Localization rate exceeds 30% Smart equipment industry ushered in strategic opportunities

By 2015, the sales revenue of China's smart equipment manufacturing industry will exceed 1 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of more than 25%, and the industrial added value rate will reach 35%. The domestic market share of localized smart manufacturing equipment will exceed 30%. We will strive to form a complete intelligent manufacturing equipment industry system by 2020.

As a sub-plan of the "12th Five-Year Development Plan for High-end Equipment Manufacturing Industry," the "12th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment Industry" was formally announced. In an interview, Zhang Xiangmu, Director of the Department of Equipment of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, made an authoritative interpretation of the background of the “planning” and the development focus of smart equipment.

China Industry News: For the first time, "Planning" put forward the concept of intelligent manufacturing equipment, that is, "the collective name of various types of manufacturing equipment that has the functions of sensing, decision-making, and execution." It is an important part of the "high-end equipment" of strategic emerging industries. Can we combine the current status of the development of smart equipment in China and introduce the background of the preparation of the "planning".

Equipment Division: With the rapid development of information technology and advanced manufacturing technology, the depth and breadth of the development of intelligent manufacturing equipment in China is increasing. The intelligent manufacturing equipment industry system represented by new sensors, intelligent control systems, industrial robots, and automated complete sets of production lines is preliminary. The formation of a batch of major intelligent manufacturing equipment with independent intellectual property rights achieved breakthroughs. However, as an emerging industry that is nurturing and growing, China's intelligent manufacturing equipment industry still has problems such as weak technological innovation capacity, small industrial scale, weak foundation, and lack of backbone enterprises with international competitiveness.

Intelligent manufacturing equipment is one of the key development directions of the strategic high-tech equipment manufacturing industry identified by the State Council. The "Decision of the State Council on Accelerating the Cultivation and Development of Strategic Emerging Industries" clearly states that "the strengthening of basic supporting capabilities and the active development of intelligent manufacturing equipment with digital, flexible, and system integration technologies at the core."

As the development trend of the future manufacturing industry, vigorously cultivating and developing the intelligent manufacturing equipment industry will accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, increase production efficiency, technology level and product quality, reduce the consumption of energy resources, and realize the transformation from “Made in China” to “Created in China”. It is of great significance.

According to the national economic classification standard, the “planning” compiling group analyzes the processing targets of 30 types of manufacturing industries. The “planning” focuses on the importance of the national economy, the wide range of driving, the concentration of knowledge and technology, the low consumption of material resources, and growth. There are eight types of major intelligent manufacturing equipment with great potential and good overall efficiency.

China Industry News: What are the industry areas covered and covered by these eight major types of smart manufacturing equipment? Does it represent the key direction of China's intelligent manufacturing equipment development during the 12th Five-Year Plan period?

Equipment Division: The eight types of intelligent manufacturing equipment are mainly complete sets of equipment, highlighting the equipment required for manufacturing, and digitizing, flexing, and intelligentizing the manufacturing process for petrochemicals, metallurgy, building materials, machining, food processing, textiles, paper, and printing. The need to develop eight types of major intelligent manufacturing equipment through integrated innovation.

During the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, the development focus of China's intelligent manufacturing equipment industry, in addition to the above-mentioned major intelligent manufacturing equipment, also includes key intelligent basic common technology, core intelligent measurement and control devices and components, and demonstration and promotion of key applications.

In terms of key intelligent basic commonality technologies, around the realization of intelligent functions such as perception, decision-making and execution, we have focused on breakthroughs in nine key intelligent basic generic technologies such as new sensing technologies and modular embedded control system design technologies.

In terms of core intelligent measurement and control devices and components, the company will develop eight typical intelligent measurement and control devices and components such as new sensors and their systems, and intelligent control systems, focusing on the development and application of major smart manufacturing equipment R&D and intelligent manufacturing technologies.

In the area of ​​key application demonstration and promotion, we will focus on the promotion and application of the six national economic key areas of power, energy conservation and environmental protection, agriculture, resource exploitation, defense and military industry, and infrastructure construction.

In order to achieve the overall goals of the “12th Five-Year Plan” period, the “Planning” proposes five major tasks of implementing innovative development projects, adjusting the industrial organization structure, highlighting brand quality construction, promoting industrial technological progress, and optimizing industrial spatial distribution.

China Industry News: Focusing on the above-mentioned key areas, in the next 5 to 10 years, what breakthroughs will China's smart equipment development achieve? What is the specific goal?

Division of Equipment: The overall goal is: After 10 years of hard work, a complete intelligent manufacturing equipment industry system will be formed, and the overall technical level will enter the international advanced ranks. Some products will achieve breakthroughs in original innovation and will basically meet the needs of the key areas of national economy and national defense construction.

At the same time, the Plan also proposes four specific goals:

The first is the rapid growth of industry scale. The industrial sales revenue exceeds 1 trillion yuan, the average annual growth rate exceeds 25%, and the industrial added value rate reaches 35%. Localized intelligent manufacturing equipment meets the needs of key areas of the national economy, and the domestic market share exceeds 30%.

Second, breakthroughs have been made in key areas. The intelligent devices represented by sensors, automatic control systems, industrial robots, servos and actuators have achieved breakthroughs and reached the international advanced level. The integration of major equipment and production line systems has greatly improved.

The third is the optimization and upgrading of the organizational structure. Cultivate a number of large-scale enterprise groups with international competitiveness, create a group of specialized enterprises that are “professional, refined, special, and new” and build a group of industrial agglomerations with distinctive features and prominent advantages.

Fourth, the ability to innovate has significantly improved. Basically completed and perfected industrial innovation system combined with production, study and research, the research and development funds of key enterprises accounted for more than 5% of sales revenue. Cultivate a large number of knowledge-complex and international leaders.

China Industry News: What are these goals based on and how are they measured? From the current industry situation, is it difficult to achieve this goal?

Equipment Division: In 2010, the sales revenue of industrial automation control systems and instrumentation, CNC machine tools, industrial robots and their systems, and other intelligent manufacturing equipment industries exceeded 300 billion yuan. The development goals of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” are based on this analysis and are measured scientifically.

During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the average annual growth rate of China's machinery industry exceeds 25%, and the average annual growth rate of major areas in the intelligent manufacturing equipment industry is close to 30%. If the growth rate of the machinery industry is 15% during the 12th Five-Year Plan period, the intelligent manufacturing equipment industry will calculate at an average annual growth rate of 25%. By 2015, industry sales revenue will exceed 1 trillion yuan.

From the perspective of key areas, the current domestic market share of intelligent manufacturing equipment in two key industries—intelligent basic manufacturing equipment and petrochemical equipment—is approximately 30%, and the intelligent mineral processing equipment and resources comprehensive utilization equipment occupy the domestic market share. Only 10%, and intelligent food and beverage, paper and printing machinery are basically blank in the country. Therefore, the "Planning" proposes that by 2015, the overall market share of smart manufacturing equipment will reach 30%.

Judging from the R&D level, a considerable number of foreign multinationals in smart manufacturing equipment accounted for more than 10% of their R&D investment as a percentage of sales revenue. In China, only a few leading manufacturers of intelligent manufacturing equipment such as Helishi and Shenyang Machine Tools rank above 5%. Most other companies are around 2%. Based on this, it is proposed that the target of R&D investment by key enterprises accounts for 5% of sales revenue.

China Industry News: To achieve the above goals, it needs the support of funds. It also needs the support of the project. Then, what supporting policies and measures will be issued by government departments to ensure the effective implementation of the "plan"?

Equipment Division: First of all, it is necessary to increase funding support, speed up the implementation of the "high-end CNC machine tools and basic manufacturing equipment," a major science and technology projects; set up special funds for smart manufacturing equipment; guide local, corporate and social capital to increase research and development of smart manufacturing equipment industry And investment in industrialization. Second, establish a mechanism to rely on the development of the project. To establish and improve the mechanism for the development of intelligent manufacturing equipment, and preferentially encourage industrial alliances composed of user companies and manufacturing enterprises to participate in bidding for projects; set up special research and development incentive funds and encourage financial institutions to carry out various types of first-set insurance business; Implement the first (set) policy and support the application and promotion of smart manufacturing equipment. Third, strengthen international cooperation and exchanges. Fourth, promote the building of a talent team. Fifth, improve the industrial development system.