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"Just now everyone talked about political issues. I think it's time to talk about economic issues. Politics is the superstructure, and the economy is the foundation."

Elder Wei looked at Mu Guoxing, then at the big man, paused and said: "The reform of state-owned enterprises is a very important matter. The main part of the economy, while the private economy can only be a supplement to the national economy. This is a principle. According to the relevant regulations of the State Council, all state-owned enterprises will be gradually reformed in the next five years, and the state-owned capital will be transferred from state-owned enterprises. Will it cause economic development to get out of control?"

What Mr. Wei said is also a matter of great concern to these veteran cadres. Although the reform and opening up have been decades, they still have the idea of ​​​​the planned economy era in their hearts, and they believe that the country should manage all economic work. In general, the development of the economy can only rely on state-owned enterprises. It is precisely because of their inherent thinking that they have created the monopoly position of Huaxia state-owned enterprises.

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When Mr. Wei talked about economic issues, this was Mu Guoxing's strength. His knowledge and insights in economic theory made even some of the top economists willing to bow down, not to mention these retired veteran cadres who have been officials for a generation. up.

"Old Wei is right. The reform of state-owned enterprises does involve a major issue in the development of the national economy. Before talking about this issue, we must first figure out what the national economy is. From a macro perspective, the national economy refers to a It refers to the interrelated totality formed by various social production departments, circulation departments and other economic departments within the scope of the modern state.

Several old comrades frowned, obviously they didn't understand, Mu Guoxing smiled and continued: "Specifically speaking, the national economy is the general process of people's production and operation of material products. If people want to live, they must carry out production. , to produce the commodities that people need for reproduction and life. Under the conditions of a market economy, the products produced must be bought and sold, and the means of production produced must be sold to enterprises that need these means of production for reproduction; the consumer goods produced , to be sold to the residents who need these products. These sold commodities have to be transported to the sales enterprises through the transportation process, and are traded by commercial enterprises. Commodities are bought and sold through currency as a medium of exchange, and the currency is issued through financial enterprises. This The totality of a series of production, transportation, trading, and consumption is the national economy."

Although none of these old comrades were engaged in economics, Mu Guoxing still understood some simple and easy-to-understand principles. If he couldn't understand this, he would be insulting his IQ.

"So from this point of view, there is no distinction between state-owned enterprises and private enterprises in the national economy. All economic components are important components of the national economy, and artificial divisions cannot be classified as primary or secondary. That is to say, Whether this economic component is suitable for the development of the national economy should be decided according to the current actual situation. The so-called state-owned enterprises are enterprises funded and established by the state, while private enterprises, as the name suggests, are enterprises funded and established by the private sector, but there are two different types economic form.

The veteran cadres nodded in unison, obviously they have begun to understand the meaning of Mu Guoxing's words.

"The ultimate goal of investing in and setting up an enterprise is to create value and create wealth for the development of the country and the material needs of the people, that is to say, to contribute to the development of the national economy. functions, responsibilities and obligations, but what about the facts? I have a data here that can explain the problem."

Speaking of this, Mu Guoxing made a gesture to the staff, and a document was sent to the hands of all participants.

"Many state-owned enterprises are monopolizing scarce and strategically important resources, such as oil and coal. Therefore, the income of these enterprises actually depends on the continuous growth of resource demand, which leads to the increase of resource scarcity and ultimately leads to Rise in resource prices. Strictly speaking, this income should not be the income of state-owned enterprises, but the income of resource owners, that is, the income of the state. This is what any enterprise can or should do.”

"To give a very simple reason, the international oil price is rising, but the income of resource owners is also rising. Why? The benefits of rising oil prices should be shared by oil resource owners and oil exploration companies. They are based on a ratio. To share the benefits. For example, in Iraq and other places in the Middle East, where the geological conditions and geographical conditions are relatively good, so half of the income from extracting a barrel of oil belongs to the resource owner, and the other half belongs to the oil. The income of the resource owner is obtained in proportion to the company’s income, so the oil price rises, and the income of the resource owner also keeps rising. But this is not the case in our country, and the oil company only pays the government for every ton of oil produced. It is 30 yuan for the resource owner, which is far from reaching a reasonable distribution standard."

"This distribution is not only inappropriate, but also very low. A few years ago, the State Council issued a document stipulating that companies that jointly exploit oil fields should give the owner of oil resources, that is, the government a 12.5% ​​distribution ratio. This is economically It is called rent, and it is called mining area royalty in the industry. According to this ratio, the oil company should pay the government more than 500 yuan for the exploitation of one ton of oil, instead of the current 30 yuan. Therefore, every time a ton of oil is extracted by the oil group in China, Taking advantage of more than 470 yuan for the people of the whole country, from this perspective, the hundreds of billions of annual profits of the oil group are actually less rent paid to the state, and the real profit is even negative.”

"The government wants to levy mining royalties on oil companies. This is an obligation that a normal company should fulfill. However, once they are allowed to pay this part of the fee, various problems will follow. The oil group is complaining, saying that this is the case. If the oil industry is run by private enterprises, will this happen? I think The old comrades who want to be here are very clear."

Mu Guoxing talked eloquently and gradually deepened: "Not only this problem, but also the sales end of state-owned enterprises are monopolized, and there are many such enterprises, such as electric power, telecommunications, and railways. Private enterprises enter casually. The profits formed by monopoly are unsustainable, and there may be a relatively good development momentum in the short term, but in the long run, enterprises without competition will have no vitality, which limits industrial innovation and loses Enterprises and countries without innovative capabilities have no future for development.”

"Another example is the matter of state-owned enterprises paying profits. The Ministry of Finance and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the previous government issued a document requiring state-owned enterprises, especially central enterprises, to pay up to 10% of their profits. This is a very weak requirement. ——How come the highest payment is only 10%? But so far, I have not seen them pay, and there is no single data telling us that our state-owned enterprises have fulfilled their due obligations. Therefore, even the most basic market economic rules State-owned enterprises can’t abide by the laws and property rights system rules, so what use do we have for these enterprises, can we do without reforming them?”

"State-owned enterprises enjoy many privileges, and these privileges should not be available in a normal market economy country. Obviously, private enterprises do not have these privileges, so they have no income from privileges, and they have no privileges to obtain additional Income. Private enterprises are naturally inferior to state-owned enterprises. There is no real fair competition between state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. Therefore, state-owned enterprises have the ability to acquire private enterprises everywhere, and once the acquired enterprises have the hat of state-owned enterprises, they will repeat what I said earlier. The old way. In the end, the country’s fiscal revenue will become less and less, and it can only rely on private enterprises to maintain it, making the private enterprises that undertake more than 80.00% of the employment tasks miserable. This has formed a vicious circle. On the one hand, state-owned enterprises rely on monopoly The profits generated by the low position are getting more and more, and there is no need to hand over the profits, so it becomes more and more rich. On the other hand, the country’s fiscal revenue is increasingly relying on private enterprises. In this way, our national economy will be able to It would get out of control and the government would be in danger of going bankrupt."

"The shareholders of state-owned enterprises are the people of the whole country. How can they not pay profits to the people of the whole country? This is a terrible thing. If state-owned enterprises can not pay profits, we would rather not have state-owned enterprises. You can look at the National Statistical Yearbook. After state-owned enterprises lose money, The state wants to make up for them. If they lose money, they are state-owned enterprises. If they make money, they are no longer state-owned enterprises, because they don’t pay the profits to the state, the largest shareholder. Isn’t this a very ridiculous thing?”

The old comrades nodded one after another, and they did not expect that there are so many tricks in the state-owned enterprises.Mr. Zou lost his composure and raised his hand to ask for a speech. After getting a nod from Mu Guoxing, he said: "Prime Minister, we understand what you said just now. The reform of state-owned enterprises is imperative, but the State Council will take measures in the future. What kind of measures will be taken to carry out this work?"

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Mu Guoxing said with a slight smile: "In order to maintain the stable development of the national economy, we must have new ideas and maintain a reasonable economic growth. How to maintain it? We cannot plan by relying on the planned economy. We must open the market and rely on Fierce competition in the market breaks the monopoly of state-owned capital. We are a country with high savings, and there is plenty of private capital, but it is hard to find a way out. It is like a tiger in a cage. Once the cage is not strong, the tiger will run away. It will eat people when it comes out. Therefore, we must accelerate the pace of encouraging private capital and private capital to enter all aspects of society, which is the key to ensuring stable growth."

"We should show strategic courage to promote the retreat of the country and the advancement of the people, accelerate consumption, and accelerate the cultivation of the consumption ability of the people, so as to truly realize the change of accelerated development mode. To maintain stable growth and maintain a high employment rate, we must expand Consumption. Our state-owned enterprises have huge net assets of nearly 40 trillion yuan. We need to calculate the absolute and relative shareholding ratio of the state based on the actual situation, and gradually sell the excess shares to the market, slowly to the market, and to the common people. In a word, it is to truly push state-owned enterprises to the market so that they, like many private enterprises, can participate in market competition and create more wealth for the country, instead of relying on taking advantage of the country and the people to make money.”

Mu Guoxing's words aroused warm applause. It can be seen that the veteran cadres who participated in today's symposium have been moved by Mu Guoxing's words, and have a fuller understanding of the policy of the new central government.

Mu Guoxing's last sentence pushed the atmosphere of this symposium to a climax: "After selling the shares of state-owned enterprises, the government will use the money mainly to promote growth and stabilize society. We have this condition. I know There are still some different ideas in this regard, including ideological ones, and I know that it is difficult to carry out work in this area. As the prime minister, I feel that I have a heavy responsibility on my shoulders, but to solve the model of economic development, we must Only with big ideas and strategic measures can we really speed up the development of the national economy and embark on the road of national rejuvenation. In this regard, I need the support of the old comrades present, the whole party and the people of the whole country, because we are Doing something that no one has done before, and this major event is related to the future of our nation."

There was another burst of applause, and even Elder Wei, who had just asked the question, had to agree that Mu Guoxing's words were very correct, because the facts were right in front of him, and he couldn't close his eyes and ignore the facts and talk nonsense.You must know that none of the veteran cadres who came to participate in today's symposium are of high rank, and they are all people with rich political wisdom. They have been in high positions for a long time, and they can clearly distinguish right from wrong.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, the big man was a little anxious, but there was nothing he could do now. Mu Guoxing's speech had already won the hearts of the people and gained the approval of these veteran cadres. At this time, no one could object.

What does it matter if a person is old? If what you say is correct, everyone will convince you. If what you say is wrong, people will also be opposed. This is one of the benefits of collective leadership.The original high level can only represent the past. Now that everyone has retreated, and if they want to use the original level to suppress others, I am afraid that not many people will be convinced. Once they get stuck, the big guy will be the one who will be ugly in the end.

But the problem now is that if Mu Guoxing can't be pressured at this symposium to withdraw the investigation team as soon as possible, once the truth is found out, it will be a disaster.

Liu Gaoren and Xu Lixin in Jiangbei can ignore it, but the big man can't ignore his grandson. Once his grandson is captured, the whole family of the big man will be completely ruined.In the construction of the Jiangbei flood control levee, the entire family of the big man made more than one billion yuan from it, which caused such a huge loss to Jiangbei Province. The public grievances had a great impact. In order to appease the public anger, it would be strange if the central government could let them go.

If this matter had been done in the past, it might have been easier to handle, after all, no one wanted to offend a big shot because of it.But the situation is different now. First of all, the central government is very determined to fight corruption. In addition, Mu Guoxing is a strong man who always has the interests of old people at heart. He doesn't care about the face of big shots.The longer the investigation team stays in Jiangbei, the greater the danger to the big shots.

The big man's original idea was that as long as Mu Guoxing's answers to the reform of state-owned enterprises could not satisfy these veteran cadres, several confidantes of the big man would add fuel to the flames, put pressure on Mu Guoxing, and force him to delay the reform of state-owned enterprises.You must know that many of the family members of these veteran cadres hold leadership positions in state-owned enterprises. If Mu Guoxing disagrees, everyone will fight against Mu Guoxing collectively. As for the problem, Mu Guoxing had to seriously consider it under such great pressure. As long as his attitude wavered, the investigation team sent to Jiangbei would not investigate further. will succeed.

However, Mu Guoxing spoke very thoroughly about the reform of state-owned enterprises. From the warm applause just now, it can be seen that these veteran cadres are in favor of Mu Guoxing's reform of state-owned enterprises. You must go out in person.Otherwise, it is impossible to reverse this situation by relying on others.

"Guoxing, can I say a few words?"

Some other veteran cadres are very disgusted by the appearance of the big man relying on the old and selling the old.In the past few days, they also know that the central government sent a joint investigation team to Jiangbei to investigate the tofu dregs project of the flood control levee. Although these veteran cadres did not express their views on the surface, they still supported the central government's action in their hearts.

These veteran cadres are also very clear that there was an uproar surrounding the construction of the Jiangbei flood control levee, and the Ministry of Water Resources also sent an investigation team. Just grab a few little people as scapegoats, and the whole investigation will be over.

At that time, there was no problem with the levee, and everything was easy to talk about. However, the breach of the levee this time not only caused huge loss of life and property to Jiangbei, but also exposed the seriousness of the problem.Facts have proved that the flood control levee in Jiangbei is a veritable tofu project. In this case, the central government sent a joint investigation team to re-investigate this matter, which is particularly eye-catching.

Now everyone is paying close attention to the dynamics of the central government. This is not only a test of the central government's determination to fight corruption, but also a test of the central government's ability to govern.If the central government can thoroughly investigate this matter, it will not only create good conditions for the next step in the reform of state-owned enterprises, but also further enhance the prestige of the central government.Strictly speaking, this is a game between the central government and a certain political force.

Mu Guoxing smiled, he could see that the speech just now had convinced these veteran cadres, and they might not follow the baton of the big shots.The big shot couldn't sit still anymore, and he was going to make trouble himself.

"Mr. Hou is our respected veteran leader. We still need the support and help of veteran comrades like you in our current work. The central government cares and loves veteran comrades, and welcomes veteran comrades to provide valuable opinions."

"Well, as you said just now, the work of the government still needs the supervision of our old comrades, and the reform of state-owned enterprises needs the support of the old comrades present, the whole party and the people. I think this idea is correct."

The big man pretended to take a sip from his teacup, and said slowly: "Since the reform of state-owned enterprises needs to be supported, we must unite all the forces that can be united, and the stability of party committees and governments at all levels is the most critical. The breach of the Jiangbei embankment affects the hearts of the central government and hundreds of millions of people across the country. We old comrades are also very shocked. However, under the current situation, what we need to do is to stabilize the hearts of the people and stabilize the cadre team. Otherwise, Political system reforms at the provincial and municipal levels cannot proceed smoothly, let alone economic development and social progress."

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Although Mr. Hou didn't directly mention the matter of the investigation team in his speech, everyone understood what he meant. This is the art of speech in officialdom, and it is also a kind of hypocrisy of politicians in officialdom. [http://] want to achieve their own despicable goals, but also find a high-sounding reason, a typical want to be a bitch and set up a torii.

Seeing that no one went along with his speech, Mr. Hou said again: "Stable people's hearts and cadres are the basis for economic development and social harmony. My opinion is that the central government should not make any big moves in the near future. It depends on the local party committees and governments to implement. Local comrades work very hard, and the central government should understand his difficulties. As long as it is not a major issue of principle, don’t care about it. Doing so is very detrimental to unity.”

Still no one went along with his speech, Mr. Hou's face was slightly embarrassed, and he looked at his confidantes. Mr. Wei was "concentrating" on the document that had just been sent, and Mr. Lu was "studying" the documents before him carefully. teacup, while Elder Sun looked at the chandelier on the ceiling, the three of them had no intention of talking at all.

When doing anything in the officialdom, you must have a sense of proportion. The leader's speech is usually just to the point, and it plays a hint or guiding role. The real purpose must be spoken by the person who has been arranged in advance.Hou Lao's three confidantes are not speaking now, which means that they don't want to get involved in this matter, or they don't want to offend Mu Guoxing and the family behind him that everyone fears.

The fact that the three confidants of Mr. Hou did not make a statement does not mean that other people do not speak up. The upright Mr. Zou said: "It is right to emphasize unity in order to stabilize the cadre team, but this unity must be based on principles. Thin mud. I don’t think there is anything wrong with the central government sending a joint investigation team to Jiangbei. On the contrary, I think it is a matter of popular support. The breach of the Jiangbei flood control embankment brought huge losses of life and property to the people of Jiangbei Province. The impact is also extremely bad. For some corrupt officials, we must mercilessly find them out and further purify our cadre team. The stability of the cadre team, this kind of thinking is very wrong."

"Yes," Fang Lao, the former vice-premier of the State Council, went on to say, "I agree with Lao Zou's opinion. Tofu dregs projects emerge in endlessly, which not only bring huge economic losses to our country, but also smear the face of our party. Hei, this unhealthy trend should stop for a moment, it is not terrible if there are problems, the key is that we have a correct attitude."

The former State Councilor, Mr. Liu, made his speech more serious: "The central government has issued repeated orders and repeated requests that cadres should be out of public interest and not engage in mountainism, but how are some of us doing? Some of our old subordinates are still in office. , we can't think that they are the people we promoted, and we will be lenient towards them if they make mistakes. If we all do this and let some cadres who made mistakes go unpunished, what will the common people think of us? If things go on like this, we will We will face the danger of the collapse of the party and the country.”

Seeing that his three confidants still had no intention of speaking, Mr. Hou was also very depressed. He had already discussed it a few days ago. Mobilize a few people, and others will definitely follow suit. [http://]This kind of situation is very common in the officialdom. As long as a trend is formed in the meeting, the people below will follow the trend.Now that Mr. Hou has come out in person, his three confidants still have no intention of speaking, so a trend cannot be formed, which is far from his original idea.

Not only that, judging from the speeches of Mr. Zou, they also meant to criticize Mr. Hou. If everyone followed them, not to mention that today's goal could not be achieved, they might be blocked from coming to power. Thinking of this, Hou The old man became more anxious. He wondered in his heart what went wrong?

There was a moment of silence at the venue, and Mr. Hou felt as if he had been stripped naked and put on display on the stage, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.Looking at the smiling and silent Mu Guoxing, Mr. Hou's heart tightened, realizing that he had fallen into a well-designed trap.Not only will this symposium not force Mu Guoxing to withdraw from the investigation team, but it will also become an excellent place for Mu Guoxing to promote his governance philosophy.

This is still the second, the main thing is that after this time, Hou Lao's prestige will be greatly damaged, everyone can see clearly the filth in his heart, who will continue to follow him in the future?Even if he speaks out because of other things in the future, absolutely no one will listen to him again.

Wu Hanyu looked at everything in front of him with great interest. Just when Hou Laogang was speaking, Wu Hanyu was indeed a little nervous.As a person who has been in the officialdom for a generation, he knows what Hou Lao's speech means, and he also knows that if someone agrees with him at this time, this symposium may not end well. Once it comes to trouble, it will cause great harm not only to Mu Guoxing, but also to the prestige of the current central leadership.

The speeches of Mr. Zou and others completely changed the situation in the venue. Mr. Hou's three confidants did not speak, which caught him off guard, and he himself failed to turn the situation around. This is a very rare situation. You must know that Mr. Hou Lao was also one of the nine Standing Committee members of the previous Politburo, and his speeches were still very influential.

No one spoke for a full 5 minutes. Wu Hanyu looked at the time and said to Mu Guoxing in a low voice, "Is today's symposium over?"

"Hehe, don't be impatient, just wait and see."

Wu Hanyu immediately understood what Mu Guoxing meant. If the symposium ended at this time, some people would inevitably think that Mu Guoxing was afraid of Mr. Hou and ended the meeting hastily. This is a sign of guilt.