The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 756 Win-win cooperation
It's not just the Soviet Union that is confused.

The United States, Europe, and Japan are also confused.

How come China, which was once poor and backward, suddenly took off?

China's development is incredibly fast, and it has maintained a high growth rate of 10% for more than ten years.

This growth rate is very scary.

Back then, Japan relied on 35 consecutive years of high economic growth to continuously narrow the gap between its economy and that of the United States, becoming an economic powerhouse.

This does not include the appreciation of the yen against the US dollar caused by the Plaza Accord, which resulted in GDP growth calculated in US dollars. Otherwise, this figure would have been a high growth rate of more than 40 years.

Yes, since the 50s, Japan's economy has maintained rapid growth for 40 years, almost all of which were double-digit growths, making it a world economic power, constantly narrowing the economic gap with the United States and surpassing European countries. Sometimes, the growth rate was 20%, 30% or even 40%, which was a terrifying growth rate.

Because of Japan's extremely terrifying economic growth, some people named it the "Japanese economic miracle" or the "Japanese economic model."

Now China has maintained a high economic growth rate for more than ten years, with an annual growth rate of about 10 to 12.5%. If it continues to grow at this rate for another thirty or forty years, China's economy will reach the current level of Japan.

As soon as the American delegation left, the Soviet delegation arrived.

China also accorded great honors to the Soviet delegation, which was no less than that accorded to the American delegation.

As a civilized country, and a civilized country with a long history, China has always been a country of etiquette.

Huaxia, according to the commentary of Shangshu: "The crown and clothes are gorgeous, so it is called Hua, and the big country is called Xia." The commentary of Zuo Zhuan, Dinggong 10, says: China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; it has beautiful clothes, so it is called Hua!
When it comes to courtesy, China is probably the most particular in the world and will never be rude.

A country like a certain Western power, where the leader of a country sits on a small stool or a small square table, will never happen in China.

Even the leader of a small country will be treated with due courtesy and respect when he comes to China.

Liu Tao was not in a hurry to return to Panshan Group because there were also matters that required his participation in the negotiation this time.

Long before the Soviet delegation came to China, some itinerary arrangements had already been drawn up, and the two sides had a preliminary intention and framework for what they were going to discuss.

Liu Tao also welcomed the idea of ​​negotiating with the Soviet delegation.

The Soviet Union had the largest territory in the world, with a land area of ​​2240.22 million square kilometers, the largest in the world. Similarly, the Soviet Union had a population of 2.87 million and was a developed country, which was a huge market.

Liu Tao was also very envious of the market potential of the Soviet Union. Even though the Soviet Union was now a planned economic system with many restrictions, it was still very difficult to develop, but it did not prevent efforts in this direction.

Just like the Chinese are not suitable for developing markets in the Soviet Union, but they can find Soviet people to cooperate with.

In recent years, Liu Qi and his team have used this method to achieve record highs in bilateral trade with the Soviet Union, with both turnover and profits increasing rapidly.

Facts have proved that even the Soviet Union had various problems, especially after Gorbachev's reforms, these problems became increasingly obvious.

As long as one is a human being, he or she will have desires and selfishness.

The Soviets were no exception.

The Soviets wanted to import chips, no problem, as long as they were not the top-tier chips. After all, China did not join the COCOM, so there was no need to abide by the COCOM embargo.

The Soviets wanted to import computers, which was not a problem. After all, if you have money and don't make money, you're a fool. Relying on industrial advantages and labor costs, no matter how hard the Soviet Union tried in the personal computer market, its competitiveness would definitely not be as good as that of China.

This can be seen from the fact that China's personal computers have to reach a tacit understanding with the United States to maintain similar prices.

If Kinglong Computer were to cut its prices drastically, it would definitely put most computer brands in the United States out of business.

The Soviet Union's overall climate was relatively cold, which meant that the Soviet Union would be less competitive in terms of cost-effectiveness in industry.

Liu Tao wanted to take this opportunity to open up the Soviet automobile and motorcycle market.

Now the entire Soviet automobile and motorcycle market is closed because the Soviet Union's automobile and motorcycle production is not low.

Even Chinese cars and motorcycles were smuggled into the Soviet Union, and the quantity was limited.

If this kind of connection can be established through this negotiation, it means that Chinese cars and motorcycles can enter the Soviet Union openly.

Even though the Soviet ruble was not an international settlement currency and could only be used for trade with the Soviet Union and some other countries, there were still huge benefits even if the money was made and then used to import oil, natural gas, timber, steel, iron ore, copper ore, etc. from the Soviet Union.

After all, to become the world's factory, China needs a stable and secure source of raw materials and sufficient overseas markets.

Make money through overseas markets and promote rapid development in the country.

That evening, both sides enjoyed the cultural performances together, which was also an exchange of culture between the two countries.

It was also the first time that Liu Tao felt the charm of Soviet art. He had to admit that Soviet art also had its unique features, such as dance. Even if Liu Tao didn't understand it, he could still feel its elegant beauty.

The next day, Liu Tao came to participate in the negotiations.

The negotiations were not conducted by the two delegations in one conference room, but were conducted according to different areas.

This negotiation meeting was a closed-door meeting with no media reporters present.

Only when both parties reach an agreement and consider it suitable for public disclosure will it be released at a press conference.

This is also the international practice.

"There is no problem with cooperation in these civilian fields. We are willing to export." Liu Tao said, "But are other civilian fields also allowed to be exported to your Soviet Union, such as cars and motorcycles?"

Liu Tao directly put forward his request.

The Soviet Union had 46 cars per 1329.4 residents, and the total number of cars in the Soviet Union was 400 million. China's car production has increased significantly in recent years, but because the private car market was opened up late, the total number of cars in China is 3.5 million, and the number of cars per residents is only .

China's automobile market has great potential, which will be enough to make China's automobile industry very wealthy in the next 30 to 40 years. However, this does not prevent Liu Tao from keeping his eyes on the pot while having his share of wealth.

The production of Huaxia Automobile is also increasing continuously. In addition to developing the Huaxia Automobile market, the main focus is currently on exports.

China Auto produces many categories of vehicles, including sedans, trucks, SUVs, convertibles, sports cars, etc. It can be said that it produces vehicles in every sub-segment.

Including passenger buses, school buses, fire trucks, public buses, etc., China Automobile has not missed any of them.

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