Chinese Academy of Engineering: 2021 China Manufacturing Power Development Index Report
On December 29, 2021, the press conference for the "2021 China Manufacturing Strong Country Development Index Report" was held in Beijing, hosted by the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the National Strategic Advisory Committee for Building a Strong Manufacturing Country, and organized by the Strategic Advisory Center of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, China Academy of Mechanical Science Group Co., Ltd., and the National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center.
The press conference focused on analyzing and interpreting the changes in the Development Index of Major Manufacturing Powers in the World in 2020, the process of building a manufacturing power in China from 2015 to 2020, the completion of China's strategic goals as a manufacturing power by 2025, and major issues that need to be addressed in the future.
More than 40 academicians and experts, including Zhou Ji, Honorary Chairman of the Presidium of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Director of the Strategic Advisory Committee for Building a Strong Manufacturing Nation, Zhong Zhihua, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Zhu Gaofeng, Gan Yong, Chen Jianfeng, Shan Zhongde, Qu Xianming, Liang Xiaojie, Jiao Dong, Wang Decheng, Jiang Yan, Huang Lin, attended the press conference.
The "Manufacturing Power Development Index" has been continuously released annually since 2015, with high social attention, and has become an authoritative index for objectively evaluating the overall level of China's manufacturing industry. At the press conference, Academician Dan Zhongde, President of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Academician Zhu Gaofeng, former Executive Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, respectively introduced and interpreted the "2021 China Manufacturing Power Development Index Report".
The Report shows that in 2020, facing the complicated international environment and arduous tasks of domestic reform, development and stability, especially under the severe impact of the COVID-19 and the Sino US trade dispute, China's manufacturing industry has withstood a huge test. In comparison with nine countries, China, the United States, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, South Korea, Brazil and India, it fully demonstrates the advantages of a complete system: the only growth of scale advantage, the basic stability of quality and efficiency, the vitality of innovation momentum, the initial results of strengthening the foundation, and the strong implementation of green and low-carbon.
The ranking and array of 9 countries in the 2020 Manufacturing Power Development Index have not changed compared to 2019; At the same time, although China is still in the third tier of the global manufacturing industry, the gap in the development index of manufacturing powerhouses between China and the first and second tier countries continues to narrow, and the pace of catching up continues to accelerate.
The report summarizes the process and experience of building a manufacturing powerhouse in China from 2015 to 2020. Over the past five years, the China Manufacturing Power Development Index has increased from 105.78 to 116.02. The overall trend of China's manufacturing industry is stable and improving, achieving rapid market response and demonstrating strong mobilization and organizational capabilities for various production factors. It presents a "resilience" of facing difficulties and becoming more courageous with each battle. The process of building a strong manufacturing country is basically progressing according to the expected goals. The strategy of building a strong manufacturing country has become a banner leading the transformation, upgrading, and innovative development of China's manufacturing industry.
Academician Dan Zhongde pointed out that China's manufacturing industry has a complete system and is constantly developing towards the mid to high end, accelerating its integration into the global industrial chain and continuously improving its competitiveness. In the current unprecedented major changes, the global economic development from 2021 to 2025 is likely to show more significant fluctuations, but under the international consensus of "no deviation, no stall, no collision", the long-term stable development trend can still be explored from short-term fluctuations.
During the 14th Five Year Plan period, the development of China's manufacturing industry will focus on reversing the distortion of factor prices and misallocation of resources caused by the shift from real to virtual economic development, improving the imbalance in investment direction and return rates among real estate, finance, and the real economy, improving the market system, and maintaining the basic stability of the proportion of manufacturing industry.
二是要进一步强化国家战略科技力量，努力构建完善与中国制造业完整产业体系相匹配、满足制造业转型升级重大需求的创新体系，打造各类高能级创新平台，有效增强创新能力。
三是要加快进行产业基础能力评估，准确识别“卡脖子”、“短板”环节，开展共性技术、高端技术、前瞻技术的联合攻关，引导市场进行产业链要素集中投入，点线面联动推进，不断夯实产业基础。
四是要提升盈利能力，着力打造一批核心竞争力强、带动作用明显、具有国际影响力的大型综合企业集团，培育一批在细分领域掌握独门绝技的“专精特新”与“单项冠军”企业，加快培育优秀企业。
五是要加快推进制造业节能降耗和绿色低碳转型，逐步建立以碳排放、污染物排放、能耗总量为依据的存量约束机制，着力降低资源消耗。六是要不断提高产品质量与可靠性，鼓励优秀制造企业“走出去”参与国际合作，全力打造知名品牌，加速推动制造强国阶段性战略目标加快实现。
朱高峰院士指出，从预测结果看，2020年，中国制造强国发展指数已与日本水平十分接近，顺承当前的发展态势，在国内外宏观经济环境不发生重大变化的前提下，按照既定计划继续大力推进制造强国战略，我国能够在2025年迈入全球制造强国第二阵列，迈入制造强国行列。
但必须清醒地认识到，我国制造业的发展得益于完整工业体系优势、广阔市场优势等多重红利叠加，而“质量效益”分项数值对制造强国发展指数贡献率仍有待提升，全社会增长的研发投入经费并未重点流向制造业，我国制造业发展不平衡不协调不充分的问题依然突出。在结构性、体制性、周期性问题相互交织的大背景下，保持宏观稳定成为我国经济发展的重中之重。
中国制造业要着眼长远、抓好当前，解决脱实向虚、市场、资金、观念、作风、决策机制、人才和结构等一系列外部和内部问题，坚定不移推进制造强国，我们的制造强国目标一定能够实现，也必将实现。
Information source: Intelligent Manufacturing
