The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 557: Shipbuilding Ambitions

Before being transferred to Panshan Group, Li Weimin had heard of Panshan Group, but he did not know much about it.

After the organized conversation, Li Weimin also learned about it before coming to Panshan Group.

However, the report information on paper is far from being as intuitive and shocking as what I learned after visiting Panshan Group in person.

Although Panshan Group is only a vice-ministerial state-owned enterprise under the State Machinery Industry Commission, there are hundreds of such companies across the country. However, only by understanding Panshan Group in detail can you feel the shock it brings.

Panshan Group has six second-level group corporations under its jurisdiction, namely China Southern Ordnance Industry Group Corporation, China Southwest Industrial Group Corporation, China Southwest Electronics Group Corporation, China Communications Investment Holding Group Corporation, China Electric Power Investment Group Corporation, and China Construction Group Corporation.

Among the six second-level group corporations, China Southern Ordnance Industry Group Corporation was promoted to vice-ministerial level this year.

The entire southern weapons industry system will be fully integrated into the China Southern Ordnance Industry Group Corporation, and the total number of employees will exceed one million.

It produces various firearms, self-propelled artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, military vehicles, air defense missiles, anti-ship missiles, torpedoes and other weapons, even warships can be included.

Although China Southwest Industrial Group Corporation was reorganized this year, it currently has China Automobile Group Co., Ltd., China Motorcycle Group Co., Ltd., China Yangcheng Shipyard, China Mawei Shipyard, China Rongcheng Port Group, China Ludao Port Group, China Southwest Machine Tool Industry Group, etc., which are not as good as before.

However, China Southwest Industrial Group Corporation is still very large. The number of employees in China Automobile Group Co., Ltd. alone currently exceeds 20, covering automobile manufacturing plants, automobile research institutes, automobile repair shops, etc., and the scale of China Automobile Group Co., Ltd. is still expanding.

Huaxia Motorcycle Group Co., Ltd. currently has more than 15 employees, including motorcycle manufacturing plants, motorcycle research institutes, motorcycle repair plants, etc., and is also expanding rapidly.

The output of automobiles and motorcycles produced by Huaxia Automobile Group and Huaxia Motorcycle Group is much greater than that of other automobile and motorcycle factories in China.

Each group has more than ten companies under its jurisdiction.

This time he and Liu Tao came to Yangcheng Shipyard. Li Weimin was shocked by the large scale, advanced and complete equipment and large number of workers of Yangcheng Shipyard.

This was after he left the Communist Youth League system and went to work in another system, which allowed him to be exposed to many things that he had not been exposed to before.

In the past, he felt that China was very backward and poor, far behind the developed countries in the world.

However, what he came into contact with during this short period of time made him see a different landscape. He realized that China also had many things that had reached the world's leading level and were becoming bigger and stronger. As long as China was given time, it could quickly become strong.

China is not inferior to any other country.

The Chinese nation is not weaker than any other country.

Of course, what Li Weimin found difficult to accept or adapt to was that after coming to Panshan Group, his salary was more than ten times what it was before.

It is also equipped with a high-end Huaxia car, a dedicated driver, a dedicated secretarial team and dedicated security personnel.

When he received his first month's salary, his hands were shaking and he even asked if it was paid to the wrong person.

"Comrade Weimin, the shipbuilding industry will be a key focus of our efforts in the future. In the next few years, we will invest more than 50 billion yuan in the shipbuilding industry." Liu Tao said to Li Weimin, "The yen has appreciated a lot now, and the labor cost of Japanese workers is very high. The shipbuilding industry in Japan is already a low-profit or even loss-making industry. Japan used to be the king of the world's shipbuilding industry, and its annual orders and completion volume ranked first in the world, accounting for more than % of the market share." "Now that the shipbuilding industry in Japan is not profitable, it will inevitably be transferred. Now South Korea is heavily subsidizing the shipbuilding industry and wants to take over the transfer of Japan's shipbuilding industry." Liu Tao said, "The shipbuilding industry is a very comprehensive project that can drive a lot of industrial chains and provide a large number of jobs."

"We must seize this rare plan, vigorously develop the shipbuilding industry, and replace Japan as the center of the world's shipbuilding industry!" Liu Tao said firmly.

China is now developing rapidly. The restructuring of state-owned enterprises has improved greatly. More and more people are going into business. Private enterprises are also increasing in number and becoming more and more active, providing a large number of jobs for society.

But there are still many people who are unemployed because China has too many people and too much labor force.

It is impossible to make a country strong by relying solely on agriculture!

Only industry can make a country strong!
Manufacturing is what creates social wealth.

Although Liu Tao also attaches importance to the financial industry, in his opinion, the financial industry is a tool, a channel, a channel to make money, and the money raised will eventually be invested in industry and infrastructure construction.

Although Liu Tao agreed to Li Weimin's coming to Panshan Group, to be honest, he didn't know the current Li Weimin.

Li Weimin is only 32 years old, very young and a top student, but he used to work in the Communist Youth League and this is his first time in a company. To be honest, Liu Tao is not very confident whether he can be competent in the new position and lead China Southwest Industrial Group Corporation well.

China Southwest Industrial Group Corporation is a big ship, and it needs a good captain to lead the ship to sail faster, more steadily and more safely.

Li Weimin picked up a pen and wrote in his notebook. Although he had not been in Panshan Group for long, he could feel how high the prestige and influence Liu Tao, who was the same age as him, had in Panshan Group.

The most important reason why Panshan Group can be what it is today is the products developed by Liu Tao and his mastery of various technologies, which have enabled Panshan Group to develop like a rocket.

Before coming to Panshan Group, leaders from above had a specific talk with him.

Li Weimin knew very well that if he wanted to gain a foothold in Panshan Group and do a good job, he had to maintain consistency with Liu Tao.

Otherwise, his work in Panshan Group would be very difficult and he wouldn't be able to stay there for long.

What Li Weimin cares more about is the employment that the shipbuilding industry mentioned by Liu Tao can bring.

Accompanied by the person in charge of the shipyard, the two men inspected the entire Yangcheng Shipyard. As for the warships under construction, Li Weimin was not taken with them because Li Weimin was in charge of the civilian ship field and was not suitable for handling military confidential equipment such as warships.

That night, they lined up in the cafeteria to get their meals like the workers, and then sat with the workers, chatting with them while eating.

An auntie with a red armband on her shoulder was scanning everyone with a serious look and unfriendly eyes. Once someone did not finish their meal in the cafeteria and wasted food, they would inevitably be criticized. In serious cases, the whole factory would even be criticized and warned.

These aunties wearing red armbands are definitely the ones that all factory workers least want to mess with, because even if the factory leaders are targeted by them, they will lose face.

(End of this chapter)