Chapter 670 Pros and Cons

The second industrial revolution was electrification.

It lasted from the 1870s to the 1950s, and lasted for almost a hundred years.

It is not appropriate to say that it was electrification. To be precise, it should be internal combustion engines and electricity.

In the first industrial revolution, machines using steam and water power could not meet the needs of the rapid development of human society. New energy and power and machines led to the birth of the second industrial revolution. Thanks to the invention of internal combustion engines and the application of electricity, electrical appliances have been widely used. At this time, machines have sufficient power, and transportation tools such as cars, ships, and airplanes have developed rapidly, and the functions of machines have become more diversified.

Due to the development of telephones, communication between humans has become simple and fast, and the spread of information between humans has laid the foundation for the third industrial revolution.

In 1866, German Siemens made a generator, and practical generators came out in the 1970s. In the 1870s and 1880s, we entered the electrical age, and three-wheeled cars, four-wheeled cars, electric lights, automatic telegraph recorders, telephones, movie projectors, etc. appeared one after another.

The invention of the internal combustion engine promoted the development of the oil extraction industry and the production of the petrochemical industry. From 1870 to 1900, the output of oil, as a new energy source, increased significantly from 800,000 tons to 20 million tons.

During this period, anyone who seized the Second Industrial Revolution undoubtedly became a great power.

The Second Industrial Revolution greatly promoted the development of social productivity and had a profound impact on the economy and politics of human society. The socialization of capitalist production was greatly strengthened, and monopoly organizations came into being; the struggle of imperialism for market economy and world hegemony became more intense, which promoted the formation of the world colonial system, and finally established the capitalist world system, and the world gradually became a whole.

It can be said that it was the Second Industrial Revolution that led to the First World War and the Second World War.

The core of the First World War and the Second World War was actually that the emerging capitalist powers were dissatisfied with the old order and competed for market economy and world hegemony!

The Third Industrial Revolution, in fact, does not refer to any high-tech as the main one, but covers multiple fields, including space technology, atomic energy technology, electronic computer technology, bioengineering, new materials technology and many other fields.

Among them, computers or electronic information technology are the most critical core.

After the founding of the Republic, China was actually undergoing the first, second, and third industrial revolutions. Therefore, the Chinese people have gone through three hundred years of Westerners in their lifetime.

The leader wrote in his notebook that he respected science and technology and scientists very much. He said more than once that science and technology are the primary productive forces.

As the chief scientist of China, Liu Tao's suggestions, views, and opinions are undoubtedly very valuable for reference.

Under the leadership of Liu Tao, Panshan Machinery Factory has grown from a third-line military factory with operating difficulties to a giant Panshan Group in just a few years. Now, Panshan Group is even richer than a country, and the assets controlled by Panshan Group account for more than one-third of the national assets.

The Ministry of Finance cannot come up with 300 billion yuan, but Panshan Group can.

Panshan Group is also the largest taxpayer in the country, and it also supports half of the military construction.

The miracle created by Liu Tao undoubtedly shows the assertion that "technology is the primary productive force."

"Now China is at the forefront of the world in computer technology, information technology, and new material technology. We are rapidly catching up with the United States and the Soviet Union in space technology. However, we are relatively weak in atomic energy technology and biotechnology. It seems that we need to work hard in this area in the future." The leader said.

In computer technology, China has achieved overtaking since the 1980s, whether it is small computers or large computers. In terms of small computers, Jinlong Computer is the world's largest personal computer manufacturer, covering all price ranges and having strong market competitiveness. For large computers, China even has a supercomputing center. China's supercomputers have a computing power of more than one trillion times per second, far ahead of other countries.

In computer majors, China already has hundreds of colleges and universities offering computer-related majors, and can train thousands of computer professionals every year.

Not only do colleges and universities have special computer rooms, but even high schools and junior high schools have special computer rooms and computer courses. In some key primary schools in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, even primary school students are learning computer courses.

Computers are not only widely used in various scientific research institutions for scientific research, but many companies use computers for office work, and more and more families have computers.

Information technology. Ten years ago, only companies had telephones. To install a home telephone, you had to be a department-level cadre at least. Junior cadres might not be able to install a home telephone even after waiting for three to five months. But now, home telephones have become popular. It is very convenient for everyone to make and receive calls. Mobile phones are becoming more and more common in society, especially for the first group of people who got rich. In order to make calls conveniently, no one does not have a mobile phone.

Mobile phones have become a symbol of status.

Now the country has achieved preliminary networking, and it will take a few years for the whole country to be truly connected.

China also has a large number of communication satellites to provide support for China's communications.

In terms of new material technology, Huaxia has conquered a large number of new material technologies in recent years, making these new materials applicable to all aspects, and Liu Tao has made great contributions to this.

The leaders found that whenever Liu Tao participated, the technology could often achieve breakthroughs quickly, while when Liu Tao did not participate, the technology was extremely difficult to overcome.

The leaders were all thinking about whether to transfer Liu Tao to the Ministry of Nuclear Industry or the Ministry of Health.

But I thought that Panshan Group was so huge and the stall was too big. Without Liu Tao, there was really no one who could take over. No matter who it was, it would be difficult to convince the public and inevitably fall into internal consumption and chaos, which would be more harm than good.

Panshan Group is now a major taxpayer and also a major engine of economic development. It must not make any mistakes.

It is not that no one believes that a group that is too large is not conducive to market competition and national development, but this voice is very small and has never become the mainstream. One very important reason is that Panshan Group has been constantly creating new glory and greater achievements under the leadership of Liu Tao. Moreover, Panshan Group is too important. The higher you look, the clearer you see its importance.

But in the entire Panshan Group, only Liu Tao has enough prestige to unite Panshan Group and lead Panshan Group forward.

Once Panshan Group has any problems, the impact will not only affect one company, but the entire Panshan Group system, dozens of provinces, and the whole country.