The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 876: The Three Major Shipyards in the Magic City

There are three main reasons why Panshan Group invested in Shanghai Port.

One factor is the optimistic outlook for the future development potential of Shanghai Port. Investment in port construction has a very good rate of return on investment, which can be seen from the annual revenue and earnings of Xiangjiang Port.

One factor is that Shanghai is carrying out the large-scale development of Pudong, and the country has positioned Shanghai as the economic center of China, requiring Shanghai to develop faster and better, and Panshan Group has to bear part of the responsibility for this.

The last factor is to control one's own profits. After all, 30% of profits need to be handed over every year. If they are invested, less will be handed over.

But investment is investment, and brothers must settle accounts clearly. Only by settling the accounts clearly before investing can there be no dirty work in the future.

The two parties cooperated to establish the Modu International Port Group, which owns the entire Modu Port and subsequently made heavy investments.

The total investment of 2500 billion is enough to make the economy of Shanghai take off. After all, it can bring a large number of jobs. A large number of construction workers are needed during the construction period. After it is completed and put into operation, Shanghai International Port Group will also need a large number of employees to operate and maintain the port, including administrative office staff, customs staff, foreign trade service personnel, loading and unloading workers, container manufacturing workers and maintenance workers. These employees are at least at the level of .

Based on the salary level of Panshan Group, these employees will belong to the high-income group.

Not to mention, port construction can promote the import and export of Magic City Port, making Magic City Port a real major hub port along the coast of China, and making Magic City a real large international trading port.

And Liu Tao was not wrong. Modou Port is not the only option for Panshan Group. Panshan Group can also choose Zhejiang Province and Jiangsu Province for port investment, which are actually not much worse than Modou Port in this respect.

In fact, Shanghai knows that Panshan Group has been in contact with Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the past two years and has invested in ports in both Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces.

This puts the Magic City in a passive position.

What China lacks now is capital, not land. Land is not valuable now.

As for Modou, it cannot come up with much funds, and Modou Port is not the only option for Panshan Group.

This puts Shanghai in a passive state, and Shanghai dare not gamble. Once it loses the bet, Panshan Group will invest its money in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, which means that the economies of Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces will take off, and many of Shanghai's exports will be transferred to Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces.

In this case, how can Shanghai become the economic center of the mainland?

Shanghai is not worried at all about whether Panshan Group has the financial resources, because the leaders know that Panshan Group's annual tax payment far exceeds that of Shanghai.

But a ratio of 20% is really hard for Shanghai to accept.

After a morning of negotiations, an agreement was finally reached.

The two parties established the Shanghai International Port Group. China Ports Group Corporation and Xiangjiang Port Group each invested 1000 billion yuan and held 35% of the shares respectively, with a total of 70%; Shanghai held 30% of the shares.

Heung Kong Ports Group is also responsible for training employees to equip them with the ability to operate a modern port.

This aspect is also what the Magic City lacks.

Although Shanghai has colleges and universities, not all college graduates stay in Shanghai. Many are assigned to various parts of the country. Only about one-third of them stay in Shanghai, and more than half of them go to foreign companies, Hong Kong and Taiwan companies. In Shanghai, foreign companies are the best choice, followed by Hong Kong and Taiwan companies, and then large state-owned enterprises and government departments.

The Magic City held a press conference, the two parties signed a contract agreement, and then announced to the public that the era of large-scale development of the Magic City Port has arrived.

All of a sudden, this became big news in the country. After all, the total investment is 2500 billion RMB, which is a huge sum of money.

Liu Tao went to the Magic City Shipyard with the leaders of the Magic City.

There are three major shipyards in Shanghai, namely Shanghai Shipyard, Jiangnan Shipyard and Hudong Shipyard.

The predecessor of the Shanghai Shipyard was the British United Shipyard and the China Merchants Machinery Shipyard. In 1982, it was transferred to the leadership of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation by the Ministry of Communications and was renamed Shanghai Shipyard in March 1985.

The country has spared no effort in investing in the Magic City Shipyard. During the 'First Five-Year Plan Period', the Magic City Shipyard invested 1202 million yuan in capital construction, 2098 million yuan in fixed assets during the 'Second Five-Year Plan Period', 1275 million yuan in fixed assets during the 'Third Five-Year Plan Period', and 5727 million yuan in fixed assets during the 'Fourth Five-Year Plan Period'.

The investment during the 'Fifth Five-Year Plan', 'Sixth Five-Year Plan' and 'Seventh Five-Year Plan' was around 60 million.

During the "Eighth Five-Year Plan" period, in order to develop the shipbuilding industry, the Shanghai Shipyard reached 2.65 million.

After this transformation, the Modu Shipyard has the ability to build 3.5-ton ships and 6-ton ships. The entire Modu Shipyard has the capacity to build 16.5-ton ships and 11-kilowatt diesel engines annually.

等到‘八五’结束，魔都造船厂将拥有职工8500多人，其中各类专业技术人员1700人，拥有3.5吨级（具有6万吨级能力）和2.5万吨级船台各1座、2.5万吨级（举力1.15万吨）浮船坞1艘。1万吨级和5000吨级干船坞各1座，码头岸线1500多米，各类机械设备1712台。

The scale of Shanghai Shipyard cannot be compared with that of Yangcheng Shipyard and Mawei Shipyard, but it is already a large shipyard in China.

Hudong Shipyard, formerly known as the Lai Ci Company founded by British merchants, opened the Mahler Machinery Shipyard in 1928 to expand its business scope. Currently, the annual shipbuilding output of Hudong Shipyard reaches 40 tons. It also has the ability to build Type 054 frigates and Type 052 destroyers. The missile boats, torpedo boats, frigates and destroyers built here are all supplied to the East China Sea Fleet.

Jiangnan Shipyard has a long history. It is the oldest military shipbuilding enterprise in my country. As the "No. 1 Factory in China", Jiangnan Shipyard has witnessed the vicissitudes of a century and a half. It has a strong history and has been prosperous for a long time. It has created dozens of firsts in China and is known as the birthplace of national industry and military industry, and the cradle of industrial workers.

The business scope of Jiangnan Shipyard includes military products, ship repair and construction, ship dismantling, various types of electromechanical equipment, non-standard equipment, related technologies and services, pressure vessels, lifting machinery, steel structure manufacturing, metal materials, ship design, etc.

According to the plan, the three major shipyards will be moved to Chongming Island. After all, Chongming Island is more conducive to shipbuilding.

When Liu Tao arrived at the Shanghai Shipyard, he saw a Type 054 frigate undergoing a delivery ceremony to the East China Sea Fleet.

At the delivery ceremony, the commander of the East China Sea Fleet attended the ceremony in person with a smile on his face. It was obvious that the commander was very happy to have an additional Type 054 frigate.

Among the three fleets, the South China Sea Fleet is currently the strongest, followed by the North Sea Fleet, and the East China Sea Fleet is last.

This made the East China Sea Fleet feel very uncomfortable. After all, no navy does not want to have advanced warships with strong combat capabilities.

Now that this Type 054 frigate is in service, it will only take one year for it to become combat-ready.

(End of this chapter)