Iringa City.
As an ordinary city with little presence in East Africa, Iringa City's government had found its exploration of industrial development during the Second Five-Year Plan rather difficult.
Iringa City had almost no special resources. Although there were some small mineral deposits within its borders, they currently held no development value.
Thus, the Iringa City government had no clear idea how to develop industry. To that end, Mayor Randall had specifically convened a meeting to find a path for the city's industrial development.
Randall first set the tone. "Industrial construction across the country is in full swing. During the First Five-Year Plan, our city achieved respectable results, establishing the most basic industries such as flour processing, cotton spinning, and oil pressing. But during the Second Five-Year Plan, we cannot continue achieving results on this track, because towns and cities across the country are all making a fuss over these most elementary industries."
"This was also why our country's industry developed at high speed during the First Five-Year Plan: many blank fields were filled during that period. But to keep doing the same during the Second Five-Year Plan would clearly be detrimental to our city's industrial competition with other cities."
"The city government's funds are limited. Most of the state's industrial construction funds have been invested in centrally or provincially administered state-owned enterprises, concentrated in major cities. Without strong support from central finances, we in Iringa can only prioritize industrial categories we are good at and that have low barriers to entry."
"Our city's main crops are wheat and tobacco, while other crops are practically negligible. Yet these two crops are far too common in East Africa. Iringa City is also not a major industrial or mining city, which means our industrial development is difficult. Heavy industry in particular has