw the well-known iron-fisted deputy prime minister standing under the spiral staircase.

"Welcome Mr. Secretary of State to visit Huaxia!"

"Thank you, Mr. Vice Premier, for coming to the airport to greet me. I have heard of Mr. Vice Premier's name for a long time. I believe that through this meeting between the two sides, we will reach some consensus. After all, China is inseparable from export trade and economic development. Open our American one."

"Please allow me to correct you. It should be said that we are inseparable from each other in terms of export trade and economic development, especially in the context of the current financial crisis that is intensifying. This issue is even more important.

Palak was slightly taken aback. He knew that he had encountered an extremely difficult character this time. The Vice Premier of Huaxia was also very clear. Although Huaxia cannot do without the United States, the United States also needs Huaxia's support. This is because the United States still has It is necessary for Huaxia to continue to buy their national debt, otherwise, the US economy will become a mess. This is also the consensus of many financial and economists in the United States.

That night, No. [-] and No. [-] met with Palak respectively. Of course, the meeting between the two parties was only in terms of etiquette, and the content of the conversation was only some macro aspects or some major issues of principle. The question still needs to be discussed between Mu Guoxing and US Assistant Secretary of State Charlton.

According to the information provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Assistant Secretary of State Charlton is only 37 years old this year. Although he is young, he has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California and is one of the most famous financial experts in the United States.Before taking public office, Charlton served as the CEO of a well-known Wall Street investment company. It can also be said that this person not only has rich theoretical knowledge, but also has considerable practical experience.

The main purpose of the U.S. government delegation to China this time is to explain to the Huaxia government the security of the U.S. government’s national debt, and to ask the Huaxia government to further increase its holdings of U.S. treasury bonds and further increase the exchange rate of the renminbi against the U.S. dollar.Of course, the four major grain merchants and Tieshandu Company are also the focus of their trip. That is to say, the delegation of the U.S. government has something to ask the Chinese government this time. The meeting place is the Beijing Hall of the Great Hall of the People. Charlton took the lead: "Mr. Deputy Prime Minister, our US government is now facing an unprecedented economic crisis, the unemployment rate remains high, and the trade with your country is seriously unbalanced. In addition to the internal reasons of our country, we believe that The low exchange rate of RMB against the U.S. dollar is also the main reason for the high unemployment rate in our country. According to our calculations, the RMB should have 30.00% to 35% appreciation space. If your government can’t make the RMB appreciate as soon as possible, yes The relationship between our two countries will have a significant impact."

These words of Charlton are commonplace. Since the United States accused the Chinese government of manipulating the exchange rate and threatened to impose trade sanctions on China, the two countries have been fighting fiercely about the exchange rate.The exchange rate issue has not only become a hot topic on radio, television, newspapers and networks, but has also become a topic of ordinary people in the streets and alleys.After the impassioned and impassioned appearance of experts and scholars, the common people have already been provoked to the point of indignation.

As far as China and the United States are concerned, the exchange rate of RMB against the U.S. dollar is actually determined by China’s supply and demand of various resource products from the United States and the United States from China’s various resource products, just like the price of goods in a country is determined by both supply and demand. The RMB exchange rate is the price of RMB in the world market.

In the early days of reform and opening up, Huaxia lacked domestic manufacturing technology at that time. Cars, computers, airplanes and various mechanical equipment could not be manufactured, and Huaxia urgently needed these things to support modernization. Therefore, RMB was very worthless in international trade. Because, on the one hand, we urgently need U.S. dollars to purchase advanced equipment and technology in the U.S. and even the world market; With the continuous deepening of opening up, except for a few things, not only can it manufacture computers, cars and various mechanical equipment, but also can use the advantages of these equipment and labor to produce more shoes, socks, ties, lighters and many other light industrial products.In this way, on the one hand, we don't need more dollars to go to the United States to buy industrial products, so the demand for dollars drops.On the other hand, Americans can buy cheap and high-quality light industrial products in China after getting the renminbi, so their demand for renminbi has risen. This decline means that the demand for dollars has decreased and the demand for renminbi has increased. , the renminbi is of course more and more valuable.This is the main reason why the United States is doing everything possible to force the appreciation of the renminbi.

Charlton talked on and on for a full 10 minutes, and what he meant in his words was to accuse the Chinese government of manipulating the RMB exchange rate.If the RMB exchange rate increases, it will be very beneficial to the US government.With the increase of the RMB exchange rate, Huaxia's export commodities will become more and more expensive, and export enterprises will close down. At that time, a large number of industrial workers will lose their jobs, and Huaxia's economy will go into depression.The higher the product price, the less people will buy it, which will improve the competitiveness of American products and benefit the export of American products.

Assume that a Chinese bus factory exports a batch of high-end buses to the United States, and Americans are willing to pay 100 million US dollars to buy them.At this time, whether the bus factory wants to do this business depends on both the manufacturing cost and the exchange rate.If the production cost of the passenger car is set at 600 million RMB, the key to whether it can be sold depends on how much RMB can be exchanged for the 100 million US dollars back home.

Huaxia is a country with foreign exchange controls. After the bus factory gets the 100 million, it can only go to the state-owned commercial bank to exchange RMB according to the ratio stipulated by the state.If 1 US dollar is exchanged for 6.8 yuan, the passenger cars can earn 80 yuan. Of course, this business can be done.If the country changes it to 1 U.S. dollar and can only be exchanged for 5 yuan, then this business cannot be done, and if it must be done, it means a loss of 100 million yuan.Through this example, we can see that the lower the exchange rate of the RMB, that is, the more RMB can be exchanged for 1 US dollar, the more beneficial it is for China's export enterprises.For example, if 1 US dollar can be exchanged for 100 yuan, the business of export enterprises will undoubtedly be extremely prosperous.

Mu Guoxing listened to Charlton's speech calmly. He didn't speak slowly until he was tired of speaking: "Mr. Charlton, I can't agree with your accusation against our government just now. First of all, I want to declare that, The Chinese government does not manipulate the exchange rate, and the RMB exchange rate is also appreciating in an orderly manner according to market laws. According to relevant statistics, the RMB exchange rate has appreciated by [-]% last year. How can this be said? What about the Chinese government manipulating the exchange rate? Now the question I want to ask your government is, you have been asking us to increase our holdings of U.S. treasury bonds, so what will you do to ensure the safety of the U.S. treasury bonds we have been holding?"

VIP Two Thousand 490 Chapter Three Debt Security

The two sides were at each other's throats, arguing over the exchange rate of the renminbi and the security of China's holdings of U.S. treasury bonds. The first meeting broke up.

In fact, Mu Guoxing has done a lot of investigation and research on the issue of RMB appreciation, and has a preliminary idea.He believes that the current exchange rate between the RMB and the US dollar is indeed too low, but since the transformation of domestic enterprises has not yet been completed, in order to protect domestic enterprises and stabilize social order, he can only grit his teeth and insist that the RMB does not appreciate. The domestic market has matured, domestic demand has been stimulated, and the transformation of enterprises has been completed. At that time, the RMB can be greatly appreciated, and more products that my country needs can be purchased from foreign countries.

The question now is how much should the RMB rise to?Some experts said that the exchange rate issue is a matter of sovereignty, and whether it should rise or not should be decided by our country itself.Some experts say that the renminbi has risen by 5% in five years and cannot rise any further.Some experts and scholars simply said that the RMB should not only appreciate, but should also depreciate, because depreciation means that our products are cheaper and more conducive to seizing the world market.

The purpose of any party's exchange is not for others subjectively, but for oneself, although objectively it also helps others.In foreign trade, it is not enough if we just sell things, we must also exchange the dollars we sell to the US market to buy back the things we need, so that the exchange is complete.If we only sell but not buy, it means that our things are given to others, but other people’s things are not given to us. This kind of exchange may promote the wealth growth of Americans, but it does not make our own wealth get a corresponding increase. Increase.

If the exporting company only sells the product abroad, but the importing company is unwilling to use the dollars exchanged by the exporting company to complete the import, it means that the exchange has not been completed.There is a standard to measure whether the exchange rate is correct, that is, the US dollars exchanged by the exporting company can be sold to the importing company without any obstacles, and the importing company is willing to purchase these US dollars and use them all for importing. It means that our wealth has increased, so this exchange rate is correct.

The low value of the renminbi is good for our exports, but saving dollars is not our purpose. Our purpose is to use these dollars to buy back the things we need domestically from the United States or the world market. At this time, it is up to the importing companies to take the lead.Imports require U.S. dollars, so at what price should import companies purchase U.S. dollars from banks?Of course, it must be executed according to the price at which the bank buys US dollars from export companies, and a handling fee must be added, otherwise the bank will not lose money?However, at this time, importing companies have no enthusiasm at all, because they can buy US dollars at a price of 6.8 yuan to exchange for 1 US dollar. Importing companies feel that except for a few high-tech products such as large aircraft, almost no other products are bought. It’s not cost-effective to go to China, either they don’t have enough RMB to buy these products, or they buy these products back to China because they are expensive and no one will buy them.

So, how much RMB should be exchanged for 1 US dollar at present is reasonable?In fact, apart from the market, no expert or scholar can answer this question.Because the market is always changing, a country’s demand for foreign resource products and foreign demand for the country’s resource products are both dynamic. What is the strategy of coordinating the price of a package of goods for comprehensive calculation, and what is the strategy of using a fixed price ratio and keeping an eye on the US dollar? , and fixing the exchange rate once and for all at a certain value may be far from the real exchange rate.

Precisely because the market is in constant change, almost all market economy countries do not carry out compulsory intervention in the exchange rate, nor do they store a large amount of foreign exchange, but allow the people to save and exchange freely according to their own needs, so that the exchange rate can Only by truly reflecting the needs of the market can exports and imports be balanced, and the exchange rate at this time is correct and real, and can truly promote the wealth growth of both sides of the exchange.It is also for this reason that whether the exchange rate is free floating or not has become an important standard internationally used to measure whether a country is a market economy country.Of course, the free floating exchange rate will bring risks to export companies. For example, three months ago, 1 US dollar was exchanged for 6.8 yuan, so the company received a business of 1000 million US dollars, but after three months of processing and production, the exchange rate changed. If 1 U.S. dollar can only be exchanged for 5 yuan, it means that the revenue will drop from 6800 million yuan to 5000 million yuan, so it is entirely possible that this order will turn from profit to loss.Therefore, for export companies, they hope that the RMB exchange rate will at least be stable, preferably depreciated, and not appreciate in any case.

A non-appreciation of the renminbi means that the export enterprises will be able to prosper, the enterprises will be profitable, and the workers will not be laid off.However, government decision-making should not only consider the interests of export enterprises, but also consider the interests of the whole society.

The problem now is that China's wealth will continue to flow to the United States, but the same wealth will be exchanged for less dollars, because the low exchange rate means that we need to use more things to exchange the equivalent dollars, to put it bluntly We are giving something to someone else.The second is that there will be more and more trade frictions, because the government will not let the renminbi appreciate, so it can only rely on printing renminbi to redeem the dollar, which is equivalent to using the power of the whole country to subsidize the cost of export enterprises.The third is that the industrial structure will become more deformed, because exporting enterprises can make money by selling their products at low prices. Enterprises that should not be put into production will desperately increase investment because of the profits brought by export exchange. The central government has repeatedly proposed to reduce exports and increase Economic structural adjustment aimed at consumption will eventually come to naught.Fourth, as the world financial crisis eases and foreign consumption power gradually recovers, the US dollar reserve will continue to increase as exports increase. In order to exchange for US dollars, a large number of renminbi has to be issued, and domestic inflation will surely come back like a shadow.

Thinking of this, Mu Guoxing sighed softly. Only now did he realize how difficult it is to be a head of a family, especially a head of a family with a population of more than one billion must be extraordinarily difficult in everything. Be careful, once you are careless and make mistakes in your work, it will affect the interests of the entire country.Although the central government has formulated a strategic policy of continuing to keep a low profile for the first five years, resolve domestic conflicts, develop the economy, and make a difference in the international arena in the next five years, the domestic situation is indeed not optimistic, and the problem of food security will be troublesome. Such a big effort, not to mention implementing economic transformation across the country?

It is easy to talk about the issue of economic transformation, but it is difficult to do it in practice. There are so many export enterprises in the country and tens of millions of industrial workers. With the risk of bankruptcy, what will the country do to support these tens of millions of unemployed workers and their families?

After three days of talks, the two sides finally reached a consensus.The U.S. government promised to relax restrictions on the export of some high-tech technologies to China, and allow private companies to enter China for some high-tech technologies that are dual-use for both military and civilian purposes.At the same time, it promised to ensure the safety of the US debt held by Huaxia. No matter under any circumstances, the Huaxia government can ask the US government to repay it first.

At the same time, Mu Guoxing also promised on behalf of the Chinese government that in the next five years, he will purchase ten trillion dollars of products to promote the development of the world economy.At the same time, it also promised that the RMB will appreciate in an orderly manner in the next five years.However, Huaxia has not made a clear commitment to whether it will continue to increase its holdings of US treasury bonds.The price offered by the U.S. government is so much. If we want to achieve this goal, we must agree to the new conditions we put forward.

At the end of the meeting, Charlton said: "Mr. Deputy Prime Minister, our government has noticed that your government is vigorously developing agriculture and has raised the issue of food security to a very important position. Our government also appreciates it very much. But one problem is that the Huaxia government has harmed the interests of Chinese investment enterprises while carrying out the [-] project. What is the explanation for this, Mr. Vice Premier?"

VIP Two Thousand 490 Chapter Four Our Internal Affairs

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Mu Guoxing looked coldly at the high-spirited assistant secretary of state, took a sip of tea in a calm manner and said, "Mr. Charlton, this is our country's internal affairs. I don't need to tell you Explain!"

Charlton was taken aback for a moment. He knew that what he said just now was a bit too much. No matter how powerful the US government is, it cannot interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.But he still has to say these words today, because the president has already explained before he came, that at the right time, he will raise the issue of discrimination against the five major American grain merchants and Iron Mountain Corporation in China, and strive to get the Chinese government to give up. suppression of them.

At the beginning, Charlton didn't understand why the president asked him to raise this issue when he was meeting with Chinese officials, but when he learned about the relationship between the five major grain merchants and Iron Mountain Corporation and the president, he fully understood that if the president wanted to obtain To be re-elected, one must get the support of some big consortiums, and the five major grain merchants and Iron Mountain Corporation are the most powerful supporters of the president. This time the president must have received a lot of campaign donations from them.

Charlton still has a very good impression of the president. In any case, the president has supported him. It is the president's insight and ability to overcome all opinions, making Charlton the most powerful man in American history. Young Assistant Secretary of State.

You know, although Charlton's annual income on Wall Street is higher than that of the Assistant Secretary of State, but with this experience, after he no longer holds public office, other big consortiums will have to offer a higher price to lure him to join, or even It is also very easy for Charlton to run for the senator and enter the political arena.

It was with this mentality that Charlton decided to raise this issue behind the back of Secretary of State Palak during the meeting with Mu Guoxing, but he forgot the most important point, that is, the President talked to Charlton again. At the same time as this matter, he was also warned not to get into a stalemate with Mu Guoxing, the deputy prime minister of Huaxia. According to the intelligence of the CIA, he is a strong man.

Charlton hit a snag before remembering what the president said to him, and thanks to the thick-skinned Americans, as soon as Mu Guoxing's words fell, Charlton said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Deputy Prime Minister, I have no intention of interfering with your country's affairs. Internal affairs, but while implementing the [-] Project, your country has harmed the interests of our enterprises, so of course the U.S. government has to intervene in the inside story."

Mu Guoxing saw a trace of panic flashing in Charlton's eyes, and said with a slight smile: "Mr. Charlton, the five major grain merchants in the United States and Iron Mountain Corporation, entered our country with market behavior, and ours Agricultural companies also adopt market behaviors, and under the premise of this behavior, companies must compete and survive the fittest, and Mr. Charlton can’t deny this, right?”

"Mr. Deputy Prime Minister, I admit that the agricultural companies in your country are adopting market behavior, but your government has also subsidized them with large sums of money. Isn't this your government's intention to instruct agricultural companies to crowd out our country's enterprises? Out of Huaxia?"

Mu Guoxing smiled slightly: "Hehe, Mr. Charlton, when it comes to the issue of agricultural subsidies, I really want to ask, is there any country in the world that does not pay attention to the development of its own agricultural production, and which country does not pay attention to its own agricultural subsidies?" If agriculture does not implement subsidies, does your U.S. government still subsidize agriculture? Why can’t we do things that you can do?”

Mu Guoxing's words pushed Charlton back neither soft nor hard, leaving Charlton speechless.It can also be said that what the US government is most afraid of is that China will bring up this issue in the negotiations.