Chapter 236 Industrial policy is indispensable
"It's actually very simple." Pan Weihua acted like an elite politeness and said to the room: "We don't have to support Zheng Bin or Deng Zongbai. We just need to set goals and let them coordinate on their own. If the equipment of Xinyang secondary machine is cheaper, better service, and faster delivery, the Binhai Chemical Department will naturally accept it. If they can't do it, it's understandable that the Binhai Chemical Department wants to choose equipment from other sources."
"You are just taking the wrong hand." Rao Zhitao finally couldn't help it. "Our technology is worse than that of the Japanese. This is well-known. According to your ideas, isn't it just to support Binhai to directly import equipment from Japan?"
"If the equipment of Xinyang secondary chemical machine is not good, why can't the Binhai Chemical Industry Department choose better equipment?" Pan Weihua asked back.
"Will the country's industrial policy be implemented? The country has clearly proposed to localize major equipment, and Director Feng of the Redevelopment Office is sitting here. Do you want to tell him?" Rao Zhitao said.
Pan Weihua sneered: "Industrial policy itself is a means to protect backwardness. Many of our industries are not enterprising because of policy protection, and have fallen to a situation where skills are inferior to people today. Director Feng, I am not targeting you, I am just talking about a common phenomenon. Such institutions should not exist. Look at the United States, Europe, Japan, which developed countries rely on industrial policies to protect backward industries?"
“你……”饶志韬差点就要被气出心肌梗塞了,这小子真特喵敢说啊,我们这些部委搞了几十年的产业政策,他一个毛都没长齐的小年轻,就敢把产业政策给全盘否定了.他用手指着潘卫华,想厉声斥责他几句,一时又找不出话来,憋得脸都紫了.
"Director Rao, don't be excited." Feng Xiaochen waved his hand to Rao Zhitao, then turned to Pan Weihua, and said with a smile: "Director Pan, who have you heard that Japan does not engage in industrial policies?"
"Does Japan have an industrial policy?" Pan Weihua asked disdainfully.
Feng Xiaochen sighed softly. This guy's thoughts are quite radical, but he really can't keep up with it. Japan is the country that likes industrial policies the most in the world, which is something that people all over the world know. Even if Brother Pan doesn't understand foreign languages and cannot understand foreign literature, a large number of domestic articles studying Japanese industrial policies have been published in recent years. Old Pan would not say such ridiculous things if he reads more newspapers, right?
"Director Pan, Japan not only has industrial policies, but also has a lot of them. In the early 1950s, Japan proposed the goal of modernizing equipment and developing exports, and specially established the "Heavy Machinery Equipment Technical Consulting Agency" to guide the export of complete sets of equipment. Between 1956 and 1959, Japan successively issued the "Mechanical Industry Revitalization Law", the "Electronic Industry Revitalization Law", the "Light Machinery Export Revitalization Law", and the "Temporary Measures Law for the Export Revitalization of Complete Sets of Equipment".
The Ministry of Trade and Industry in Japan must formulate a "commercial industry concept" in every era and propose an idea of industrial development within 10 years, which is equivalent to our five-year plan. The "Commercial Industry Policy Concept in the 1980s" published not long ago clearly stated that Japan's catch-up modernization has been completed, and it is necessary to use technology to replace trade and country, and to use creative knowledge-intensiveness as the development direction of the industrial structure.
As a cadre in the national planning department, you know nothing about the situation of our biggest competitors. We are really worried about the fact that we can guide our policies with a slight understanding of Western economic theory."
Feng Xiaochen spoke very calmly, but in the end, he couldn't help but stab Pan Weihua. He and Pan Weihua had no personal grudges, and from the rules in the agency, it was not advisable to say too much to him. But Pan Weihua's performance just now was really too cold, which made Feng Xiaochen very uncomfortable. He bluntly stated that the other party had a slight understanding of Western economic theory. One was to fight back against Pan Weihua's arrogance, and the other was to hope to wake up the other party so that the other party could not continue on the wrong path.
As for whether he would offend Pan Weihua by saying this, Feng Xiaochen didn't care. He even stabbed Meng Fanze at the beginning. What is a small Pan Weihua? Pan Weihua just said that there is no need to exist in the reinstallation process, and this is no longer giving Feng Xiaochen face. Since you provoke first, I won't beat your face into a pig's head, how can I explain to Luo Xiangfei when I go back?
Feng Xiaochen also saw that the others in the room were quite unhappy with Pan Weihua, including Wang Shicheng. With Wang Shicheng supporting him, Pan Weihua couldn't even jump. As for whether the Planning Commission would attack Feng Xiaochen on this matter after returning to the country, he would not be even more worried. As for what Pan Weihua said today, if the original version was passed to the ears of the Director of the Planning Commission, Pan Weihua would definitely be unlucky. Maybe the Planning Commission would send people to various ministries and commissions to apologize.
"This..." Pan Weihua was blocked by Feng Xiaochen. He didn't know if what Feng Xiaochen said was true, but judging from Feng Xiaochen's dare to say this, it probably has to be a bit based on it.
When he was in class at the Academy of Social Sciences, the teacher clearly said that Western countries are free market economy, and the government only acts as police officers who pour the chamber pot and will not interfere with the economy. But according to Feng Xiaochen's statement, the Japanese government's intervention in the economy is not a bit too much. This law and that law sounds like an unfreedom. Is there something wrong with what the teacher said?
The matter in between is very complicated.
First of all, the teacher who taught economics to Pan Weihua is not nonsense. At best, there are some styles of spring and autumn, and they just don’t explain things too clearly.
The policies of Western countries are also volatile, and they were indeed advocating free economy at the earliest. After the great crisis of 29-33, Keynesian theory prevailed, and all countries began to have the precedent for government intervention in the economy. Another important factor among them is the demonstration role of the Soviet Union. The great crisis of 29-33 hit market economies hard, but the Soviet Union, which adopted the planned economy model, was moving forward with triumphant and became the only one. Western countries naturally had the idea of imitating it.
After the great crisis, World War II was World War II. World War II broke the entire Europe into ruins, and post-war reconstruction naturally could not rely on market forces, so the government regulators once gained the upper hand. From the late 1960s to the 1970s, severe stagflation occurred in the West, and state intervention methods were increasingly unable to play a role. Free market theory returned and became a fashion for a while.
It was during this period that China began reform and opening up. The earliest domestic scholars came into contact with these free market theories. No one knew the relationship between them by themselves, so it was naturally even more unreliable when giving lectures to students.
Another reason is that Europe and the United States are not as good as Japan's industrial policy. Many times, Japan's industrial policy is to poach the corners of Western powers. When Japan rises and can compete with the West, the West suddenly realizes it, and the saying "the infamous province of trade and production" appears.
"According to your opinion, we should protect enterprises like Xinyang Secondary Machinery, so that farmers can wait for more than ten years before using their fertilizers?" Pan Weihua Yishou asked Feng Xiaochen in an attack.
Feng Xiaochen smiled and said, "Director Pan is asking me. How can I make the decision on such a policy? I just said that Japan also has industrial policies, and they have protected their own industries very well, which is why they have reached their current level."
Seeing that Pan Weihua's arrogance had been suppressed, Wang Shicheng was afraid that he would cause trouble again after saying more, so he rushed in and said, "Xiao Feng, what is your personal opinion on this matter now?"
To put it personally, this does not mean that this does not mean the opinion of the reinstallation office. Feng Xiaochen does not need to be responsible for what he said. But Feng Xiaochen was the person he ordered by Luo Xiangfei, and his meaning can also reflect the idea of the reinstallation office. As the leader of the inspection team, Wang Shicheng needs to listen.
Feng Xiaochen said: "Okay, let me talk about my immature thoughts. I will explain it here that it only means myself. If you say something wrong, please don't be accustomed to me."
"It's okay, tell me, Xiao Feng." Several other deputy directors encouraged each other, and Pan Weihua just snorted coldly, and couldn't say anything.
Just now, Feng Xiaochen ran Pan Weihua, which made several deputy directors feel very happy. The ministries and commissions are engaged in industrial policies, and Pan Weihua said the industrial policies in a dark way. Who would be happy to hear them? But Pan Weihua's knowledge structure is relatively new, and he is carrying the banner of learning advanced Western experience. Everyone really can't refute him. Feng Xiaochen has a reasonable and well-founded case, and he uses cases from developed countries. He is really doing it beautifully.
Feng Xiaochen received everyone's encouragement, smiled and said, "I think the three-party interest issues analyzed just now are still reasonable. From the perspective of agriculture, if we want to increase grain production, urea is indispensable. We cannot wait until our technology is mature before providing urea to farmers. As for the fertilizer factory, it is understandable to hope to obtain products with mature technology and high quality, so Director Zheng's idea is not an exaggeration."
"What you said is just one aspect." Rao Zhitao added, "Zheng Bin and others hope to introduce Japanese technology in full. In addition to the idea of being able to put it on the stage, they also have personal selfishness. Introducing a set of foreign technology, it is negotiated and signed a contract, how many opportunities can it create to go abroad?
Furthermore, when the project starts construction, Japan will send technicians and workers to Binhai. Binhai can use this excuse to build high-standard foreign guest buildings and guesthouses, update office equipment and various high-end furniture, and even buy high-end cars. All of this can be under the banner of serving foreign affairs work. Think about it, how many people can benefit from it?"
Chapter completed!