Spring Breeze 1991

The a-320 took off from the Capital Airport, and flew to Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan, 4000 kilometers away with a worried Yao Yuan.

Kazakhstan's land area is very large, reaching 280 million square kilometers, making it the largest landlocked country in the world.With a population of 1700 million, the population density is 7 people per square kilometer.The population density of Xinjiang in my country is considered sparse, but that of Kazakhstan is even sparser.

During the Qing Dynasty, Almaty belonged to the territory of China and was under the jurisdiction of General Yili.Many people know that there are Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia, which used to be the territory of our country. During the period of the Republic of China, Outer Mongolia became an independent Mongolian country.But many people don't know that we have Yili Prefecture and Outer Yili.

Waiyili refers to the southwestern region of the Alatau Mountains where Almaty is located. Because of the irrigation of many rivers, the land is fertile. In addition to producing grain, there are also orchards, most of which are apple orchards. Therefore, Almaty has Known as Apple City.

These histories were told by Lao Jiang during his journey. This old comrade has a lot of research on history.

When the plane began to descend, Comrade Jiang sighed and said, "Our ancestors left us a lot of land, but it's a pity that future generations will not live up to it..."

Older comrades can feel that young people can't express their opinions except to smile, because this involves diplomatic relations.

Yao Yuan was also deeply touched, but it was a pity that he was not a soldier, and now it was no longer 100 years ago. The lost place has become someone else's territory, and I am afraid that there will be no chance to get it back.

Almaty is very beautiful. It can be said to be the most beautiful and prosperous city among the capitals of the five Central Asian countries.The Central Asian culture here is full of customs, and it has all the characteristics of a modern and prosperous city.

If it were not close to the southeastern border, Nazarbayev would be reluctant to move the capital away from the city.It is not an easy task to establish a brand new city as a new capital on a piece of wasteland.

In fact, Nazarbayev announced this decision as early as 1994, to complete the capital move before 2000. In September this year, he announced the start of the capital move plan and issued an order to move the capital.

It is already January of 1996, could it be said that Yao Yuan came late at this time?

In fact, it is not the case. The start-up plan belongs to the start-up plan. The question is whether Kazakhstan has this ability.Of course there is, but it will take a long time.

And Yao Yuan knew that Nazarbayev couldn't wait that long, and he hoped to complete the capital move sooner.Therefore, when opening the oil and gas fields to the outside world for cooperation, he required foreign oil companies to contribute to Kazakhstan's capital relocation plan.

This is the advantage of Dongfang Petroleum and Huaxia Petroleum Corporation.

A large number of construction engineering companies have obtained a large number of projects in Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, the United Arab Emirates and other countries due to the relationship of Dongfang Petroleum, most of which are infrastructure projects.

As long as Dongfang Petroleum speaks, it will be able to organize a large-scale team to help Kazakhstan build the new capital in the shortest possible time.

This is the reason why Yao Yuan asked Wan Quangui's two main engineering companies, Centennial Construction and Centennial Road and Bridge, to prepare well.

But the problem now is that if the national team wants to compete for Kazakhstan's oil and gas field resources under the same conditions, the national team can mobilize even more construction engineering forces!

This is the biggest problem Yao Yuan is currently facing, and it is also a very difficult problem to decide. He can only wait and see what happens.

There is another situation that Yao Yuan can't figure out - the Petroleum Corporation only sent two department-level officials to accompany him, but the Petrochemical Corporation came with a vice president.

In the business investigation group focusing on the joint development of oil and natural gas energy, the boss of the oil system actually sent only two small shrimps, which is really puzzling.

Chen Hai didn't have Yao Yuan's worries, he looked around with great interest as soon as he got off the plane, without any fatigue from the long-distance flight.

The Civil Aviation Administration sent five people this time, two were leaders and two were old comrades, and Chen Hai was the only one in charge. Yao Yuan went with him.

"Old Yao, let's share a room. I told the team leader, let's talk about aviation. I think you have unique insights into the aviation market." Chen Hai said.

Yao Yuan said kindly, "No problem."

He also had the idea of ​​testing Chen Hai, exactly what he had in mind.

A deputy prime minister from Kazakhstan came to pick up the plane, and he attached great importance to the Huaxia business delegation.However, after Mr. Dai and his party were picked up by the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, the business delegation was considered a real business delegation, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Kazakhstan arranged for Yao Yuan and others.

It was only then that Yao Yuan knew that Du Zhiguo and Director Wang of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation were both Dai Lao's entourage and members of the diplomatic delegation.

In fact, Zhan Shengcai and other department-level cadres in various ministries and commissions were in charge of the business investigation group. The highest ranking was Liu Zhiyuan, the deputy general manager of the Petrochemical Corporation, who was the head of the business inspection group.

Seeing Yao Yuan watching the convoy of Mr. Dai and his party leave, Chen Hai explained with a smile, "It's nothing strange, it's a combination of diplomacy and business, and it's also a way to save money. There's no need for two groups of people to come in two. How could it be possible for Mr. Dai to do specific investigations? What people want to talk about is state affairs, and we are the ones who do specific work."

Yao Yuan came back to his senses, nodded with a smile, "That's right, that's true."

There will be more and more such practices in the future, especially when domestic enterprises are faced with the pressure of "going out".

The country of Kazakhstan attaches great importance to the business delegation from China, and the hotel it arranges is very high-end. It is a manor-style hotel with a Central Asian style.

Many people think that going west is either a desert or a Gobi, or a mountain with no grass. In the eyes of many people, Central Asia is a desolate and barren land. How can there be such a beautiful city? Such a beautiful hotel.

Lao Jiang and the other three old comrades couldn't move their eyes. They thought that no matter how bad China was, it was better than the economies of several countries in Central Asia. Unexpectedly, this manor-style hotel shook their point of view.

Is Huaxia even inferior to the younger brothers of the Soviet Union?

Yao Yuan had a good impression of Lao Jiang and other three old comrades, and said with a smile, "Almaty is the largest city with the best economy in Kazakhstan, and it is also one of the largest and best cities among the five countries in Central Asia. It can be said that Kazakhstan's The essence is here."

When he said this, Lao Jiang and the three old comrades, who had just had a sense of inferiority in their hearts, quickly recovered and regained their confidence in the motherland.

Yes, the essence of a country is here, can it be good?

No matter how bad China is, it can find several cities that are better than Almaty.

Thinking about it this way, I felt much more comfortable.