The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

In the afternoon.

Liu Tao came to Xiangjiang University. He did not enter Xiangjiang University in a high-profile manner, but parked his car outside in a low-key manner, and then walked in slowly with the guards and others.

Xiangjiang University is located in the Mid-Levels where the rich gather in Hong Kong Island. It is also the oldest university in Xiangjiang. There are beautiful scenery along the way, and Liu Tao slowly admired it.

Slowly walked to the headquarters building, and the first thing he saw was the garden, in which tall coconut trees were planted.

Slowly walked in, the sea breeze made the school fresh and without any heat.

This building has a history of more than 100 years and is also a cultural relic. Although it has experienced the destruction of war, it has maintained its original appearance after several repairs.

The quiet corridor is filled with desks and chairs. The headquarters building is the base camp of the School of Arts. It was also the theater location for middle school students to perform.

This is the oldest building in the history of Xiangjiang University, which belongs to the architectural style of the Renaissance.

Even the wooden doors of the lecture rooms have a historical flavor.

The corridor is full of posters. The campus life of Xiangjiang University can be seen from the posters - it is very rich.

This is a typical Western architectural style, with windows, stairs, ancient stone pillars, and colorful window glass, making the learning atmosphere here enviable.

There is a heavy sense of history here, and it is simple and mysterious. Now it is a sunny weekend. Liu Tao found a place to sit down, and the whole person felt bathed in tranquility.

After sitting quietly for a while, he got up and continued to walk, like a student who came to Xiangjiang University to study.

After walking for more than an hour, the secretary looked at the watch and reminded Liu Tao that time was running out.

Liu Tao then went to the direction of the auditorium.

At the entrance of the auditorium, the president of Xiangjiang University, with a group of school directors and professors, was waiting for Liu Tao.

"Professor Liu!"

"President Huang!"

Liu Tao shook hands with the president of Xiangjiang University, and then shook hands with other school directors and professors.

He now has two titles, Honorary Professor of Xiangjiang University and Director of Xiangjiang University.

As early as 1980, with the help of Ho Ying-Tong, he has been promoting exchanges between universities in the two places.

So far, more than 5,000 college students from the mainland have come to Hong Kong for further studies, and some of them are sent by Panshan Group for further studies.

This year, the number of students going to Hong Kong for further studies will continue to grow, reaching 3,000.

In addition to applying for scholarships from various universities in Hong Kong, there are also applications for Fuxing Scholarships.

After all, normal families are not enough to support further studies in Hong Kong. The high tuition fees and high living expenses are far beyond what ordinary families can afford.

In addition to providing scholarships, Liu Tao also provides these students from the mainland with work-study opportunities. As long as they don't spend money recklessly, scholarships and work-study can not only meet the expenses in Hong Kong, but can even subsidize the family expenses.

And the students who come to Hong Kong for further studies are mostly in Hong Kong University.

Since 1982, in just a few years, Liu Tao has promoted the establishment of four universities in Hong Kong: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong City University, and Hong Kong University of Education, attracting Chinese and overseas Chinese scholars from all over the world to join.

Although Liu Tao can only stay in Hong Kong for a few days a year, he has a huge influence in the education sector of Hong Kong.

This time he came to Hong Kong University, but he was invited by the president of Hong Kong University to give a speech.

Since China and the United Kingdom finalized the timetable for Hong Kong in 1987 in 1982, it has affected all aspects of Hong Kong. No one is not affected, and no field is not affected.

Education is no exception.

Liu Tao agreed to this speech to promote educational exchanges between the two places, thereby promoting various exchanges between the two places.

After being separated for such a long time, we must continue to communicate in order to achieve unity.

Moreover, Hong Kong will take on the responsibility of cultivating talents for China in the next 20 to 30 years, and it is one of the cradles of talents!

There will definitely be more and more mainland students coming to Hong Kong for further studies.

This year there will be 3,000 people, and in ten years there may be 10,000, 20,000 or even 30,000 people!

Then, everyone entered the auditorium.

The auditorium was already full, and even the aisles were full of people.

The president of Hong Kong University personally served as the host and introduced today's speech. He held the microphone and said to the students: "Now we enter today's theme. Please give a warm applause to welcome Mr. Liu Tao, the chairman of the board of directors of Jardine Matheson Group, the chairman of the board of directors of Swire Group, and the chairman of the board of directors of Wheelock Group, and the honorary professor and director of our school to give a speech."

At this moment, the students in the auditorium were shocked.

Because their president took a long time to introduce the titles of today's guests, and these titles also shocked them.

Of all the titles, honorary professors and directors of Hong Kong University are the most insignificant.

As long as they stay in Hong Kong for ten days or half a month, they can't have not heard of these famous groups.

It can be said that there are three things that cannot be avoided in Hong Kong throughout life: death, taxes, and these large groups.

Look at the person who walked on the stage again. He looks very young and not much older than them. Such a person has so many titles?

The president is not kidding.

"Dear students, I am honored to be invited to give a speech at this beautiful university, Xiangjiang University. The theme of this speech is - the future belongs to China!" Liu Tao seemed very calm. After so many years of experience, he had given speeches in front of tens of thousands of people, not to mention the thousands of students in the auditorium now.

This kind of scene is just a small scene.

Liu Tao introduced the situation in the mainland. When he introduced that the mainland is building the 'Shenhai Expressway' with a total length of 3,710 kilometers and a total investment of 150 billion Hong Kong dollars, all the students couldn't help but exclaimed. They all felt that it was not an exaggeration to call the 'Shenhai Expressway' the 'Project of the Century'.

When Liu Tao introduced that the 'Beijing-Kowloon Railway' under construction was 2,536 kilometers long, with an operating speed of 250 kilometers per hour and a total investment of 350 billion Hong Kong dollars, all the students exclaimed and applauded excitedly.

When Liu Tao introduced that the mainland is planning to start the 'West-to-East Power Transmission', with a total investment expected to reach 2.25 trillion Hong Kong dollars, it shocked everyone.

In the past, Hong Kong people viewed the mainland as poor relatives.

However, what Liu Tao introduced overturned their views on the mainland. How could poor relatives be so rich and easily invest hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars or trillions of Hong Kong dollars in construction?

They are not poor relatives, but rich relatives.

No one cares about the poor in the downtown,

but the rich have distant relatives in the mountains.

If you don't believe it, look at the wine in the cup,

and the cup is served to the rich first.

It has been like this since ancient times!

Liu Tao broke their previous cognition through these data, making them realize that the mainland is not the same as they imagined.

China is rapidly industrializing, and the future belongs to China!