Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 475 Important Meetings
While Duan Yun was keeping up with the production progress in the factory, Rui Yang, director of the Bureau of Light Industry, was in Kyoto to attend a special meeting of the Ministry of Light Industry.

Before the Ministry of Light Industry held this meeting, the national ministries and commissions had already held a meeting of leading cadres at the ministerial level.

The main topic of the meeting was to arrange the national work plan for the second half of the year. The ministers of 7 machinery departments, including the first-level and second-level departments, and the minister of light industry participated in the meeting.

In addition to arranging work tasks for the second half of the year, the meeting also focused on matters related to joint venture automobile companies.

The automobile industry is a comprehensive enterprise developed on the basis of many related industries and related technologies. The products of many departments used in automobiles require various processing technologies from rough processing to vehicle assembly. Auto parts include roughly floors, cars There are thousands of different parts such as screws, and the actual automobile production process is completed by the cooperation of several different professional manufacturers, so how a country's automobile industry develops represents the country's industrial level.

Today's China's industrial foundation is weak, and there is a clear gap between the level of industrial technology and technology and the developed countries in the world. After the reform and opening up, the country has always regarded the revitalization of industry as one of the most important development goals of the country. This time, it cooperated with the German public Establishing a joint venture is a very good opportunity for China's industrial development.

The essence of Sino-foreign joint ventures in the 80s was to trade the market for technology. However, given the current domestic situation, how to digest these internationally advanced production technologies has become a problem. In the final analysis, it is due to the country's weak industrial technology foundation and the desire to overtake on a curve. It is quite difficult to catch up or even surpass.

Therefore, this time the country united with various ministries and commissions to focus on this matter discussed at this meeting, trying to complete the localization of Santana cars in a short period of time, and discussed and introduced some related encouraging tax policies. Support for some key corporate capital equipment.

At that time, the Chinese government had strict regulations on the localization of a car, and at least 40% of such cars could be localized.

At this meeting, the leaders of various ministries and commissions were also full of confidence after hearing this standard, and they all believed that the localization rate of 40% was an easy goal to achieve.

But in fact, these leaders obviously underestimated the difficulty of localization of Santana cars. Until 1987, the domestic production rate of Santana cars only reached 2.7%. An antenna, a radio, and a tire were produced in China. , the rest cannot be achieved, and can only be assembled by continuing to import parts from Germany.

The localization of Santana cars is so difficult, the original solution lies in the huge gap in the level of industrial technology and production between China and Germany. Take a small steering wheel as an example. At that time, there were only three standards for Shanghai brand cars, while there were more than 100 standards for German Santana cars. These standards They are all formulated by German Volkswagen. Products produced in China have to be tested in Germany. Each product is certified one by one. Only when the quality of the certified parts has no problem can they be installed on the car. Therefore, the localization of Santana cars has been progressing very fast. slow.

After the meeting of the ministries and committees, the Ministry of Light Industry immediately held an internal meeting of senior cadres in the ministry to discuss this matter.

The participants in the meeting were all leading cadres from the provincial bureaus, and Ruiyang was the only cadre at the municipal bureau level who participated in the meeting.

This internal meeting was held for a whole day, during which relevant technicians explained in detail some technical details of the Santana sedan, as well as parts with localization potential.

Ruiyang sat in the back row, listened carefully to the expert's explanation, and kept taking notes. After the meeting, he specifically asked for a copy of the detailed technical information and drawings of the German Santana sedan.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. In fact, Ruiyang’s cards are not good. Daxing is an energy city and has a solid foundation in industry. Somewhat inferior.

This kind of situation is very embarrassing. The country develops this kind of high-tech industry, and the priority is BJ, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other big cities. Although Daxing is stronger than ordinary cities, in the final analysis, the country is It will not put key projects related to the country's industrial layout in Daxing, a city dominated by energy.

But Ruiyang has great ambitions. He wants to turn Daxing into a national key industrial city. He wants to leave his mark on this city, and he also wants to rely on the achievements he has made here to step onto a higher stage.

But it is not easy to make some achievements in a city like Daxing. Ruiyang needs to seize every opportunity he can see, work hard, and also need some luck.

After the meeting, Ruiyang left the Ministry of Light Industry with his notes and materials.

Ruiyang's home is not far from the Ministry of Light Industry, and it's less than three stops away by bus.

Ruiyang has an enviable happy family. His wife was a college classmate of his back then, and now she stays as a lecturer in a university in BJ. After they got married, they gave birth to a son and a daughter. The son is currently in high school in Kyoto. , my daughter is just in the second grade of junior high school this year.

However, since Ruiyang was transferred to Daxing City as the director of the Bureau of Light Industry two years ago, the couple have been together less often, sometimes not seeing each other for two or three months, but the family is still stable. The couple often talk on the phone or Contact by letter.

This time when Ruiyang returned to BJ, he would go home and stay for one day, but he only had one day. This time he went to BJ for a meeting, and he only left two days for himself. One day for the meeting, the other day to be with his family.

Ruiyang's wife is very capable. During the two years she served as the director of the Daxing Light Industry Bureau in Ruiyang, she independently took care of the food and daily life of the two children, which also allowed Ruiyang to devote herself to her work.

After staying at home for one night, Ruiyang went to BJ's Wanwanzhuang Community early in the morning of the second day.

Wanwanzhuang Community is the earliest self-designed residential community after the founding of New China. With the awareness of the founding of New China, BJ Sanlihe Chaonei Street, Xidan North Street and other places, according to the plan, newly built state office buildings. In order to cooperate with the administrative office area, It is necessary to build a residential area, nursery school, school and other Wanzhuang community around it, which is an initiative of this historical period.

In the 80s, many veteran cadres with high positions and weights in China lived here after retirement, including the old man in Ruiyang.

Ruiyang's parents have already passed away. When he was young, Ruiyang lived in the home of his old comrade-in-arms, who is now his father-in-law. Ruiyang not only finished college here, but also gained his love and family. It was also arranged by his father-in-law that he joined the Ministry of Light Industry after graduating from university.

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