On September 9th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference, during which Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Lecheng and others introduced the "report card" of China's industrial and information development during the 14th Five Year Plan period. China ranked first in terms of production of most of the 504 major industrial products worldwide, 64 manufacturing enterprises were selected for the Fortune Global 500 in 2024, and the industrialization rate of enterprise invention patents increased by 8.4 percentage points compared to the end of the 13th Five Year Plan period. The overall scale of manufacturing industry has been ranked first in the world for 15 consecutive years. Manufacturing industry is the foundation of a country and a strong nation. In the past 5 years, China's "national foundation" has become stronger and its "family base" has become thicker. Li Lecheng introduced that currently, the added value of China's manufacturing industry accounts for nearly 30% of the global total, and the overall scale has remained the world's largest for 15 consecutive years. Advanced manufacturing is accelerating its growth. The production of new energy vehicles will exceed 13 million units in 2024, and the production and sales volume will remain the world's top for 10 consecutive years; The international market share of the shipbuilding industry continues to lead the world. The industry's "green" content continues to increase, with 6430 national level green factories and a continuous decrease in energy consumption per unit of added value for industrial enterprises above designated size. Innovation momentum is even more surging. Over the past five years, China's innovation investment has steadily increased, with R&D expenses of manufacturing enterprises above designated size accounting for over 1.6% of their operating income. More than 570 industrial enterprises have been shortlisted for the top 2500 global R&D investment companies. Chang'e has landed on the moon, Tianhe is stationed in the sky, and Beidou is networked. The CR450 high-speed train prototype has been successfully produced, and the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine has filled the domestic gap. Real number fusion expands and enhances efficiency. In the past five years, China has built the world's largest and most extensive network infrastructure, with 4.598 million 5G base stations and more than 100 million sets of equipment connected to key industrial Internet platforms. "In the field of production, there are more than 20000 national '5G+Industrial Internet' construction projects; In the consumer sector, new information consumption products and models such as e-commerce live streaming, immersive shopping, and digital cultural tourism are flourishing; In the field of public services, 100% of the country's primary and secondary schools have access to the Internet. ”Zhang Yunming, Deputy Minister of Industry and Information Technology, introduced. Integrated development of large, medium, and small enterprises. As of July this year, the number of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 138000 compared to the end of 2020. The quality and efficiency of the development of small and medium-sized enterprises have significantly improved, with over 60 million registered small and medium-sized enterprises nationwide, 504000 high-tech enterprises within their validity period, over 140000 specialized, refined, and new small and medium-sized enterprises cultivated, 14600 "little giant" enterprises, and 1557 manufacturing industry champions. In recent years, we have strengthened supply, built platforms, strengthened the main body, promoted transformation, vigorously enhanced industrial technological innovation capabilities, and effectively driven industrial upgrading. ”Li Lecheng said. The main position of enterprise technological innovation has achieved a "new leap". In terms of investment, policies such as implementing additional deductions for research and development expenses are implemented to encourage enterprises to increase their R&D investment. Enterprise R&D funds account for more than 3/4 of the total R&D funds in society. In terms of output, the number of invention patent applications by industrial enterprises has increased from 907000 at the end of the 13th Five Year Plan to 1.244 million in 2024, accounting for 65% of the total number of invention patent applications that year, up from 60%. The construction of high-level innovation and service platforms has formed a "new pattern". During the 14th Five Year Plan period, a total of 33 national level manufacturing innovation centers were newly established, breaking through nearly 700 key common technologies and breaking through the bottleneck from basic research to industrial application. Accumulated recognition of 187 key laboratories of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, selected the first batch of 241 key cultivation pilot platforms of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and built a bridge for products from "laboratories" to "production lines". The National High tech Zone has taken a "new step" in developing new quality productive forces. By 2024, 178 national high-tech zones will achieve a total production value of 19.3 trillion yuan, accounting for 14.3% of the country's GDP; The overall labor productivity was 718000 yuan per person, which doubled compared to the end of the 13th Five Year Plan period. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, original technologies and products such as the world's first superconducting quantum computer and the world's first prototype of a general artificial intelligence system were successively born in the national high-tech zone. Major technological equipment is an important support for industrial upgrading. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, the C919 aircraft has safely transported more than 3 million passengers, the Long March 7 Y10 carrier rocket lifted Tianzhou-9 in just 3 hours to complete the flash delivery of space materials, and the "Deep Earth Tower 1 Well" successfully completed drilling at a depth of 10910 meters underground... "We will accelerate the construction of a major technical equipment system that is suitable for supply and demand, high-quality and efficient, and promote the high-end, intelligent, green and international development of major technical equipment," said Xin Guobin, Deputy Minister of Industry and Information Technology. Since the 14th Five Year Plan, the newly installed capacity of industrial robots accounts for more than 50% of the world's total. We have strengthened policy guidance and factor guarantees, coordinated the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, the cultivation and growth of emerging industries, and the forward-looking layout of future industries. ”Li Lecheng said. Traditional industries are accelerating their revitalization. Traditional industries are the mainstay of China's manufacturing industry, with main indicators such as added value and number of workers accounting for about 80% of the total manufacturing industry, "said Li Lecheng. Since the 14th Five Year Plan, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has supported 46 cities to carry out pilot projects for new technological transformation, and has built more than 230 outstanding intelligent factories and 1260 5G factories. The newly installed capacity of industrial robots accounts for more than 50% of the global total. The overall comprehensive energy consumption of unit products such as steel and cement clinker has reached the world's advanced level. Emerging industries are accelerating to take the lead. A number of advantageous industries with international competitiveness, such as new energy vehicles, photovoltaics, lithium batteries, ships and marine engineering equipment, are being cultivated and strengthened. A large number of new formats and models, such as flexible customization, shared manufacturing, smart logistics, and intelligent security, are emerging rapidly. In 2024, China's production and sales of new energy vehicles will be about 9.5 times that of 2020, and the production of photovoltaic and wind power equipment will rank among the top in the world. At the same time, the carrier of high-energy industries continues to grow, cultivating more than 60 national advanced manufacturing clusters in emerging industries and creating 23 national independent innovation demonstration zones. The future industry will strengthen its "rooting". Superconducting quantum computers and optical quantum computers have achieved quantum superiority verification, and the overall level of laser manufacturing technology has entered the international top tier. Humanoid robots have the ability to manufacture the entire industry chain from key chips and components to complete machines. The application of brain computer interfaces has expanded from the medical field to education, industry, and other fields. Biological manufacturing technology is widely used in industries such as medicine and health, daily chemical beauty, and green energy. Li Lecheng stated that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone, deepen the transformation of industrial technology and equipment updates, implement actions to create new driving forces, adhere to high-level opening up, and promote industrial upgrading towards a "new" layout and steady development. (New Society)