Chapter 52: Unusual Shock

Gu Yongbin was shocked by the scene in front of him. Although the shock brought to him by Ningling Economic and Technological Development Zone and Xijiang Lingang Industrial Park was already quite strong, it was more important to industrial investment projects. It still had such glory during the development stage of Huaiqing. Only when he was personally on such a grand construction site could he truly feel how fast and firm Ningling's pace of catching up was.

"This is Huihuang Avenue, Mayor Gu. You can see that the main line bridge will be completed and opened to traffic by October next year. At that time, the bridge that will be named Huihuang Bridge will form an interconnected ring line with the highway bridge across the Wujiang River in National Highway 915, making the Jiangdong New District completely integrated with the Jiangxi Old Town District. In addition, the bridge from Yuexiu Henan to Jiangdong New District and the northern end of the Lingang Industrial Zone to the northern end of the Municipal Economic and Technological Development Zone is also under planning. It is estimated that after the completion of the Huihuang Bridge next year, the construction of these two bridges will also start one after another. After these two bridges are completed, the entire Jiangdong New District, Jiangxi Old Town District, Henan New District, Economic and Technological Development Zone and Lingang New District will be truly connected to form a booming whole."

Gu Yongbin looked at the municipal construction planning map carefully, while listening carefully to the introduction of Deputy Mayor Zhu Wenkui. It is said that the deputy mayor in charge of transportation construction and land has always been a complimentary of the saying "eloquent as silver". He has a very good eloquence, which seems to be true.

He has been with him for the past two days of inspection of urban construction. He has been very eloquent in his mouth from history to current situation in Ningling. He knows everything in the city and what is in the middle of his knowledge. It makes people unable to believe that he is a deputy mayor in charge, and more like a volunteer walking around the streets.

"Lao Zhu, what do you mean is that next year to the next year, two more bridges will be built on both sides of the Wujiang River?" Gu Yongbin was also shocked.

"If we include the Anxiang Expressway Bridge and Anxiang Railway Bridge that are about to be completed, Wujiang will build five bridges within four years within the two districts of Ningling alone!" Zhu Wenkui said proudly: "This will play a great role in driving the development of the Wujiang coastal areas. In addition, according to the idea of ​​the municipal party committee and government, the Ningling Airport design and planning plan will be launched next year at the latest. In a few years, Ningling will build the most important, most dynamic and development potential branch airport in the Andong region."

"Airport?! Ningling wants to build a civil aviation airport?" Gu Yongbin's whole body was shocked, and a trace of shock flashed in his eyes. A series of accidents made him realize that Ningling's style was completely different from Huaiqing.

On the issue of applying for a national-level economic development zone, the Huaiqing Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government also made great efforts. In order to compete for this honorary indicator, fierce competition with Mianzhou, Yongliang and Jianyang, Tan Lifeng even specially formulated Deng Ruoxian to be responsible for this work. Now that Deng Ruoxian has left Huaiqing, it is said that Xiao Chao, who succeeded as executive vice mayor, is responsible for the later coordination to ensure that Huaiqing Economic and Technological Development Zone is successfully upgraded, and this will be a very long process. I am afraid I will not be able to get it if I don’t have a year or two.

"Mayor Gu, is it still a military airport?" Zhu Wenkui was a little funny. "This idea was proposed by Secretary Zhao when he first came to Ningling last year. However, firstly, our Ningling economic foundation was still lacking, and secondly, the construction of the highway transportation system in our city and surrounding areas was not complete, so the city temporarily put this idea on the city, but it was not without action. In fact, the planning and positioning of the airport has been underway. The goal of our city is to become an Andong Regional Civil Aviation Sub-Centre for 25 million people after the completion of the airport is Ningling, Tongcheng, Yongliang, Xiangxi, Pennsylvania and even southeastern South China."

In addition to being shocked, Gu Yongbin was also thinking in his mind that as the executive vice mayor, one of his main tasks is to be in charge of financial work, that is, he must assist the mayor in managing the city's family. Ningling has had so many infrastructure operations in the past one or two years, where did the funds come from?

There are two bridges, plus an airport, and Zhu Wenkui's suggestion that the city will definitely invest less in road traffic construction in order to build this secondary civil aviation hub. Ningling's fiscal revenue has grown very rapidly this year. He roughly knows that the Finance Director came to report on the work a few days ago and talked about the tax revenue and treasury situation this year. However, to support such a big idea, I am afraid that he will not be able to achieve it. He really wants to know how Ningling can solve this problem.

"Lao Zhu, I'll listen to your introduction. Will our Ningling have to invest a lot in infrastructure construction in the past one or two years?" Gu Yongbin asked calmly.

"This is inevitable. Ningling is located at the confluence of the two rivers. Once the Anxiang Railway is opened to traffic next year, it will form a cross railway hub with the Xiliu Railway that has been opened to traffic. However, the overall basic conditions are not good compared to other cities and cities. After Secretary Zhao came to Ningling, he proposed that on the one hand, he should focus on hardware construction and on the other hand, he should focus on software construction." Zhu Wenkui also patiently introduced.

"The hardware mainly refers to transportation facilities and municipal facilities, as well as carriers such as development zones and new districts. For example, Fengting-Ningling Road is currently under full construction. The construction plan for the Nandu-Yunling-Ningling Highway Yunling Highway Yunling-Ningling section of Nanhua City has been officially approved and will start construction next week. The Nandu-Yunling section of Nandu-Yunling has also been reported to the Provincial Department of Transportation, striving to obtain the planning plan before the New Year, start construction at the beginning of next year, and plan for Ningling-Kuiyang, Ningling-Canghua next year. The renovation of these two second-level roads can be said to be unprecedented in investment."

"What about the funds? Such intensive infrastructure investment in a short period of time has not included the municipal construction in the new district. Where does the funds come from?" Gu Yongbin asked.

"Mayor Gu, fundraising comes from many aspects. On the one hand, it comes from the urban investment company's own financing. The investment in the development of Jiangdong New District and the construction of municipal facilities in urban areas, including bridge construction, mainly relies on urban investment companies to solve the problem of road traffic construction. As for the problem of road traffic construction, it is divided into three channels. On the other hand, the city's financial investment is partly invested, and a part is obtained from the provincial finance. However, this part is not large. Generally, it is necessary to be able to be related to national and provincial highways to obtain part, and it is to raise funds through transfer and mortgage of road rights."

"Transfer and mortgage the right of road? Lao Zhu, do you mean that the roads from the city to each county rely on the right of road to obtain funds?" Shaking his head, Gu Yongbin expressed doubts, "I don't think that this can raise capital. Judging from the current development status of Ningling, the roads from the city to each county are important from a development perspective, but in terms of returns, it may be difficult to satisfy investors? Also, if Ningling really has an airport plan, I would also express great doubts about whether the airport can achieve the expected results after the airport is completed. Well, to be precise, if the airport is really going to build an airport, I think in the current environment, the possibility of the airport being able to rely on itself to support itself is zero, and it may even produce a huge financial black hole. This has been proved by countless previous cars."

Zhu Wenkui thought he was a person who dared to tell the truth, but unexpectedly, the new Mayor Gu dared to say it even more. Especially when it comes to the airport issue, it was a major idea proposed by Secretary Zhao. In fact, many leaders in the city were skeptical of this idea, worried that it would become a bottomless pit and drag down the city's finances. However, when Zhao Guodong was so excited, he only carried out the preliminary work and did not involve any substantial things, so no one was willing to defeat Zhao Guodong's excitement on this issue. However, Zhu Wenkui felt that many city leaders, including Mayor Zhong Yuejun, were strongly skeptical.

"Mayor Gu, the operation of transferring the right of road is not smooth. As you said, investors think that it is unlikely to recover investment within the specified time limit, but the city plans to mortgage the right of road, such as bank financing, and the finance guarantees it, to redeem the right of road within the specified time limit." Zhu Wenkui smiled and explained: "As for the airport issue, I think many people, including me, have some questions about this point, but Secretary Zhao also said that he will not argue with us on this issue for the time being. Everything will be discussed until the second half of next year. The preliminary preparations are just a preparatory investigation plan, and there is no question of formal project establishment promotion."

Gu Yongbin laughed, "Secretary Zhao means that by next year, he will be sure to dispel everyone's doubts and concerns about this airport plan? Is he so sure?"

"Hehe, I guess he probably means that." Zhu Wenkui also showed a mysterious smile on his face, "Maybe Secretary Zhao can do the trick of turning stones into gold? However, Mayor Gu, you have been with Secretary Zhao for a while. You are the secretary of the county party committee in Guining and Secretary Zhao is the mayor. You should know his ability. His coming to Ningling has brought too many unexpected changes to our Ningling, so on this issue, I am really skeptical."

"Well, Secretary Zhao is indeed very unique insights and views, and he is also superior in his vision. He is realistic and said that Huaiqing's ability to develop to this current situation. Huaiqing Economic and Technological Development Zone can be included in the list of candidates for applying for national economic and technological development zones. This has a lot to do with his strong promotion of the development of the integrated circuit industry as Huaiqing's leading industry when he was Mayor of Huaiqing. However, he is also a human being, not a god. Without objective actual conditions, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, so that's not possible." Gu Yongbin said with a faint smile.
Chapter completed!