The time has entered 1928, and the First Five-Year Plan has also entered its final year. All major industries have entered the harvest period one after another. When the data from all parties were compiled, the development data surprised everyone. When the goals were originally set, everyone felt that
It was a bit rash, but the results were actually better than expected. The task was completed almost a year ahead of schedule, and the whole government was particularly excited.
Wang Yongjiang personally found Zhang Tinglan with a stack of statistical results. When they met, he smiled and said: "I'd like to say that we still underestimated the country's potential at the beginning. Although there are still about 10 months until the First Five-Year Plan is fully completed,
However, from the current point of view, various indicators have basically reached the goals we originally set. And there is another good news to tell you. According to calculations, our industrial output value exceeded agriculture for the first time in 27 years. To a certain extent,
, we are already an industrialized country!”
When industrial output exceeds agriculture and becomes the dominant force in the national economy, it can actually be regarded as a sign of industrialization. In fact, after the completion of the First Five-Year Plan, China will basically be an industrialized country. Although it is very rudimentary, it cannot be denied.
this achievement.
Of course, some people may think that China's industrial population was too small at that time, urbanization was too low, and the management methods of the vast rural areas were still quite backward. In fact, these are correct, but this is actually a harsh criticism, because before World War II, countries such as Britain, the United States, Japan, and Russia achieved
During industrialization, their agricultural population far exceeded that of the industrial population.
It takes a little more than a five-year plan to go from poverty to a primary industrial country. This leap is a feat! However, to get everyone involved in industrialized production and build an industrial power, there is still a long way to go.
It's quite far away. After all, China is too big and has too many people.
In this time and space, we have gone through ten years of hard work from the initial accumulation of wealth in the three northeastern provinces to the implementation of the First Five-Year Plan in 2024. The years during the implementation of the First Five-Year Plan were a period of accelerated industrial development.
The average annual growth rate of agricultural output value is 11.1%, that of agriculture is 4.5%, and that of industry is 18%.
Among them, light industry accounted for 12.9%, and heavy industry accounted for an astonishing 25.4%. This is also closely related to the leadership of the government. Among the total industrial and agricultural output value, the proportion of total industrial output value increased from 30% in 1923 to 51.7% in 1917.
It is expected that in 28 years, this proportion will reach 55%. The changes in the industrial and agricultural structure mark that China has taken the most solid step in industrialization, and the foundation has been firmly established.
In the past four years, the average annual central investment has reached 350 million yuan, and in 2028 it rose to 500 million yuan. In addition, local governments and social capital have also invested heavily, with the total value exceeding 5 billion yuan.
In addition, after the implementation of land reform, more than 30 million farmers were mobilized every year to participate in voluntary labor, building more than 30,000 reservoirs in rural areas, more than 50,000 kilometers of irrigation canals, and renovating more than 200,000 kilometers of rural roads.
.For such a huge infrastructure construction, the government has paid some basic material costs. As for the largest labor cost, it has been saved. This can also be called the greatest achievement of land reform.
The government's limited financial resources have been concentrated in the industrial field. It has successively invested in industries including aircraft, automobiles, power generation equipment, heavy machinery, new machine tools, precision instruments, electrolytic aluminum, seamless steel pipes, alloy steel, radio and other industries. The original steel, coal
, metallurgy, mining, electricity, and shipbuilding have also made great progress.
These industries are not simply expansions of the original industries in the three northeastern provinces. Take airplanes and automobiles as examples. They were originally able to survive mainly through military orders. In the past five years, in addition to military orders, they have also developed into
entered the market and moved towards the civilian field.
The profitability of factories is getting stronger and stronger, and domestic products have basically controlled the market. A virtuous cycle has been formed, the scale of the industry has grown stronger, and the cost-effectiveness of products has become better and better. Moreover, once wartime comes, after mobilization, the industrial potential will increase exponentially.
Among the main industrial products, China has also made gratifying progress. Among them, steel production reached 4.93 million tons in 1927, and in 2028, it is expected to obtain 5.5 million tons.
Steel is the backbone of a country. Its output has reached more than twice that of Japan and has surpassed that of the Soviet Union. With these steel bases, China will have full confidence even if it encounters these two countries again.
An inch of mountains and rivers, an inch of blood, is the helplessness and tragedy of the weak, and is the punishment for not knowing how to build a country. The truly strong should crush the opponent completely with steel and drown the enemy with rolling torrents.
Moreover, the development momentum of China's steel industry has not slowed down, but has become more and more alarming. In addition to Northeast China, North China, Wuhan and other places, large iron ore mines such as Ma'anshan in Anhui, Panzhihua in Sichuan, and Shilu in Hainan have also been discovered one after another. A batch of new iron ore mines have also been discovered.
Large steel companies were established.
In the next five years, China's steel production capacity can at least double to 10 million tons. This is of course the government's estimate. In fact, Zhang Tinglan knows very well that if done properly, this number will increase even more. The reason is simple.
A major economic crisis is coming, and the time to buy the bottom of the West is not far away. In the second five-year plan, China will usher in even greater development.
In addition to steel, based on 1923, raw coal was 131 million tons, an increase of 98.596%; power generation was 31 billion kWh, an increase of 204.4%; machine tool output reached 28,000 units, an increase of 17.7%
times; cotton cloth was 5.06 billion feet, an increase of 3,296, and sugar was 860,000 tons, an increase of 92%.
What's more important is that grain output reached 130 million tons. According to the census completed in 1926, China's total population reached 499 million.
In fact, it is also sad to mention that from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, China did not know how many people it had. It could only be estimated through the amount of salt consumed. In fact, the so-called 450 million was just one
It's just an imaginary number. Due to inaccurate statistics, there will actually be hidden populations.
In the original history, it was not until the first census in 1953 that it was known that China had a population of more than 600 million. In the 38th year of the Republic of China, the number of Chinese people only increased by less than 100 million. Calculated based on the number of births at that time,
At least two to three hundred million people in China starved to death.
If according to the standards of later generations, famine occurs almost every year, and what is more terrible is not only natural disasters, but also man-made disasters such as the Huayuankou embankment bursting. It is difficult to calculate the suffering that the Chinese people suffered during the period of the Republic of China. Perhaps only
Only those who danced in the ten-mile foreign theater will miss that era.
For Zhang Tinglan at this time, with the reunification of the country and the improvement of medical conditions, the period of population expansion is about to come. According to the current amount, the per capita grain is 260 kilograms. Although it is not enough for food and clothing, there is basically no chance of starvation.
situation.
However, the pressure on food is still huge. In order to cope with the rapid increase in population, we will increase efforts to develop Southeast Asia and turn Borneo into a new granary. At the same time, we will continue to increase fertilizer production. As long as we can increase food production faster than China's population expansion,
At this speed, China can basically get rid of the shadow of hunger.
"I would like to say that the current annual increase in chemical fertilizer production has reached 500,000 tons, which is 200,000 tons more than the original target of 300,000 tons. In addition, according to estimates, 30 million acres of land can be developed in Borneo within five years. In addition,
Coupled with the agricultural products of the Northeast and Northwest, the food crisis can basically be solved. On the contrary, not only do we not have to worry about starvation, we can also export food appropriately in exchange for foreign exchange."
Wang Yongjiang said happily: "Back then, I said that China wanted to solve two problems, one was being beaten and the other was starving. Now ten years later, we can proudly announce that this goal has been basically achieved!
"
Zhang Tinglan also laughed, especially cheerfully. Zhang Tinglan has always had a heavy burden on his shoulders. Even in the first few years, when he closed his eyes, he seemed to hear the sound of shelling Beida Camp, as if he could
Seeing hundreds of thousands of compatriots die tragically in Nanjing City, seeing mountains and rivers shattered, and countless compatriots wailing...
In this era, the cruel reality forces every politician to have a sense of mission and to change the world. Until today, all the clouds in my heart have dispersed. China has expanded enough, although it is not yet
It is so powerful that no one dares to invade it, but at least, China already has the confidence to defeat any opponent.
In addition to the development of industry and agriculture, transportation has also progressed rapidly. The much-anticipated Sichuan-Hankou Railway has been completed and opened to traffic. It was because of this railway that the road protection movement was launched, which eventually led to the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Now that the Sichuan-Hankou Railway is completed, it not only realizes the dream of the Sichuan people, but also firmly connects Sichuan and Hubei. In addition, through the Ning-Han Railway, Sichuan's local products can be quickly sent to Shanghai, and at the same time, Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas
Products can also be sent directly to the mainland.
A railway has revitalized everything along the Yangtze River. In addition, the Guangdong-Han Railway has been completed, and the double-track Lu-Han Railway has been laid. The most important thing is that the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge has been completed, and the Yangtze River Gorge has been conquered. The north-south railway can
With unobstructed traffic, railway transportation capacity has more than tripled, and Wuhan has become the national railway hub.
The Jinpu Railway and the Longhai Railway have also built double tracks. Basically, all provinces in the country, except for the plateau areas, have basically connected to railways. Although the plateau has not yet connected to railways, the Sichuan-Tibet, Xinjiang, and Yunnan-Tibet highways have been built.
With the passage of time, the transportation capacity has been greatly improved, and the army from the mainland can easily move into the plateau.
The country has developed to this point, and the problem of the plateau will be solved naturally. Zhang Tinglan has already accumulated five divisions of troops in Sichuan, and will move in immediately when the time is right.
"I would like to say that although the development has been very rapid in recent years, there are still quite a few problems that need to be solved urgently. In my opinion, the administrative system must be adjusted. Originally, in order to facilitate management, the Yangtze River Eyeline Development Office was established, and the Southwest Military and Political Commission was also established.
There are also offices for land reform in the Central Plains, and the northwest is still under military control. These places need to be adjusted to truly establish a vertical administrative system."
At this point, Wang Yongjiang also frowned: "Another point is that the problems in Jiangsu and Zhejiang must also be dealt with. This most economically active region must be controlled by the state."
