The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 381: I can’t build it. I really can’t build it!
The Ministry of Electronics Industry is a young department that was not established until 1982.

In May 1982, the state merged the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and the State Administration of Computer Industry to establish the Ministry of Electronics Industry.

More than two years have passed, and the entire Ministry of Electronics Industry has not yet been completely straightened out.

Previously, Panshan Group, a unit of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, went to produce computers, semiconductors and other industries. The State Administration of Computer Industry and the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building were very dissatisfied with this because it was a way of snatching food from the same plate.

But Panshan Group has mastered the core technology and produced advanced products.

Like Kinglong Computer, the world's best-selling personal computer.

Like the 'Big Brother' mobile phone, this is the only one in the world except for Motorola.

There are also digital landlines, which are making the original hand-cranked phones obsolete.

But now, Panshan Group is actually extending its reach into the communications field.

It’s tolerable, it’s unbearable!

The head of the Ministry of Finance spoke first, "There is no money! Really no money! The total investment is 20000 trillion, which is more than the entire country's fiscal revenue in ten years!"

"If everyone gave up food and drink and invested all the money in this project, it would not be completed in 24 years, let alone 50 years."

The total investment of the project is 20000 trillion yuan. When he saw this investment amount, his heart almost stopped beating and his high blood pressure almost flared up.

20000 trillion, this is an astronomical figure.

When he thought of this number, he wanted to strangle Liu Tao to death.

How dare Liu Tao propose an investment of this scale?

The person in charge of the Ministry of Electronics Industry immediately raised a question: "We have never heard of root servers. Is this reliable? And the second-generation wireless communication technology. The first-generation communication technology has not yet been popularized in Europe and the United States. We in China have just started to build and open it in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Kunming, and Hong Kong. Is it too big a step to talk about the second-generation wireless communication technology now?"

"Where will the money come from for such a huge investment? Our money doesn't come from the wind. Even if the whole nation tightens its belts, it is estimated that it will not be completed in 24 years."

The most advanced mobile communication technology in the world today is the first generation of mobile communication technology.

In 1976, Martin Cooper, an engineer at Motorola, first applied radio to mobile phones. In the same year, the International Radio Conference approved the frequency allocation plan for the 800/900MHz band for mobile phones.

When talking about the first generation of mobile communication systems, we have to mention the famous Bell Labs. At the end of 1978, Bell Labs in the United States successfully developed the world's first mobile cellular phone system - the Advanced Mobile Phone System. In 1983, this system was officially put into commercial use in Chicago and quickly promoted throughout the United States, achieving great success.

At the same time, European countries were not to be outdone and established their own first-generation mobile communication systems. Sweden and other four Nordic countries successfully developed the NMT-4 mobile communication network in 1980 and put it into use. Federal Germany just completed the C network this year. China had not even started in this regard.

As a result, Panshan Group converted the first-generation mobile communication system technology from military technology to civilian technology, and China then had a full-access communication system with a frequency band of 900MHz.

At present, China's first-generation mobile communication system is being constructed and put into use in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Kunming and Hong Kong.

Among them, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are led by the Ministry of Electronics Industry and assisted by Panshan Group.

However, in Kunming and Hong Kong, Panshan Group has complete control and the Ministry of Electronics Industry has nothing to do with it.

The first generation of mobile communication technology is now in the trial stage and has not yet been promoted, but Liu Tao has proposed the second generation of radio communication technology, and even the third generation of mobile communication technology has appeared in the planning.

This is such a big step, you're not afraid of getting hurt.

Other experts also spoke. They have not yet thoroughly studied and understood the first generation of mobile communication technology and are still at a stage of only knowing a little about it. Now they are proposing to build the second generation of mobile communication technology and are even planning the third generation of mobile communication technology. This is unthinkable.

As for the Internet, it is even more of a curiosity.

Many of them have never heard of it.

And what about root servers? Are they that important!?
Liu Tao listened to everyone's opinions with a calm expression, not showing any sign of anger.

The second generation of mobile communication technology is based on digital voice transmission technology. GSM is a standard launched by the European Committee for Standardization in 1992. It uses digital communication technology and unified network standards to ensure communication quality and develop more new services for users.

However, root servers, local area networks, the Internet, etc., which are among the most advanced in the world, have never been touched by most people.

"The first generation of mobile communication technology is now advanced, but we should know that it uses analog technology and the capacity of the 1G system is very limited." Liu Tao said slowly: "In addition, there are also major problems with security and interference."

"The inherent deficiencies of the 1G system make it impossible to popularize and apply it on a large scale. The price is also very high. We in China simply cannot afford to popularize it to everyone." Liu Tao said: "Even in Hong Kong now, it is still very difficult to popularize and apply it on a large scale. It will take at least three or four years."

"Although 1G systems are already in Europe and the United States, they have many deficiencies and defects. Therefore, Europe, the United States and Japan are all exploring newer mobile communication technologies. If we don't do it, then when they develop them in the future, we will have to spend a huge amount of money to introduce them. The same construction cost will only be higher, not lower." Liu Tao said confidently: "I am not saying that we should build 1G now, but we should build it together with the Internet optical cable to avoid rebuilding."

"Computer technology is developing very fast now. In Europe and the United States, some people even call it the computer revolution or the information revolution. That is to say, after the first industrial revolution, the 'steam engine revolution', and the second industrial revolution, the 'electrical revolution', we are ushering in the third industrial revolution, the 'computer revolution', or the 'information revolution'."

Liu Tao's tone became heavy: "We missed the First Industrial Revolution, suffered defeat in the two Opium Wars, suffered a series of humiliations in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, and various unequal treaties almost forced us to perish. We missed the Second Industrial Revolution and paid a huge price in the First and Second World Wars. We were the victorious country, but no one cared about us. We did not get the treatment that a victorious country deserved."

"Now the third industrial revolution is before us. Are we going to miss it again? What price will be waiting for us Chinese if we miss this industrial revolution?" Liu Tao does not want China to be just a spectator in this industrial revolution, but to become a participant and leader, to gain greater benefits from this industrial revolution, to complete China's modern industrialization in a shorter time, and to make China a modern industrial country and a powerful country.

(End of this chapter)