On the second day, Qi Yiming did not continue to discuss the purchase of F-14 with people from Grumman. There was already too much talk yesterday. I am afraid that whether it is Grumman, the US government or the military,

It will take some time to sort this out.

Taking this opportunity, Qi Yiming attended another intentional meeting between China and the United States on economic and trade cooperation.

Qi Yiming himself is a person in the industrial and commercial circles, and in fact these contents are his specialty. Although the person from the Ministry of Commerce who mainly spoke on behalf of China, the reading draft in the hands of this official from the Ministry of Commerce was written by the Structural Reform Commission and

The Ministry of Commerce formulated it based on the highest ideas of "Qi Zhi". Moreover, these sensible officials specially submitted it to Comrade Qi Yiming for correction and guidance after finishing it.

Regardless of whether these people were sincere or fake, Qi Yiming gave instructions on some issues one by one in a serious manner, and explained to the people in the Commerce Department why they were doing this. The people in the Commerce Department took this "correction assignment" and were quite excited.

Unconvinced, he ran to Zhongnanhai to find Mr. Ping. As a result, Mr. Ping laughed and said: "Comrade Xiao Qi did a great job. His vision is still very correct and his path is very stable. I think your commercial department

We should learn more from Comrade Xiao Qi."

It's not that Ping Taizong praised Qi Yiming, just for Qi Yiming's professional level, even if he is really thrown into the central ministries as a small official in the future, managing the external economy, internal structural adjustment and other things, he is really qualified.

What's more, put him in a place thirty years ago where various imperfect systems still existed.

It is said that if Qi Yiming had not brought the red police base vehicle with him when he traveled through time, most likely this novel would have turned into an official novel.

Qi Yiming's positioning for this economic and trade exchange meeting with the Americans is very clear - to gain benefits. The central government has adopted Qi Yiming's opinions, taking the entire development step forward, and opening up the economy nationwide.

Of course, they are still dominated by a few special zones with relatively good location conditions. In this case, the country is particularly in need of the introduction of foreign investment.

Facts have proved that although China's utilization efficiency of foreign capital was quite low in the 1980s, after its vigorous development in the 1990s, China has become almost the most efficient country in utilizing foreign capital. This can also be seen from what China has gained after the introduction of foreign capital.

As a criterion for evaluation, the large number of foreign-funded enterprises that have settled in China has, first of all, trained millions of skilled workers for China. Although the average level of these workers is generally much lower than that of Western countries, they have come together to form this

This cluster effect eventually strongly attracted batches of foreign capital to continuously block China, relying on this advantage to make profits.

Secondly, a large amount of foreign investment has played a huge role in enriching the Chinese market in a very short period of time. In the era of material shortages, people actually had some money, but they could not spend it, so there was behavior such as betrayal and backdoors.

The popularity of the market, the seller's market and the dominance of channels (relationships) destroyed the order of the market. In the end, the development of a large number of foreign-funded enterprises quickly alleviated China's shortage of materials.

Qi Yiming sat next to him with a smile. The official from the Ministry of Commerce almost turned his head to look at the old man after saying a few words, asking whether he was right and whether the leader needed any instructions. In the end, even the US official

No one could stand it any longer. Someone jumped over the red-faced official from the Ministry of Commerce and asked Qi Yiming who was sitting next to him.

"In this meeting, based on the principles of openness, honesty, friendship and mutual benefit, the most important requirement is to make it clear how the two sides will expand cooperation in the economic and trade field in the future. As you have seen, our country has made a determination to comprehensively expand cooperation since the beginning of the year.

To carry out high-level and efficient reform and opening up, we welcome American companies and funds to enter our country, and we will use various forms of preferential policies to help American companies develop and develop in our country."

A U.S. Department of Commerce official keenly asked: "So your country plans to fully open up foreign capital to China?"

Qi Yiming nodded and shook his head and said: "There are several points. First, we approve of the FDI model for investment and construction of some projects in our country. However, we also advocate the joint venture model. For example, there are quite a few state-owned enterprises in our country.

Companies are facing poor management and are dying. I hope that some American companies with high-level management models and experience and excellent products can enter China and use the corporate resources owned by these companies through joint ventures, cooperation or acquisitions. These companies

Most state-owned companies have a large number of loyal technical workers, good government and public relations, and can become important resources for foreign investment. Oh, our policy support for joint ventures should be greater, which is specially explained here.

Second, it is impossible to relax financial controls. However, the RMB will liberalize the ridiculous exchange rate of 1:4. We will implement a basket of floating exchange rate policies. As for the weight of each currency, it is still under discussion. However, as an international reserve

The currency, the U.S. dollar, must be very large. In order to prevent the country from being swept away by hot money, we will handle financial controls more carefully.

Third, we will deal with the direct trade of goods by category. For my country's relatively weak agriculture, we will still impose relatively high tariffs on imported agricultural products, but for ordinary products, we promise to gradually reduce them to the level of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. , so as to achieve a fair, just and reasonable tariff level. The ultimate goal is to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and integrate with the world economy as much as possible."

Qi Yiming talked about three points, and almost all of them were informative and practical. The officials of the US Department of Commerce were so excited that their hands holding pens began to tremble a little. They seemed to have seen that a huge market with a population of one billion had begun to reach them.

It beckons. And people with political savvy have seen that China’s conservative government has begun to make a more drastic shift. It seems that overnight this communist country took off its red cloak and actually started a capitalist market.

The economy, and the signals revealed in it, are worthy of intensive study by many scholars.

Qi Yiming once again expressed: "As I said before, this meeting is an exchange of intentions, and we also hope that in the process of my country's reform and opening up, we can get help from American friends who have a lot of experience in market economy. "

The U.S. Secretary of Commerce immediately stated: “my country is willing to spare no effort to support and help China in establishing its own market economy and joining the free market family. The Department of Commerce will further propose to Congress to provide an aid package for China’s economic construction. Construction funds or loans. At the same time, if China fulfills its commitments, we will definitely appeal and operate in international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to invest larger amounts of financial assistance and loans to China."

To put it bluntly, what Qi Yiming does is to make money by cheating. He just lays out a few fait accompli facts for later generations. Americans are wagging their tails happily now. Of course, if you believe that Americans are honest people, you are also an idiot.

But no matter what, it will be very helpful for China's future economic construction to get more money.

The officials from the Ministry of Commerce of China next to them had to have respect and envy for Qi Yiming. In fact, what they wanted to say was almost the same, but when Qi Yiming spoke, the Americans' faces changed. And when he spoke, he just gave money and benefits. This is a human being.

The difference really shouldn't be too big.

This actually has something to do with the negotiation skills. At the beginning, the officials of the Ministry of Commerce performed mediocrely and stumbled. Some key contents were not focused at all. This is related to the fact that he is an old-school official. Many contents may be

He himself didn't understand much or was not satisfied at all. Then he kept looking at Qi Yiming, as if he was asking for instructions. When people in the United States saw it, they naturally understood Qi Yiming's status and immediately had it in their minds.

Qi Yiming is the person in charge, and what he says has status and reference value.

Therefore, when Qi Yiming's short and to-the-point speech was delivered, just like writing an article that emphasizes restraint first and then expansion, it was indeed very exciting for Americans.

After these important but actually non-binding matters were discussed, Qi Yiming's main task was almost completed. He asked his direct business talent Zhou Yutong to take out a report of more than 300 pages, the content of which was as follows

Introduction and evaluation of major industries in mainland China.

This thing is also a "magnificent work" that Qi Yiming worked with a large number of professionals and obtained official help. When the Americans got this thing, they simply looked in disbelief. To put it bluntly, this report

The book is China’s official brochure and introduction book on foreign investment and industrial transfer.

For example, the report lists a large number of labor costs in various industries in China, and even has detailed data on different regions. In addition, the prices of various production materials and other cost factors in China are also included in it. There are also economic development in different regions.

The location conditions are also clearly introduced. In addition, China’s advantageous industries, industries recommended and supported by the government, and related policies that may be introduced are all clearly written.

In fact, this report would be better renamed - N Things You Need to Know When Investing in China.

For the United States, the most surprising thing is that as a closed economy, the United States is also confused about various economic data and important contents of China. This is not an era of developed information. No matter how capable the CIA is, it cannot tell the difference.

Is it the textile workers in Gansu who have higher wages or the textile workers in Shandong? I don’t know what important transportation lines China plans to build to promote the economic development of a certain region, and I don’t know the so-called advanced China that has been tightly covered.

The development of the industry.
Chapter completed!