Zhou Kunlin also supported Puhua Group and Pujiang Coking in the construction of Tianjiang Steel Park. After all, the plan for Tianjiang Park has been approved and the industrial structure of steel-coal integration has been determined. In the coal chemical industry, Pujiang Coking is the only one in Pujiang City that is relatively large. However, the relationship between Puhua Group and Tianjiang Park was very tense. When the city solicited the opinions of Puhua Group, Puhua Group had no intention of cooperating with Tianjiang Park at all, and Tianjiang Park did not consider cooperating with Pujiang Coking from the beginning. After all, they introduced ThyssenKrupp's technology, which is more advanced than Pujiang Coking. In addition, due to the contradictions in the park planning, everyone deliberately ignored the possibility of Pujiang Coking participating in the Xinpu Steel Coking project, let alone the Fangxia Coal Chemical project.

However, it is not too late to propose it now. Coking projects and coal chemical projects have just started construction. The addition of Pujiang Coking can also accelerate the construction progress of the project and increase the speed of completion and production.

Zhou Kunlin nodded and said, "Puhua Group and Pujiang Coking made a decision to actively participate in the construction of Tianjiang Steel and Coal Industrial Park. This is very good. I believe this matter is beneficial to all parties and is also important for the development of Pujiang Coking and Puhua Group. The city also supports you."

"However, the city is also very tight now, and the city has a plan to invest in Tianjiang Park. It is unrealistic to change the plan now. In other words, the city cannot allocate funds to you in the name of investing in Tianjiang Park. If you want to invest, you can only use other methods."

Zhou Kunlin said: "Of course, it is not easy for the city to directly provide you with financial support, but if you provide financing, the city can provide a certain degree of support."

Zhao Changbo immediately understood what Zhou Kunlin meant. In fact, it was similar to Xinpu Steel's original treatment. The city could not directly allocate funds, but it could help Pujiang Coking apply for loans or use other methods to raise funds. The financing method was not just a loan, but also many methods.

Zhao Changbo pondered for a moment and said, "Pujiang Coking previously carried out a loan for the methanol project. At present, half of the loan has been paid back. In addition, the methanol project has been put into production, so this part of the assets can be used to mortgage the loan. However..."

Zhao Changbo said: "Pujiang Coking is discussing a joint venture industrial gas project, which is basically coming to an end. In addition, it is also planned to be completed in southern Henan. This is the first step in Pujiang Coking's implementation of the strategy of going global. These investment projects require money. If the debt-to-asset ratio is too high, it may be difficult to deal with if you want to raise funds in the future!"

"You, you..."

Zhou Kunlin is famously easy to talk to among the leaders of the municipal government. He pointed at Zhao Changbo and nodded: "Why, you are so hardworking, are you planning to entrust your orphan?"

Zhao Changbo quickly smiled: "It's not a question of entrusting the orphan, but I have worked in Pujiang Coking after all, so I still hope they will develop better."

Zhou Kunlin nodded and said, "I understand what you mean, but you also know the situation in the city. Not to mention that the financial funds are limited, even the monetary policy is relatively tight, and the loan amount is also limited. It is not that I can give you as much as I want!"

Zhou Kunlin said: "In fact, in addition to bank loans, you can also raise funds through other means. For example, Fangxia Group has established a new materials industry development fund in Tianjiang Park. This fund is aimed at park enterprises and can provide low-interest loans and venture capital, and one billion was prepared in one phase."

Zhao Changbo couldn't help but be slightly stunned: "Is this happening?"

Zhou Kunlin nodded: "Yes, but it has not been announced to the public. This was proposed by Song Qingchen, general manager of Fangxia New Materials Pujiang Company, when he visited Mayor Yang yesterday. The purpose is to support small and medium-sized entrepreneurial enterprises and form a new material industry group with Fangxia New Materials as the core."

"This is a big deal!"

Zhao Changbo couldn't help but sigh loudly that Jingshan Chemical Zone also has a development plan for the new materials industry, but the development focus is on large chemicals, and the strategy is to introduce international giants. However, Zhao Changbo knew that the industrial fund launched by Fang Xia New Materials was very powerful. Although real giants do not look down on this amount of funds, the new materials industry covers a very wide range. Some materials markets are very large, but there are also many modified materials that do not use much. Large enterprises do not like this amount of consumption and often disdain to conduct research and development and production separately, which leaves many small factories with opportunities for development.

Maybe a BASF technician will start his own business if he masters a certain technology and set up a small factory to specialize in certain modified materials. For giants like BASF, they are also willing to authorize these unimportant technologies. Of course, the bigger possibility is that a technician has more experience in certain modified materials and jumps out to do research and development and entrepreneurship.

For such small businesses and startups, the biggest problem may not be technology, but capital. The fund established by Fangxia New Materials is specifically targeting this problem. They can issue loans to some small businesses or startups that have mastered some new material technology, or directly invest to support the development of these small businesses and startups. In this way, they can attract a large number of small businesses and startups to settle in.

This model is not uncommon now. For example, Chunjiang High-tech Zone has a special industrial incubation fund, the park government and Chundong New Area also have some project funds, as well as venture capital in the Internet industry, which are all support for start-up projects and small businesses.

However, this method is not used much in China, which means that a few first-tier cities have formed a certain scale. The government still focuses on policy preferential policies. After all, the government's finances are relatively tight now.

Zhao Changbo nodded and said, "With this support fund, Tianjiang Park should be able to attract some start-ups and cautions to gather a group of new materials companies. However, Pujiang Coking's participation in coking and coal chemical projects is probably not within the support scope of this fund."

Zhou Kunlin smiled and said, "This depends on how Fang Xia determines it. They still have a lot of support for the park, and it is not limited to this fund."

Zhou Kunlin knew about some situations, but there was no need to explain them too clearly to Zhao Changbo. Zhou Kunlin knew about the relationship between Fang Xia Group and Bao Feiyang, which is actually no secret. Bao Feiyang's relevant situation has been registered with the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. However, Bao Feiyang's situation is a bit special, and some situations have a higher level of secret. The leaders of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government naturally know about these situations, but Zhao Changbo's level is not enough.

There are many rumors about Bao Feiyang in the Pujiang officialdom. Zhao Changbo has also heard that Fang Xia Group has a close relationship with Bao Feiyang, but he is not very clear about the specific situation. However, Zhou Kunlin said this, and he still plans to give it a try.

Zhao Changbo really wanted to arrange some things about Puhua Group and Pujiang Coking before he left Puhua Group and went to work in the city. After he ran around the city, he originally planned to study it first and then make a decision, but now he has firmly determined the idea of ​​letting Pujiang Coking participate.

Zhao Changbo can judge from various signs that the situation in Tianjiang Steel Industrial Park is completely different from that in Jingshan Chemical Zone. Jingshan Chemical Zone is very short of money, so it is necessary to introduce Bayer and BASF. However, in order to introduce these chemical giants, the city and Puhua Group paid a very high price, including a series of supporting facilities construction, preferential policies and supporting projects construction.

The situation in Tianjiang Steel Industrial Park is different. The core industries of Tianjiang Park are steel and new materials. The core of the steel industry is Xinpu Steel's tens of million-ton long-process steelmaking project. Foreign-funded projects such as Thyssenkrupp and Pohang are also deep processing based on the tens of million-ton steelmaking project. The core of the new materials industry is Fangxia New Materials' coal-based chemical industry. The city has a higher control over the construction of the park and the project construction is also very fast. In contrast, although Jingshan Chemical Zone has started preliminary work and Pujiang Petrochemical's refining and chemical projects have also begun, negotiations with chemical giants such as BASF and Bayer are still in progress, and the negotiations are very difficult.

Based on the information I learned in the past two days, Zhao Changbo found that although Tianjiang Iron and Steel Park did not receive much financial allocation from the government, they seemed to be not short of money. In addition to several joint venture projects, Fang Xia Group played a very important role in it, and they invested very much in the park.

But no matter what, Tianjiang Park is now a busy construction scene and the prospects are very optimistic. In contrast, Zhao Changbo believes that it is still necessary to participate in Pujiang Coking. As for the construction of another olefin project in Jiangxing or Jingshan, it is not to mention that the investment may be greater, the construction period is longer, the return on investment is lower, and it is almost certainly impossible to surpass the scale and technical level of Fangxia Coal Chemical. It is not cost-effective to spend a lot of effort to invest in such a project.

After Zhao Changbo made the decision, he called Bao Feiyang again: "District Director Bao, let's discuss what you said that day after we come back. I am very optimistic about the development of Tianjiang Iron and Steel Industrial Park. Puhua Group and Pujiang Coking are also willing to participate in the construction of the park. However, in terms of participation methods and specific details, there are still some questions. When will the Principal Director Bao? I want to ask in person again..."

"No need to ask for advice!"

Bao Feiyang smiled and said, he heard a lot of positive information from Zhao Changbo's words: "Tianjiang Park welcomes Puhua Group and Pujiang Coking to participate. I am now here at the park. If Mr. Zhao has time now, we will meet here at the park. Mr. Zhao can also take a look at the construction of the park on site!"
Chapter completed!