It is to vigorously develop tourism and domestic superior processing industries, such as sugar making and snow flakes. Just like the development of labor-intensive processing industry in China. However, education in Cuba is free and accommodation is provided. Mobile phone communication service was regulated before, but it was reformed a few years ago. The economy has begun to be market-oriented.
The present situation in Cuba is equivalent to that in China in the early 1980s, but life is better than ours then. Cuba is a developing country, with a very slow development speed and an annual economic growth rate of around 2%. If you stay in Cuba for a short time, you won't realize the development of Cuba. Only after living in Cuba for a long time can we realize that Cuba is really developing, but the speed is very, very slow. There are changes, but not as fast as in China. It seems that big cities have changed in a few months. This is especially true for Cuba's infrastructure construction, such as the street next to Havana University, which was like this 50 years ago and is basically the same now. Life is getting better slowly, but it is also slow. If you have money, you can live well. You can buy meat, eggs and milk, especially in the capital Havana. But the price will be very expensive. The traffic development in Cuba is very slow. Because of the American blockade, almost no oil can be imported, mainly from Venezuela. So traffic is a big problem in Cuba. Just like when China was just reforming and opening up, it was difficult to buy bus tickets and train tickets, and hitchhiking was one of the main modes of travel. Cubans also go through many formalities when going abroad. Passport fees are expensive, but there are no special restrictions. As long as the procedures are complete and affordable (Cubans generally can't afford it, and foreign relatives take money), they can go out. However, in some respects, Cuba is not very backward. For example, car rental agencies there can rent very good cars. The modern Elantra and Accord (I forgot the Chinese trade name, which are newly produced in China) have been in operation in Cuba for three years, and should basically belong to the models that are about to be eliminated. I drove Peugeot 307 and Peugeot 206 in Cuba before they were listed in China. Peugeot 807, which is not available in China, is also available there, but it is directly imported from France, and the price is much more expensive than our own production. One thing that Cuba was different from our country at first was its attitude towards ancient overseas Chinese. Cuba also restricts people who sneak into the United States. If caught, they will be sent back, but they will not be punished like North Korea. Instead, it will be registered in the public security department. There is no punishment (of course, their relatives can't hold important positions in important departments such as government agencies). If they do go there and work in the United States for several years, Cuba welcomes these people to send money to relatives at home, and also welcomes these people to return to China to visit relatives, travel and invest, regardless of their political views, even if they are anti-Castro (of course, they are not allowed to return to China for anti-card activities). After all, they brought money to Cuba. Cubans are also proud of having relatives abroad, unlike us who are afraid of having overseas relations. There are also many families in Cuba with foreign relatives. I have seen Cubans who have settled in the United States return home to visit relatives. They are rich, richer than foreigners working in Cuba. They rented a business car and bought televisions and DVD players for their relatives in Cuba (Cubans can hardly afford them on a small salary). Cuba's tourism industry is relatively developed and it is the largest foreign exchange earning industry. I feel that their tourism industry is more mature than ours in some aspects, and it is doing well (I used to be a tour guide in Havana). But generally speaking, Cuba is still relatively backward, and it is still dominated by a planned economy, which restricts the private economy. There are self-employed, but only a few industries, the scale of operation can not be expanded, and the tax is high. Cuba does not have a private economy, and private individuals cannot open factories or companies. Doing business with Cuba can only be done with state-owned companies, and no private company can do its own import and export.
In addition, when it comes to the development of Cuba, we can't help but mention China. China has given Cuba a lot of aid, and now it has done a lot of trade with Cuba (although Cuba will default). On the big and small roads in Cuba, you can see our Yutong bus running; On the railway in Cuba, there is also a brand-new DF7G diesel locomotive 12 produced by our Erqi Locomotive Works. There are many bicycles and home appliances in Cuba. It's all technology from China and even imported from China. Many of Cuba's telecom equipment is from China, and the entire telecom platform of Youth Island Special Zone is made by China Julong Company and accepted by ZTE Company. China also has a lot of assistance to Cuba, such as rice, egg and poultry breeding, hydropower stations and so on.