Countercurrent 1978 starts with the production team

After the warm applause, the foreigner smiled, obviously very satisfied with what he had just said, and his aquiline nose became even sharper.

"As the most populous country in the world, I am shocked by your achievements, but with your current economic structural advantages, it is difficult to surpass industrialization."

“There are two ways for a country to industrialize. One is to start with light industry, such as textiles, food, and daily necessities. The investment is not large, but it can quickly create a large number of jobs, solve the problem of labor employment, and quickly provide abundant products to the market. daily necessities to meet people’s living needs, quickly generate industrial output value, and enhance people’s happiness.”

"The second is to start with heavy industry. This road is extremely difficult, because the investment cycle of heavy industry is long, and it not only requires continuous high accumulation of investment for a long time, but also these investments are very huge, and it is difficult to see benefits in the short term, and it is difficult for ordinary people to directly Share the fruits of industrialization.”

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The foreigner spoke again, revealing some disdain for China's priority in developing heavy industry, which made Chu Jianghe a little unhappy.

As foreigners say, light industry is easy to produce problems. After World War II, most underdeveloped countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America chose the path of focusing on light industry.

However, this road leads to a dead end!

What kind of environment did we have at that time? Without the basic support of heavy industry and chemical industry, you would be like a useless person without legs, unable to walk even a few steps with your hands.

Heavy industry is related to national defense strength. Without heavy industry, you would not even have the ability to protect yourself.

The chemical industry solves all material-related problems in people's daily lives. Yes, it is everything.

Not to mention that without a complete industrial foundation, it will be difficult for you to achieve industrial upgrading step by step, and you may always stay at the stage of primary light industrial products.

The little wealth we have now was built up bit by bit by generations of us who tightened our belts and lived frugally.

Don't look at the foreigners talking sanctimoniously on the stage. In fact, they have already passed the stage of primitive accumulation, so they are so shameless.

How their primitive accumulation came about is self-evident.

Of all the developed countries in the world, South Korea is the only one that has no history of foreign aggression and plunder.

However, South Korea itself is relatively small, and again, what price do they pay for it? Someone else lives in the master bedroom, and they don’t speak harshly at home.

So an American celebrity said: If Chinese people all live the lives of Americans and Australians, it will be a disaster for the whole world.

Yes, even they know that their lives are a bit luxurious, and the resources in the world are only enough for them.

When the most populous country in the world is about to rise, it touches on their core interests and pursues and intercepts us from all aspects. This is also true.

The butt determines the head. Depending on the position you stand, you will see the problem from different angles.

The road ahead is long, and there is a long way to go.

When our per capita GDP reaches two thousand US dollars, two thousand US dollars becomes a middle-income trap.

When our per capita GDP reaches US$[-], US$[-] becomes a middle-income trap.

When our per capita GDP reached US$[-], medium-industrial countries such as Mexico, Brazil, and Turkey began to struggle.

When our per capita GDP reaches [-] US dollars, the countries at the top of the industrial chain can no longer sit still.

There is only so much rice in this pot. When 14 billion people want to eat more, they can only eat less.

The foreigner on the stage continued: "Last year, General Motors Chairman Thomas led a delegation to visit you. When visiting the Hubei Second Automobile Manufacturing Plant, Thomas was shocked by the automobile industry that you built entirely on your own efforts. But. On the other hand, after I communicated with him, he believes that your automobile industry still has a lot of room for improvement."

“Automobile manufacturing involves dozens of technological fields, hundreds of industrial accessories, thousands of technical details, and requires tens of thousands of hardware and extremely complex software supporting systems. Once the car is on the road, every piece of hardware and software must work properly. , and also have to adapt to various harsh climate environments. You still have a long way to go in this aspect."

"So I think you do not yet fully have the conditions for industrialization, but your vast market, one billion people, and rich mineral and agricultural resources are also advantages. You can completely re-find your position in the international market."

"European and American industries are relatively developed, but there are still many problems, such as duplication of construction, serious product homogeneity, and vicious competition. Due to changes in the international market, demand is quickly saturated, resulting in serious overcapacity. I don't think you Rushing to join these international competitive fields is a good choice, but on the contrary, it will ultimately cause a waste of resources."

What this foreigner means is very obvious, that is, you can't play with these high-end gadgets yet, so you should just find some low-end ones to play with first.

To say that the example he cited is quite relevant, decades later, the automobile manufacturing industry is still the most complex among mass-produced civilian products.

Cars have tens of thousands of parts, and their design life is often more than ten years. During this period, they have to experience wind, frost, rain, snow, scorching heat in summer and severe cold in winter.

It requires maintenance to be as simple as possible, reliability as high as possible, and cost as low as possible.

Miracles do not exist, and the challenge of building such a thing is huge.

Due to the complexity of the product, many severe challenges have been brought about, such as on-site production management, equipment management, warehousing management, supplier management, logistics management, etc.

The manufacturing of a car also involves the development of hundreds of related industries.

Therefore, the management level of a country's automobile industry marks the highest management level of the country's manufacturing industry.

The words of foreigners are very unpleasant to listen to. This is obviously a rhythm that tells us to stop the pace of industrialization, export labor force with peace of mind, and serve as their younger brothers and substitute workers.

This is obviously impossible.

Industrialization is a difficult road to take, but it has to be taken.

The path of industrialization itself is about survival and competition for more resources.

Decades later, in a modern society with a high degree of industrialization, we still feel insignificant in the face of natural disasters.

Even if we consider it from this perspective, without further industrialization and development of productivity, we will not even have the ability to protect ourselves when a major disaster occurs.

If everyone were so content with the status quo, I'm afraid humans would still be living a life of slash-and-burn farming.

Not to mention that this foreigner obviously has no good intentions. Let us open the market and contribute our own labor and resources so that people like them can continue to live a luxurious life.