Chapter 1136 Pragmatic

As the largest state-owned enterprise in Muchuan City, Muchuan Locomotive and Vehicle Factory really lives up to its reputation. Zhu Daidong spent a whole morning and only looked at their two branches, and the scale of each branch is also very large, covering an area ranging from hundreds of mu to thousands of mu.

Muchuan Locomotive and Vehicle Factory was established in 1936. At the beginning of its establishment, the Ministry of Railways of the Republic of China acquired 1,000 mu of land north of Muchuan Station and established the Muchuan Bus Factory. By 1937, the Ministry of Railways of the Republic of China merged the Muchuan Machinery Factory and several similar machinery factories into the unified management of the Muchuan General Machinery Factory. By 1938, Muchuan Bus Factory had built more than 26,000 square meters of factory buildings and more than 6,000 square meters of dormitories, with more than 270 machines purchased from the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries.

In addition, two 220 kilowatts of steam engines have been built to generate electricity. So far, the Kikawa main engine plant has been gradually put into production.

In the process of establishing the engine factory, China's Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1937. Because Kikawa was established as a railway hub at that time, it naturally became the target of Japanese air strikes. The Kikawa Bridge Factory was also bombed by the Japanese army many times, causing damage to the factory and casualties.

At the beginning of shouzhou, the war situation worsened. The Ministry of Communications of the National Government decided to abolish the Muchuan switchboard factory, move all machines and employees to Guangxi and Guizhou, and set up three machine factories in Liujiang, Quanzhou and Qianzhong. After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the Ministry of Transport of the National Government sent personnel to the Kikawa Machinery Factory in March 1946 to investigate the damage to the factory by the Japanese army during the war. In May of the same year, the Ministry of Communications requested the restoration of the Kikawa Machinery Factory and the re-establishment of the preparatory office of the Muchuan Machinery Factory More than 42,000 square meters of factories and dormitories have been built, with more than 800 machines and equipment. At the same time, the Shijianggang Power Plant has been built on the edge of the ancient river. The factory began production in 1947, repairing a small number of rolling stock.

In August 1949, the People's Liberation Army took over Muchuan. At the same time, the takeover group of the Chinese People's Liberation Army took over group was stationed in the Muchuan Machinery Factory. In late August... The Railway Transportation Headquarters of the Central South Military Region of the People's Liberation Army established the "Yangguan Railway Administration" in the On September 1, the factory resumed production.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China... The Muchuan Railway Factory resumed production. At that time, the state invested more than 5 million yuan in investment and added nearly 100 new equipment. At the end of October 1949, the first steam locomotive repaired by the Muchuan Railway Factory was delivered to the factory. At this time, the Kikawa railway factory does not have the ability to develop, manufacture and produce. However, in 2002, the Kikawa Railway Factory became one of the factories invested and expanded by the state, and the Kikawa Railway Factory developed rapidly.

At that time, Muchuan was designated as a county-level city from Tanshui City, the second largest city in Gunan Province at that time. In the first five-year plan starting from 1953, Muchuan City was included as one of the key industrial bases built by the state during the First Five-Year Plan period. After the transformation and expansion of the factory, the Muchuan Railway Factory has become a base for repairing railway buses and trucks. It has a complete set of processing capabilities such as a variety of metal cold processing, casting, forging, surface treatment, testing services, etc., so that the quality of locomotive repair is gradually improved. At the same time, the factory began to imitate the Soviet Union's industrial enterprise management system... to implement the state-owned enterprise leadership system under the factory director's responsibility system.

Since 1957, in addition to the maintenance and repair of locomotives, the Kikawa Railway Factory has tried to visit locomotives and buses... Since then, the Kikawa Railway Factory has entered the era of production and development of steam locomotives. In 1978, the Ministry of Railways made it clear that electric locomotives will be the main direction of railway locomotive development.

In order to improve the production capacity and product technology level of electric locomotives, the Muchuan Railway Factory began to use foreign investment to introduce equipment and technology and trade to introduce technology from the early 1980s. In 1992, after the World Bank hired aircraft, locomotive manufacturing and equipment experts from Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and other countries for on-site inspection, the World Bank decided to provide a large loan. In 1985, with the approval of the Ministry of Railways, Zhu Machinery Factory used the World Bank loan to introduce 145 sets of advanced equipment and instruments... It improved the main production equipment and testing methods of electric locomotives, and greatly improved the production capacity and product quality.

Through two expansions and renovations in the 1980s, the wood machine factory has formed an annual production capacity of more than 260 electric locomotives in the late 1980s.

In March 1994, the Muchuan Railway Factory was officially renamed Muchuan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Factory. With the deepening of the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, at that time... Zhou Baoning proposed to separate the Muchuan railway factory from the subordinate state-owned enterprises and change it into municipal state-owned enterprises. At that time, his idea was supported by the State Planning Commission, but the Ministry of Railways never agreed. At that time, all dozens of locomotive factories in the country belonged to the China Railway Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry Corporation. Although it was the general trend to decouple from the Ministry of Railways, no one would take the initiative to give up the benefits they had already gained.

However, at that time, Kagawa supported the joint-stock reform of the branches of Kagawa Locomotive and Vehicle Factory. With the wave of separation of state-owned enterprises and the restructuring of auxiliary industries, Kikawa Locomotive and Vehicle Factory officially separated from the Ministry of Railways in May 1995.

Zhu Daidong admires Zhou Baoning for being able to keep such a super-large state-owned enterprise with a history of more than 60 years in Muchuan. If the Taoist department spit out the meat in his mouth, Zhou Baoning's legs may also run thin.

"Gu Factory Director, the locomotives and vehicles manufactured by Kikawa Locomotive and Rolling Stock Factory are at the advanced level in China. Compared with the international level, can they also be at the forefront?" Zhu Daidong asked that the current factory area of Muchuan Locomotive and Vehicle Factory has exceeded 100,000 square meters, plus more than 20,000 square meters of accommodation and more than 30,000 employees, which is worthy of being the largest state-owned enterprise in Muchuan City.

"The manufacture of locomotives has a lot to do with the local soil, geology and strata. If we talk about speed, we can't be compared with some advanced countries in the world for the time being, but we also have our own advantages. For example, the Blue Arrow high-speed power traction locomotive we developed has now reached the international advanced level. Gu Chuanxiang said that although Zhu Daidong came to the locomotive factory for inspection this time, although it was because of Zhou Baoning's appearance, his inspection today was very meticulous. I have a detailed understanding of the history, current situation and future development of Muchuan Locomotive and Vehicle Factory.

"What are the main customers of the rolling stock factory at present?" Zhu Daidong asked.

"We mainly provide products to the Ministry of Railways. The Ministry of Railways puts forward product requirements, and we develop and produce them." Gu Chuanxiang said.

"Have you ever thought about letting the locomotive of the locomotive factory go abroad?" Zhu Daidong suddenly asked that China's Ministry of Railways is a very special department. If the rolling stock factory wants to become an enterprise that drives the economic take-off of Muchuan City again, it is not enough to focus on the Ministry of Railways.

"We are working hard." Gu Chuanxiang said with some embarrassment that allowing domestic locomotives to export foreign exchange was once the dream of all employees of the locomotive factory. However, for various reasons, although the locomotives produced in China are cheap and of good quality, and the quality is also very reliable, there is no profitable market in the international market.

"I think the products of the locomotive and vehicle factory are still competitive, both at home and internationally. The domestic market and the international market complement each other. If you do a good job in the domestic market, you can go to the international market. It has won a certain market internationally and can increase the competitiveness of the domestic market. Zhu Daidong said that he doesn't know much about locomotive manufacturing, but all products have such generality, especially for domestic enterprises. If they can win the international market, it will be easier for customers to trust them when they are sold domestically.

What's more, there is only one customer in the domestic rolling stock factory, that is, the Ministry of Railways.

However, the requirements of the Ministry of Railways for locomotives have been getting higher and higher recently. Especially after the fifth acceleration, the Ministry of Railways has planned to import locomotives from abroad. This requires state-owned enterprises such as Muchuan Locomotive and Vehicle Factory, which not only need first-class technology, but also high-quality products to win more orders from the Ministry of Railways.

Finally, Zhu Daidong heard the report of the locomotive factory, but he said hello to Gu Chuanxiang before. The report of the whole locomotive factory must be completed within half an hour, and he had to rush back at noon. In the morning, he did not attend the work meeting of the Municipal Party Committee on the wholesale market. Although he already knew the results, he still had to make time to communicate with Zhou Baoning.

"Mayor Zhu, how can you finish the report in half an hour?" Gu Chuanxiang said with some embarrassment that Zhu Daidong spent almost three hours in the main factory and each branch factory, but he was required to listen to the report of the locomotive factory within half an hour. This has never happened in the history of the locomotive factory.

"That's your problem. After the meeting starts, it must be over in 35 minutes, and I have to rush back to the city to attend an important meeting." Zhu Daidong said firmly.

Originally, Gu Chuanxiang prepared a very detailed speech, but Zhu Daidong's request disrupted his plan. Fortunately, he knew a lot about the situation in the factory. He removed some official dialects within half an hour and reported to Zhu Daidong on the situation of Muchuan Locomotive Factory and the future. Outlook. Because Zhu Daidong paid attention to the locomotive export of the locomotive factory, Gu Chuanxiang specially regarded the locomotive export of the Muchuan locomotive factory as a key work of the locomotive factory in the future.

After sending Zhu Daidong away, the director of the factory office came to ask Gu Chuanxiang, what about the banquet prepared at the locomotive hotel? Knowing that Zhu Daidong was coming today, the locomotive factory made careful arrangements and knew that Zhu Daidong liked to drink Maotai, so he bought a batch urgently.

"Now that you are ready, you still have to eat, but remember to change the wine." Gu Chuanxiang thought for a moment and said. Although Zhu Daidong did not eat at the locomotive factory at noon, Gu Chuanxiang knew that Zhu Daidong did not have a problem with the locomotive factory. After listening to his words and behavior, Gu Chuanxiang believes that Zhu Daidong is actually a very pragmatic leader, and hopes that in the future, Muchuan Locomotive and Vehicle Factory can take a different path under the leadership of Zhu Daidong.