Equipment manufacturing industry should make up for the shortest board

Although the Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed rail is a world-class, adding points for China's high-end equipment manufacturing industry, we must see the shortcomings and gaps that we still have. “Barrel Theory” tells us how much water the barrel can eventually hold, not depending on the longboard and on the shortest board. In fact, in the advanced project of the Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed rail, we can also find some shortcomings in our technology. The EMUs with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour use high-speed bearings currently not yet capable of independent production in China, and all of them need to be imported at speeds above 300 kilometers per hour. The Harmony CRH380A high-speed EMU used by Shanghai-Hangzhou High-speed Rail has a speed of over 400 kilometers per hour and is called “land-based flight”, but its bearings cannot be produced in China. The data shows that in recent years there are, on average, seven or eight imports of machinery and equipment worth more than one billion U.S. dollars each year, of which parts and components account for nearly 80% of imported funds.

From the perspective of the international situation, the future development of high-end equipment manufacturing in China will also face some difficulties. The current western countries, especially the traditional strong countries in the equipment manufacturing industry, have all proposed the "reindustrialization" strategy. This will inevitably affect foreign trade policies and even trade protectionism. This will directly affect the export of China's equipment manufacturing.

It should be said that after more than 30 years of reform and opening up, China’s equipment manufacturing industry has developed rapidly, the industrial system has become quite complete, and the scale of the industry has led the world. However, the above facts are enough to show that we are only a “big country” in the equipment manufacturing industry, and not a “strong country”. To achieve a big change, there is still a long way to go. Specifically, China's equipment manufacturing industry still has the following problems: First, excessive reliance on investment growth; Second, weak independent innovation capability, lack of core technologies and independent brands; Third, low utilization of energy resources, high energy consumption of products; Is the level of basic manufacturing lags behind; Fifth, large enterprise groups are not strong; six is ​​the existence of redundant construction and overcapacity in some areas.

Recognizing the problem, China’s equipment manufacturing industry will have a direction to change from big to strong. The Central Government has already proposed that the strategy of "adjustment of transformation, innovation and upgrading" should be implemented during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period. This can be considered as a near-term goal of China's equipment manufacturing industry. Focusing on this goal, we should focus on adjusting the industrial technology structure and the organizational structure of enterprises to promote industrial transformation and technological upgrading; focus on strengthening independent innovation and accelerating the formation of independent technologies, products and brands; and strive to cultivate strategic emerging industries and vigorously develop high-end manufacturing. Industry, to promote the formation of new competitive advantages and economic growth; focus on promoting the integration of information technology and industrialization, and enhance the overall quality of equipment manufacturing.

During the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, the state will learn from the revitalization practices of other foreign industries, study and formulate the "Equipment Manufacturing Industry Revitalization Act," and establish a coordination mechanism for cross-regional, cross-industry, and inter-departmental coordination of major technology and equipment, and make overall plans for the development of the equipment manufacturing industry. Policies, organize and coordinate major technical equipment and joint public relations, coordinate the implementation of relying on projects, organize and supervise the implementation of localization programs. Give full play to the role of industry associations, strengthen industry inspection and information guidance, and guide the healthy development of enterprises. It can be believed that the shortest board in China's equipment manufacturing industry is expected to receive high quality in the near future.