Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

Chapter 475 Foreign Aid Policy 2

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, M Lide fell into deep thought. After He Yuzhu's reminder, he realized some issues that had been overlooked in foreign aid in the past. Although some countries are relatively weak, it does not mean that their people live poorly. Thinking of this, he said, "Comrade Xiao He, thank you for your reminder. Next, we will carefully study what you just said, and we will also take it into comprehensive consideration when providing foreign aid in the future."

He Yuzhu saw that his risky words were accepted by M. Lide. Since he had already started, he might as well say more. So he continued: "Even though Russia is such a powerful country, its aid to our country is still in the form of loans. We have never seen them provide us with free aid. Moreover, our country's national strength is far inferior to Russia's. Therefore, I feel that we should learn from Russia in foreign aid."

M Lide looked at He Yuzhu and began to recall his past meetings with He Yuzhu. Although many of the young man in front of him had radical ideas, he dared to speak the truth and had a pure heart. He was much better than some leading cadres who only reported good news but not bad news. What was even more commendable was that although this young man held an important position at a young age, he did not have the slightest airs of an official.

Thinking of this, M Lide smiled and said, "Comrade Xiao He, do you have anything else to say? If so, go ahead and say it boldly."

"In the past few years, due to the impact of disasters, grain production has decreased, and the government has lowered the food rations for urban residents. If the disaster is over and grain production recovers, can the food rations for urban residents be lowered appropriately? According to the previous standards, the food rations for residents with children at home are a bit tight." In order to solve the problem of food shortage in the workers' families, He Yuzhu thought about it and decided to euphemistically say that the food ration standards for urban residents were a bit low.

"The food rations for urban residents were carefully calculated by the relevant departments. Isn't that standard enough?" M. Lide asked, frowning.

"This standard is not too low, but it overlooks a very important issue, which is that once children start to grow, their appetite will be huge, and they may eat more than adults. The ancient saying "a young boy can eat his father to death" refers to this situation."

At this point, He Yuzhu paused for a moment and then continued, "M Lide, I think the people should be able to enjoy the dividends brought by national development. Our country has been established for 12 years. After 12 years of development, although our country's strength is not very strong, it has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to when the country was first founded. Therefore, we should also appropriately improve the living standards of some people so that they can also feel the changes in life brought about by national development."

"In addition to improving the country's strength, isn't the purpose of developing industry to meet the material needs of the people? Now the supply standard is the same as in the past five years, so where have the results of our development gone in the past five years? Even if the results of these years have been absorbed by the new population, if the results of our development can only meet the new population each year, I feel that there must be something wrong with such development."

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, M Lide realized the problem He Yuzhu was talking about. Yes, if the purchasing standards of the people are the same every year, then what is the meaning of development for the people over the years! We say that we want to let the people live a happy life, but this year's life is the same as last year, and last year is the same as the year before, so when can we let the people live a happy life? But why didn't anyone say these words to me before?

"Comrade Xiao He, you are right. It seems that in the past period of time, many of our comrades have become complacent. Even when they go down to investigate, they only look at the surface and fail to seriously understand the real needs of the people at the grassroots level. This way of working is unacceptable and needs to be improved."

M Lide talked to He Yuzhu about many grassroots livelihood issues. At the end of the conversation, M Lide said happily: "Comrade Xiao He, I am very happy to talk to you today. I know a lot of things I didn't know before. I hope you can continue to maintain this mentality in the future and don't be like other people who only say nice things. Xiao Zeng, please help me send Comrade Xiao He off."

After He Yuzhu came out of M Lide's residence, he drove the off-road vehicle back to the Red Star Steel Plant. Thinking back to what he said to M Lide today, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He was still a little impulsive, but he didn't regret it. Since he was lucky enough to be reborn in this passionate era, he had to do something! Even if he really encountered misfortune, he could still run away to Hong Kong, so why should he avoid life and death for the sake of the country?

Because of He Yuzhu's words, M Lide began to reflect on the country's foreign aid policy and economic development model. After a meeting of the high-level central committee of the Workers and Peasants' Party, it was decided that no longer free aid would be provided to other countries. The aid would be in the form of loans. Not only that, if the living standards of the people in the aided country are higher than those of the Rabbit Country, they would not provide aid to that country, but would instead conduct regular economic exchanges.

As for the national economic development model, it has also begun to change. It has begun to increase investment in industries related to people's lives. At the same time, it has set a goal to investigate the supply of necessities related to people's lives in various regions every two years, with a two-year cycle. The reasons for the lack of improvement in the supply of necessities of life or the poor effect of the improvement should be analyzed. If it is the responsibility of the competent departments and local governments, the relevant leaders should be held accountable. In short, the national economic development plan should be oriented towards people's livelihood, and improving the actual experience of the people should be the main goal of local government economic development. Major development tasks are the responsibility of the central government.

After entering June, as summer grain harvest began in many central provinces, the authorities immediately conducted statistics on the grain output for that year. When the data was summarized by the top leaders of Beijing, based on the grain output that had been harvested, it was estimated that this year's grain output could return to the same level as the same period in 6, or even exceed the grain output in 1958.

The recovery of grain production means that the national food supply tension will be completely alleviated. As long as the grain harvest is completed and there is no major change in grain production, the normal food supply for urban residents can be restored.