Chapter 551: A good start for the Equipment Industry Department

The Equipment Industry Department was finally established.

However, there is indeed great internal and external pressure on market opening.

Therefore, superiors should not blatantly transfer too many functions of the original Ministry of Machinery Industry to the Department of Equipment Industry.

We can only transfer some key units to the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense system for management in the name of national defense and security.

Of course, if we only look at the Science and Technology Commission as a department and further expand its scope of authority and include a dozen large and medium-sized enterprises with considerable influence in the industry, we will be able to make a lot of money without losing money.

"Director Lan, from now on, our work will need your support."

In Ding Gaoheng's office, Chang Haonan shook hands with Lan Xinzhi, who had just received the transfer order and officially became the director of the Equipment Industry Department, and said with a smile.

"Hey, where can I say support? According to Director Ding's deployment, our department must cooperate with your work, Mr. Chang."

Lan Xinzhi's statement is very accurate.

Support can be given or not given.

But cooperation is a clear master-slave relationship and must be given.

Furthermore, even from Lan Xinzhi's personal perspective, at least 80% of his transition from secretary position to head of a department was due to Chang Haonan's operation.

After all, the idea of ​​establishing the Equipment Industry Department was first proposed by the latter.

The difficulty of grabbing a position from an existing department is completely different from that of occupying a new department with a blank sheet of paper.

Moreover, as the first leader of a new department, as long as he is not too abstract and impersonal, then this department will definitely leave his personal mark to a considerable extent.

It will be of great help to future development.

Not to mention other support behind it.

When he received the transfer order, Ding Gaoheng made it clear that without Chang Haonan's high praise, it would not be easy to make the appointment.

These two things were enough for Lan Xinzhi to decide his stance for the rest of his life.

"This time, we still have to thank the Economic and Trade Commission for absorbing most of the firepower for us."

Ding Gaoheng stood in front of the office window, looking at the mist-shrouded capital outside the building, and began to tell Chang Haonan and Lan Xinzhi what happened below the water during this period:

"When they came up, they proposed to establish a National Machinery Industry Bureau to take over most of the functions of the Ministry of Machinery Industry. This request was so direct that it suddenly became the target of public criticism."

"Not only those in the country, but also the United States, which is negotiating with us on accession to the WTO, has exerted pressure through some channels, saying that it is inconsistent with the principle of market openness. Let us consider it carefully."

Having said this, his expression still looked a little gloomy.

After all, if we really talk about this matter, it will still be affected by foreign pressure.

But there is no other way. Joining the WTO is China's top priority at this stage. When the comprehensive national strength is far less than that of the other side of the ocean, the struggle still requires strategy.

"Fortunately, after their efforts, it actually had the effect of lifting the roof. When we proposed that some of the companies involved in national defense and security be placed under the management of the Science and Technology Commission, the opposition voices became much smaller."

"Now, although we don't actually have much authority in our hands, fortunately we have set up the Equipment Industry Department. As long as the organizational structure can be determined, there will be room for maneuver in the rest of the things."

Ding Gaoheng was in high spirits today. After all, he led his department to a victory on a battlefield without smoke.

He paused for a moment, then turned around:

"As for the future upper limit of this department, it depends on what kind of work results we can achieve next."

Originally, the establishment of a new department was equivalent to the establishment of a new army. Ding Gaoheng only played a routine role and encouraged him.

But on the opposite side, Chang Haonan came directly to Bo Zhen:

"Director Ding, we are already prepared in this regard. The establishment ceremony of Torch-CB Ferrari could actually be held in the middle of the month. I specifically asked Director Lan to postpone it to next week, early April, as a way to support the equipment industry. A good start!"

Although Torch Group itself is not under the jurisdiction of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the powers of the Department of Equipment Industry include part of industrial planning. Although it is far less powerful than the Ministry of Machinery Industry, which can directly determine the direction of policy development, fortunately it can still be regarded as retained. There is some room for maneuver.

The last document issued by the Ministry of Machinery Industry before its dissolution was to place some functions of the Machinery Industry Branch of the Council for the Promotion of International Trade under its own name.

Immediately afterwards, the Equipment Industry Department took advantage of the situation and obtained the relevant authority to carry out international trade promotion work in the industry.

Ding Gaoheng didn't even have time to calm down the surprise on his face before he sat back at his desk:

"It just so happens that the No. 1 document after the establishment of the Equipment Industry Department has not yet been issued."

"Comrade Xinzhi, you go back and draft a document to promote foreign cooperation in the high-end machine tool industry. Send it out before next week, just in time to coordinate with Xiao Chang's actions."

Lan Xinzhi had just taken up his post and was at his most smug when he immediately stood at attention with a snap:

"Yes!"

Everyone knows that in an asset-heavy field like machinery manufacturing, both industrial adjustment and development are slow. It is impossible to see results after publishing a document on the first day.

But some things are all about posture.

Although 99% of the cooperation between Torch Group and CB Ferrari has actually been completed in advance, and even the technical personnel sent by both parties have started business work, as long as a landmark event like the signing ceremony is placed after the issuance of the document, Then you can express your support for industrial policy.

Including the Equipment Industry Department, they can also generously regard this matter as performance and write it into next year's annual work summary, and no one can find fault.

……

Everything was carried out smoothly according to Chang Haonan's plan.

Two days later, the Department of Equipment Industry issued Guokefa [1998] No. 1, officially listing “accelerating the research and development of equipment industry technology and actively seeking foreign exchanges and cooperation” as the development focus for the remaining three years of the Ninth Five-Year Plan.

At the beginning, naturally there were more people waiting to see the joke.

After all, China had no say in this field in the past, and the market was almost entirely occupied by imported products.

Soon some media even made some sarcastic remarks with the title "It is not advisable to launch satellites under administrative pressure."

The article states that in the context of the rigid system and low level of domestic machinery manufacturing, the so-called "foreign exchanges and cooperation" are simply impossible to achieve. At best, they can only exist as some kind of "face project" for the leadership.

Rather than spending a lot of resources on this kind of useless work, it is better to be more realistic, completely liberalize industrial policies, introduce more dynamic private capital, and start from the low-end part of the industrial chain.

After an impassioned speech, if the signing ceremony with CB Ferrari hadn't already been prepared, Chang Haonan might have believed it himself.

"Director Lan must keep this magnificent article, it is very memorable."

Chang Haonan read the entire article, tried not to laugh out loud, and handed the article that took up half the page to Lan Xinzhi.

"I'm going to find someone to frame it and put it on my desk."

At this time, Lan Xinzhi no longer felt the nervousness he felt when he saw a similar report for the first time. He almost couldn't help but joked:

"This can be regarded as an incentive for our work in the Equipment Industry Department..."

"I think you might as well wait."

Ding Gaoheng next to him said, putting a cigarette under his nose, smelling it, and then stuffed it back into the cigarette case.

In the past two years, he almost gave up smoking because of Chang Haonan.

"Tomorrow afternoon, the founding ceremony of Torch-CB Ferrari will be held. I have already contacted the two major newspapers and Ta Kung Pao, and a report will be published the morning after tomorrow."

“When the time comes when you put these two pieces of content together, the motivational effect may be even better.”

Chang Haonan even directly made a murderous suggestion:

"I might as well frame an extra copy and send it anonymously to the newspaper that published the article..."

In short, the Equipment Industry Department has made a good start and is ready.