◎Our reporter Jiao Yang
Recently, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the development of industry and information technology in 2023. Xin Guobin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, revealed this set of data: In 2023, the added value of the national manufacturing industry above designated size will increase by 5.0% year-on-year. The overall scale of the manufacturing industry has ranked first in the world for 14 consecutive years.
Manufacturing is the foundation of the real economy, the lifeblood of the national economy, and an important area in building a modern industrial system.
Facing the historic opportunities brought by a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, what is the development trend of my country's manufacturing industry?
How to accelerate the transformation from "Made in China" to "Created in China"?
Jin Zhuanglong, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that we must unswervingly make the manufacturing industry stronger, better and bigger, comprehensively improve the level of advanced industrial foundation and modernization of the industrial chain, accelerate the upgrading and development of the industrial system, and build a modernization with advanced manufacturing as the backbone. industrial system.
The pace of "strengthening" of the manufacturing industry continues to accelerate
On February 20, the Singapore Airshow kicked off at the Changi Convention and Exhibition Center. Two C919 domestically produced large aircraft and three domestically produced ARJ21 regional aircraft were unveiled.
This is the first time that domestically produced passenger aircraft such as the C919 have participated in an overseas airshow in a "group", opening a new stage in the development of domestically produced large aircraft.
In recent years, more and more products made in China have been delivered and exported overseas.
As of 2023, China's TBMs account for 70% of the global market; the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail will be delivered in 2023, becoming China's first high-speed rail overseas; the first domestically produced large cruise ship has been developed and officially delivered; the domestically produced "Pterosaur" The series of drones has embarked on a development path from technological innovation, product innovation to industrial innovation, and has achieved competition with products from the world's powerful countries...
Our country is the only country in the world that has all industrial categories in the United Nations Industrial Classification.
Among the 500 major industrial products, more than 40% of them rank first in the world in terms of output.
In 2023, the added value of my country's manufacturing industry will reach 33 trillion yuan, accounting for 30% of the world's total.
"The pace of 'strengthening' of my country's manufacturing industry continues to accelerate." Jin Zhuanglong concluded.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, my country's industrial structure is currently accelerating upgrading. The added value of high-tech manufacturing has increased from 9.4% in 2012 to 15.3% in the first three quarters of 2023, and the equipment manufacturing industry has increased from 28% to 28%. increased to 32.9%.
In some key areas and key tracks, our country has formed a number of advantageous industries with full industrial chain competitiveness.
In addition, the export structure of the manufacturing industry continues to improve. In the first three quarters of 2023, the total exports of new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products increased by 41.7% year-on-year.
At the end of 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced 45 national advanced manufacturing clusters.
The output value of these 45 national advanced manufacturing clusters in leading industries will reach 19 trillion yuan in 2021, becoming an important carrier for promoting the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry.
Take the Xi'an aviation cluster selected for the list as an example. It gathers upstream and downstream enterprises in the aviation industry chain. An aviation industry cluster with aviation maintenance and aviation equipment manufacturing as its core is accelerating its formation.
Not only that, the Xi'an aviation industry cluster has also driven the common development of enterprises related to the aviation industry chain in surrounding areas.
Today, Made in China is accelerating its transformation into Created in China, showing greater resilience and potential in continuous innovation.
A number of major landmark achievements have been achieved in the fields of 5G, manned spaceflight, large aircraft, large cruise ships, and high-end medical equipment. Key material support capabilities have been greatly improved, which strongly supports the implementation of major national strategies and the development of a quality, aerospace, transportation, and network power. , Digital China construction.
Clarify the roadmap for transformation and upgrading of traditional industries
my country's traditional industries are large in size and account for more than 80% of the manufacturing industry. They are the fundamental basis for my country to maintain its status as the world's largest manufacturing country.
Jin Zhuanglong said that the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries should be placed in a more important position, and the high-end, intelligent, and green development of traditional industries should be accelerated, so that traditional industries can "grow new sprouts from old trees."
Looking across the country, many places are actively promoting the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and have clarified specific roadmaps and mission statements for industrial transformation and upgrading.
For example, Guangdong will promote the digital transformation of 9,200 industrial enterprises above designated size and cultivate more than 250 provincial-level manufacturing individual champion enterprises; Ningxia will build 20 new industrial Internet platforms and add 1,000 cloud-based enterprises; Liaoning will implement the implementation of technology-based enterprises Cultivate and grow projects...
At Lehua Ceramic Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd. in Dezhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, Shandong Province, waste heat from ceramic kilns is transported to the molding workshop and drying room through pipelines, saving 446,100 cubic meters of gas annually and reducing emissions by 950 tons. Industrial solids generated during the production process The comprehensive utilization rate of waste is 100%.
Traditional industries are aiming at high-end, intelligent, green and other directions to forge new competitive advantages.
In order to increase efforts to transform and upgrade traditional industries, in 2023, eight departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Transformation and Upgrading of Traditional Manufacturing Industries."
The opinion proposes that by 2027, the level of high-end, intelligent, green, and integrated development of traditional manufacturing will be significantly improved, effectively supporting the proportion of manufacturing to remain basically stable, and further consolidating and enhancing its position and competitiveness in the global industrial division of labor.
The penetration rate of digital R&D and design tools in industrial enterprises and the numerical control rate of key processes exceed 90% and 70% respectively. Industrial energy consumption intensity and carbon dioxide emission intensity continue to decline.
"The application of digital technologies such as real-time monitoring, simulation, intelligent control, intelligent decision-making, and system optimization can effectively promote the upgrading of production and operation models in traditional industries, improve quality and efficiency, and reduce pollution and carbon." China Electronic Information Industry Development Research Institute Energy Saving and said Zhao Weidong, director of the Environmental Protection Research Institute.
To this end, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will launch a number of measures, such as increasing financial support for technological transformation of manufacturing enterprises, implementing tax incentives and special re-loan policies, improving enterprise technological transformation standards, and promoting equipment updates, process upgrades, and management innovations. wait.
At the same time, the manufacturing technology transformation and upgrading project will be implemented, focusing on key industries such as steel, non-ferrous metals, and light industry, extensively applying digital intelligence and green technologies, and promoting large-scale technological transformation and equipment updating.
Core technologies shape new momentum for industrial development
Industry is the main battlefield for technological innovation. It is the field with the most active innovation activities, the richest innovation results, the most concentrated innovative applications, and the strongest innovation spillover effect.
Zhejiang Xizi Shibirui Aviation Industry Co., Ltd., located in Qiantang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is a manufacturer of air ram turbine generator doors for the domestic large aircraft C919. It is also the only private enterprise among the nine first-tier airframe structure suppliers of the domestic large aircraft C919.
"Moving from traditional manufacturing to high-end manufacturing is a key turning point in the development of enterprises." Wang Shuifu, chairman of Zhejiang Xizi Spirit Aviation Industry Co., Ltd., said that the company continues to invest in the research and development of aircraft parts. Currently, 80% of the world's new commercial aircraft are on All have "Made in Xizi" accessories.
In recent years, my country's industrial scientific and technological innovation capabilities have been significantly enhanced.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in 2022, my country has become the world's second largest R&D investor, with more than 570 industrial companies shortlisted for the top 2,500 global R&D investors, accounting for nearly a quarter.
The number of invention patent applications filed by my country's industrial enterprises has increased from 176,000 in 2012 to 555,000 in 2022.
27 national manufacturing innovation centers, 2 national and local manufacturing innovation centers, and 260 provincial manufacturing innovation centers have been established across the country, and a networked manufacturing innovation ecosystem has been basically formed.
The 23 national independent innovation demonstration zones and 178 national high-tech industrial development zones are becoming an important force in leading industrial technological innovation and the development of high-tech industries.
In the next step, how to promote the further development of advanced manufacturing?
The Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of 2023 pointed out that scientific and technological innovation should be used to promote industrial innovation, especially disruptive and cutting-edge technologies to spawn new industries, new models, new drivers, and develop new quality productivity.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that this year will focus on promoting industrial innovation through technological innovation and continue to make efforts in technology, enterprises, platforms, services, parks, etc.
For example, we will build 5-10 national manufacturing innovation centers in key areas, build a number of test verification platforms and pilot platforms in key areas such as key materials and major equipment; create world-leading science and technology parks and innovation highlands, and start the creation of a new national industrialization Demonstration zones, cultivating world-class advanced manufacturing clusters, etc.
Jin Zhuanglong revealed that he will make good use of the large domestic market and rich application scenarios to develop and expand emerging industries such as new energy, new materials, and intelligent connected vehicles, promote the large-scale application of Beidou in the communications field and mass consumption field, and actively cultivate biomanufacturing and commercial aerospace. , low-altitude economy and other new growth points.