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The next morning, Wang Hongtao arrived at the hotel at 7:30 and accompanied the Myanmar representatives to have breakfast.

When they met, he was extremely enthusiastic, with a look of shame on his face, and said to Suo Rui: "General Suo Rui, I'm really sorry. I went to the grassroots for investigation yesterday and hurried back after receiving the news. But it was getting late, and I was afraid that it would affect your rest, so I didn't It’s really rude to bother you!”

Seeing the real owner, Suorui had a smile on his face, he felt energetic immediately, and the rice became more delicious!

After the meal, more than a dozen people from Myanmar were put on the tour bus by Wang Hongtao. Souri asked without knowing why, "Secretary Wang, where are we going?" In his opinion, should this be a negotiation? For such a big hotel with complete facilities, do we still need to change places to negotiate? More formal?

Wang Hongtao said with a smile: "We have an old saying: When friends come, there is good wine; when enemies come, there are shotguns! You are distinguished guests, so of course you should treat them well and appreciate the hospitable and beautiful Dian Province. It must be the first time for General Suo to come. Dian Province, right? You must have fun!"

Seeing that the extremely enthusiastic Wang Hongtao was already leading the way, Souri felt like crying. The situation in the country was very strange. He had no intention of "hanging around". He just wanted to finish dealing with the country's border issues and return home immediately.

Alas, in front of so many people, Suorui couldn't refuse openly. After all, they meant well, so he had no choice but to get on the bus and absent-mindedly admire the beautiful Spring City Stone Forest Scenic Area, Dongchuan Red Earth Scenic Area, Cuihu Park, Ethnic Village, Golden Horse and Jade Rooster, Ocean Court and other attractions.

But faced with the beautiful scenery and delicious food, Souri was boring and anxious!

Wang Hongtao just wants to hang them up. Anyway, he is not the one who is anxious. Let's see how long he can hold it in. The skill of negotiation is whoever speaks loses, whoever makes you more anxious than me!

At the dinner, Wang Hongtao brought out rose wine, a specialty of Yunnan Province. It is characterized by being clear and transparent, and the fragrance of roses comes out when you open the bottle and jar. The entrance is even more amazing. First, there is a cool feeling that slides down the throat like a thread, and then the mouth is full of fragrance. If another wine burp occurs, the light and cool aroma of the roses will make people drunk.

Rose marinated wine has the functions of nourishing qi and activating blood circulation, calming the liver and nourishing the stomach, widening the chest and dispersing depression. The complicated brewing process requires a lot of roses, labor and time. Modern people are impatient and naturally will not produce such complicated wine.

But Wang Hongtao fell in love with it after drinking it once. It has a kind of artistic conception like that of Tang Bohu, who "sits in front of flowers when he's sober, and sleeps under flowers when he's drunk. He's half drunk and half awake day after day, and the flowers fall and bloom year after year." Intended to bring the rosé back to life.

Even the absent-minded Suorui praised the wine. He knew that today was a waste and was a little upset. Coupled with the hospitality of the people of Yunnan Province, he was actually drunk!

It wasn't until the dead of night, when Suorui woke up from peeing, that he realized that for the whole day, he had done nothing but just eat, drink and have fun! Tomorrow, let’s get down to business no matter what!

The next morning, Wang Hongtao came to accompany the Burmese guests for dinner.

Seeing the tourist bus coming again in front of the hotel, General Suorui hurriedly said to Wang Hongtao: "Secretary Wang, I must refuse your kindness today no matter what, and I can't go out for fun! I am worried about internal and external troubles at home, and I want to meet Secretary Wang today." China and Myanmar will communicate on the issue of opening up the country’s borders.”

Wang Hongtao smiled and said: "I wanted to receive General Suo well and appreciate the beautiful mountains and rivers of our country, but I didn't expect General Suo to return home quickly, so I had to obey my order. Please forgive me for my poor hospitality!"

Souri quickly said: "I have fully felt Wang Hongtao's enthusiasm and thoughtfulness, and I am very grateful. It's just that I don't have the time, otherwise the beautiful Yunnan Province is what we Myanmar people yearn for, and we must have a good time no matter what!"

After breakfast, representatives from Yunnan Province and Myanmar held a symposium in the conference room of the hotel.

At the meeting, Wang Hongtao expressed his sincere welcome to the arrival of General Thorui and his delegation. He said that China and Myanmar are connected by mountains and rivers and live side by side. The peoples of the two countries have been close to each other since ancient times and have profound historical roots and common historical memories. The diplomatic relations between the two countries in the new era have gone through 70 years of ups and downs, with a long history and profound historical friendship.

Myanmar is an important traditional friendly state of China, sharing ethnic and cultural similarities. The people of the two countries call each other the "Rui-Miao Paukphaw". It is precisely due to the influence of such geographical, human, cultural and other factors that the people of the two countries have overcome the difficulties and obstacles of "extended mountains and rivers, and obstacles in the roads" to trade across the passage.

The two countries share a fighting friendship of mutual dependence and sharing weal and woe; pauk-phaw brothers of peaceful coexistence and good-neighborliness; and a partnership of equality, mutual benefit, and win-win cooperation. China is already Myanmar's largest source of foreign investment and largest trading partner. Relations between the two countries have continued to develop on the basis of mutual respect, mutual trust, and mutual assistance, setting an example of equal treatment, mutual benefit, win-win, and common development between large and small countries.

It is hoped that the two countries will deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in the future, build a closer China-Myanmar community with a shared future, promote the continuous warming and upgrading of China-Myanmar relations, and continue to write a new chapter in the millennium Paukphaw friendship.

Singing a high profile is not difficult for Wang Hongtao. If Suo Rui has no objection, he can say it for three days and three nights!

Forty minutes later, while Wang Hongtao was drinking water, Suorui hurriedly interjected: "Thank you very much to China and Dian Province for attaching great importance to our trip, and for their warm and thoughtful hospitality, which made us feel like home!

Our country's national conditions are complex and it is still in the primary stage of "seeking stability" and "seeking development". It faces many difficulties in transformation and development. The country has long-term poverty and backwardness, ethnic fragmentation, ethnic conflicts, military conflicts, political identity differences, Rohingya, etc. Human issues and other issues, especially when the Democratic League's first term is about to end this year, the current situation is still far from the people's expectations.

China is of special importance to Myanmar. It is closely interdependent and closely related in geopolitical and economic relations. On some issues, China's support and help are indispensable.

Last year, a sudden epidemic was sweeping the world. Our country lacked medical treatment and was facing a huge disaster! As of yesterday, more than 66000 people have been diagnosed and more than 2000 have died. These are just statistical figures. The real situation may be more serious.

The government has focused all its energy on fighting the epidemic. However, due to your country's closure of the China-Myanmar port, trade between the two countries has been in trouble. In particular, my country's agricultural and sideline products are seriously unsaleable and there is an extreme shortage of daily necessities and anti-epidemic materials.

Yesterday, I saw with my own eyes the success of Yunnan Province in fighting the epidemic. The people live and work in peace and contentment, have no worries about food and clothing, and are free. I feel sincerely envious and even more worried about the current situation of our country.

The reason for coming here this time is to conduct friendly consultations on the opening of ports and the resumption of trade exchanges between the two countries. The day before yesterday, we witnessed the demeanor of a great power and promised to provide strong support in the fight against the epidemic, and affirmed the proposal to open the China-Myanmar port. But the specific implementation has to be implemented by Yunnan Province, so we came to Yunnan Province, hoping to get strong support from Secretary Wang and Yunnan Province. "

In fact, by closing the country, Yunnan Province has suffered a lot of losses and is extremely uncomfortable. Wang Hongtao has learned that local foreign trade activities at the port have basically stagnated, leaving logistics companies in a dilemma. Some companies have newly purchased trucks that have not even traveled 1000 kilometers. Office and warehouse rent, vehicle depreciation, and employee wages are all huge expenses. Some logistics companies may not be able to survive this year and have stopped carrying out logistics business long ago. Affected by the epidemic, only Ruili's total financial revenue fell by more than 30% year-on-year, which was greatly affected by the closure of the port. It’s just that our family has a great cause and there are other ways out, which are not as painful as the Burmese side!

Wang Hongtao said: "General Suo, since the superiors have requirements, Yunnan Province must implement them. This is related to the long-term friendship between the two countries. However, the epidemic is too serious. Once all ports are opened, the risks of epidemic prevention and control will be too great for us. Unbearable. You may know that after I came to Yunnan Province, the first city closure order I issued was for Ruili. The reason was because two illegal immigrants from your country wandered around the streets and the city fell directly. Lesson learned It's miserable!

Therefore, I can only agree to open the Ruili Port, adopt the model of 'cargo but not people', and implement 'four-stage driving', that is: after completing customs procedures, when transporting goods from China to Myanmar, a Chinese driver must first drive there On the Jiegao Bridge, the intermediate closed-loop management section is driven by a driver to the China-Myanmar border gate, and then the Myanmar driver transports the goods to a designated location for disinfection, and finally drives the truck to the destination. Vice versa, this can effectively block the spread of the virus, but it is a helpless move. Please understand! "

Suo Rui thought for a while, as long as goods can be exchanged normally, it will only increase some costs. Within the acceptable range, he agreed, but also asked whether all China-Myanmar ports can be opened, which can reduce the logistics costs of transportation companies. It can improve timeliness and reduce time and economic costs.

Wang Hongtao said that starting with Ruili, after accumulating certain experience in epidemic prevention, the two sides will negotiate to open all ports. After all, with the current epidemic situation, economic activities must give way to epidemic prevention and control.

Since then, both parties have reached an agreement on the issue of port opening and are basically satisfied.

Wang Hongtao's positive attitude made Suorui very happy. He thought that this person was polite, quick-tongued, and straightforward in doing things. He didn't seem to be as unreasonable and unforgiving as the rumors said. This made him a lot more confident about the next thing.

As everyone knows, Myanmar’s Mandalay International Dry Port and Yangon International Dry Port are important international dry port projects determined by the United Nations Intergovernmental Dry Port Agreement. They are both in Wang Hongtao’s economic plan. Cooperating with each other in business and developing markets is the next step. As an important task, the construction of logistics parks in Yunnan Province must be in line with international standards and promote the development of international logistics and trade.

Closing the ports is only a temporary measure, and Wang Hongtao understands that cooperation will benefit both sides and division will hurt both sides. Many leaders have already suggested opening the ports, otherwise Yunnan Province will suffer even greater losses. Moreover, Wang Hongtao clearly remembered that when the port was opened in the future, Yunnan Province did so thoroughly, but Myanmar was coy and embarrassed. Now that I'm taking the initiative, I can still get some favors, so why not?