Chapter 1571 Civil Aviation Industry Conference
three days later.
Shanghai, Pudong Airport.
On the tarmac, a row of minibuses with their double flashes on were lined up neatly and slowly parked next to the gangways of several business jets.
It was obvious that they were gathering to welcome some VIP-level figures.
As part of the promotional content, the same words are posted on the side of each car:
The 5th China Civil Aviation Industry Conference.
When this event was first launched in 2003, it was just an internal coordination meeting organized by Shanghai officials.
At that time, the Luzhou Industrial Park had already reached a certain scale, and the Hufei Group had just completed the route transformation from assembling MD83 to producing C909, and many aspects were almost starting from scratch.
Therefore, a platform is needed to facilitate cooperation between the two.
Originally I just thought it was a one-time deal and I would be done with it.
However, as aviation-related industries become increasingly important in the national economy, the demand for such platforms in the relatively fragmented industrial chain has increased rather than decreased.
So the second session was held in 2006.
Since then, the basic rhythm of every two years has been established.
Today, it has become a grand event that is the core pillar of the industry.
At the end of summer in even-numbered years, a large number of elites from the domestic and foreign aviation industries gather along the Huangpu River.
However, for Chang Haonan, who had just gotten on the business car, he only needed to participate in the most core part -
A small-scale expert symposium.
"Academician Chang, I specifically asked yesterday that your report has been submitted to the highest decision-making level, but no response has been given yet."
In the second car in the queue, Luan Wenjie said to Chang Haonan, who had just sat down and was resting with his eyes closed.
At the beginning of this year, he stepped down from the position of director of the National Space Administration and succeeded Li Zhongyi, who retired due to age, as the second director of the Industrial and Construction Committee.
He is also an old acquaintance of Chang Haonan.
"It's okay, there's no rush." Chang Haonan didn't open his eyes, but just shook his head slowly. "This matter has a wide range of implications, and may even affect the direction of the next five-year plan. It will definitely require a multi-faceted assessment."
Last Friday, he had submitted the paper "Suggestions on the Application of Negative Refractive Materials in Nanolithography Devices".
Through the special channel of the General Counsel of the Industrial and Construction Committee.
But then it was like a drop in the ocean, with no response.
This is the first time in nearly a year that Chang Haonan has used his "direct access to decision-makers" authority.
Therefore, it was Luan Wenjie, who had just taken office, who was more anxious about this.
After about half a minute, he leaned towards Chang Haonan again:
"Old Chang, it's not that I don't believe you, but has the situation really deteriorated to the point where we need to consider a complete decoupling?"
Luan Wenjie had read the notebook written by the other party.
The core content is to adjust the strategies and priorities of industrial development, giving priority to ensuring the "absolute autonomy and control" of some industries in order to cope with extreme situations that may arise in the future.
Luan Wenjie comes from the aerospace industry and believes that he has witnessed the so-called "extreme blockade" of the Americans.
But the more you see it, the more you feel it is nothing special.
Because almost all blockades start well but then come to an end.
It started with great fanfare, but ultimately came to nothing.
Seeing that Chang Haonan didn't answer, Luan Wenjie continued: "Moreover, the style of the suggestions you submitted this time is completely different from the past..."
In fact, this is what the latter is most worried about -
Over the past decade, Chang Haonan's consistent style has been to rely on some key technologies to leverage the overall situation, tying as many parts of the global industrial chain as possible to China, so as to achieve a domino effect and make potential opponents hesitate.
Aviation, machinery, software, materials.
The four industries that are most closely related to Chang Haonan have all achieved rapid development in a nearly triple jump through this route.
It can even be said that the entire organizational structure after the Science and Technology Commission was reorganized into the Industry and Construction Commission was designed to match his approach.
In other words, if Chang Haonan's attitude changes 180 degrees, it may mean that the system of the Industrial and Construction Committee will also be shaken.
This is obviously not good news for Luan Wenjie, who has only been in office for half a year and has just begun to work proficiently.
"We can't help it. The situation is changing too fast... We have to prepare for a rainy day." Chang Haonan opened his eyes and replied, "Besides, the current framework of the Construction Committee should be able to cope with it. Director Luan, you don't have to worry too much."
He had actually seen through the other party's concerns a long time ago, but it was impossible to explain that this was a lesson learned from his previous life, so he had to pretend to reason:
"The Americans have fewer and fewer cards in their hands, but at times like this, the other side is more likely to take risks."
Luan Wenjie thought about it and felt that this statement did make sense, but it was still difficult for him to accept it:
“But judging from the current situation, if there is a full-scale decoupling, the Americans will be the ones who suffer the most.”
"If we analyze it rationally, it is true...but we should not expect the decision-makers of our opponents to always remain rational."
Chang Haonan sighed:
"In addition, my original judgment was that the other party would most likely target our two weaknesses, namely semiconductors and fine chemicals... But through this round of confrontation with Candlelight Technology, the second option can basically be ruled out."
The IC manufacturing industry chain seems very long, but there are not many key points in it.
There was almost no room for Chang Haonan to operate——
In the late 90s, China's technological foundation was too poor, and Chang Haonan's own influence was limited to the aviation industry.
By the time he was able to leverage enough resources, the wet lithography line had already taken shape and it was impossible to insert any core technology.
There may be quite a few peripheral patents, but they have little significance for the integrity of the industry and can hardly be used as bargaining chips.
Fortunately, through the two lines of Sugon series supercomputers and domestic machine tool control systems, IC design level and IC packaging technology have barely kept up with the times.
However, the chip industry has a typical inverted pyramid structure, and the consumer products with the highest profits are also the products with the most advanced technology.
As a result, the domestic semiconductor industry is stuck in a stalemate.
If you want to achieve a complete breakthrough, you have to consider starting from scratch.
Luan Wenjie stared at Chang Haonan for several seconds, and understood what he meant:
"So that's why you emphasized semiconductor production in your book?"
The latter nodded:
"Originally... there should be no need to be so hasty, but this round of EU crisis came too quickly... I didn't think this through carefully enough. The Americans may take advantage of the situation and control some European countries through the intensive elections starting in the second half of this year."
Hearing this, Luan Wenjie was stunned for a moment, then changed his tone to one of approval:
"Speaking of Europe...Xinzhi sent back a report yesterday, and the situation is indeed very grim."
Chang Haonan looked at the other party with some curiosity.
Luan Wenjie waved his hand: "There is a lot of content, I will talk about it in detail during the meeting later."
It was not until then that Chang Haonan noticed that the view outside the window did not seem to be the busy streets of Shanghai.
"Why haven't you left the airport yet?"
Chang Haonan glanced down at the invitation and confirmed that the main venue was near the Huangpu River.
"Look at the notes on the back." Luan Wenjie didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "The symposium is not at the same venue as the main conference..."
