Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Deep Integration of Informatization and Industrialization", proposing that by 2025, the integration of informatization and industrialization will be realized in a wider range, deeper and higher level, and the penetration of new-generation information technology into the manufacturing industry will be accelerated in all fields, with the scope significantly expanded, the degree continuously deepened The scope and quality of information technology and industrialization will be greatly improved, and the national development index of integration of the two industries will reach 105.
Xie Shaofeng, director of the Information Technology Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, believes that the Plan is of great significance for building a modernized industrial system that is data-driven, software-defined, platform-supported, value-added services and intelligence-led, and promoting the construction of a strong manufacturing country, a strong network country and a digital China.
Promoting digital transformation of manufacturing industry
"The deep integration of dualization promotes the wide application of information technology in the manufacturing industry and promotes the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries." Xie Shaofeng introduced that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, information technology empowered manufacturing R&D and design, manufacturing, operation and management, operation and maintenance services and other key businesses, and the CNC rate of key processes, the digitalization penetration rate of operation and management, and the penetration rate of digital R&D and design tools of industrial enterprises across the country reached 52.1%, 68.1% and 73.0%, respectively The "14th Five-Year Plan" is the first of its kind in China.
"The 14th Five-Year Plan period is an important stage in building a manufacturing powerhouse and a modernized industrial system, and the demand for high-quality development of the manufacturing industry is even more urgent. "At present, China's manufacturing industry is still facing many challenges such as excess low-end supply, insufficient high-end supply, and insufficient innovation capacity, and there is an urgent need to deepen the integration and development of a new generation of information technology with the whole elements of the manufacturing industry, the whole industrial chain, and the whole value chain." Xie Shaofeng said.
In order to further accelerate the overall digital transformation process of the manufacturing industry, the Plan focuses on the deployment of the integration and development of equipment manufacturing, consumer goods, electronic information and other industries. "The equipment manufacturing industry is characterized by high product value, intensive technology and capital, and high industrial relevance, while also facing the industry pain points of numerous parts and components, complex production conditions, and cumbersome operations." Jiang Yan, secretary of the Party committee of the National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center, told reporters that measures should be taken to overcome key common technologies, build digital workshops and smart factories, and promote remote operation and maintenance of equipment to improve the weak links in the digital transformation of design and manufacturing.
Consumer goods industry is an important livelihood industry and traditional advantageous industry in China, its quality management precision is not enough, product operation and maintenance efficiency is low and other problems, need to be solved by building flexible production system. The Plan suggests carrying out service innovations such as user demand mining, product R&D, intelligent production and data value-added based on consumption data, and promoting new modes such as large-scale personalized customization and shared manufacturing, so as to meet the demand for diversified and personalized consumption upgrading.
In Jiang Yan's opinion, the electronic information industry has a high degree of aggregation with new technologies and has a better foundation for transformation, but as a discrete industry, it needs to further improve relevant capabilities in design and product digitization. It is necessary to guide electronic information enterprises to continue to deepen the innovation and application of a new generation of information technology, and carry out the transformation and upgrading of the high-end industrial chain and supply chain intensification.
"Deepening the integration and development of new-generation information technology and manufacturing industry should focus on improving the informationization and digitalization construction level of the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)." Cai Yuezhou, director of the Digital Economy Research Office of the Institute of Quantitative Economics and Technological Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and an expert of the FTU think tank, said that the problem of financing difficulties for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has existed for a long time, and even if they have a strong willingness to digitize and transform themselves, it is harder for them to raise the required funds. We should start from the construction of digital infrastructure, digital common technology development and other quasi-public service areas, increase government investment, reduce the cost of digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Accelerate the popularization of industrial Internet
The industrial Internet platform is a product of the deep integration of new-generation information technology and manufacturing. "In recent years, the convergence and development ecology based on the industrial Internet has accelerated the construction of the number of influential platforms exceeding 100 and the number of equipment connections exceeding 76 million units." Feng Wei, Director of the Comprehensive Division of the Information Technology Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that the industrial APPs aggregated by the platform have exceeded 590,000, and the number of industrial enterprises served has reached 1.6 million, with the effect of industry empowerment becoming increasingly prominent.
"At present, many domestic general-purpose industrial Internet platforms provide access to cloud services, which cannot meet the deep-seated needs of enterprises when solving their actual problems of production and operation." Cai Yuezhou said, small and medium-sized enterprises are mainly concerned about sales, inventory, tax incentives and other aspects, coupled with the overall benefit is not clear, greatly reducing the small and medium-sized enterprises "on the cloud on the platform" enthusiasm.
To this end, the "Plan" puts forward, comprehensively stimulate the vitality of the integration and development of enterprises. By 2025, the popularization rate of the industrial Internet platform reached 45%, and the system solution service capacity was significantly enhanced. How to accelerate the popularization of industrial Internet? Cai Yuezhou believes that the development of specialized industrial Internet platform mode should be built around specific industries to create a number of niche areas.
