Manufacturing powerhouse: from leading in scale to leading in strength
2025-10-09
The added value of the manufacturing industry accounts for nearly 30% of the global total, and its overall scale has remained the world's largest for 15 consecutive years; The advantage of a complete system of manufacturing categories is even more evident. Among the 504 major industrial products in the world, most of China's products rank first in terms of output... A series of data shows that China's manufacturing industry is leading in scale. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, China's manufacturing scale advantage continued to solidify, innovation momentum became more vigorous, industrial structure continued to optimize, industrial foundation became more solid, and the pace of moving from large to strong became more firm. The industrial foundation is more solid. Manufacturing is the lifeline of the national economy and the foundation of building a strong country. From 2020 to 2024, the total industrial added value in China increased from 31.3 trillion yuan to 40.5 trillion yuan, and the manufacturing added value increased from 26.6 trillion yuan to 33.6 trillion yuan. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, the incremental value added of the manufacturing industry is expected to reach 8 trillion yuan, contributing over 30% to global manufacturing growth. Innovation investment is steadily increasing. The R&D expenses of manufacturing enterprises above a certain scale account for over 1.6% of their operating income, and more than 570 industrial enterprises have been shortlisted for the top 2500 global R&D investment companies. The key areas of industrial technological innovation have entered a new stage of accelerating "follow-up", increasing "parallel running", and emerging "leading". A number of innovative achievements have been made in the fields of artificial intelligence, quantum communication, etc., such as the landing of Chang'e on the moon, the stationing of Tianhe in space, and the networking of Beidou. The pace of industrial upgrading is accelerating. From 2020 to 2024, the added value of China's equipment manufacturing industry and high-tech manufacturing industry will grow at an average annual rate of 7.9% and 8.7% respectively, and their proportion in the above designated industries will increase to 34.6% and 16.3% respectively. The production of new energy vehicles exceeded 13 million units last year, and the production and sales volume have remained the world's top for 10 consecutive years; The international market share of the shipbuilding industry continues to lead. The "green" content of industries is also continuously increasing, and the energy consumption per unit of added value of industrial enterprises above designated size is continuously decreasing. The resilience of the industrial and supply chains continues to strengthen. Li Lecheng, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that by fully implementing the high-quality development action of key manufacturing industry chains and the industrial foundation reconstruction project, technological innovation, application of achievements, and ecological construction have been promoted throughout the entire chain. A large number of key core technologies and strategic urgently needed basic products have achieved breakthroughs in engineering industrialization. Key industrial chains such as integrated circuits, industrial mother machines, medical equipment, and ships have achieved a number of landmark results, synchronously forming more than 100 standards and over a thousand invention patents. The problem of weak industrial foundation has gradually eased, and the level of independent and controllable key industrial chains has steadily improved. Zhao Gang, the director of the Saizhi Industry Research Institute, analyzed that during the 14th Five Year Plan period, a number of key core technologies and strategic urgently needed basic products will achieve engineering industrialization, and the independent and controllable level of key industrial chains will steadily improve. The key technical indicators of products such as ultra-high voltage transmission and transformation, ships, and new energy vehicles will reach the international advanced level. The reliability, consistency, and stability of basic components, basic components, basic software, and basic materials have been greatly improved, and the service life of key products has been significantly extended. In 2024, the quality qualification rate of manufacturing products in China will reach 93.93%, an increase of 0.28 percentage points from the previous year; Forming the world's largest, most comprehensive, and most complete manufacturing system, promoting technological innovation, application of achievements, and ecological construction throughout the entire chain, deepening international cooperation, and continuously improving the risk response capabilities of the industrial and supply chains. China has built a closer industrial collaboration network, where upstream and downstream enterprises can achieve demand matching and capacity sharing through digital platforms, shortening research and development cycles and delivery times. This collaboration not only improves production efficiency, but also enhances the ability of the industrial chain to cope with external shocks. For example, when the supply of key components is tight, domestic enterprises can quickly adjust their production plans to ensure the stable operation of the industrial chain. ”Zhu Keli, founding director of the National Research Institute for New Economy, said. Real number fusion is more deeply oriented towards enterprise intelligence. Lenovo has taken the lead in releasing its first enterprise super intelligent agent - Lenovo Enjoyment. In the first week after its launch on May 7th this year, it promoted a 30% increase in order conversion rate. Liu Jun, Executive Vice President and President of Lenovo Group in China, stated that the future of personal intelligence is to enable every individual to have their own super intelligent agent; The future of enterprise intelligence is to enable every enterprise to have its own "silicon-based team", and human society will accelerate into the era of "human intelligence co creation". Targeting the high-end equipment industry, Inspur Cloud provides professional large-scale models and intelligent agent applications for task autonomous planning, full lifecycle management, and other scenarios. It has covered four key areas: intelligent robots, engineering equipment, industrial mother machines, and computing equipment, achieving full lifecycle intelligence of high-end equipment. For example, Inspur Yunzhou has partnered with Jinan Heavy Industry to create a high-end intelligent grinding machine based on a large model of the high-end equipment industry. By installing multiple types of sensors and grinding machine control intelligent agents, it helps end user enterprises improve product quality by 5%, reduce energy consumption by 10%, increase the expected unit price of grinding machine products by 10%, and increase annual sales by 30%, significantly enhancing product competitiveness. The accelerated integration of the real economy and the digital economy is a distinctive feature of the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry during the 14th Five Year Plan period. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, artificial intelligence will deeply empower the manufacturing industry, and the application and promotion of new generation intelligent terminals and agents will be accelerated. Humanoid robots will evolve from "moving on stage" and "running on the field" to "being used in households" and "working in factories". The digital transformation of manufacturing industry is shifting from benchmarking to scale promotion. Intelligent manufacturing has achieved significant results, with over 35000 basic level and more than 230 excellent level intelligent factories built. Zhang Yunming, Deputy Minister of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has compiled and issued 12 implementation guidelines for digital transformation in key industries, built 14 digital transformation scenarios in key industries, accelerated the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, cultivated more than 10000 "small, fast, lightweight, and precise" solutions, and lowered the threshold for small and medium-sized enterprise transformation. Digital technology has widely penetrated the entire manufacturing process, integrated into production and operation, connected multiple scenarios, and accelerated the emergence of data products and services. Through the in-depth implementation of the industrial Internet innovation and development project, China has cultivated more than 340 influential industrial Internet platforms, more than 100 million sets of key platform connecting equipment, and nearly 4 million service enterprises. The industrial Internet has achieved full coverage of 41 industrial categories, opened the information artery of industrial production, built a digital base for efficient operation of the manufacturing industry, and injected strong momentum into the construction of a modern industrial system. By solidly promoting intelligent manufacturing engineering, China has built more than 7000 advanced level and over 230 excellent level intelligent factories, promoting innovation in process, equipment, and software integration. Data shows that the density of manufacturing robots has reached 470 units per 10000 people, far exceeding the global average. In the fields of photovoltaics, power batteries, new energy vehicles, etc., breakthroughs have been made in intelligent manufacturing equipment and system solutions. Comprehensive innovation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, flexible adjustment of production line switching, and independent optimization; Accurate prediction and remote intervention of equipment failures; The on-demand generation of product functions and personalized definition marks the entry of China's manufacturing industry into a new stage of intelligent full factor collaboration. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, China has made every effort to promote industrial carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, and has built the world's largest and most complete new energy industry chain. The proportion of installed renewable energy generation capacity has increased by 20 percentage points, and the energy consumption of industrial units above designated size continues to decrease. Green products such as new energy vehicles, green household appliances, green building materials, and green ships have also been widely promoted and popularized. Xin Guobin, Deputy Minister of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that industry has painted a magnificent picture of high-quality economic development with the beautiful "four green strokes". Green energy applications are more widespread. At present, for every 4 tons of aluminum produced in China's electrolytic aluminum industry, 1 ton is produced using green electricity. More than half of the electricity used by 246 countries' green data centers is green electricity. The application of hydrogen energy in industries such as steel and petrochemicals has also achieved breakthroughs, with the full process of million ton hydrogen metallurgy and 300000 ton green synthetic ammonia being fully integrated. Green raw materials are utilized more fully. By 2024, the utilization of 10 types of renewable resources in China, including scrap steel, scrap copper and aluminum, will exceed 400 million tons, and the utilization of waste power batteries for new energy vehicles will exceed 300000 tons. The green manufacturing system is more complete. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has cultivated a total of 6430 national green factories and 491 green industrial parks. Driven by the green manufacturing system, a group of energy efficiency and water efficiency "leaders" have emerged, and some enterprises have reached the forefront of the world in terms of technology and equipment. The advantages of green industries are more prominent. The green and low-carbon industries such as new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, photovoltaics, wind power, and environmental protection equipment are developing rapidly, and the market size continues to maintain global leadership. While forming new growth drivers, they have also made important contributions to the global green transformation. Zhao Gang stated that during the 14th Five Year Plan period, the green development of China's manufacturing industry will have a stronger foundation. The overall comprehensive energy consumption of unit products such as steel and cement clinker has reached the world's advanced level. Nearly 300 million tons of steel are produced annually from the recycling of scrap steel, and the annual output of green electrolytic aluminum exceeds 10 million tons, with significant energy-saving and carbon reduction effects. Xin Guobin stated that he will further enhance his green technology capabilities, carry out low-carbon and zero carbon industrial process reengineering, tackle common green manufacturing technology, and increase the application of advanced green technology equipment. Improve the green manufacturing system, implement the plan to improve the quality and expand the coverage of green factories, and cultivate and construct a number of zero carbon factories and industrial parks. Strengthen the green orientation of industrial policies, enhance the supply and application of green and low-carbon standards, strengthen the empowerment of policies such as green finance, and further polish the green background of new industrialization. (New Society)
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Source:Economic Daily
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