The next morning, the faces of people all over Baodao were filled with smiles. Decades of martial law finally ended today, and they have gained more freedom and power.
Li Guangyu did not pay attention to matters there for the time being. Today he came to the conference room of Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group and attended the high-level meeting held by the group.
The industrial base on the outlying islands of Xiangjiang is being advanced in an orderly manner and is expected to be put into use by the end of next year. The outlying island base mainly produces diesel, gasoline, heavy oil and other products. In addition, Jiade Group has established a daily chemical product production company here, mainly producing
Petroleum-related soaps, detergents, laundry detergents and other products.
These are all minor issues. The reason why Li Guangyu attended this group meeting this time was mainly due to the issue of site selection in the mainland. This time, it was not just oil refining in the mainland, but also related supporting industries, such as asphalt, lubricants, and fertilizer products.
One of the most important industries is ethylene, which is the core industry of petrochemical industry and one of the largest chemical products. Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group naturally wants to enter this industry.
In particular, Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group, Jiade Group, and Kangxin Medical Group have considerable linkage. Many raw materials for cosmetics and daily chemical products are petrochemical raw materials, and there are also many petrochemical raw materials for medical use.
Li Guangyu said aloud: "The petrochemical industry is a very huge industry. We cannot do everything. The group's focus is on refining, ethylene, fertilizers, and asphalt. At the same time, we will cooperate with our related groups to improve the entire industry chain."
The reason why Li Guangyu focuses on adding chemical fertilizers and asphalt is mainly to prepare for the mainland. He is very aware of the demand for chemical fertilizers in the mainland. At the same time, with the construction of roads in the mainland, the demand for asphalt is also very large.
Zhou Zhigang responded: "Li Sheng, this time I specially went to Echeng, Haizhou and Yongcheng in the mainland for inspection, and communicated with the local senior officials. They all very much welcome our industrial base to settle in their local area, but
Regarding the issue of domestic sales, they cannot make the final decision, which requires me to go to Beijing next week to communicate with the mainland's senior officials."
These three places were also comprehensively considered by Li Guangyu and others. Echeng is located in South China, Yongcheng is located in East China, and Haizhou is close to North China. All three places are close to the sea, and shipping is very convenient.
Li Guangyu currently prefers Echeng, which is very close to Xiangjiang and is currently developing fastest in South China. The Li Group has the greatest influence here, which is more conducive to the development of Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group.
However, one problem now is that Echeng currently does not have a large seaport. If Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group chooses Echeng, the government will need to build a large port. Otherwise, the fleets of the two major shipping companies Wheelock and Wanbang will not be able to dock at all.
On the contrary, Yongcheng and Haizhou are good in this regard. They can meet the needs of Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group in terms of ports, and the local sincerity is also quite good.
Of course, Echeng's sincerity is also quite high. They promised Zhou Zhigang that as long as Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group is willing to put its production base in Echeng, they will immediately apply to the province and the central government to build a large port to serve Echeng and even northern Guangdong.
development.
Li Guangyu said: "This time we must try our best to get the domestic sales quota. It is best to have no restrictions on the domestic sales of our products. Your group, like other groups, can promise not to exchange foreign exchange for ten years. At the same time, this investment
We will also enter in Hong Kong dollars in exchange for our products entering the mainland market."
The largest market in the petrochemical industry is the mainland. What Li Guangyu hopes most is to allow this product to enter the mainland. In his previous life, there were several large groups that occupied a huge market. The product prices were not low and they were still claiming losses. Li Guangyu saw this this time.
See if you can make money after entering.
Zhou Zhigang said: "Li Sheng, I will definitely strive for our products to be unrestricted in the mainland. I believe that if we make such a big concession, the mainland will allow us to enter this market. Now the mainland has restrictions on our Xiangjiang, Lisboa, and Bao
The island and overseas Chinese capital are very open, and the top management in the mainland are also very courageous now. I believe there will be a good result reported to you next week."
Zhou Zhigang knows the mainland very well. He has also met many core senior executives from the mainland. This time they will also meet with the core executives after they go to Beijing to discuss the issue of establishing a petrochemical production base.
You must know that Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group's investment in the mainland is very large this time. The first phase of construction has reached 1.5 billion US dollars, mainly building refineries, ethylene chemical plants, fertilizer plants, asphalt plants, and oil storage bases.
At the same time, it will also drive Kangxin Medical Group and Jiadai Group to establish production companies there to produce products related to them.
Such an industrial chain can drive the rapid development of the local economy, and if local investment is successful, it can form a huge chemical industry chain, which will provide important support for local economic development.
Li Guangyu warned: "We must also speed up construction here in Xiangjiang, especially the oil storage base we established on the outlying islands. We will try our best to complete it by the end of this year, and we will officially start importing crude oil from Eastern Europe next year."
The first phase of Li Guangyu's oil storage base on the outlying islands has reached 100,000 cubic meters, which can store more than 600,000 barrels of crude oil. After that, there will be second and third phases of construction, with the total scale reaching 300,000 cubic meters.
The outlying islands will focus on the production of heavy oil, naphtha and aviation fuel. Xiangjiang Airlines is in great need of aviation fuel.
Zhou Zhigang responded: "Li Sheng, I will communicate with Wheelock Construction Company to speed up the construction in this area and ensure that it will be put into use as scheduled in January next year."
Now Li Guangyu and others mainly exchange naphtha, aviation fuel, heavy oil and other products from Eastern Europe. In the future, after the layout of these industries is completed, they will mainly import crude oil.
By the way, I came back from Eastern Europe to trade more equipment, such as fertilizer production equipment. The demand for this in the mainland is very large now, and the equipment for ethylene chemical industry is also in great demand in the mainland.
Li Guangyu said: "I plan to choose Echeng as my first choice. It is very close to Huacheng, Pengcheng and our Xiangjiang River, which is conducive to our management and development.
As for the port, I will ask Du Yuemei to go to Echeng to inspect and discuss with him a joint venture to build a large port for large cargo ships and oil tankers to dock, solve your transportation problems, and promote the development of the petrochemical group in Echeng."
Zhou Zhigang understands the influence of the Li Group in Guangdong Province. Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group chose Echeng to better enter the market in Guangdong Province. With the continuous advancement of reform and opening up, a market in Guangdong Province is enough to compete with the markets of most countries.
Comparable.
As for Haizhou, it is close to the north. Those areas have always been the main areas for heavy industry in the mainland. The past development of Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group is expected to be subject to a lot of interference and impact.
Yongcheng and Echeng are similar. The other one belongs to East China, and Echeng belongs to South China. Compared with the other side, Li's consortium is more influential in South China.
Zhou Zhigang himself has been in charge of Pengyu Group in Pengcheng for nearly eight years and has very good connections in Guangdong Province. Choosing to work in Echeng will be beneficial to both parties.
Zhou Zhigang responded: "Li Sheng, I will communicate with the mainland leaders and try to get some policies that are beneficial to us."
Zhou Zhigang not only wants the proportion of domestic sales, he also needs to control terminal sales, establish his own gas stations, sales companies, etc. Otherwise, the channels will be controlled by some companies, which will also be a big restriction for them.