Different God of Cooking [Rebirth]

On November 2001, 11, the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will review Huaxia's application for joining the World Trade Organization.

In order to witness the historic moment, Huaxia's news network broadcast the whole process of the meeting live.When I heard the WTO Secretary-General, standing in front of all WTO members, loudly announced the voting results:

Confirmed by the vote of all WTO members, Huaxia's application for joining the WTO was approved

In the conference room with the largest food security, the TV volume has already been turned up to the maximum.When they heard the word "pass", everyone cheered, jumped, embraced, and witnessed history together with their actions.

Zhao An knew the result of this meeting very early on. Even if his butterfly caused some storms, he still followed the development trend of the entire China.

So Zhao An didn't have any doubts about today's result, the historical trend was surging and irresistible.

Zhao An felt the pride and indifference of a forerunner in his heart, but when he really heard the conclusion of the meeting, Zhao An couldn't help raising his arms and shouting together with the people around him, and the meeting room was loud.

Some of them are indeed optimistic about the future of food safety, but more are blessings for Huaxia's take-off.

It took 1986 years from Huaxia's formal application for customs clearance in 2001 to Huaxia's accession to the WTO in 15. It has been difficult and ups and downs, including the efforts of countless government officials and businessmen. If you have not experienced it yourself, it is difficult to understand this emotion.

It is a kind of pride of being a Chinese, watching the prosperity of one's own motherland step by step.

Experience with the motherland and grow together with the motherland.

However, after a short period of joy, Shi An threw himself into more busy work.

Although the World Trade Organization has approved Huaxia's application to join, in fact, there is still a long process for Huaxia to truly integrate with the world.

So many high tariffs, so many prohibited import and export items, and countless no-sale purchase agreements...

The reform cannot be completed overnight, so Huaxia attached a "Letter of Commitment" to the application agreement, promising that Huaxia will gradually open the market within a few years.

"The average tariff on agricultural products will be reduced to 15%, and the import and sale of agricultural products do not need to go through state-owned enterprises and intermediaries. The upper limit of China's domestic agricultural subsidies is 8.5%. Cancellation of barley, soybean, rapeseed, peanut oil, sunflower oil, corn oil and cottonseed oil import tariff quota system.”

The promise about agriculture is naturally what Zhao An is most concerned about at the moment.

According to the previous tax rebate policy, as long as the milk import tax rate is officially lowered, Food Safety will receive a large amount of cash, and how to use this cash must be carefully planned.

This time Zhao An is not going to continue investing in the industry, but is going to play with financial leverage.Zhao An has a deep impression of some major events after Huaxia's accession to the WTO. He has already realized that the opportunity waits for no one.

However, at this moment, Zhao An suddenly received an unexpected call.

"Hello, um, I'm Zhao An, the chairman of Shian. Who are you?"

"Okay, I'll be there on time."

Zhao An also didn't expect that officials from relevant departments would contact him so quickly, and he couldn't help but feel some surprise and urgency.

On the morning of November 2001, 11, Ministry of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign Trade, Director's Office.

"Hi Director Ma, I am Zhao An."

Walking into the office, Zhao An introduced himself to the man who was working.

The Ministry of Commerce is the department in charge of domestic and foreign trade and international economic cooperation.Before, Shian imported various ingredients and had dealings with the Ministry of Commerce many times, but Zhao An really had no contact with Director Ma.

There is no way, there are dozens of leaders of the Ministry of Commerce alone, not counting the heads of some government/government groups, and it is impossible for Zhao An to know everyone.

"Zhao An, right? I heard Lao Sun mentioned you, you are young and promising."

Director Ma stood up from his seat, shook hands with Zhao An, and even patted Zhao An on the shoulder.

At this time, Zhao An was finally not so disturbed. The "old grandson" in the other party's mouth must be Director Sun of the Quality Supervision Bureau. At this time, he took the initiative to mention another director, which proved that the other party was trying to draw in their relationship.

It proves that today's meeting should not be a bad thing, at least on the surface.

After the two sat down, Director Ma took the initiative to chat with Zhao An about serious matters:

"Presumably Boss Zhao also knows about the approval of Huaxia's WTO application a few days ago?"

Nodding his head, Zhao An said:

"That's natural. For us companies with foreign trade chains, this is great news. Everyone in the company is very happy now. This is all thanks to the government and the Ministry of Commerce."

Otherwise, it is always the right choice to give the opponent a high hat first.

"But this is only the first step. It is still a difficult process to truly meet the requirements of the WTO..."

Next, Director Ma explained in detail the relevant promises made by the Huaxia government. Zhao An had already understood these contents in advance, but as a powerful official, Director Ma knew much more about internal information than Zhao An.

Some outsiders can't buy some information even with money, so Zhao An naturally won't miss such a good source of information.

For example, Director Ma mentioned a point, and Zhao An was very sensitive:

Although the country promised to lower the import tariffs on agricultural products, their Ministry of Commerce did not dare to start rashly.No way, foreign agricultural products are too cheap. Once the agricultural product market is completely liberalized, it will inevitably cause an irreparable blow to the domestic industry.

However, the country's commitment to the WTO is a guillotine hanging over its head, forcing the country to take action.

"So we are going to organize some large-scale enterprise inspection groups first, led by the Ministry of Commerce to several large agricultural countries for investigation, and then purchase at special tariff rates, and return to China for sales to see the reaction of the domestic market.

Food Safety is also one of the top food companies in China, and I believe that Food Safety has long aimed at the import and export trade market, so I would like to invite Director Zhao to join the first batch of inspection groups. "

Hearing this, Zhao An already understood the reason why he came here today: the country needs to use private capital.

Although in China, the government has the ability to regulate the market economy.But in order for Huaxia's economy to really take advantage of its scale, it is necessary to mobilize the enthusiasm of the entire market.

What's more, organizing domestic enterprises to go abroad for inspection and procurement is the most commonly used first step of trade in the world.

It not only has a strong color of national/housekeeping/government, but it can also exploit the strength of the private market.

Just now Director Ma said "invite Zhao An to join" the inspection team. Although there is no mandatory requirement, the color of the task is very clear.

Of course, Zhao An has no intention of refusing. From a personal point of view, this is a precious opportunity for food security.

When you go abroad as a research group, you can get a special customs tax rate, there will be a green channel for related procedures, and you can hang your name in front of the relevant departments... There are countless benefits.

Another reason is the sense of mission.

Just as Director Ma said, how the country implements tariff reform is a major issue related to people's livelihood and the country. If we can do something for this nation, food safety is our duty.

But for this to go smoothly, Zhao An must make preparations early.

"It's a great honor for Shi An and I to have this opportunity. But Director Ma, may I ask which companies are going together, as well as the main locations and industries to be inspected?"

Seeing that Zhao An readily agreed without any excuses, Director Ma had a better impression of Zhao An.Indeed, as Lao Sun said, he is a young man with a sense of responsibility, and his evaluation is true.

Anyway, this information will be released to all members of the delegation after the mission is finalized, and Director Ma did not hide it, and directly told Zhao An.

Zhao An heard about the most well-known companies in Huaxia, several food companies with national prefixes, outstanding players in the private sector... In short, they are the richest food companies.

In terms of size and scale, Zhao’s father and Zhao’s mother’s company also meets the requirements, but Hongxiu focuses on domestic catering chains and exports, while Yuehua focuses on the domestic grain industry supply chain, which is related to the industrial relationship to be investigated this time. not big.

Moreover, the Ministry of Commerce also knew that two of Zhao An's three companies often communicated with each other.The first inspection was enough for Zhao An in the capital to participate.

Therefore, the Ministry of Commerce arranged these two companies in the next batch of inspection groups.

The items of this inspection are mainly agricultural products such as soybeans, cotton, and pork, and the inspection site is in the lighthouse country.

Don't think that the lighthouse country is just a political, economic, and military power. In the field of agricultural products, it is also the country with the largest export volume.

When Zhao An saw the information, he always felt that there were some vague but important things that he couldn't remember.

Zhao An exchanged some preferential policies with Director Ma one after another.

"You don't have to worry too much about fund preparation. We also have a lot of support policies for everyone who supports the country's development. We also know that it is difficult for companies to suddenly spend so much cash flow for purchases. So as long as during the inspection period Signed contracts, orders, and agreements can all apply for special low-interest loans through the Export-Import Bank..."

Such policy conditions can no longer be described as favorable.It's just that whether you can seize the opportunity and how much benefit you can get depends on each company's own vision and ability.

"Director Ma, how many people can accompany you?"

Studying abroad is bound to be accompanied by a lot of negotiations, negotiations, and work. It is impossible to let the heads of various companies do all the work.

"For this inspection, the number of entourages for each company shall not exceed five, and Director Zhao can determine the candidates by himself. After the inspection date is confirmed, there will be staff to make statistics."

After the final pleasantries, Zhao An bid farewell to Director Ma.

After leaving the Ministry of Commerce, Zhao An sat in the car and was not busy starting the engine, but was leaning on the steering wheel and meditating.

Joining the WTO and reviewing by lighthouse countries are all good opportunities, but Zhao An always feels that something is wrong.

Zhao An's plane accident happened in 2019. He vaguely remembered that the international agricultural product market had a serious turmoil at that time, but Zhao An had been preparing for the Philharmonic Orchestra's interview wholeheartedly throughout the year, and did not pay special attention to this matter. .

However, everything in the world has its ins and outs. After thinking hard, Zhao An finally found a vague thread, but he is not sure about the starting point of everything.

Zhao An called Wang Ze'an to cancel all the meetings scheduled for this afternoon, because he has more important things to deal with now.

Driving the car, Zhao An drove quickly to his school - P University.