Chapter 907 Three Links Policy

That's right. The Far Eastern Empire's economic size, from a global perspective, is only surpassed by Britain and the United States. It is large but not strong.

This can be seen from the military expenditure. The size of the Far Eastern Empire's navy is one of the largest in the world, and this is achieved when its industrial foundation is weak.

Therefore, the population advantage is fully reflected in the Far Eastern Empire. Even if East Africa is strong, it is impossible to be one to seven. In 1890, the Far Eastern Empire's population was seven times that of East Africa, and the industrial level of East Africa was weak overall. Although it was stronger than the Far Eastern Empire, it was also limited. Therefore, the Far Eastern Empire was still stronger than East Africa in terms of economic size.

However, East Africa's population is growing very fast, and with the acceleration of the industrial process, it only took a few years for the king and the car to change positions between the two.

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“By 1900, my country’s major urban areas should have achieved comprehensive access to water, electricity and roads, and in the next fifty years, from 1900 to 1950, electricity should be available nationwide, including electricity, safe drinking water, roads and other infrastructure in rural and remote areas of East Africa.”

Currently, there are more than two million households with electricity in East Africa, which seems to be a lot, but in fact it is less than 5% of the national population. This has made East Africa the world’s largest power industry country. The United States only accounts for about 47% of East Africa’s electricity, and Germany is the third.

East Africa, the United States, and Germany are in the first echelon of the world’s power industry, far ahead of other countries in the world, including Britain and France.

"As of May this year, more than 1,700 power plants of various types have been built across the country, generating 3.9 billion kWh of electricity, 79% of which is used for lighting. The electrolytic aluminum and other industries in the industrial field are major consumers, and the number of workers and related practitioners in the power industry has exceeded 70,000."

The United States has about 30,000 people, and Germany has more than 20,000 people. Therefore, judging from the number of power practitioners, East Africa is far higher than other countries in the world, among which the number of professional electricians exceeds 20,000.

The development of the world power industry is very rapid. It has grown from nothing to development and growth in the past 30 years. As one of the countries that seized the opportunity, East Africa is well-deserved to be the world's number one in this regard.

Special industries such as electricity, automobiles, and oil are also rare industries in East Africa that are at the forefront of the world. In comparison, East Africa is slightly behind in industries such as steel, railways, and textiles, but overall it is also at the forefront of the world, barely meeting the status of East Africa as a great power. Chemical industry, equipment manufacturing, steam engines, etc. belong to relatively backward countries, but although East Africa is not strong in these industries, it also has them, so it is not completely strangled.

East Africa's investment in emerging industries has led to East Africa, as a latecomer, being fundamentally different from Japan, a follower. Instead, it has surpassed Britain and France in emerging industries, just like Germany and the United States.

Of course, Germany and the United States have a good foundation, so it is actually a bit of a bully to be included in the ranks of latecomers. Although Germany was divided before, the economies of the German countries were not too bad. As for the United States, it is even more excessive. If we only look at the economic scale, it is even "the world's first".

"The electricity and internal combustion engine industries are still the country's key investment areas in the future, especially the promotion and popularization of the production field is very important, and the popularization of electricity is the most likely to benefit the people and improve the happiness of the citizens of the country. So the popularization of electricity is very important."

It is easy to understand that East Africa is naturally impossible to equip every household in East Africa with a car now, but it is very easy to install electric lights in every household.

Of course, this is relatively easy. For example, as stated in the electricity plan proposed by East Africa, it will not be until 1900 that electricity coverage in major towns across the country can be achieved.

At present, the urban population in East Africa should be around 10 million, while the population enjoying electric lights is only over 2 million, and this is the result of the efforts of the East African government for more than 30 years.

Of course, when the electricity penetration rate reaches 5%, the speed of electricity promotion will double, as was the case in the United States and other countries in the past.

Therefore, East Africa dared to say that it would achieve the popularization of electricity in major towns across the country before 1900. As for why it is the major towns, the reason is that new towns may pop up at any time in East Africa.

Especially the development of the "three parts" region and resource exploration will also give birth to new industrial towns. Naturally, the popularization of electricity in these new cities cannot be completely synchronized with other towns in East Africa.

Therefore, the "three links" policy is mainly aimed at major towns in East Africa in the central, eastern and other regions, and electricity is the most difficult to achieve.

As for water and road access, it is much simpler. Most of the areas have completed the road access. As for water access, if there is no sufficient water source, it is impossible to develop into a town with a large population. East Africa only builds new water plants and lays tap water pipes on this basis.

"The three links policy is not entirely based on economic data. It is also an important livelihood project for our country. It is aimed at catching up with European and American countries quickly and narrowing the gap."

In fact, East Africa's three-link policy is far more than that. No European and American countries have achieved all three links, and even the power industry cannot compare with East Africa. Moreover, those who can use electricity in European society are generally not ordinary people.

After all, electricity is currently a scarce resource and costs money. Although East Africa is also divided into different levels in terms of electricity popularization, it has also benefited some ordinary people, especially in developed urban areas in East Africa. Many ordinary citizens can also enjoy the benefits brought by electricity. This is also the reason why East Africa can become the world's largest electricity producer.

With the implementation of the "three-link policy", the popularization of electricity in East Africa will benefit more than 20% of the country's population in just a few years in the future.

This is also the essential difference between East African state-owned power companies and European and American private power companies. East African power companies do not completely take profit as their primary goal and shoulder certain social responsibilities, while private power companies in Europe and the United States take profit as their primary goal.

Of course, not all companies in East Africa are like this, such as the Hexingen Power Company. The Hexingen Power Company is a Hexingen royal enterprise, so there is no essential difference between it and European and American power companies.

However, as one of the world's power giants, the Hexingen Power Company still deploys most of its industry outside East Africa, especially in Europe, and only accounts for less than 20% of the domestic market.

However, a 20% share is not a small number. Except for the top powers, it can basically kill any country including Spain.

In the past, Italy also had a good power industry in Europe, but in this time and space, Italy's power industry development was not satisfactory because of the re-division. After all, the current power industry development mainly relies on monopoly organizations, especially East Africa, the United States and Germany, and Italy obviously does not have such conditions, mainly the market size.

After the initial completion of the three-way policy, the gap between East Africa and other countries in the power field will be further widened, unless a "quick success" player like the Soviet Union appears, but East Africa is accumulated and accelerated. Even if there is a country like the Soviet Union now, it is not easy to surpass East Africa.

Even if the United States does not reach 50% of East Africa in the power field, it can be seen that the development speed of the power industry in East Africa is fast, and the most terrifying thing is that the population of East Africa is still growing rapidly, which means that the scale of the power industry in East Africa will only continue to accelerate in the future.