Leaders stand at different heights, and they are even more aware than Huang Yuping and others of how important this technology is to the country.
As of 2020, how many seawater desalination projects are there in China?
135!
The scale of seawater desalination projects is 1.65 million tons/day. Among them, there are 40 seawater desalination projects of 10,000 tons and above, with a project scale of 1,452,448 tons/day; 50 seawater desalination projects of 1,000 tons and above, and below 10,000 tons, with a project scale of 188,894
tons/day; there are 45 seawater desalination projects below 1,000 tons, with a project scale of 9,741 tons/day.
These seawater desalination projects are distributed in cities and islands with serious water shortages in 9 coastal provinces and cities. Their main uses are industrial water and domestic water.
Among them, seawater desalination for industrial water use is mainly concentrated in high water-consuming industries such as power, petrochemicals, and steel in the northern, eastern and southern marine economic circles of coastal areas; seawater desalination for domestic water use is mainly concentrated in island areas and the northern marine economic circle.
Jinmen and Qingdao are two coastal cities.
The daily desalination scale is 1.65 million tons, which is only 600 million tons a year.
This scale of desalinated water is just a drop in the bucket compared to the country's annual water consumption of 500 to 600 billion tons.
Compared with the national water shortage of 40 to 50 billion tons a year, it is also far behind.
Although the domestic water shortage situation is severe, the country does not promote the development of seawater desalination projects. The existing seawater desalination projects are more of a scientific research nature.
It’s not that the country doesn’t want to.
But the country cannot.
The cost of seawater desalination is simply too high.
The ex-factory cost price of 4-5 yuan/ton has to rise to 67 yuan per ton at the end of the day. Residential water use can barely afford it, but industrial, agricultural and commercial water use cannot afford it at all.
If fiscal subsidies are used, the greater the scale of seawater desalination, the more serious the fiscal deficit will be. This is a bottomless black hole.
Therefore, the country has not dared to make efforts in seawater desalination.
But now, the technology developed by [Chaoqun Group] allows leaders to see the dawn of the future, which can effectively alleviate the increasingly severe water shortage crisis in the country.
The leader smiled slightly at Huang Yuping, Guan Xuelie and the others, "Xiao Huang, you made a special trip to invite us to come over to see this project. Is that on purpose? Tell me, what does Director Wu of your group think?"
The leader called Huang Yuping Xiao Huang, but Wu Siyuan, who was much younger than Huang Yuping, called him Wu Dong.
The different titles represent the difference in how much the leader values the two people.
Huang Yuping knew this very well, but he didn't take it seriously, nor was he jealous. Wu Siyuan's achievements made him qualified.
Huang Yuping paused, smiled, and said, "I can't hide anything from your eyes!"
“After our group developed this technology, Director Wu considered that the structural water shortage in the country was still quite serious, so he wanted to launch [desalination plants] on a large scale in the coastal areas of the country and around the northwest saltwater lakes!”
"Director Wu is really thoughtful." The leader sighed secretly and said, "Director Wu seems to be very confident in this technology. How much production capacity do you plan to build?"
Upon hearing this, Huang Yuping said, "The initial plan is to produce 6-8 billion tons of desalinated water per year, and the mid-term goal is to produce 25-30 billion tons of desalinated water per year, because our group's technology can be widely used in sewage treatment."
, it is expected that domestic recycled water production will also explode in the future, with annual production reaching 20-30 billion tons. In this way, there will be no shortage of water resources in the country."
After the leaders heard about [Chaoqun Group]'s "ambition", they were a little surprised. At present, all the desalination projects in the country combined, the annual desalinated water production is only 600 million tons. [Chaoqun Group] is good. As soon as it opens, in the early stage
The goal is to increase tenfold, and the mid-term goal is to increase fiftyfold.
It’s not that he doubts the ability of [Super Group].
As long as it is willing, the capital of [Chaoqun Group] can also allow it to accomplish this thing, but...
But in this way, [Chaoqun Group] will have an increasing influence on the country in terms of water resources, almost to the point of monopoly.
Not almost a monopoly, but a substantial monopoly.
This kind of industry involves the national economy and people's livelihood, and is related to stability. The country has never allowed private enterprises to get involved.
But... if you want to reject [Chaoqun Group], it is difficult for the leader to say this.
Not to mention the performance of [Chaoqun Group] during the last flood incident, over the years, [Chaoqun Group]’s contribution to and support for the country can be said to be even greater than that of state-owned enterprises.
People rely on their true abilities to expand their territory.
If the leader really wants to reject [Chaoqun Group], he is afraid of breaking people's hearts.
The leader sighed secretly and thought about going back to a meeting to discuss this issue. His expression on his face was still amiable, and he said, "It seems that you [Chaoqun Group] have invented a good technology!"
"good!"
"good!"
"very good!"
"The country needs young people like you who are brave enough to innovate, so that our nation can truly stand among the nations of the world and implement the great rejuvenation of our nation!" the leader said.
But the conversation changed and the leader said again.
"However, after water is produced, it still needs to be transported to places where water is scarce. Transportation is also very important. Xiao Huang, has your group considered this? If production capacity is increased, but transportation is not solved, this will cause
A serious waste of resources and energy.”
"[Chaoqun Group] might as well consider reducing the production capacity target first, and then expand production capacity step by step after the water pipeline is solved!" the leader kindly suggested.
Huang Yuping smiled bitterly when he heard this and said, "Boss, I actually thought so at the beginning."
"But we, Director Wu, have more considerations."
"Oh! Let's hear it!" the leader said. In fact, not only him, but also senior people now attach great importance to Wu Siyuan's opinions.
"Dong Wu said," Huang Yuping secretly took a breath and said, "As the weather becomes more and more serious, extreme weather will become more and more frequent, and at the same time, the overall climate will become higher and higher."
“The algorithm system of [Elephant Weather] predicts that in the next year, the temperature will rise significantly across the country, not just the country, but also the world. In this case, the country will encounter drought, rivers will dry up, and water resources will be reduced.
The lack will intensify and cause a chain reaction!”
"Perhaps some provinces and cities that mainly rely on hydropower power generation will eventually have to implement industrial power rationing because the rivers in the province are cut off and unable to generate electricity."
"It is also possible that in some major agricultural provinces, due to lack of water for irrigation, crops will fail in large areas..."
The more the leader listened, the more serious his expression became.
[Elephant Weather] has proven its authority with tens of billions of property losses in one province.