"Okay! Great!"

Someone in the crowd roared, and soon, the entire group of international students burst into warm applause.

Some even stood up and applauded, unable to hide their excitement.

Gu Chen's words can be said to be high-spirited. On the surface, he was talking about the issue of building a country through manufacturing or finance.

But it objectively reflects the main differences between China and Western countries such as the United States.

Gu Chen saw that Huang Zhifeng and Martin were speechless, so he continued: "Since you are talking about China, you might as well take China as an example and talk about my own views."

After the words fell, Gu Chen looked at Professor Anderson.

Professor Anderson was also shocked by Gu Chen at this moment. He could only smile and stretched out his hand to indicate that Gu Chen could continue.

"You know, China can be called the world's factory and has become the only country with all industrial categories."

Gu Chen learned the gestures that Zhao Guozhi had taught him how to speak in public before coming to Italy.

"So far, China has become the only country in the world that has all the industrial categories listed in the United Nations Industrial Classification."

"Industrial added value has increased from 12 billion yuan in the early 1950s to more than 30 trillion yuan in recent years."

"If the growth is calculated at constant prices, it is about 971 times, with an average annual growth of 11%."

"It can be said that in the past 70 years, China has successfully embarked on a new industrialization development path with Chinese characteristics, gone through the industrialization process of developed countries for hundreds of years, and created a miracle in the history of human development."

"After 70 years of unremitting efforts, our country has also become the world's largest manufacturing country and the world's largest network country."

Looking at the stunned eyes of the confused audience and the judges, Gu Chen stretched out his right index finger and emphasized: "Note, I can use 5 keywords to summarize the achievements and highlights of these 70 years of industrial development."

"Gu...Officer Gu, you...tell me." An Italian guest sitting at the judges' table couldn't help but reach out to Gu Chen for advice.

At this moment, he was completely shocked by Gu Chen.

Many people may know that China is the world's factory, but that is just a concept and not profound.

But what Gu Chen said just now made everyone feel too profound.

At this moment, no one cares how the opposing side refutes, because the opposing side already has no idea what is being said.

However, everyone is interested in what Gu Chen said that the achievements and highlights of industrial development in the past 70 years can be summarized in five key words.

Gu Chen nodded silently, responded to the guest judge's concern, and said calmly: "The first key word is 'the number one manufacturing country'."

"Because according to World Bank data, just 10 years ago, China's manufacturing added value surpassed that of the United States and became the largest manufacturing country."

"Two years ago, the added value of China's manufacturing industry accounted for more than 28% of the world's share, becoming an important engine driving global industrial growth."

"Among the world's more than 500 major industrial products, China ranks first in the world in terms of output of more than 220 industrial products."

"Oh!"

“So China is so powerful?”

"Isn't this great? Why is it not introduced in many textbooks?"

"Oh my god, today in this debate, it finally opened my eyes a little bit. Isn't this Chinese policeman great?"

Gu Chen just said the first keyword, which triggered crazy discussions among many students and guests at the scene.

Realistic data were placed in front of them one by one, making everyone shocked at this moment. It felt like everyone they knew before was a fake China?

"Then... what about the second keyword?" The Italian guest who had asked Gu Chen for advice earlier was also a little impatient.

Gu Chen smiled faintly and continued: "The second key word is 'complete industrial system'."

"Because at present, China has 41 major industrial categories, 207 intermediate industrial categories, and 666 small industrial categories, forming an independent and complete modern industrial system. It is the only country in the world that has all the industrial classifications in the United Nations.

Industrial country."

“And the third keyword I want to talk about is ‘innovation drives development.”

"Because three years ago, the number of valid invention patents for industries above designated size in our country reached 934,000, an increase of 29.8 times compared with 16 years ago."

“Some technologies have moved from ‘following’ in the past to ‘running alongside’ now, and even moving towards ‘leading’.”

Gu Chen raised his left hand and made gestures one after another: "Industries such as power generation equipment, power transmission and transformation equipment, rail transit equipment, and communication equipment are currently in a leading position in the world."

"This...isn't this incredible?" Professor Anderson on the stage adjusted his glasses.

He listened to Gu Chen's detailed explanation, as if he was a little country boy who had never traveled far and was listening to someone who had traveled around the world telling him about the wonderful things outside.

Besides envy, I still envy...

"What about the fourth one? What about the fourth keyword?" At this moment, Professor Anderson's blood was boiling and he seemed impatient.

"The fourth key word is 'deep integration of informatization and informatization'." Gu Chen said.

"Well……"

Professor Anderson was stunned and couldn't help but said: "Gu...Gu Chen, can you be more specific? For example, what is 'deep integration of informatization and informatization'? This word is in the database of our School of Economics, and I have never heard of it.

Pass."

"Okay, Professor Anderson." Gu Chen nodded slightly and explained to everyone: "The so-called 'deep integration of the two informatizations' refers to the further acceleration of the deep integration of industrialization and informatization in China in recent years. In the development of intelligent manufacturing

Positive results have been achieved.”

"If you don't have an intuitive impression, let me tell you specific data. Just two years ago, the scale of China's digital economy reached 31.3 trillion yuan, ranking second in the world."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "It's... amazing." Just listening to the data Gu Chen said made Professor Anderson sour.

That's right, it's so jealous.

If this kind of achievement were placed in Italy, it would be like looking up to the stars.

But China is able to do it, which makes many people who claim to be citizens of developed countries suddenly feel no sense of superiority at all.

At this moment, everyone seemed to be immersed in Gu Chen's speech, as if they had forgotten that this was a debate competition at the School of Economics of Luocheng University.

Gu Chen saw that everyone's eyes were blurred, as if they had never heard of this before, so he struck while the iron was hot: "There is one last key word to talk about here, which is 'the vigorous development of small and medium-sized enterprises'."

"Because in the past 70 years, China's small and medium-sized enterprises and private enterprises have flourished, playing a unique and important role in increasing employment, stabilizing growth, and promoting innovation, and their role as a new force in the national economy has become increasingly prominent."

Stretching out his right index finger, Gu Chen continued: "If you still don't have an intuitive experience, then it doesn't matter. I can give you some data here."

"As of statistics a year ago, the number of small and medium-sized enterprises in China exceeded 30 million, and the number of individual industrial and commercial households exceeded 70 million."

"It contributes more than 50% of the country's tax revenue, more than 60% of its GDP, more than 70% of its technological innovation achievements, and more than 80% of its labor employment."

"It can be said that in the past 70 years, China has built the world's largest information and communication network."

Everyone at the scene was quiet, or rather silent.

In the achievement display introduced by Gu Chen, everyone seemed to feel that they were too humble, just like other people's children had candy but they didn't.

However, Gu Chen's on-site explanation was not over. Gu Chen even walked to the center of the stage involuntarily during his speech due to his personal habits when interrogating prisoners.

"Everyone." Gu Chen paused for two seconds, and after looking around the scene for a week, he continued: "Our Chinese population accounts for about one-fifth of the world's total population, but the number of 4G base stations accounts for more than half of the world's 4G base stations.

."

"On average, the level of information infrastructure that everyone enjoys is far higher than the world average."

"In addition, China's optical cable length exceeds 45 million kilometers, the total number of telephone users ranks first in the world, Internet broadband access users reach 440 million, and the number of Internet users is 854 million."

"At the same time, we have also implemented policies such as the village-to-village communications project and the pilot program for universal telecommunications services, so that people in remote areas can also share the fruits of information and communications technology development."

"From 6 years ago to now, our country has actively promoted the construction of broadband China and increased network speeds and reduced fees. The average download speed of fixed and mobile broadband has increased by nearly 7 times."

"The price levels of fixed network and mobile Internet traffic have dropped by more than 90%, which has effectively improved the people's sense of gain."

"All these huge changes are based on the foundation of manufacturing. You must have a complete manufacturing category before you can complete these well."

"Then...then Europe and the United States have not given up on manufacturing." Seeing Gu Chen's anger, Huang Zhifeng couldn't sit still and retorted directly:

"According to my statistics from three years ago, manufacturing accounts for 20% of America's GDP, which is approximately US$3.87 trillion."

"And China is about 39%, which is about $4.88 trillion."

“It seems that China is slightly higher than the United States, but compared to the United States, China is in a downstream position.

"What China can produce, the United States can produce in a short time, but there are some things that the United States can produce that China cannot produce in a short time, no matter how expensive it is."

"So, the United States has not given up on industry, but they have given up on some downstream industries in the industrial chain to control cutting-edge industries."

"Just look at Lockheed Martin in the United States, as well as Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, General Dynamics and other companies."

"The United States is strong because of its 11 super aircraft carriers cruising around the world, the world's largest fleet of stealth aircraft, and its rapidly deployed elite military around the world."

"And all of this cannot be achieved without the strength of the U.S. military, and the strength of the U.S. military cannot be separated from the strength of the domestic manufacturing industry."

"That's good." Just as Huang Zhifeng finished speaking, Martin beside him could not wait to applaud and cheer.

However, the applause at the scene was so lonely...

Gu Chen almost forgot about this guy. He thought it was a stage for him to give a speech. He almost forgot that it was a debate competition.

Gu Chen walked directly to Huang Zhifeng and said, "Yes, so this can better explain the creation of a country, doesn't it?"

"Well……"

What I fear most is that the air will suddenly become quiet.
To be continued...