The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 673 Completion Ceremony
Competition is competition.

What drives competition?
Just to win the game!

Competition is the essence of sports!
Some people say that if a nation wants to be united, it depends on two things: war and sports.

It sounds horrifying at first, but in fact, it is indeed the essence, and it is thought-provoking when you think about it carefully.

Competitive sports are, after all, a continuation of war.

Therefore, there is a classic saying: Sports is the 'peace' in times of war and the 'war' in times of peace!
Wars rely on weapons, technology, manpower, and unity. So, in some ways, some sports are high-tech competitions, and some are unity competitions, which are favorable situations for promoting a nation's unity and progress.

Nowadays, large international competitions are, in the final analysis, a competition of technological strength, the quality of the people, spirit, unity, image, and so on.

Not to mention the period before World War II, after World War II, in every Olympic Games, the competition between the Soviet Union and the United States was the most intense. The top two places in the gold medal list were these two countries, and the third place had a big gap compared with the Soviet Union and the United States.

As for China, its investment in sports has increased year by year in recent years. It has a better training environment, better nutrition and training teams, more opportunities to participate in international competitions, and its achievements in international competitions are also increasing.

However, at present, China still has a certain gap in sports compared with the Soviet Union, the United States, East Germany, and West Germany.

Liu Tao looked thoughtful, feeling that his support for sports over the years had not been enough.

In Panshan Group, each company and group holds sports meetings every year. There are various teams within the group, but there is no specialization.

Support for sports mainly comes from sponsorship by its various subsidiaries, endorsements by sports stars, and occasional donations to build some sports facilities.

Liu Tao felt it necessary to donate to build a modern swimming center and a modern tennis court, and to increase investment in sports.

After staying in the capital for three days, Liu Tao left the capital.

The Turing Award is an honor for him, but this honor is already a thing of the past and is not enough to keep him here for long. He still has more to do.

Late May.

In Beijing, a completion ceremony of the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway" was held.

Liu Tao attended the celebration in person.

At the celebration, leaders spoke highly of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway. This is China's first high-speed railway, and it also represents that China's high-speed railway technology has reached the world's leading level. China has leapt from a country with backward railway development to a country with the highest mileage of high-speed railways in the world. This is also a century-long project.

The leaders paid tribute to and remembered the workers who died in the construction of the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway", expressed their condolences to their families, and expressed their condolences to the workers injured in the construction project.

This is how large infrastructure projects work; no matter how well they are done, casualties are still difficult to avoid.

At the same time, this celebration also focused on praising individuals and units with outstanding performance. 500 people were awarded first prizes, 1500 people were awarded second prizes, 3000 people were awarded third prizes, ten units were awarded first-class collective merit, twenty units were awarded second-class merit, and thirty units were awarded third-class merit.

It can be said that this is a completion meeting as well as a celebration meeting.

Leaders one after another delivered speeches, all of them spoke highly of the 'Beijing-Kowloon Railway'. After all, this was China's largest single project investment in the 80s, spanning a wide geographical area and playing a huge role in boosting the economy of provinces and cities along the line. Railway stations along the line took this opportunity to either build new ones or demolish and rebuild them, turning into modern railway stations one after another.

This also makes the communication between the north and the south much more convenient and promotes the communication between the north and the south. Liu Tao also delivered a speech, and he also highly praised the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway". This is a railway, a high-speed railway, the first high-speed railway in China. At the same time, it is not only a railway, but also a network, a communication network and an Internet network, which directly connects China to the provinces of Hong Kong.

Although "Tietong" is not solely controlled by Panshan Group, but is jointly held by Panshan Group and the Ministry of Railways, it will inevitably become a giant in the communications field in the future relying on the railway network.

Doing so may be suspected of duplication of construction and waste of resources, but at the same time it is also a double or even triple guarantee for the communication system.

As for the impact on the flow of people between different regions and regional economic development, it will become more and more obvious.

In the past, it would take two days and two nights to travel from Beijing to Guangdong Province at the fastest speed, and three days and three nights at the slowest speed.

But now there is no need, you can leave in the morning and arrive in the evening!

Moreover, in the short term, this is not only passenger transport, but also freight transport. The significance of this is naturally self-evident.

At least in the next five years, the Beijing-Kowloon Railway will be sufficient to meet the needs of passenger and freight transportation.

Moreover, this railway has another function that has never been mentioned, which is to accommodate soldiers from the streamlined troop strength, allowing these soldiers to be transformed from soldiers to workers and have a stable job.

This plays a very important role in social stability.

Another thing is the Beijing-Kowloon Railway, which makes it easy to travel to Hong Kong or vice versa. There is no need to take a boat or car to Shenzhen or take a plane. This is undoubtedly very important.

It can be said that no matter how highly the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway" is praised, it is not an exaggeration.

As for the operation of this railway, Liu Tao has already communicated with the Ministry of Railways and agreed that there will be no dividends in the next ten years, and they can even invest money in this railway at any time.

The ceremony officially ended as a "Fuxing" EMU and a freight train with a speed of 180 kilometers per hour departed from Beijing West Railway Station at the same time.

As for the individuals or organizations that have won awards, there will naturally be people who specialize in doing work in that area.

At the same time, everyone who participates in the construction of the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway" will be able to ride the high-speed rail on this line for free for life, and this rule will also extend to the workers who build various high-speed railways.

This is also why Liu Tao thinks that the workers should be compensated. After all, at the beginning of the year, many people only earned 20 to 30 yuan or 30 to 40 yuan a month. Although wages have been adjusted upward year by year in line with social conditions, these people have indeed worked hard, especially the workers fighting on the front line. They are basically at the construction site and may not go home once a year.

It is because of their hard work that the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway" has been completely completed.

It can be said that these people have made great contributions and also made great sacrifices.

All the workers who died during the construction process were recognized as martyrs, and their families enjoyed the treatment of martyrs' families.

Liu Tao and others came to the command hall. On the big screen in the command hall, they could see the schedule and location of each train at any time, and they could contact the corresponding train at any time.

In terms of communication, in addition to two communication cables, contact can also be made through communication satellites to ensure communication security as much as possible.

Even through the Internet, the train situation can be directly called up, after all, there are surveillance cameras inside the train.

(End of this chapter)