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Now seeing that the country has made serious moves, they will naturally not be reconciled, so they jointly petitioned the leaders of the provinces and cities where they are located, asking the country to continue to provide them with various preferential policies and support their enterprises to continue to carry out foreign trade. That is, their enterprises support a large number of people.

This situation is especially serious in Guangdong Province. Some business owners even lead some workers who don't know the truth to collective petitions at the gates of the provincial and municipal party committees and governments.As Guangdong Province is located at the forefront of reform and opening up, in recent years, export trade has mainly been used to drive local economic development. The export volume of its light industrial products accounts for 60.00% of the national total. The number of workers engaged in this industry is the largest, and its impact The force is also very large.Hong Kong, Macau and some foreign media reporters also keenly discovered this situation, and carried out extensive publicity and reports on it. For a while, Huaxia's political reputation was damaged to varying degrees.

Instigated by some hostile forces in the West, petitions and petitions have intensified. It used to be that business owners in some big cities led workers to make trouble, but now it has developed into some small and medium cities. What's more, the four major grain merchants in the United States and Iron Mountain are all located The branch company in Guangdong also organized a group of employees who did not know the truth to petition the party committees and governments at all levels. These people's slogans were surprisingly consistent, they all wanted to work and eat.

While the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government took active countermeasures, they also urgently reported these situations to the central government.They didn't dare to cover up such a big thing.Although some people don't understand this policy of the central government, none of them dare to obey the yin and yang and refuse to implement it. They know that this work was personally grasped by the head of the No. [-] Central Committee, and the work style and handling style of the No. [-] head , they have also experienced it.

Regarding the promulgation of this policy, Mu Guoxing also did a lot of research and research, held several meetings in a row, and formulated it after comprehensive opinions from all sides. These low-tech foreign trade enterprises were shut down and transferred, and Not relying solely on executive orders, but using the leverage of credit and taxes.

In the past few years, in order to support export-oriented foreign trade enterprises, the state has provided them with a large number of preferential policies, such as export subsidies, credits, tax rebates and a series of measures. Although these measures have effectively stimulated the growth of export trade, the consequences are also very serious.

Some export companies do not take advantage of the country's preferential policies to increase the scientific and technological content of their export products, but lie on these preferential policies and do not think about making progress, earning stable money, so that the country's guidelines and policies for accelerating enterprise transformation have not been seriously implemented. implement.

The current situation is that international calls for the appreciation of the renminbi are getting louder, but the domestic renminbi is becoming less and less valuable. The reason is the result of inflation.

If Huaxia reduces its exports of commodities and uses them for domestic people's lives, it will not only improve people's living standards, but it will not spend a large amount of money every year to implement financial subsidies for these export companies.

The consequence is that the commodities produced by the enterprise are exported abroad, and the dollars exchanged for the exported commodities are also lent to foreign countries, while the additional RMB issued by this is left in the domestic market, becoming an additional currency without any commodity as a basis. currency in circulation.

These more and more money are also in circulation like the existing currency, which will inevitably lead to a sharp depreciation of the existing currency and a sharp rise in prices.As a result, the common people in China not only lost the wealth of export commodities, but also suffered depreciation losses in the currency wealth in their hands.

On the other hand, the situation in the United States is exactly the opposite of that in China. The money in the US market flows to China, and the goods in China flow into the US market. Since the currency in the market decreases and the goods increase, prices will inevitably fall, and the money in the hands of the American people can buy more goods. .

This is just one aspect. In addition, the hard-earned U.S. dollars in China are returned to the U.S. Treasury through the purchase of U.S. Treasury bonds. The U.S. Treasury can use the money to increase the supply of public goods and further reduce the The role of prices increases the purchasing power of American people's currency.

If we look at this issue from the standpoint of the common people of the two countries, it will be clearer that the goods produced by the Chinese people were bought by the American people with dollars, and the dollars were taken away by the Chinese government; the American people got the goods, and the Chinese government got the dollars. , and the only thing the common people get is the depreciation of the existing currency in their hands.

As a result, the United States issued dollar banknotes to China, and the Chinese government issued RMB banknotes to ordinary people; the United States used these banknotes to exchange for various commodities that American people needed, but we, on the contrary, used these banknotes to exchange them from ordinary people. The various commodities produced make the American people live a happier life.

The most critical link in the formation of this wealth cube is the separation between the issuance of currency and the increase of commodities: the newly increased commodities flow to the United States and other Western countries, but the newly issued currency remains in the Chinese market, constantly diluting the common people The purchasing power of money in hand.This is the secret of high wages and low prices in the United States, and low wages and high prices in China.

It would be fine if the disaster ended here, but for the Chinese people, the disaster is far from over, and the people also have to bear the huge inflationary losses caused by export commodities.For every USD 1 of goods exported by China, the country needs to issue an additional RMB 1 at an exchange rate of about 6 to 6 to balance. Currently, Huaxia’s foreign exchange reserves are about 3 trillion US dollars, and the domestic issuance of RMB from this is more than 18 trillion yuan, which is equivalent to five Nearly 3.4 times of the 6 trillion market currency circulation in the previous year, these huge amounts of currency released from export settlements were all passed on to the common people in the form of inflation, resulting in a substantial depreciation of the currency in the hands of the common people, and the price of goods will naturally increase accordingly. rise.

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The Standing Committee of the Politburo once discussed this issue, and everyone agreed that we should end this one-sided export-driven economic growth model and further expand domestic demand.Instead of making foreigners cheaper, the money used to subsidize export commodities should be subsidized to the domestic market.

Now a very strange phenomenon has formed in the export trade. American businessmen try their best to suppress the commodity prices of Huaxia, and Chinese manufacturers have to compete to lower prices in order to survive, exporting their own products to the United States at extremely low prices.

Since most of these low-tech export commodities are labor-intensive enterprises, it is undeniable that these enterprises have played a certain role in alleviating employment pressure and increasing GDP.

More than ten years ago, our country was still very poor and needed foreign trade to stimulate the economy. To be precise, it was to feed the people in the country and increase foreign exchange reserves. In this case, the country had no choice but to use financial subsidies and export tax rebates to encourage exports. This result That is, the United States is getting cheaper and cheaper to buy our goods, and our country has more and more subsidies and tax rebates.

China is no longer in the same situation as it used to be. With more than 3 trillion foreign exchange reserves, if calculated purely by purchasing power, China has become the second largest economy in the world after the United States.This kind of development model relying solely on exports to drive the economy is obviously outdated, which is another reason why Mu Guoxing uses the leverage of taxation and credit to shut down and transfer a large number of low-tech foreign trade enterprises.

Now some business owners are inciting workers who don’t know the truth to petition local governments at all levels. Apart from their ignorance of the central government’s policies and their failure to keep up with the propaganda of governments at all levels, another main reason is that these export Business owners are used to relying on state subsidies to make stable money. Now the state does not allow them to make stable money, forcing them to accelerate the transformation of their enterprises, which naturally touches the interests of these people. It is understandable for them to jump out and make trouble .But for the four major grain merchants in the United States and Iron Mountain to use this opportunity to incite workers to riot, that is a problem of another nature.

At the National Financial and Economic Work Conference, Mu Guoxing said to the relevant ministries and commissions and the leaders in charge of financial and economic work in various provinces and cities who participated in the meeting: "Comrades, the central government's guidelines and policies on accelerating enterprise transformation have been implemented for many years, but what we have done What happened? I can tell you very responsibly today that judging from the current situation, the implementation is far from ideal.”

"Just a while ago, the state canceled subsidies for some low-tech foreign trade export companies, canceled the preferential policy of export tax rebates, and cut off food for these export companies in terms of credit. What is this for? ?I'll do the math for you here.

"First, although our clothing, shoes, hats and textiles have supported a large number of people, we have to take a look at who is supporting these people. Are they the business owners? If a company wants to survive, its products must be We must be competitive, and competitiveness is mainly based on technological content, and the second is the competitive advantage of price, and price plays a very important role in the composition of commodities."

"For these export commodities, in addition to financial subsidies, the state also provides export tax rebates ranging from 12.00% to [-]%. Some companies rely on this to live a stable life. The result is that, The West bought high-quality and low-cost commodities from us at very low prices, but our workers received very meager wages. The country has to bear huge financial pressure and diplomatic pressure because of this. We have to issue more renminbi to maintain the balance of funds, which has caused a surplus in currency circulation. Instead of increasing the income of our people, we have to endure the torture of rising prices.”

"Now the central government is considering that we give financial subsidies to export commodities and give tax rebates to these enterprises, so why can't we give this part of the money to the domestic people? Let me make an analogy, if a foreign businessman buys us 100 yuan For one piece of clothing, we have to spend 14 to 18 yuan to return to the business owners, and they will use part of it as wages for workers, and the state will spend another [-] to [-] yuan to subsidize foreign trade exports. , if this is the case, why don't we use the [-] or [-] yuan in the domestic consumer market?"

"The advantage of this is that we can subsidize this money to the domestic consumer market to further stabilize prices, and the central government does not need to issue additional RMB, and it can also cooperate with the central foreign trade policy. I believe that it will not be long before our Ordinary people will find that the renminbi in their hands is getting more and more valuable.”

"For those who have doubts, we need to strengthen our publicity work, and we can also tell them clearly that they can continue to engage in foreign trade processing, but the state will never subsidize them any more in the future. Unemployed workers The country is also more than capable of feeding them."

"The state has greatly increased the standard of unemployment benefits some time ago, increased investment in agriculture, rural areas and farmers, and increased the purchase price of agricultural products by nearly 30.00%. After adopting this series of policies, the living standard of the urban unemployed It will not drop much, and the income of the surplus labor force from the countryside going back to engage in agricultural production will never be less than that of going out to work. This series of measures shows that the country has not forgotten our people, and everything we are doing now is for the sake of Let our people live a better life in the future. If ordinary people can’t live a good life, what’s the use of those flashy and useless GDP!”

Mu Guoxing's speech received warm applause from the participants. They all understood a truth. The new generation of central leadership has paid more attention to the improvement of people's livelihood. In the past, billions of pants were exchanged for one plane. The growth model of relying on exports to drive the economy is gone forever.

After Mu Guoxing's speech was broadcast on the TV station, it immediately caused a huge response. Mu Guoxing's easy-to-understand words and all his governance ideas that put the interests of the people first conquered hundreds of millions of people across the country.After some unidentified migrant workers returned to the countryside, under the organization of the local government, a new round of agricultural production boom was set off.Under the organization of party committees and governments at all levels, the unemployed urban population also participated in various types of free training courses. Soon, these people also found new jobs under the unified arrangement of the government.Of course, there are also some older people who don't go out to work anymore. They think that they can live a comfortable life just by relying on the unemployment benefits that the state sends them every month.

Export processing business owners are also thinking about it. Originally, they relied on the support of national policies to live a stable life. Now that the state does not support them, no one has anything to say. If you have the ability, you don’t need to rely on the state. Support your own development.At this time, what they need to consider is how to enhance the high-tech content of their products, which virtually promotes the transformation of domestic enterprises.

Under the instructions of the central government, party committees and governments at all levels have adopted some moderate policies towards domestic enterprises, but they are not so polite to the employees of the four major American grain merchants and Iron Mountain who followed the trouble.The public security departments at all levels and the national security department respectively found several people who took the lead in making troubles, and conducted admonishing talks with them.In this way, the two-pronged approach, the mass petition turmoil caused by the central government shutting down and transferring some low-tech export enterprises, quickly disappeared.

The development of the matter was just as what Mu Guoxing saw when he opened his eyes. The US government suddenly announced at four o'clock in the afternoon on a Friday that it would conduct anti-dumping investigations on 34 export commodities originating in China. Commodities have been heavily subsidized, which has hit the US market and caused the unemployment rate in the US to remain high.

As soon as the U.S. government's sanctions against China were announced, countries around the world were in an uproar. They were all paying close attention to Huaxia's movements to see if the Huaxia government would bow their heads under the sanctions of the U.S. government as before.

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U.S. Newsweek wrote rumors to confuse the public: The government should have adopted trade sanctions against China long ago. The products produced by Huaxia not only brought a huge impact to the US market, but also caused the unemployment rate in the United States to remain high. .Huaxia has exported a large amount of goods to the United States over the years, has a huge foreign exchange reserve, and is trying to further control the economic lifeline of the U.S. government. If this situation is allowed to continue, Huaxia will buy the United States one day.

For a while, public opinion from all over the world was speculating about the attitude of the Huaxia government this time. Of course, the media in most countries believed that Huaxia would swallow their anger as before.Everyone knows what the purpose of the U.S. government is to do this. The last time the U.S. government issued 6000 billion treasury bonds, Secretary of State Palak personally led an economic delegation to visit China, but they returned empty-handed. Up to now, there are still [-] billion U.S. debts. No one cares about the national debt. Under such circumstances, the US government must of course take measures to give the Chinese government a look.

Under the influence of these public opinions, the governments of some countries also believe that Huaxia will definitely bow its head this time, because exports account for a large part of China's current economic development troika. As long as the U.S. government is stuck in this regard Holding Huaxia's neck, even if Huaxia wanted to bow his head, he couldn't do it.

Wang Huirun, president of SDIC, has had a hard time these days. Ever since he invested 4000 billion U.S. dollars in the Eurodollar futures market, he feels as if he is carrying a huge boulder on his back, and he can't breathe.Although Mu Guoxing made it clear to him that the investment this time was a decision made by the Standing Committee of the Politburo, and any problems that arise will be collectively borne by the Standing Committee of the Politburo.

Having said that, Wang Huirun also knows that in the officialdom, whose words are the most powerful, and whose words are the truth, although the big leadership responsibilities are collectively borne by the Standing Committee of the Central Committee, he, the president of the investment company, has to bear the specific work responsibilities , if a huge loss of property is caused, not to mention other people, even those old men from the National People's Congress will definitely skin him alive. The reason is also very simple. The country has lost so much money. Have no responsibility at all?

Wang Huirun, who seldom pays attention to the Eurodollar futures market, is now very concerned about this aspect. Sometimes he has to get out of bed in the middle of the night to check the Eurodollar trading situation.After more than a month like this, Wang Huirun couldn't eat, couldn't sleep well, and lost more than ten catties in weight.

This time the U.S. government announced that it would conduct an anti-dumping investigation on 34 Chinese export commodities. Wang Huirun realized that the problem was a bit serious, and he became more concerned about the situation in the Eurodollar futures trading market.

One night, Wang Huirun turned on the computer as usual, and was surprised to find that the three-month US dollar futures purchased by SDIC not only did not fall, but rose by one percentage point, which meant that the 4000 billion US dollars invested by Huaxia would lose everything.

Wang Huirun seemed to be slumped on a chair, and after a while he struggled to call Yi Letang.The call was answered by the secretary on duty. He heard the anxiety in Wang Huirun's words and realized that something important might have happened. Within a minute, the call was transferred to Mu Guoxing's office. While reviewing the documents, he heard the ringing of the phone, and as soon as he picked it up, Wang Huirun's anxious voice came out: "Chief, I'm sorry to disturb you at this time."

Mu Guoxing understood what Wang Huirun meant by calling at this time. Although Wang Huirun was thinking of himself, it was also human nature, and it also showed that this person still cared about his work.

"Hehe, Comrade Hui Run, do you want to report to me the trading situation of the Eurodollar futures market?"

"Chief Minister, I am very concerned about this situation in recent days, especially since the United States announced the anti-dumping investigation on 34 kinds of Chinese export commodities last Friday, I have been lying on the computer every night for the past few days. Not only did it not fall, but it even increased by one percentage point." "Comrade Hui Run, this is very normal. Isn't the US announcing an anti-dumping investigation on 34 Chinese commodities just to force us to buy their [-] billion national debt?Over the past few decades, they have been used to arrogance, and they have repeatedly used this method to force us to bow our heads. The heads of government of other countries will definitely think that we will also succumb to their pressure this time. In this case, the appreciation of the dollar It's normal, it's strange if it doesn't appreciate. "

"Chief, I understand all these principles, but even if the dollar appreciates only by this point, our loss will be huge."

Mu Guoxing's laughter came from the phone: "Comrade Hui Run, I still appreciate your serious and responsible attitude at work, but you also have to believe that the central government has formulated countermeasures. The economy is in some places It's just for politics, you have to keep this in mind. I heard that you can't eat or sleep well recently. How can this work? Get a good sleep and do what you want at work. Come on, the sky won't fall."

Hearing that Mu Guoxing hung up the phone, Wang Huirun still held on to the beeping microphone, as if he wanted to gain some strength from it.Although Mu Guoxing's tone on the phone was very relaxed, telling him to sleep well, how could Wang Huirun sleep in this situation?

While Wang Huirun was pondering, the Eurodollar futures displayed on the computer screen rose another [-] percentage points.At this time, Wang Huirun couldn't sleep anymore.Looking at the time, it was already very late, and Wang Huirun didn't dare to call Mu Guoxing any more at this time. Wang Huirun walked around in the study like a headless fly until dawn.

On the fourth working day after the U.S. government announced an anti-dumping investigation on 34 commodities originating in China, the Chinese government finally responded.At [-] o'clock in the afternoon, the Huaxia Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a notice to all foreign journalists stationed in China. At [-] o'clock the next morning, the Huaxia Ministry of Foreign Affairs will hold a press conference. This notice added a special sentence as if to whet the appetite: By then There will be big announcements.

This is quite lively now. The notice issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this time is very special, especially when the US government announced an anti-dumping investigation on 34 Chinese products, the meaning it represents is even more unusual.

Big news?What kind of big news will it be?Could it be that the Chinese government will counteract the United States?If it's not countering the United States, what will it be?For a while, these reporters showed their abilities and tried their best to inquire about inside information.

Western media reporters are indeed dedicated. It took less than two hours for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send out this notice, and major news media in the world reported this matter in large numbers.Some well-known economists are in high demand at this time, and various TV stations are vying for it, and they are invited to the TV stations to comment and predict the attitude that Huaxia will express tomorrow.

From the perspective of economic theory alone, these economists have made great achievements, and they can often predict a specific economic event with perfect accuracy, but whether they can predict accurately this time, we will have to wait and see.Anyway, these days of bragging and not paying taxes, experts will naturally have a good face when they are right, and it doesn't matter if they are wrong. They will also have a lot of reasons to respond to people's questions.