"Today's incident reminded me." Comrade Jiang Cheng pondered for a moment and then said, "Actually, I think this is a turning point."
Seeing that everyone's attention was focused, Comrade Jiang Cheng continued, "Nowadays, rare earth mining is basically done by state-owned enterprises, because the scale of private enterprises is not large enough to privately mine and refine rare earth minerals, and
The state's control over rare earth mines is also relatively strict. Although private mining has been carried out secretly in some places, it has not been exposed openly. If you want to control it, now is more appropriate."
"Well, that's the truth. Is it appropriate to just hand over the rare earth industry to private hands for management?" Although Comrade Shi Qingquan did not openly oppose this matter, he raised some questions.
Logically speaking, resources and energy industries such as petroleum, coal and mines should be firmly in the hands of the state. Otherwise, problems will easily arise and affect overall stability.
Although the annual output value of the rare earth industry is not high, which is about 100 million US dollars in foreign exchange income, as people describe it, rare earths are the MSG in the industry. If this important condiment is missing, will it affect the
What about the entire industrial layout?
Besides, how can Europe, the United States and Japan, which are accustomed to enjoying China’s cheap rare earth exports, give up?
However, the temptation brought to everyone by about 150 tons of gold was too great. Even Comrade Shi Qingquan, who disliked Ye Kai, did not dare to reject the proposal directly. At most, he raised some questions.
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"There is also the international response, which is also very important." Someone also raised this issue, "If Europe, the United States and Japan oppose it, I am worried that it will cause many conflicts."
Everyone was discussing here. The three members of the family, Mr. Ye, the second Mr. Ye and Ziping, had a very tacit understanding and did not speak. They just sat there and watched the changes, looking very strange.
After all, the cause of this incident was caused by Ye Kai, so as a family member, if you can keep your mouth shut, it is best not to open your mouth, lest others think that there is another conflict of interests involved.
"What do you think, Mr. Ye?" But just because they didn't speak, it didn't mean that no one ignored their opinions, so Comrade Jiang Cheng asked.
"I won't get involved in this matter. It depends on everyone's decision." Mr. Ye refused to express his position.
The attitude of Mr. Ye and others has puzzled many people, because no matter how you look at this matter, Ye Kai cannot take advantage of it, and it is a loss no matter how you calculate it.
Although rare earths are a treasure, under the current circumstances, the level of domestic development and application is relatively low, so it is helpless to earn foreign exchange through exports. However, the export price is still relatively painful, which makes people feel useless.
It is tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away.
If it can be exchanged for about 150 tons of gold, then no one will think that this is a loss.
Rare earths. Although many people know that rare earths are good things, they don’t know exactly how good they are. Especially these figures in the political arena spend most of their thoughts on intrigues and struggles for power. Their understanding of rare earths is even limited.
Regarding "a relatively valuable soil", this wrong understanding naturally prevented them from facing the true value of rare earths, and thus made wrong judgments.
In fact, for a long time, the rare earth industry has been chaotic and disorderly, with serious illegal mining and low export value. This is inseparable from the understanding of the leadership.
However, it is not that no one has expressed opposition. Some people pointed out that the Pingshuo open-pit coal mine was a very bad example. At the beginning, the Americans said that cooperation was a good thing. After the Americans dug coal, they could combine equipment and
Technical experience stays.
But the fact is that the other party's mining capabilities are so incredible that they have almost finished digging out the coal before the contract expires. The remaining equipment, although it looks very powerful, is of little use.
Based on the experience and lessons learned in this area, some people suggested that although Ye Kai's proposal to exchange gold for rare earth mining rights and export rights could be agreed, there must be a time limit, for example, thirty years, fifty years? This
Things always have to be settled first.
"Then thirty years, fifty years is a bit too long." Comrade Jiang Cheng finally said with finality.
Premier Yun, who was ill and attended the Central Political Bureau meeting, also said, "Comrade Hong Zheng should handle this matter as appropriate and try not to cause too much material discussion."
Premier Yun said this for a reason.
In any case, the privatization of mineral resources, even within a certain period of time, is a very sensitive matter, especially now that there are still many old comrades who still disagree with the concept of market economy.
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If the privatization of the entire rare earth industry is revealed, many people will probably start talking about it again. It is worth noting that the demand for rare earths in Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries will also make this matter full of complex issues.
Uncertainty.
Therefore, no matter how we deal with it in the end, keeping a low profile is the way to go.
"Since no one has any objections, let's leave it at that." Comrade Jiang Cheng said.
After the meeting, Mr. Ye was going to attend a state reception. As he took a step ahead, the second Mr. Ye asked Ye Ziping the cause and effect of this matter.
"How could Xiaokai have such an idea?" The second old man asked with some confusion, "If you want to leave one hundred and fifty tons of gold on me, what a great thing would that be?"
Gold is different from other things. Although gold is no longer linked to the U.S. dollar, in international trade, no one will refuse to accept gold as payment, because this thing is a precious metal and every country must keep it as a treasury.
for use, and the demand among the people is also very strong.
It is precisely for this reason that the central bank is salivating over these 150 tons of gold, wishing that it could be collected as early as possible and stored in the vault.
"Ye Kai has a plan in his mind about the specific situation, and he didn't tell me in detail." Zi Ping said in a low voice, "It may be related to some plans regarding international strategy. This guy doesn't want to explain it too carefully.
It’s just that it won’t be long before something big happens, which will surprise people.”
"Really, if that's the case, that's a bit exciting." After hearing this, the second old man suddenly became very interested, "What this kid Ye Kai is thinking about must be a big deal."
"It's hard to say whether it's big or small. But in my personal opinion, the current situation of rare earth exports is indeed not optimistic. Instead of selling assets at a low price, it is better to integrate them. Ye Kai wants to privatize the entire industry, which is not necessarily a bad thing.
." Ziping replied thoughtfully.
There was another reason that Ziping didn't say.
That is, as the country begins to gradually prepare for joining the World Trade Organization, the rare earth industry is also one of the important topics that cannot be avoided.
The current actual situation is that although there is certain research and development and application of rare earths in China, the development of the entire industry is relatively slow, and the demand and demand level are relatively low. In order to support the entire rare earth industry, money cannot be spared, so exports
It's still something that has to be done.
However, foreign countries are far ahead in the application of rare earths. What they need is rare earth products from the entire continent, and they will also require the mainland to completely liberalize the export of rare earths.
But if they really follow their requirements, once the mining and export of rare earths are completely liberalized, the country will really be unable to control the rare earth industry.
Thinking of the various strategic resources that were hoarded in foreign warehouses after being sold at a low price, Ye Ziping felt a little uneasy in his heart. Instead of selling them to cheap foreigners at a low price, it would be better for Ye Kai to hoard them, even if he uses them himself.
If you don't use it, you can't make it easier for others. If you take it and use it to make cutting-edge weapons, you can use it to threaten the national security of the mainland.
Although in this incident, Ye Kai sold more than a hundred tons of gold and seemed to have suffered a big loss, he also got this batch of gold for free, so naturally he would not attach too much importance to it, especially his overseas fortune.
The value of those assets far exceeded the price of this batch of gold, so Ye Ziping felt that his son's behavior was understandable.
But Ye Ziping still underestimated the importance of the rare earth industry. He was not Ye Kai, and he did not have the life experience of the next twenty years. Naturally, he did not know how big the role of rare earths would be in the rapidly developing electronics industry.
Ye Kai soon received the news that the top management had agreed to his proposal and would make some useful attempts to privatize the rare earth industry. This was also classified as an important reform attempt in the energy and resources industry.
Is it also possible to introduce social resources and personal funds?
As a new and important topic, the privatization of the rare earth industry can naturally be handled on a special basis, which saved Ye Kai a lot of trouble.
Of course, it was impossible for Ye Kai to come forward in person, so although he was the person in charge of this matter, the last person to come forward was the Nangong Family. After receiving Ye Kai's call in advance, Nangong Yun flew directly to the Pearl from Germany.
, met with Ye Kai to discuss how to handle this matter.
However, just when Ye Kai was actively planning the privatization of the rare earth industry, Japan reacted. The ambassador of the Japanese Embassy in China made an emergency meeting with the person in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, saying that the Japanese government was seriously concerned about the changes in the rare earth industry in the mainland and believed that the mainland's
It was incredible to cook, and said that this matter would seriously affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
"Are the allies starting to be surprised?" When Ye Kai heard the news, he immediately laughed. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)