Chapter 109: Years of Growth

Zeng Quanjun was very sensitive to the subtle changes of Zhao Guodong, which means that the newly promoted deputy director had realized that his original work style was not very suitable for ministries like the Development and Reform Commission. It doesn’t matter if there is any problem, as long as it can be discovered and improved. It is obvious that Director Zhao has strong adaptability. It is no accident that he can reach this position in his thirties and be favored by the senior central officials.

He had always intentionally refused to remind the other party before, just to see how the other party discovered and dealt with. Now it seems that the other party is performing well.

He can understand Zhao Guodong's intention to do things. After all, he came from the local area to the National Development and Reform Commission, a central department in charge of the social and economic development direction. Especially when he was in charge of this task, he could be called a hot job. He faced many problems and had many opportunities for Zhao Guodong. Naturally, he wanted to do something, but how to realize his ambitions and achieve his goal perfectly is not as simple as being a landlord in the local area.

The National Development and Reform Commission is a macro-control department that formulates policies, not a specific implementation department. Every policy issuance will affect the vital interests of many interest groups. You must consider the feelings of relevant stakeholders, especially relevant enterprises and local government executive agencies.

For example, this time, the policy adjustments to the import rights of fertilizers and upstream resource investment issues, Zeng Quanjun felt that Zhao Guodong did not handle it very safely. Although it seems to be effective now, it has caused considerable controversy in the early stage and even had a negative impact, which once put a lot of pressure on the Development and Reform Commission and was quite passive.

In Zeng Quanjun's view, if more research and exchange opinions can be conducted before the policy is issued, and some explanations can be done appropriately by holding meetings, symposiums or individual exchange opinions, this goal can be achieved in a more stable and gentler way.

The growth of every leading cadre takes time and experience. The more you experience, the faster you grow and mature, Zeng Quanjun can understand it. After all, everyone comes from this stage, including himself.

Now it seems that Zhao Guodong has realized his problem and is gradually changing his working methods, especially in the integration of the steel industry. Zhao Guodong seems much more mature than dealing with the issue of fertilizer import rights. Zeng Quanjun thinks this is a very gratifying progress.

The integration of the steel industry will ultimately be implemented in each province to operate it themselves. The National Development and Reform Commission only issued framework guidance and urged it to implement it. He did not agree with the opinions of Qilu Province that blindly took state-owned enterprises as the integration subject, but the Qilu Provincial Government naturally had their reasons for considering this way, which required the two sides to consult and coordinate.

"Guodong, your opinion is very pertinent. Now you are rushing to invest in resource projects and there is a trend of following the trend. This phenomenon is worth being wary of. On the one hand, it is easy to raise prices for resources, and on the other hand, it is easy to ignore the investment risks. As far as I know, a potassium fertilizer project in Canada, with an investment of one million to two million tons, will be at least 10 billion yuan. It will take at least five or six years to start construction and be completed and put into production. This also requires considering the throughput capacity of railway transportation and freight terminals. The risk is not small. I personally think that if domestic companies do not have enough strength and experience, they can join forces to take action together, and on the other hand, they can take share in project companies with relatively mature mining conditions. This will seem to cost more in the early stage, but it can avoid many risks."

Zhao Guodong agreed with Zeng Quanjun's suggestions. Zeng Quanjun looked at the problems very deeply and could always capture the most critical things. Can this director of the Development and Reform Commission be able to do it without any tricks? He proposed that when domestic companies march overseas, they should consider investing in companies with relatively mature conditions, which is quite practical, especially for private enterprises, which is more guiding.

"Well, my idea is that the Commission will issue a document to remind relevant enterprises and provincial and municipal development and reform commissions, requiring them to remind all enterprises to pay attention to preventing risks in this regard when reviewing these investment projects." Zhao Guodong nodded, "In addition, Director, the issue of the integration of Qilu steel industry, Governor Huangui and I have exchanged opinions many times, mainly focusing on whether private enterprises can merge state-owned enterprises. The focus is on the identity of state-owned enterprises. I think this is a common problem. I am afraid that the Commission will need to work with the State-owned Assets Department, the social security department and the local government to study and discuss solutions. Otherwise, this issue will always be entangled, which will have a great hindering effect on the next step of promoting industrial integration. If this problem is solved, I think it will also have a demonstration effect on other industries."

"What do you mean is that you can use the Qilu case as a model?" Zeng Quanjun pondered.

"Well, that's what I mean." Zhao Guodong's heels.

The Qilu Steel Industry Integration Plan has been discussed and studied many times in the Qilu Steel Industry Integration Plan. Zeng Quanjun personally participated in the two discussions. There is indeed some speciality on this issue. The focus is on the two major enterprises, Qilu Steel and Juzhou Steel, one state-owned enterprise and the other private enterprise, who merges with whom. On the contrary, the whereabouts of Laishan Steel and Jeju Steel are secondary issues.

Qilu Steel has a stance of being determined to win, but Juzhou Steel clearly is unwilling to accept the merger of Qilu Steel, which has far less benefits than its own. It clearly proposes that it is possible to merge, but Juzhou Steel can become the main body of the merger. In order to fight against the forced merger, it launched the action to go public in Hong Kong early, and it seems that it is also going smoothly, which will make the entire merger process more confusing.

Zhao Guodong undoubtedly holds the view that he acts in accordance with the rules of the market economy, which means that Juzhou Steel can in turn merge with Qilu Steel, but the funds required for the merger, the status of state-owned enterprise employees and social security, whether the merger will become a perfect match and the goal that he wanted to achieve before the merger is a difficult question.

What is more important is whether private enterprises can achieve mergers of state-owned enterprises in national economic basic industries like the steel industry is the core issue. If this problem is solved, other problems will be much easier to solve.

"I think this is the case. If you give me some advice, we will take time to report to Vice Premier Qian and Vice Premier Su, listen to their views and attitudes, and make a conclusion." Zeng Quanjun did not make a clear statement in the end. He needs to carefully measure the pros and cons of the two and the possible impact.

After Zhao Guodong left, Zeng Quanjun also fell into deep thought.

The Commission deliberately avoided the issue of ownership system in its guidance plan. On the one hand, it did not agree with the merger of state-owned enterprises in private enterprises. On the other hand, it also felt that in a capital-intensive industry like the steel industry, if there is no support from the financial department, even private enterprise giants like Shacheng Steel and Juzhou Steel will not be able to achieve mergers and integration. Will the financial department support the merger of state-owned enterprises in private enterprises?

If a private enterprise merges a state-owned enterprise, once the merger is ineffective, it will suffer losses or even bankruptcy, it will be a huge impact. I am afraid that no financial institution will be able to bear it. The risk is not small. As for state-owned enterprises merge private enterprises, it is much simpler. Even if there is a problem, the banking department will make a statement. After all, this is a government-led action.

To solve this problem, the key is the attitude of the senior management, but it is not easy to make this decision.

Work is always composed of daily work and central work.

Daily work is what you have to face every day, and it starts to operate according to normal procedures, such as reading documents, signing opinions, attending meetings, reporting on work, attending events, meeting guests, and conveying spirit. These can basically be completed within the committee or within a radius of twenty kilometers with the National Development and Reform Commission building as the core. There is no need to leave the capital. Of course, there are also some daily work that requires going out, such as general inspections, investigations, inspections and supervision work.

The central work depends on the time period. Perhaps your central work is to study and analyze the impact of foreign Shell once merger and merger with the unified petrochemical to the domestic industry and come up with opinions and countermeasures. Perhaps it is to study and discuss the Qilu steel industry integration pilot plan with the Qilu Provincial Government, and finally come up with mature opinions, or investigate the development status of the domestic circulation industry, and want the State Council to come up with plans to revitalize the domestic circulation industry.

In short, combining daily work and central work becomes everyone's job.

Just like Ouyang Jinhua, his daily work is to accompany the boss to participate in various meetings and activities, collect and prepare various information that the boss may use, understand the boss's intentions according to the boss' instructions, and then write out various materials and speeches. Of course, he also needs to help the boss handle some daily documents and supervise and pay attention to some work that the boss is particularly concerned about.

His central work also revolves around Zhao Guodong. When Zhao Guodong mainly focused on solving the adjustment of the fertilizer import rights mechanism, his focus would also shift to the fertilizer industry. When Zhao Guodong focused on the integration of the Qilu steel industry, he became the "database" of the steel industry. When Zhao Guodong's interest in the domestic circulation industry became increasingly strong, he would become a collector of various materials in the circulation industry.
Chapter completed!