China urges manufacturing industry to improve quality
Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Quality Improvement of Manufacturing Products and Services", proposing 19 suggestions and clearly striving to achieve a significant improvement in the overall quality level of the manufacturing industry by 2022, a significant improvement in the quality basic support capability, continuous optimization of the quality development environment, and a more efficient industry quality work system. Experts point out that the release of the "Opinions" will promote the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, which is conducive to promoting China's transformation from a manufacturing powerhouse to a manufacturing powerhouse.
Promote the transformation from 'big' to 'strong'
According to World Bank data, measured in current US dollars, China's manufacturing added value became the world's largest for the first time in 2010 and has remained at the top for several consecutive years since then.
Huang Qunhui, Director of the Institute of Industrial Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, stated that while fully recognizing the enormous achievements made in the development of the manufacturing industry, it is also necessary to recognize that although China is a world manufacturing power, it still has a long way to go in building a strong manufacturing country and developing advanced manufacturing industries, measured from various aspects such as manufacturing value-added rate, labor productivity, innovation capability, core technology possessed, key component production, proportion of high-end industries, product quality, and famous brands.
Niu Li, Deputy Director of the Economic Forecasting Department of the National Information Center, also pointed out in an interview with reporters that the comparative advantages of various fields in China's manufacturing industry are gradually weakening and facing huge challenges. On the one hand, the cost of land for enterprises is becoming increasingly high, leading to increased operational pressure; on the other hand, with the growing proportion of aging population in China and limited surplus transferable labor in rural areas, the cost of employing personnel for enterprises is also increasing, "said Niu Li." In addition, financing costs are still high, especially for private enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises, which still face considerable pressure in financing. Enterprises cannot earn too much money, and the development advantage of China's traditional low-end manufacturing industry is very small
The Opinion points out that by 2022, a group of standards that are coordinated and matched with national standards, industry standards, and group standards should be established to lead the improvement of industry quality, promote the establishment of quality grading mechanisms in no less than 10 industries or fields, improve the quality traceability mechanism of key products throughout their lifecycle, and enhance the competitiveness of enterprise quality and brand. The issuance of the 'Opinions' has injected a' shot in the arm 'into China's manufacturing industry, determined the goal of future transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, and injected sufficient confidence into China's manufacturing industry from' big 'to' strong ', "said Niu Li.
Starting from innovation and branding
Where should we start to improve quality in the manufacturing industry?
The Opinion proposes to strengthen the role of technical support. Encourage technological innovation in enterprises, carry out personalized customization and flexible production, enrich product types, and meet differentiated consumer needs. Continuously promote the standardization of the integrated management system of informatization and industrialization, and promote the application of new generation information technologies such as cloud computing, big data, and artificial intelligence in quality management. Niu Li believes that the core of promoting the transformation of China's manufacturing industry from "big" to "strong" is to increase investment in scientific and technological research and development. We need to produce mid to high end products, gradually transform and upgrade from mid to low end to mid to high end, and provide higher quality products and better services. This is the current direction of our efforts, "said Niu Li.
"Opinions" also stressed the need to play a role in promoting the brand. Guide enterprises to establish a quality-based brand development strategy, enrich brand connotation and enhance brand image. Strengthen brand promotion, lead consumer demand, enhance consumer confidence, and promote enterprises to accelerate quality upgrading. Niu Li pointed out that there is a clear oversupply in the current low-end consumer goods manufacturing sector. "Manufacturing consumer goods are generally middle and low-end, but with the improvement of income level, people's demand for high-end consumer goods is gradually expanding. In this regard, we still focus on imports, so we can't keep up with the increasing consumption needs of the people." Niu Li said, "Brand building is very important. Brand effect helps to drive the production and consumption of high-end consumer goods, thereby driving the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry."
Focus on upgrading 4 types of industries
According to this "opinion", four types of manufacturing industries have become the focus of quality improvement in the next stage. Specifically, it includes: improving the supply quality of raw material industry; enhancing the quality competitiveness of equipment manufacturing industry; promoting the upgrading of consumer goods industry; and promoting the information technology industry to move towards the middle and high end.
"The rising cost of the raw material industry is a major difficulty restricting the transformation and upgrading of the current manufacturing industry." Niu Li said that in recent years, China has stepped up efforts to promote the construction of ecological civilization. Due to the increase in the cost of environmental protection for raw material industrial enterprises, the operation of enterprises has added a lot of pressure. "Opinions" pointed out that to improve the quality of industrial supply of raw materials. Accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries such as steel, cement, electrolytic aluminum, and flat glass, promote clean and efficient production processes, implement green and intelligent transformation, encourage the development and application of online monitoring, diagnosis and optimization systems for the quality of the whole process; support the development of rare earth green mining and Smelting separation technology to accelerate the development of new rare earth materials and high-end application industries. "In response to the environmental challenges and pressures faced by the raw material industry and manufacturing industry, the" Opinions "proposes to increase efforts to promote clean energy technologies and promote energy conservation, emission reduction and consumption reduction. This is an important measure in line with the general direction of green development." The cow plough said.
The Opinions also pointed out that it is necessary to promote the information technology industry to move towards the middle and high end. Accelerate the development of 5G and Internet of Things related industries, deepen the integrated development of informatization and industrialization, build an industrial Internet platform, strengthen the construction of new industrial Internet infrastructure, promote the development and application of key basic software, industrial design software and platform software, and improve the quality of software engineering and network Information security level. "Whether it is in the manufacturing sector, services and other fields, the network is convenient, and the efficiency in all aspects will be improved." Niu Li said, "Therefore, 5G is the core development direction in the current information field. Accelerating the commercialization of 5G technology will greatly promote the transformation and upgrading of the traditional manufacturing field."
Information source: Shandong Government website
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