Chapter 96: Seeing the smallest

Zhao Guodong was quite satisfied with Xu Qiao's performance. Of course, he knew that it would be difficult to truly impress these people just by saying something, but at least Xu Qiao instilled a new concept in them, allowing them to roughly understand what path the development of Huaiqing city will take.

Xu Qiao is good at speaking, quick-thinking, and does not have so many stale constraints in her mind. After being persuaded by herself, she is more active than herself. Zhao Guodong even feels that this female deputy mayor of a democratic party has broader thinking and a higher vision than other leaders of higher levels, and has much stronger ability to accept new things.

Lu Qiuchen's view actually represents the view of most people in the city. They lack long-term vision due to reality. Of course, this cannot be entirely blamed. No one knows how fast China's urbanization will be in the next ten years, and Huaiqing's urban construction will undergo earth-shaking changes.

Zhao Guodong knew all this. Since he had taken this position, he could not let Huaiqing go with the flow like other cities. He wanted to change Huaiqing's urban positioning. From economic development to urban planning, he had to do his best to let Huaiqing stand at a higher starting point.

The longer you sit in the position of Huaiqing, you will have to do your best, and at least lay a foundation for Huaiqing's future development and determine a goal and plan.

"Everyone, I think you may still have many questions about this planning map, and some of your own ideas and opinions. This is normal. I think Mayor Xu will first introduce the overall plan, and then ask Mayor Xu to give you an overview of the purpose or leading thoughts of Huaiqing City's urban construction, so that everyone can have such an idea in their minds, and then put forward opinions based on their own opinions and opinions. If you feel that it is not mature today, you can also make some plans. When it is mature, you can put it forward at the next office meeting. What do you think?"

Zhao Guodong's words made all the deputy mayors nodded and said yes. He listened to this probable question, and he was indeed unable to express any opinions. He was concerned about the urban development trend in the next few years or even ten years, and everyone could not help but ignore it.

Xu Qiao was not polite, and she outlined the entire plan along the planning map, especially the large-scale expansion of Huaiqing urban area to the west, which made the group of deputy mayors feel moved.

"Mayor Xu, according to your plan, the urbanization process in Huaiqing City must be quite fast. Can you know the development trend of the population in our city?" Xu Luping couldn't help but frown and asked.

"We predict that by the end of 2002, the urban population in our urban area may reach 400,000, and by 2007, it will reach between 650,000 and 700,000. By the end of 2012, the population will reach about one million." Xu Qiao smiled indifferently, "Our goal is to build Huaiqing into a large city with a population of one million."

As soon as Xu Qiao said this, everyone in the seat was shocked.

Deng Ruoxian first expressed his concern, "Mayor Xu, a large city with a population of one million cannot be done by just talking, nor is it just a simple transformation of agricultural population into urban population. This requires huge development of the secondary and tertiary industries to support it, otherwise it will not be able to provide them with so many employment opportunities. This is empty talk! Our current urban population is only 300,000, and it will double in twelve years. I doubt whether it can be done."

"Yes, Mayor Deng's concerns make sense. Although the population of Huaizhou and Qingzhou has a combined population of more than 1.2 million, most of them are agricultural populations. Huaizhou's urban population is only 250,000, and Qingzhou's urban population is only 50,000. Among them, employees of the five major factories and their families account for a considerable proportion. According to Mayor Xu's vision, the urban population will increase by 700,000 within twelve years, which means that about 80% of the current 900,000 agricultural population will be urbanized. Is this possible?" Xu Luping shook his head repeatedly, feeling unimaginable.

"As the scale of urbanization accelerates, I think urbanization of agricultural population in suburbs of Huaiqing is an inevitable process, and this process will even be quite fast, beyond our current expectations. This can be seen from the changes in recent years." Xu Qiao did not mind his colleagues' questioning. He was also strongly skeptical at the beginning, but was finally convinced by the sufficient information prepared by Zhao Guodong.

"It turned out that Bailian Township, Dahu Township and Ouchi Township in the northern suburbs of Huaizhou District were originally pure agricultural towns five years ago, but now, Bailian Township has disappeared and completely annexed by the development zone. Most of Dahu Township and Ouchi Township are also occupied by the development zone. And judging from this situation, the more remote Mazhuang Township and Jiming Town may be gradually included. This is enough to prove that as the industrialization process accelerates, the urbanization process will be faster."

"We cannot look at the urbanization process at the current speed of development. With the further deepening of reform and opening up, my country's trend of joining WTO is unstoppable. my country's trend of becoming an increasingly central base for world manufacturing will become more obvious. The central and western regions with strong labor resources will also usher in a rare historical development opportunity, and the development of the western region promoted by the central government will further catalyze the acceleration of this process."

"We in Huaiqing have a strong foundation in the machinery and equipment manufacturing industry, and now the electronics industry is gradually emerging in our city. It is also a must-pass way to absorb more rural surplus labor and foreign talents into our city. This will also be the basis for our Huaiqing City's economic development. It is our municipal government's responsibility to provide them with a livable city with excellent environment and suitable conditions."

Deng Ruoxian admitted that Xu Qiao's statement made some sense, but it is obviously a bit far-fetched to use it to support Huaiqing to develop into a city with a population of one million. However, he does not intend to continue arguing on this issue. After all, this is also a long-term process. In ten years, no one can tell where the people here will be.

"Mayor Xu, the prospects are beautiful, and far-sightedness is a good thing, but it must be realistic. To promote urbanization of this scale, the funds required for the finance department must be astronomical. Even if they are divided into gradually invested over the years, it may be an unbearable burden for our Huaiqing Finance?" Gu Xiaopeng couldn't help but interrupt.

Others, including Lu Qiuchen, were excited and felt that Gu Xiaopeng, the Finance Director, asked questions, just because he asked the question, and said a thousand and ten thousand. In the final analysis, he had to say that there was funds to support him. Can Huaiqing's finance support him? Gu Xiaopeng asked questions like this, which means that he, the Finance Director, was not optimistic about this plan.

"Although Huaiqing's finance, especially the budget revenue, has increased significantly this year, it is definitely a drop in the bucket to support advanced urban construction. I also think Huaiqing's finance needs to consider other aspects that require more funds, so I think we cannot rely on finance to promote urban construction, but need to use the hands of the market to drive it."

Xu Qiao's words made Deng Ruoxian ponder, Gu Xiaopeng thought, while others were confused.

What does the market hand mean?

Deng Ruoxian knew that Zhao Guodong had always been unsatisfied with the development status of Huaiqing Urban Development and Construction Co., Ltd., and believed that Chengkaisi could play a more important and obvious role in Huaiqing urban construction. When he was in charge of urban construction, he had already discussed with himself that Chengkaisi would play a role in the main force of urban development and construction.

Gu Xiaopeng heard a clue from Xu Qiao's words about budget income just now.

The large growth in budget revenue still cannot support urban construction, which means that extrabudgetary income may change. The proportion of land transfer income has increased day by day since last year, and the proportion has increased faster this year. The real estate market has heated up, which has made land revenue the highlight of extrabudgetary income.

As a well-versed in finance and taxation work, Gu Xiaopeng vaguely guessed that Xu Qiao's market hand refers to using urban planning construction to promote land development and appreciation and then making transfers after it is used. That is to say, relying on urban development to promote land growth to the end, the land transfer fee will increase significantly, and then using land transfer fee income to support larger-scale urban development and construction to achieve a cycle. No wonder Xu Qiao took the pace of urban planning so much at once.

This is a good idea, but there is a key issue that needs to be clarified, that is, the prerequisite for achieving this circular development is to allow these lands to be transferred at a satisfactory price. In addition to occupying an advantage that is closer to the provincial capital, cities like Huaiqing, which are only second-rate, are not superior in other conditions. Can they reach the expected level?

Deng Ruoxian and Gu Xiaopeng both realized the intentions of Zhao Guodong and Xu Qiao, but there are still many specific problems. It is not that you can succeed in just a few words. However, they both admit that this method is a method that can be operated. You can try it, but the results will be wait and see.

Zhao Guodong was paying attention to the expressions and expressions of the deputy mayors. Deng Ruoxian and Gu Xiaopeng both showed deep thought on their faces, which meant that the two of them had realized their intentions and Xu Qiao, while the other deputy mayors obviously had not yet realized it. In particular, Lu Qiuchen and Xu Luping shook their heads repeatedly, looking disapproving, probably because they felt that Xu Qiao was playing with some gimmicks.

Although Qian Yuanhui, Li Changjiang and An Ran were still a little confused, they still had a patient look on their faces. It seemed that they wanted to really listen to Xu Qiao's tricks.
Chapter completed!