Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

Once the Dongfang Daily's report came out, it completely detonated the public opinion of the whole society. There is no way, things like numbers are the most intuitive, and even ordinary people at the bottom can understand them at a glance.

The combined worth of the top ten tycoons in Xiangjiang cannot beat Yang Chen alone. Is there anything more convincing and intuitive than this?

Being harassed by a group of people tirelessly, Yang Chen couldn't afford to offend him, so he could only choose to hide. After two or three months, it was time to set off for Australia.

On this trip, Yang Chen brought Xue Yufei and the three daughters with him.

Australia in November happens to be the tourist season.

Australia is located in the southern hemisphere, and the seasonal time difference is completely different from that of Xiangjiang. Australia’s spring, summer, autumn and winter are from September to November, spring is from December to February, summer is from December to February, autumn is from March to May, and winter is from June to August. .

It's hard to imagine that Australia is only about three or four hours' flight away from Xiangjiang, but the seasons on both sides are completely different.

Yang Chen and his party arrived at Xingang, Northern Territory by two special planes.

Not far from Xingang, it is a modern city that has begun to take shape. The scale of the new city is so small that it cannot even meet the standards of fourth- and fifth-tier inland cities in later generations.

However, Yang Chen is not in a hurry.

The foundation of the new city has now been laid. In terms of future population, Yang Chen plans to concentrate at least one-third, or even half, of Chinese immigrants here.

Yang Chen has high expectations for the new city, and strives to build it into an international city in 20 years, making it the second Xiangjiang.

Except for the financial aspect, of course.

The reason why Xiangjiang can become the financial center of Asia is mainly due to its unique environment and advantages, as well as the resources of more than one billion people in the mainland.

Xincheng does not have such resources, and the only thing it can rely on is the rich mineral resources in the Northern Territory.

It takes 20 years to build an international metropolis. This idea sounds a bit wishful thinking, but as the saying goes, it is always good to have a dream, in case it comes true one day...

An international city, also known as an "intercontinental city".

In other words, international cities are among the best in all continents. Asia, America, and Europe are three continents whose hard indicators are too high for international cities, not to mention first-tier cities, even second-tier cities. I am afraid that new cities will not be able to match them in 20 years.

However, it is different in Australia.

As a country that monopolizes one continent, as long as it kills Australia's number one city, it can become an international metropolis.

The city with the strongest economy in Australia is Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, located on the southeastern coast of Australia.

Sydney is the largest and most populous city in Australia.The international standard for international cities in later generations is to have a population of 500 million and a GDP of 3000 billion U.S. dollars.

Although Sydney is known as an international city and the largest city in Australia, it has only passed the passing line and is at the bottom of the list of international cities.

In terms of population, it’s hard to say. Australia will take restrictive measures against Chinese immigrants in the future. He can’t guarantee whether the new city can reach 500 million people in the future. The only thing he can do is to take care of the first batch of Chinese immigrants to have children.

The population of Australia is small, and family planning and so on will never appear on the land of Australia. In 20 years, according to the Chinese idea of ​​having more children, more grandchildren and more blessings, try to create a few million, and the population problem will be solved. up.

As for the $3000 billion GDP standard

If 20 years is not enough, then 40 or [-] years will be fine.

Chapter 920 New City Construction Planning

Xingang is located in the east of the Northern Territory, relatively close to the hinterland of the Northern Territory, and close to Queensland. It is a natural deep-water port.

The reason why the new port was able to be built in just two years was mainly due to the terrain here. The construction of the entire new port required very little land reclamation. Basically, as long as it was built according to the terrain, it would become a perfect and excellent port.

And most importantly, this is a natural safe haven, even if a typhoon strikes, it will not be affected by it.

In addition to the strategic location, Xingang is not as good as Darwin Port, and it is much better than Darwin in other aspects.

Xingang is not only far away from the US and Australian military bases, but also very close to Queensland.

Queensland is one of the six states in Australia, covering an area of ​​about 170 million square kilometers, accounting for about 20.00% of the continental area of ​​Australia. It is the second largest state in Australia after Western Australia.

In addition to being as rich in mineral resources as the Northern Territory, Queensland's farming and animal husbandry is much more developed than that of the Northern Territory. The Darling Grassland in southeastern Queensland is famous for its black land, which is the main production area of ​​wheat and barley.

Today, the main agricultural production areas in Queensland are basically bought by Yang Chen. The population of Queensland is close to 400 million, which is [-] to [-] times larger than that of the Northern Territory.

If the Northern Territory wants to develop rapidly in the future, it cannot only rely on the Chinese themselves, but also needs assistance from other places.

The closest ones to the Northern Territory are Queensland and Western Australia. Although Western Australia has a vast land, one state occupies one-third of Australia's total area, which is equivalent to the size of the entire Western Europe.

But Western Australia, like the Northern Territory, is rich in mineral resources, but sparsely populated, with a population only half that of Queensland.

For the future economic development of the Northern Territory, Queensland will obviously be able to provide relatively more resources than Western Australia.

The resources here do not only refer to mine resources, but mainly urban resources. Australia has a vast land and sparse population, and most of the urban population is concentrated in the coastal areas. The cities with the largest population and the most developed economy in Australia are ranked in the top three. Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

The two cities of Sydney and Melbourne have a combined population of more than [-]% of the total population of Australia. The economies of both cities are very developed, but both cities are located on the southeast coast, far away from the Northern Territory.

Sydney and Melbourne can't count on it. Brisbane, which ranks third in population, is much closer to the Northern Territory and New Town than the previous two cities.

The eldest and the second family are rich and difficult to bribe, but the third is different. People in later generations know a lot about Sydney and Melbourne, but very few people know about Brisbane.

A soldier who doesn’t want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a city that doesn’t want to be number one is not a good city. Sydney and Melbourne have a good economy and there is no shortage of investment, but Brisbane definitely lacks it.

In this way, it will be much easier for Yang Chen to use Brisbane to develop a new city. With the help of Queensland, the construction of the new city can naturally be accelerated a bit.

Of course, it is not an easy task to develop a new city into a city capable of accommodating several million people, and several rigid requirements are very important.

First, electricity is inseparable from industry.

Second, water resources are inseparable from human beings.

Third, traffic.

First, the electricity needed by industry, a modern city is absolutely inseparable from electricity.

However, electricity is easy to solve. The Northern Territory is rich in oil and natural gas. Electricity does not need to be considered. The construction of an oil and gas pipeline can solve the electricity problem.

The second is fresh water resources. This is more important. It should be said that it is very important. In future generations, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in our country will have tens of millions of people in the capital. Without fresh water resources, it will not be able to operate anyway.

Although Australia has a large land area, nearly [-]% of its land is in arid or semi-arid land, and most of the central part is not suitable for human habitation.

There are [-] large deserts in Australia, accounting for about [-]% of the entire continent. The reason why the Northern Territory has not been able to develop is that there are few fresh water resources.

Australia’s southeast coastal cities include Sydney and Melbourne, with a population of millions, while Darwin is close to Asia and has obvious geographical advantages, but its population is only 10,000+. In addition to the harsh climate, there are too few fresh water resources for urban development.

In most parts of the Northern Territory, the average annual precipitation is only [-] mm to [-] mm. Except for rainfall, the Northern Territory cannot find a large freshwater resource river.

The reason why Yang Chen chose to build the new city near Queensland is that although this place is located on the coast, due to its terrain, it is not affected much by the typhoon, and at the same time, the rainfall is more abundant than other places in the Northern Territory.

It doesn't matter whether there are freshwater rivers or not if the rainfall is sufficient, as long as a few more artificial reservoirs are built at that time, the problem of water shortage can be solved.

Third, the traffic problem. With Xingang as an outlet, there seems to be no big problem in terms of traffic.