Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

"What a great saying, 'Professional matters should be handed over to professional institutions'. Xiao He, what you said is really great! Some of the officials in our ministries and commissions really know nothing about the operation and management of enterprises."

"Many times, there is often a situation where laymen command professionals. But there is nothing we can do about it, because they are one level higher in the hierarchy. Even if the companies below have opinions, they have to keep them to themselves." Secretary Deng sighed as he shook his head slightly.

Then he continued, "Especially as you mentioned, letting the Planning Commission issue production tasks to enterprises in a unified manner is a great idea! It is much more convenient than issuing orders to enterprises through individual ministries and commissions. It can also completely solve the problems faced by related enterprises in material supply and supporting facilities from the root." After saying this, an expression of appreciation appeared on his face.

"Xiao He, the state-owned enterprise management committee you just mentioned only applies to enterprises under ministries and commissions. So what about enterprises managed by local governments?"

"I am indeed talking about enterprises under the ministries and commissions. Enterprises managed by local governments are generally smaller in scale and larger in number. It is best to first implement the state-owned enterprise management committee pilot in enterprises under ministries and commissions. Once the pilot is successful, it will not be too late to promote it to enterprises managed by local governments."

"I am deeply inspired by what you just said. I will have to take some time to discuss these issues with the comrades of the Planning Commission in the future. Well... let's stop here for today."

"Go to Secretary Liu later and ask him to take you to the drafting group for the Regulations on State-Owned Industrial Enterprises (Draft)." When you get there, use your work experience to carefully look at what parts of the draft are not perfect and what are the deficiencies."

"If you find any deficiencies, you should boldly raise them and communicate with the drafting team of the Regulations on State-owned Industrial Enterprises (Draft) to try to come up with the best solution so that the regulations can be promoted and implemented as soon as possible."

He Yuzhu nodded quickly and said: "Okay, Secretary Deng, you are busy, I will go to Secretary Liu first and ask him to take me to the "State-owned Industrial Enterprise Regulations (Draft)" group." After that, he walked out of Secretary Deng's office with brisk steps.

Under the guidance of Secretary Liu, He Yuzhu walked steadily into the meeting room where the drafting group of the "Regulations on State-owned Industrial Enterprises (Draft)" was located. The atmosphere in the room was serious and focused, and the experts sat together and enthusiastically discussed the heavy draft in their hands.

He Yuzhu took the draft and read it carefully. As time passed, he frowned and nodded. Finally, when he turned the last page, he raised his head and looked at every expert present.

"Dear experts, first of all, please allow me to say thank you. The "Regulations on State-owned Industrial Enterprises (Draft)" you drafted is really very good. It can be seen that everyone has put in a lot of effort and hard work. However, as a manager who has been working on the front line of industry for a long time, I have a small question I would like to ask you." He Yuzhu's voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by everyone.

At this time, one of the experts responded with a smile: "Deputy Director He, you are too polite! You are not only the deputy production director of the Red Star Steel Plant, but also the director of the Red Star Machinery Manufacturing Plant. When it comes to management experience of industrial enterprises, you are definitely much more professional than those of us who only know how to manage on paper! If you have any questions, just tell us directly, and let's discuss and make progress together!"

Hearing this, He Yuzhu also smiled and continued, "That's right. I noticed that Article 18 of the draft clearly stipulates that enterprises have the right to conduct research on new foreign products; Article 19 emphasizes that enterprises should be encouraged to actively carry out independent innovation. These two points are undoubtedly important measures to promote the development of state-owned industrial enterprises, but..."

At this point, He Yuzhu paused for a moment, then continued, "In the entire draft, I did not find any detailed explanation of the source of funds that is closely related to these two clauses. After all, whether it is conducting research on foreign products or vigorously promoting independent innovation projects, a large amount of capital investment is needed to support it."

"According to my conclusion after reading the draft carefully, if a company wants to engage in certain activities under these two provisions, it must first submit a formal application to its superior competent department."

"Without clear approval from higher authorities, the company will not only be unable to take any practical action to advance these activities, but will not even have the basic implementation capabilities."

"Will this have an adverse impact on the independent innovation of enterprises? After all, it is difficult for enterprises to give full play to their subjective initiative and creativity without sufficient financial support and flexible decision-making space."

"Although the Second Five-Year Plan is about to be successfully completed, our country's industrial strength has indeed made significant and great progress compared to the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. However, the fact that cannot be ignored is that when comparing our country's industrial strength with other developed countries in the world, there is still a considerable gap."

"So, if we want to effectively narrow this gap, I personally think we should go all out and spare no effort to encourage enterprises to actively engage in independent innovation."