The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Heilongjiang Province’s export destinations are Outer Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan!
Currently, two sea access channels have been opened. Although Russia will receive a portion of the profits every year, it is a win-win cooperation for both sides.

Jilin Province’s access to the sea is through the Yalu River and the Tumen River.

The Yalu River was called Bashui in ancient times. It was called Zishui and Yizhoushui in the Han Dynasty. It was called Yalu River in the Tang Dynasty because of its green water color, which looks like a duck head. The Yalu River originates from the southern foot of Guanbai Mountain in Jilin, flows through Changbai, Ji'an, Kuandian, Dandong and other places, and flows southward into the Yellow Sea. It is 795 kilometers long.

The Yalu River is the boundary river between China and North Korea.

China Port Group Corporation invested a large amount of money to dredge the Yalu River, build docks along the river and build Dandong Port, making the entire section of the Yalu River navigable by 2000-ton cargo ships, greatly enhancing Jilin Province's shipping capacity.

The Tumen River is the boundary river between China and North Korea. The main stream is 525 kilometers long, the total drop of the river is 1200 meters, and the average slope of the river is 1.6%!

China Port Group Corporation has invested tens of billions of RMB in the waterway projects of the Yalu River and Tumen River.

As for convincing North Korea, it took a lot of effort.

After completion, it will be able to accommodate 2000-ton cargo ships, and the downstream area will be able to accommodate 5000-ton cargo ships.

Like the Tumen River, the Yalu River has only three Sino-North Korean bridges that serve as land routes for the two sides.

These six bridges are the Yalu River Bridge and the Tumen River Bridge.

The six bridges were all funded and built by China and are also the locations of ports between the two countries.

Liu Tao was on a boat, accompanied by Li Weimin and others, and they inspected the Yalu River together.

There is a clear difference between the two sides of the Yalu River, it's like two different worlds.

"The navigation capacity of this section of the Yalu River in Liaoning Province is 4000 to 5000 tons, which has brought tremendous impetus to the economic development along the coast!" Li Weimin introduced.

Improving the navigability of the Yalu River is extremely important for the development of Liaoning Province.

In addition, with the completion of the Bohai Bay Bridge and Tunnel Project, the connection between Liaoning Province and Shandong Province has been directly opened up, and they no longer have to rely on ferries as before.

The two cities of Dalian and Yantai are now directly connected, and there is no need to make a long detour like before.

The Yalu River in Liaoning Province has plains along its banks.

Some water conservancy hubs have been built along the river, playing roles in flood control, power generation, irrigation, and navigation.

Of course, these projects benefit not only China, but also North Korea, as some of the electricity and water are supplied to North Korea.

In addition, Panshan Group provides North Korea with 50 tons of food and 1 tons of fertilizer every year.

In addition, North Korea’s annual natural gas and oil are basically supplied by China National Petroleum Corporation, and the price is much lower than that supplied to Japan and South Korea.

In the whole year of 2004, China's food aid to North Korea reached 100 million tons, far exceeding the international food aid to North Korea, because last year the international food aid to North Korea was only 104.6 million tons.

At the same time, China supplies nearly one million tons of oil to North Korea every year. Although a large part of it is paid, a small part is free aid.

When North Korea imports oil from China, not only is the price lower than the market price in Japan and South Korea, but North Korea is usually allowed to defer payment for one to two years.

China’s food aid and oil supply can be said to have become North Korea’s lifeline.

In addition to food and oil, China's aid and exports to North Korea include everything from daily consumer goods to industrial raw materials.

North Korea’s annual material shortage is almost always solved by China.

Liu Tao came to the Northeast this time, not only to inspect the three northeastern provinces, but also to attend the first Northeast Asia Summit.

The Northeast Asia Summit, after overcoming many difficulties, finally brought together Outer Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and Ryukyu. This is the first step in the economic integration of Northeast Asia, from the previous civil discussion to the government level summit exchange.

The first Northeast Asia Summit was held in Shenyang.

To be honest, it is not easy to facilitate this Northeast Asia Summit, because Americans do not want to see such a summit.

Even Russia has its own interests to consider.

Continuously doing ideological work on all parties has led to the first Northeast Asia Summit.

For China, this is a national strategy, the integration of Northeast Asia, so it is a huge opportunity for the development of the three northeastern provinces, and there are naturally many benefits.

It's normal for work to be difficult.

But it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t do the job just because it’s difficult.

Liu Tao glanced at the other side of the river. There was a wire mesh along the shore, making it impossible for ordinary people to swim in the river.

Liu Tao sighed in his heart. Once upon a time, it was not like this.

It is just that the development of the times has led the two sides to two very different paths.

Going downstream along the Yalu River, there are locks at the water conservancy hubs, through which you can pass.

Unlike the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the overall slope of the Yalu River is very small, and it is only necessary to build hubs in individual sections to adjust the river gradient and improve navigation conditions.

This is the same as rivers like the Mekong River.

Finally, in the afternoon, they arrived at Dandong Port.

Dandong Port is located in the northern part of the Yellow Sea, the northeastern part of the Liaodong Peninsula, and the west bank of the Yalu River estuary. It is adjacent to Dalian to the south and faces the Korean Peninsula across the river to the east. It is one of the ports in China that is closest to the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese Archipelago, and is also the northernmost international trade port on the Chinese coastline.

Last year, the entire Dandong Port completed a cargo throughput of 1.5 tons, and both the throughput and revenue levels set a new record in the history of Dandong Port.

The entire Dandong Port has a designed throughput of 2 million tons.

Moreover, with the expansion of Dandong Port, the cargo throughput of the entire Dandong Port will increase to 2.5 million tons.

目前丹东港的现有泊位48个，其中万吨级以上深水泊位42个，包括万吨级深水泊位8个、3万吨级深水泊位6个、3.5万吨级深水泊位4个、5万吨级深水泊位24个。浪头港区现有泊位10个，3000吨级泊位8个，千吨级泊位1个。

另外，其他中小港点现有100吨~450吨级泊位11个，1000吨~5000吨级22个，分布在鸭绿江沿岸。

The total area of ​​warehouses that have been built is 2.9 square meters, the total effective area of ​​the yard is 60.6 square meters, and the container terminal is about 15.3 square meters.

As an ice-free port, a port like Dandong is definitely the port that Russia has always dreamed of.

At this time, Liu Tao saw a ship with the flag of North Korea sailing into Dandong Port. He asked Li Weimin, and Li Weimin judged that it should be hair products exported to China.

North Korea has limited exports, mainly mineral resources, seafood and hair products. Hair products are the top export products from North Korea to China, accounting for about 57% to 70% of North Korea's total exports to China.

The so-called hair products mainly include wigs, false eyelashes, false beards and so on.

Then there are some special export products, such as ginseng. A lot of wild ginseng comes from North Korea.

As for industrial products, North Korea's industrial products are not competitive. (End of this chapter)