China News Service, Hangzhou, March 2, Title: Transformation, innovation, and quality improvement: Taiwanese enterprises in Zhejiang seize opportunities at the start of the new year

　　Author Guo Qiyu

　　After the Chinese New Year, corporate workshops and production lines in Zhejiang, a major economic province, are in full swing.

Many of these Taiwanese companies rely on transformation, innovation, and quality improvement to accurately position their development tracks, open up the vast market space in the mainland, and seize time and win opportunities in the "economy fight".

　　Spring comes early if people are diligent.

Amidst the sounds of machines and the production lines racing against time, many Taiwanese businessmen expressed their optimism about the prospects of mainland China's economic development, seizing development opportunities and promoting cross-strait economic and trade integration.

　Embrace new productivity

　　At present, accelerating the development of new productive forces with a significant increase in total factor productivity as the core symbol provides opportunities for Taiwanese companies to "overtake" in corners.

　　Minshi Group, which has been deeply involved in mainland China for more than 30 years, started from an auto parts factory and witnessed the transformation of mainland manufacturing industry from labor-intensive and traditional OEM to globalization and intelligence.

Panoramic view of Minth Group’s future factory.

(Photo provided by interviewee)

　　In the "lights-out workshop" of Minth Group's future factory, robots shuttle back and forth. On a fully automatic production line combined with an AI vision system and robotic arms, product manufacturing, testing, transportation and other aspects are fully automated.

　　"In order to cope with the possible substantial increase in production capacity demand this year, some of our production lines will not stop production during the Spring Festival to maintain stable production." Qin Ronghua, chairman of the board of directors of Minshi Holding Group, said that the production capacity of smart auto parts will be increased next. occupy a place in the fierce international competition.

　　In Qin Ronghua's view, the majority of Taiwanese companies that started out in the manufacturing industry should actively embrace and cultivate new productive forces, get rid of the traditional production development path, and enhance their competitiveness through industrial innovation.

　　As one of the regions with the most intensive and fruitful economic and trade exchanges and cooperation between mainland China and Taiwan, Zhejiang has approved more than 11,000 Taiwan-funded enterprises and has actually utilized Taiwanese capital of US$32.8 billion.

In particular, Taiwan-funded projects launched in recent years have focused on new areas such as digital economy, intelligent manufacturing, and new materials.

Competing on the new “digital” track

　　Zhejiang's digital economy has the first-mover advantage of starting early. For the majority of Taiwanese businesses and enterprises in transformation, "digitization" is both the direction and the driving force.

　　"This is our latest equipment developed by ourselves, and it will be exported overseas soon." At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, Taiwanese businessman Yang Difeng was very busy, and he was also quite pleased and proud.

Shaoxing Yilong Technology Co., Ltd., which he founded, took two years to develop a highly precise textile machine, mainly used to produce high-end fabrics.

　　As a "second generation Taiwanese businessman", Yang Difeng came to Shaoxing to start a business 18 years ago.

Digital transformation embodies the efforts of two generations of Taiwanese businessmen from him and his father.

　　"As a member of the equipment manufacturing industry chain, we have been trying to develop new equipment, such as using digital technology to develop knitting circular knitting machines, new circular knitting machines, etc." Yang Difeng said frankly that the research and development road for large machinery is very difficult and the cost is also high, but Digital transformation is the path that enterprises must take.

　　Zhejiang Tuojin Hardware Tools Co., Ltd., a Taiwanese company, specializes in hardware hand tool sets. In the wave of digitalization, the general manager of the company Zhang Fengqi made it clear: "Automation and digital intelligence determine the future direction of the company. At present, we have applied new technologies On the production line, we improve efficiency through 'machine substitution' and hope to build a smart factory within five years."

　　As industrial digitalization becomes an important tool to improve the resilience of the supply chain, Zhejiang is continuing to deepen actions such as "technological services into Taiwanese enterprises" and "digital empowerment of Taiwanese enterprises" to provide policy opportunities and opportunities for Taiwanese businessmen and enterprises to participate in and share the development of new industries in Zhejiang. dividend.

Houzhike’s innovative advantages

　　As the most active force in market economic activities, enterprises have always been the main body of scientific and technological innovation.

Scientific researchers from Hangzhou Bairui Biotechnology Co., Ltd. are conducting research and development in the laboratory.

(Photo provided by interviewee)

　　Walking into the probiotic industrialization research center of Hangzhou Bairui Biotechnology Co., Ltd., various probiotic strains are being fermented and cultured.

Huang Dingchuan, founder of Bairui, revealed that the mainland market has broad prospects this year, with orders of nearly 70 million yuan so far.

　　The life and health industry is one of the three scientific and technological innovation highlands that Zhejiang is striving to build.

Huang Dingchuan seized this opportunity, recruited talents from both sides of the Taiwan Strait to form a scientific research and technical team, and established an industry-leading probiotic key technology R&D base and production line, dedicated to the research, development, production and application of biological fermentation technology and its derivatives.

　　"Our goal is to make probiotics suitable for the Chinese people, which will not only benefit people's health, but also allow our R&D capabilities and production capabilities to be seen and recognized by the world." Huang Ding Legend, relying on the mainland's rich industry-university-research resources, companies and Wuhan University, Xiamen University and many other universities and research institutes have cooperated.

　　Today, the company's annual R&D investment accounts for more than 15%.

In Huang Dingchuan's view, the vitality of the biotechnology industry lies in continuous technological innovation.

　　Xu Xiaoguang, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Zhejiang Province, said that in response to Taiwanese businessmen and enterprises’ thirst for talents, Zhejiang will hold cross-strait youth science and technology conferences and other activities to further promote exchanges and interactions among cross-strait science and technology talents.

At the same time, special service activities for Taiwan's scientific and technological talents will be carried out to promote the talent policy that Taiwan compatriots and youth should enjoy.

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