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Volume 2: Under the Warlords Chapter 1144: Anti-dumping Investigation against Japan

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    Then Fang Hongxin reported to Wang Maoru the financial support of twelve departments last year. Naturally, the largest financial expenditure was the Ministry of National Defense, followed by the Ministry of People's Livelihood. Last year, the Ministry of Education occupied the third place in financial expenditure, followed by the Ministry of Transport, but  With the merger of the General Administration of Railways into the Ministry of Transport this year, the Ministry of Transport will become the second profitable department, and the first profitable department is actually the Ministry of Sports.

    In the 12th year of the Republic of China, the Ministry of Sports not only did not ask for money from the Ministry of Finance, but actually made money. Of course, after the Ministry of Sports made money, it not only used the money for sports infrastructure, but also used it for athlete training and establishment of sports infrastructure.  Charitable funds, random inspections of the First National Games of the Republic of China and preparations for the Olympic Games. In short, the money earned by the Sports Department will definitely not be spent on other departments.

    After reporting on the financial situation of the Twelve Ministries, Fang Hongxin reported the administrative expenditures of all provinces and states across the country last year. Among them, the largest financial expenditures were in Zhejiang and Guangdong. Fang Hongxin believed that there must be administrative expenditures in these two provinces.  Focusing on important events, in the 13th year of the Republic of China, the Ministry of Finance will focus on verification of these two provinces and cooperate with the Independent Commission Against Corruption to liquidate government officials.

    Later, Wang Maoru and Fang Hongxin attended the National Finance Conference of the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry of Finance announced that it would embark on deepening reforms in the 13th year of the Republic of China. The four departments of the Ministry of Finance would be increased to ten law departments. After the General Administration of Customs was merged into the Ministry of Finance,  It will be changed to the Customs Law Department under the Ministry of Finance. After the General Administration of Smoking Control is merged into the Ministry of Finance, it will be changed to the Tobacco Law Department, and the Financial Management Law Department, the Financial Review Law Department, the Foreign Exchange Management Law Department, and the Business Standards Law Department will be added.

    The Thirteenth Year of the Republic of China.  The powers of the Ministry of Finance will be further expanded, especially the Business Standards Law Department, which will be an important unit for national macro-control.  Although China was a market economy country at this time, in order to prevent inflation, financial crisis, hoarding of goods, and malicious competition.  The Ministry of Finance can directly intervene in market management and regulate abnormally volatile markets in the form of national financial operations to prevent unrest in the country.

    And giving the Ministry of Finance such great power also made the Ministry of Finance very excited. Before the year, everyone in the Ministry of Finance worked overtime.  Only then did government workers begin to realize that this government was actually separated from the Beiyang government. Not only was Wang Maoru's government completely new in personnel.  Even the makeup of the government was new.

    The increase in government departments is not because people know that there are more people eating from the government, but because the work is scientific and detailed, making the management discipline more appropriate.  The number of lawyers in the Ministry of Finance increased.  It also allows more economic talents to participate in national construction.

    The Ministry of Finance subsequently announced that the Chinese government will continue to support industries in the 13th year of the Republic of China, especially the textile industry, steel industry, and machinery manufacturing industry.  The Business Standards Department under the Ministry of Finance and the Customs Department jointly launched an anti-dumping investigation, which will conduct anti-dumping investigations on foreign products that affect market price trends and are of extremely poor quality.  Especially Japanese products that have been repeatedly criticized by Chinese people and are extremely cheap.  If the Japanese goods are shoddy.  If Chinese products are dumped, Chinese customs will impose an anti-dumping duty of 1,000% on Japanese goods.

    This move immediately received support from the domestic manufacturing industry, but also greatly dissatisfied the Japanese government.

    The Ministry of Finance immediately cited Japanese bicycles as an example. The quality of bicycles produced in Japan is extremely poor, and they are jokingly called worship bikes by the Chinese, that is, a bicycle can only be ridden for a week before it breaks down.  In comparison, domestic bicycles can be ridden for more than two years, and their quality far exceeds that of Japanese bicycles.  However, the bicycles sold by Japan to China cost five silver dollars each.  The joke is that the price of domestic bicycles is eighteen silver dollars, even though the Chinese are also resisting Japan.  However, most citizens still choose Japanese worship bikes when buying bicycles - they are cheap.

    The anti-dumping investigation will be the largest-scale action to protect domestic industry carried out by China Customs since its establishment.

    At this time, the China Textile Industry Union also applied to the Ministry of Finance to conduct an anti-dumping investigation against Japan because the selling price of Japanese textiles was actually lower than the finished price of domestic textiles. Although domestic citizens have repeatedly boycotted Japanese goods, the boycott continued for a period of time.  After Japanese goods, everyone still buys Japanese cloth.  Compared with Japanese bicycles, the quality of Japanese cloth is much better, and their positioning is also for ordinary Chinese people. This has caused China's textile industry to suffer successive blows.

    Chen Shouting, a Shandong businessman who was the chairman of the China Textile Industry Union at the time, made a comparison. Excluding the costs of process, technology, printing and dyeing, transportation and other links, the cost price of Japanese textiles sold to China should at least be equal to the price of Chinese textiles. The price of Japanese textiles would definitely not be the same.  It is two-thirds of the price of Chinese textiles.

    Subsequently, the Department of Business Standards under the Ministry of Finance accepted the textile anti-dumping investigation letter submitted by Chen Shouting.  But this move was not only opposed by Japan, but also by the United States, Britain and France. They believed that the Chinese government was deliberately protecting its own industries and persecuting foreign industries. Isn¡¯t this nonsense?  Which country's government does not protect its own industry?

    ?The Department of Business Standards ignored the protests from the four countries. If you want to protest, go to the Prime Minister or the President. We are under the orders of the President. We can't stand it. We will investigate ours and you will protest yours.

    Subsequently, the Secretariat of the Presidential Palace arranged an exclusive interview with North China Radio for President Wang Maoru, and on January 23, Wang Maoru gave a live presidential speech.

    Wang Maoru reviewed the major events that happened in China last year. Last year was a year that made the Chinese people proud and regretful. They were proud because in the twelfth year of the Republic of China, the Chinese National Defense Force beat the proud and arrogant Soviet Empire with an iron fist and gave it to  China expanded its territory in the Western Region and signed a memorandum of understanding between China and the Soviet Union, which increased China's territory to 14.86 million square kilometers, making it the third largest country in the world.  (The first is the United Kingdom, the second is the Soviet Empire, the fourth is France, and the fifth is the United States)

    However, in the second half of the year, due to the Japanese JVIS virus, which caused widespread pollution all over the world, China, which is closest to Japan, was naturally not immune. Under the strong command of the central government, it further centralized power and management, and successfully resisted the Japanese JVIS virus.  attack.  At the same time, in the second half of the year, China successively regained all the concessions in Wuhan and some Japanese concessions in China, and forced Japan to give up all concessions one after another, making China a rising political power.

    In terms of education, in the 12th year of the Republic of China, China established 1,400 junior primary schools, 800 senior primary schools, 400 various technical secondary schools, more than 200 middle schools, 22 undergraduate universities, 40 The nine vocational colleges have laid an excellent foundation for my country¡¯s literacy program.

    On the economic front, China's 12-year fiscal revenue has reached a gratifying 730 million people, and China's economy has fully recovered. Last year, 29,000 new factories were established in China, and 111,000 new companies were established.  There are 7,000 economic farms, providing millions of jobs in China.

    In terms of military, in addition to the great victory in the Western Regions War, the modernization reform of the Chinese National Defense Force has also gradually accelerated. Five forms of military service, including the National Defense Force, the Border Guard Force, the Armed Police, the Reserve Guard Corps, and the Militia, have given my country an army of two million and With a war potential of 10 million, it has made important contributions to our country's national security.

    In terms of transportation, in the 12th year of the Republic of China, China¡¯s four-lane highways increased by 10,000 kilometers, two-lane highways increased by 50,000 kilometers, railways increased by 7,000 kilometers, and there were more than 600 maritime and canal transportation companies.  What surprises the world even more is that China's air transportation has become the world's number one. China's low-altitude airship transportation industry is ahead of any country in the world. The military transport airships produced by the National Defense Forces Arsenal are first supplied to civilian air transportation companies.  In the past year, China has added 37 airship transportation companies.  Airship transportation covers almost all provincial capitals and major state capital cities in China, and of course workers from Germany contribute a lot.

    In terms of urban construction, an increasing number of buildings are replacing folk huts and bricks. Chinese people are beginning to recognize modern architecture, and public facilities such as parks and public toilets have appeared in cities and towns across the country.

    In terms of diplomacy, China has begun to establish diplomatic relations with more than 20 countries, and has actively resumed concessions, awakening national pride, increasing China's influence and voice in the world, and providing strong support to Chinese people abroad.

    Finally, Wang Maoru said on the radio: "China's rise is just around the corner. China's rise is unstoppable. China's rise comes quietly when you and I pursue a better life. Citizens, compatriots, sisters, the 12th year of the Republic of China is a joy  year, and the upcoming 13th year of the Republic of China will be a bumper year. I hope our compatriots will believe in the government, believe in themselves, believe in friends, believe in relatives, and believe that our Chinese nation will be able to change the world and restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties."

    Without waiting for everyone¡¯s applause, Wang Maoru hurriedly drove to the Ministry of Education to provide guidance.  Wang Maoru also chatted with officials from the Ministry of Education about the creation of the education system.

    Wang Maoru attaches great importance to education. In particular, in last year¡¯s basic education investment, he called for strengthening education investment in the four provinces of Shandong, Henan, Sichuan, and Guangdong. These four provinces are places where Chinese Confucian culture is deeply influenced.  Wang Maoru also knew that in that time and space, the Confucian culture of these provinces had been greatly damaged. The provinces that were originally the most civilized had, due to cultural faults and malicious tampering, turned the folk ancestral halls into empty talk and became a place where interests came first.  place.  What is simple is that there is no cultural gap in the several populous provinces today, and simple people have not been confused and fell into complete interest-oriented thinking because of the loss of cultural traditions.  Wang Maoru established the most schools among the four most populous provinces.  (To be continued)
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