General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed that "the high-quality development of manufacturing industry is the top priority of the high-quality development of China’s economy" and "we should base ourselves on the existing industrial base, solidly promote the high-quality development of advanced manufacturing industry, accelerate the upgrading of traditional manufacturing industry, and give play to the incremental role of scientific and technological innovation". The Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Comprehensively Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese Modernization, adopted by the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, made special arrangements for accelerating new industrialization and cultivating and expanding advanced manufacturing clusters, and clearly put forward "establishing a mechanism to maintain a reasonable proportion of manufacturing investment". All these have pointed out the way and direction for leading the high-quality development of manufacturing industry with scientific and technological innovation. Today, scientific and technological innovation permeates all factors of productivity and is running through the whole process of manufacturing, giving birth to new industries, new models and new kinetic energy, and empowering the manufacturing industry to develop towards high-end, intelligent and green. In the face of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, we must do a good job in scientific and technological innovation, transform and upgrade traditional industries, cultivate and expand emerging industries, lay out and build future industries, improve the modern industrial system, and lead the high-quality development of manufacturing industry.
Focus on transformation and upgrading to support the transformation of traditional industries.
Traditional manufacturing industry is the base of modern industrial system, plays a vital role in the national economic system, and is the basis to meet people’s growing needs for a better life. However, the problem of "big but not strong" and "all but not refined" in China’s traditional industries is still outstanding, and the problems of low-end oversupply and high-end shortage coexist. Therefore, we should accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, improve the "advanced nature" of traditional industries, and form new kinetic energy for development.
To transform and upgrade traditional industries, we must make full use of the key measure of high-level technological transformation and improve the system and mechanism to enhance the leading position of advantageous industries. The first is to promote the high-end transformation of traditional industries. At present, the chain of scientific and technological innovation is more dexterous, and technological innovation and transformation of achievements are faster. The achievements of scientific and technological innovation should be applied to traditional pillar industries such as petrochemical industry, chemical industry, light industry, steel, construction, textile, machinery, automobile, etc., and the chain of superior industries should be supplemented and the chain of traditional industries upgraded to improve the position and competitiveness of traditional industries in the global industrial division of labor. Make good use of various policies and measures for large-scale equipment renovation, carry out in-depth technical renovation and upgrading of manufacturing industry and large-scale equipment renovation projects, promote the construction of major technical renovation projects, fill outstanding shortcomings in core hardware and basic raw materials, and improve the toughness and safety level of industrial chain supply chain. The second is to promote the green transformation of traditional industries. At present, China’s traditional industrial structure and energy structure have obvious high-carbon characteristics. We should correctly handle the relationship between development and carbon reduction, promote carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions in an orderly manner, improve the regulation of total energy consumption and intensity, strengthen institutional constraints such as environmental protection and safety, establish and improve a green and low-carbon development policy system, improve energy use efficiency, and promote green and low-carbon transformation of enterprises. Accelerate the innovation of green science and technology, promote the application of energy-saving and energy-efficient technologies, technologies and equipment, and promote the economical and intensive utilization of various resources in manufacturing industry. The third is to promote the diversified development of traditional industries. Focusing on the individualized, diversified and escalating material needs of the people,Promote traditional industries to implement industrial base reconstruction projects and major technical equipment research projects, improve product quality and technical performance, enrich product categories, and better meet people’s growing needs for a better life.
Integrate innovative resources and cultivate and expand emerging industries.
With the development of scientific and technological innovation, cutting-edge technologies and disruptive technologies are constantly emerging and spreading, giving birth to new products, new models and new formats, and forming a series of emerging sub-industries. At present, China has a world-class team of researchers and engineers, a huge amount of R&D investment, and the effectiveness of innovation-driven development is increasingly apparent. The achievements of scientific and technological innovation are fruitful, and the development of emerging industries shows a good momentum. However, the foundation of scientific and technological innovation in China is still not solid, the relationship between scientific research and economy is not close, the conversion rate of scientific and technological achievements is not high, and the situation that key core technologies in some fields are controlled by people has not fundamentally changed. To solve these outstanding contradictions and problems, we must fundamentally rely on reform, adhere to the problem orientation, turn the scientific and technological innovation achievements in the laboratory into a realistic driving force to promote the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry, cultivate and expand emerging industries, and lay out and build future industries.
To lead strategic emerging industries and future industrial development with scientific and technological innovation, we should base ourselves on the advantages of resource endowment and industrial base, make full use of cutting-edge technologies and subversive technologies, and build advanced manufacturing clusters. The first is to strengthen original and basic research. Adhere to the market orientation, focus on the national strategy and the practical needs of economic and social development, take key common technologies, cutting-edge leading technologies, modern engineering technologies and subversive technological innovations as breakthroughs, increase the proportion of scientific and technological expenditures for basic research, and encourage high-risk and high-value basic research. Highlight the dominant position of enterprises in innovation, give play to the advantages of the new national system, implement major scientific and technological innovation projects, and make new breakthroughs in original and subversive scientific and technological innovation achievements. Deploy innovation chain around the industrial chain, integrate all kinds of innovative resources, accelerate the transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, and cultivate a good innovation pattern of combining Industry-University-Research, connecting the upper, middle and lower reaches, and coordinating large, medium and small enterprises. The second is to cultivate and expand strategic emerging industries. Vigorously develop high-end equipment, new energy vehicles, aerospace, biomedicine, artificial intelligence, next-generation information technology and other strategic emerging industries with high technology content, strong market competitiveness, great driving effect and good economic benefits, promote the development of emerging industries’ integrated clusters, and form an industrial layout with complementary advantages and reasonable structure. The third is to lay out future industries in advance. Scientifically plan the future industrial development direction, establish the future industrial investment growth mechanism, dig deep into the fields of artificial intelligence, life sciences, quantum technology, low-carbon energy and advanced materials, boldly innovate and explore, and promote the accelerated growth of future industrial clusters.Strive to form a competitive advantage in some new industrial fields. Fourth, vigorously develop modern producer services. Modern producer service industry is an important support for empowering the development of manufacturing industry. We should focus on key links to promote the high-quality development of producer service industry in different fields, accelerate the development of modern producer services such as research and development, design, consulting and patents, realize the deep integration of modern service industry and advanced manufacturing industry, and further increase the added value of manufacturing industry. Focus on railways, highways, cold chain logistics, etc., moderately advance the construction of a modern infrastructure system, accelerate the construction of an integrated comprehensive transportation system, improve the modern business circulation system, reduce the logistics cost of the whole society, and enhance the core competitiveness of manufacturing.
Make good use of digital technology to promote the intelligence of manufacturing industry
With the accelerated innovation and wide application of Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and other technologies, the digital economy is booming and is becoming a key force to reshape the manufacturing mode of production and influence the global competition pattern. In 2023, the added value of core industries in China’s digital economy accounted for 10% of GDP, and the digital economy has become an important engine for the high-quality development of China’s economy. China has the advantages of super-large-scale market and massive data resources, and the data-enabled manufacturing industry has great space and potential, which is promising in promoting the intelligent transformation of manufacturing industry.
To support the intelligent transformation of manufacturing industry, digital technology should be used to empower manufacturing industry in all directions, all angles and all chains to improve total factor productivity. The first is to strengthen key core technology research. Strengthen scientific and technological research and development in key areas such as basic materials, integrated circuits, semiconductors, high-precision sensors and core electronic components, and consolidate the digital hardware support of manufacturing industry. Cultivate software enterprises with international influence, focus on breaking through key software, and enhance the technological innovation and supply capacity of key software. The second is to speed up the construction of new infrastructure. Build a new infrastructure planning and standard system, plan digital infrastructure in a forward-looking way, moderately advance the construction of new information infrastructure such as 5G, data center and computing power, implement the industrial Internet innovation and development project, and form a number of globally competitive industrial Internet platforms. The third is to strengthen the application of digital empowerment. Promote the large-scale application of industrial internet, aim at the digital pain points of manufacturing enterprises, and provide targeted digital transformation programs. Encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to use cloud storage, cloud security and other application services, support enterprises to build digital workshops, smart factories and intelligent production lines, and promote intelligent, digital and networked manufacturing.
Promote system innovation and create a good development environment.
Running an effective system and mechanism is not only a strong support for scientific and technological innovation, but also an important guarantee for the high-quality development of manufacturing industry. With the deepening of high-quality development, China’s economic development system and mechanism have been continuously improved, and the development momentum of manufacturing industry has been continuously enhanced. In the future, we should further deepen the reform in an all-round way, give full play to the role of the market mechanism, establish a high-standard market system, expand high-level opening to the outside world, optimize the efficiency and maximize the benefits of resource allocation, and create a fairer and more dynamic market environment.
To promote institutional innovation, we should focus on talents, capital and business environment. The first is to innovate the system and mechanism of talent development. Talent is the key to promoting scientific and technological innovation and empowering the high-quality development of manufacturing industry. Combined with the development trend of manufacturing technology, we should optimize the discipline setting and talent training mode of colleges and universities, strengthen the training of scientific researchers and workers’ skills, and continuously improve the quality of all kinds of talents. Optimize the distribution mechanism of scientific research achievements, build a salary system suitable for scientific researchers, managers and technical talents, better reflect the market value of knowledge, technology and talents, and attract outstanding talents to the manufacturing industry. The second is to deepen the reform of the financial system. We will further promote the structural reform of the financial supply side, improve the multi-level fund supply system, promote the integrated development of technology and finance, inclusive finance and green finance, and use more financial resources for technological innovation, advanced manufacturing, green development and small and medium-sized enterprises to improve the adaptability of financial services. Actively develop venture capital, establish an investment orientation of investing early, investing small and investing in hard technology, and guide more long-term capital and patient capital to invest in high-tech manufacturing. The third is to create a market-oriented, legalized and internationalized first-class business environment. Accelerate the construction of a unified national market, improve the comprehensive market supervision ability and level, improve laws, regulations and technical management standards that are compatible with the high-quality development of manufacturing industry, improve the market environment and credit evaluation system, and create a stable, fair, transparent and predictable business environment. Actively carry out technical exchanges with foreign countries, strive to make good use of both domestic and international scientific and technological resources, and continue to build a new pattern of international scientific and technological cooperation in an all-round, multi-level and wide-ranging manner.
(This article Source: Economic Daily Author: Hu Jinyan Author is the Party Secretary of Qingdao University and a researcher at the Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Research Center of the Supreme Leader of Shandong Province in the New Era)
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