Jin Zhuanglong from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Accelerate the research, development, application and promotion of technologies such as the Metaverse

Source: People's Daily Online

We must look forward to arranging future industries. Formulate and implement policy documents for cultivating future industries, promote the research and development and application promotion of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, humanoid robots, metaverse, next-generation Internet, 6G, quantum information, and deep sea, air and space development, and build new advantages for future development. Jin Zhuanglong, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said so in an article titled "Building a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone" on the second page of the People's Daily on January 10.

In the article, he said that in recent years, by grabbing the "first move", Some key areas such as new generation information technology and new energy have formed first-mover advantages. Facing the future, we have the confidence and ability to seize opportunities, respond to challenges, promote new industrialization to continuously achieve new breakthroughs and new results, and build a strong material and technological foundation for Chinese-style modernization.

A number of major landmark achievements have been achieved in the fields of 5G, manned spaceflight, large aircraft, large cruise ships, and high-end medical equipment, and key material support capabilities have been greatly improved, which strongly supports the implementation of major national strategies and the establishment of a quality powerhouse. Build a strong nation in aerospace, transportation, network, and digital China.

He made an important statement during the interview: industrial technological innovation is the fundamental driving force for new industrialization, and proposed five measures to vigorously promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation.

At present, my country's strategic emerging industries account for about 13% of GDP. He said that we must coordinate technological innovation, large-scale development and application scenario construction, actively develop new productive forces, and strive to seize the commanding heights of global industrial competition. It is necessary to cultivate more new pillars and new tracks.

We must plan for future industries in a forward-looking manner. Formulate and implement policy documents to cultivate future industries, promote the research and development and application promotion of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, humanoid robots, metaverse, next-generation Internet, 6G, quantum information, and deep sea, air and space development, and build new advantages for future development.

Artificial intelligence is a strategic technology leading a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation. It has emerged in the fields of R&D, design, production and manufacturing, and has become an important driving force for new industrialization.

He said that it is necessary to promote new industrialization empowered by artificial intelligence. Vigorously promote digital industrialization, develop and expand core industries of the digital economy, and consolidate technological bases such as computing power, algorithms, models, and data. Adhere to the overall promotion of "construction, use and research", improve digital infrastructure and service systems such as 5G, computing power, and industrial Internet, and accelerate the construction of 5G factories. Accelerate the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry, deeply implement special actions to enable digital empowerment of small and medium-sized enterprises, and effectively solve the problems of small and medium-sized enterprises that are unwilling, afraid, or unable to transfer.

One of the focuses of large model technology is its application in the production field. It is necessary to take the deep integration of artificial intelligence and manufacturing as the main line, intelligent manufacturing as the main direction, and scenario application as the traction, and coordinate the layout of general large models and A dedicated model for vertical fields focuses on both supply and demand to create an innovation ecosystem and empower new industrialization at a high level. Deeply implement smart manufacturing projects and vigorously develop smart products and equipment, smart factories, and smart supply chains.

The following is the full text of the interview:

Building a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone

——Interview with Jin Zhuanglong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

What achievements has our country’s industrial development achieved in recent years? What are the specific tasks to lead the construction of a modern industrial system with scientific and technological innovation? How to vigorously promote new industrialization in the next step? In response to these questions, Jin Zhuanglong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, recently answered reporters’ questions.

Standing on a new and higher starting point, consolidating and strengthening the rebound of the industrial economy

Reporter: In recent years, my country’s industrial development has made great achievements What results? What is the current development trend of industrial economy? What will be the next step?

Jin Zhuanglong:Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has raised the flag and taken the helm to lead the way, making a series of major theoretical and practical issues in promoting new industrialization. This important exposition has greatly enriched and developed our party's understanding of the laws of industrialization, and provided fundamental compliance and action guidelines for promoting new industrialization. Our country insists on focusing its economic development on the real economy. The pace of new industrialization has been significantly accelerated. The overall strength, quality and efficiency of the industry, as well as innovation, competitiveness, and risk resistance capabilities have been significantly enhanced. Industrialization development stands at a new and higher starting point.

The unique advantages of "all", "multiple" and "big" industries are more obvious. First, the system is comprehensive. my country has 41 major industrial categories, 207 medium industrial categories, and 666 small industrial categories. It is the only country in the world that has all industrial categories in the United Nations Industrial Classification. Second, there are many varieties. Among the 500 major industrial products, my country ranks first in the world in terms of output for more than 40% of its products. The output of a number of important products such as personal computers, mobile phones, air conditioners, and solar panels accounts for more than half of the world's output. The third is large scale. In 2022, my country's total industrial added value will reach 40.16 trillion yuan, accounting for 33.2% of GDP; the added value of manufacturing will reach 33.5 trillion yuan, almost double that of 2012. my country is the world's largest manufacturing country, and its manufacturing added value accounts for about 30% of the world's total, ranking first in the world for 14 consecutive years.

The pace of "strengthening" the manufacturing industry continues to accelerate. The industrial structure is accelerating upgrading, with the added value of high-tech manufacturing accounting for 15.3% of designated industries from 9.4% in 2012 to 15.3% in the first three quarters of 2023, and the proportion of equipment manufacturing manufacturing increasing from 28% to 32.9%. In some key areas and key tracks, a number of advantageous industries with full industry chain competitiveness will be formed. The export structure continues to improve. In the first three quarters of 2023, the total exports of the "three new items" such as new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products increased by 41.7% year-on-year. The regional layout has been continuously optimized, and 45 national advanced manufacturing clusters have been built. The output value of leading industries exceeds 10 trillion yuan, accounting for about 30% of the total output value of the respective industries.

The information and communication industry has achieved leapfrog development. We have built the world's largest and most technologically advanced information and communication network, ranking second in the world in terms of computing power. We have built a total of 3.282 million 5G base stations, achieving "Gigabit connectivity to cities", "5G connectivity to counties" and "broadband connectivity to every village". The technology industry has moved from "following imitation" to "leading innovation". The number of 5G standard essential patent declarations accounts for 42% of the world. The research and development of cutting-edge technologies such as 6G and quantum communications is in the first camp in the world. Integrated applications accelerate the entire process of empowering all areas of the economy and society. my country has become the world's largest and most active digital consumer market, and industrial Internet applications have been integrated into 49 major categories of the national economy. Security assurance capabilities have been continuously enhanced, and the overall scale of the network security industry has exceeded 200 billion yuan.

Generally speaking, my country's industrial development has made great progress, but it is still at an important juncture of growing from big to strong and climbing over hurdles. At present, certain factors and favorable conditions for sustainable domestic development are constantly increasing, especially the convening of the National New Industrialization Promotion Conference from September 22 to 23 last year, which has injected strong confidence and strength into our work. In addition, our country is also facing historic opportunities brought by a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. In recent years, by seizing the "first move", some key areas such as new generation information technology and new energy have formed first-mover advantages. Facing the future, we have the confidence and ability to seize opportunities, respond to challenges, promote new industrialization to continuously achieve new breakthroughs and new results, and build a strong material and technological foundation for Chinese-style modernization.

Industry plays a "ballast" role in stabilizing the macroeconomic market. At present, my country's industrial economy is showing a rebounding trend. In the first 11 months of last year, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 4.3% year-on-year, and the growth rate accelerated by 0.7 percentage points compared with 2022. Especially since August, the growth rate has accelerated month by month. This year we will continue to make every effort to promote the steady growth of the industrial economy and implement a good policy "combination punch". We will thoroughly implement the work plan for stabilizing growth in ten key industries and support major industrial provinces and key provinces and cities in continuing to "take the lead." Consolidate and enhance the power sources and growth poles of key regions such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and guide central cities and key urban agglomerations to highlight their unique advantages and achieve differentiated development. Promote the coordinated efforts of the "troika" of consumption, investment, and export to boost bulk consumption such as new energy vehicles and electronic products, and explore and cultivate new consumption growth points such as smart homes and domestic "trendy products". Accelerate the implementation of major engineering projects in the "14th Five-Year Plan", support enterprises in technological transformation and upgrading, and expand effective investment in the manufacturing industry. Consolidate and enhance the export advantages of the "Three New Products", stabilize and expand the export of industrial products, and create more new growth points for exports.

Accelerate the release of new development momentum and promote industrial innovation with technological innovation

Reporter: In recent years, my country’s industrial technological innovation capabilities have been significantly enhanced. Specifically In what aspects? How will the next step continue to promote industrial innovation with technological innovation?

Jin Zhuanglong:Industry is the main battlefield of technological innovation, with the most active innovation activities, the richest innovation results, the most concentrated innovative applications, and the strongest innovation spillover effects. field. In recent years, my country's industrial scientific and technological innovation capabilities have been significantly enhanced. In 2022, my country will become the world's second largest investor in R&D, with more than 570 industrial companies among the top 2,500 global R&D investors, accounting for nearly a quarter. The number of invention patent applications filed by my country's industrial enterprises has increased from 176,000 in 2012 to 555,000 in 2022. 27 national manufacturing innovation centers, 2 national and local manufacturing innovation centers, and 260 provincial manufacturing innovation centers have been established across the country, and a networked manufacturing innovation ecosystem has been basically formed. 23 national independent innovation demonstration zones and 178 national high-tech industrial development zones have become important forces leading the development of industrial technological innovation and high-tech industries. A number of major landmark achievements have been achieved in the fields of 5G, manned spaceflight, large aircraft, large cruise ships, and high-end medical equipment. Key material support capabilities have been greatly improved, which strongly supports the implementation of major national strategies and the development of a quality, aerospace, transportation, and network power. , Digital China construction.

Industrial technological innovation is the fundamental driving force for new industrialization. We will thoroughly implement the deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference, focus on promoting industrial innovation through scientific and technological innovation, continue to make efforts in technology, enterprises, platforms, services, parks, etc., and accelerate the construction and improvement of demand-oriented, application-driven, enterprise entities, government-industry-university-research funds The organically integrated industrial science and technology innovation system vigorously promotes the in-depth integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation.

First, comprehensively implement high-quality development actions for key manufacturing industry chains, further promote industrial base reconstruction projects and major technical equipment research projects, strengthen quality support and standard guidance, and continue to improve the resilience and safety of industrial and supply chains. level. The second is to strengthen the status of enterprises as the main body of scientific and technological innovation, and further strengthen various types of innovation main bodies such as leading scientific and technological enterprises, high-tech enterprises, single champion enterprises in the manufacturing industry, scientific and technological and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises. The third is to continue to optimize the innovation platform network, build 5-10 more national manufacturing innovation centers in key areas, and build a number of test verification platforms and pilot platforms in key areas such as key materials and major equipment. The fourth is to strengthen scientific and technological innovation service support, implement manufacturing excellence quality projects and new industry standardization pilot projects, improve science and technology service industry development policies, create an upgraded version of the "Torch" brand, and cultivate professional market-oriented international science and technology intermediary organizations. The fifth is to better leverage the role of various parks, promote the improvement of quality and efficiency of national high-tech development zones, give full play to the role of national independent innovation demonstration zones, create world-leading science and technology parks and innovation highlands, start the creation of national new industrialization demonstration zones, and cultivate world-class Advanced manufacturing cluster.

Accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system and promote the optimization and upgrading of the industrial system

Reporter: Accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone. It is an inevitable requirement to build a new development pattern and promote high-quality development. In the next step, how will the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology implement key tasks?

Jin Zhuanglong: Unswervingly make the manufacturing industry stronger, better and bigger, comprehensively improve the level of advanced industrial foundation and modernization of the industrial chain, and accelerate the upgrading and development of the industrial system. , to build a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone, we must focus on four tasks.

First, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. my country’s traditional industries are large and account for more than 80% of the manufacturing industry. They are the fundamental basis for my country to maintain its status as the world’s largest manufacturing country. We must put the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries in a more important position, accelerate the high-end, intelligent, and green development of traditional industries, and let traditional industries "grow new sprouts from old trees." Increase financial support for technological transformation of manufacturing enterprises, implement tax incentives and special re-loan policies, improve technological transformation standards for enterprises, strengthen the construction of laws and regulations, and promote equipment updates, process upgrades, management innovation, and digital empowerment. Implement manufacturing technology transformation and upgrading projects, focusing on key industries such as steel, non-ferrous metals, and light industry, widely apply digital intelligence and green technologies, and promote large-scale technological transformation and equipment updates. Deeply implement the action of “increasing variety, improving quality, and creating brand” to accelerate the development of green, smart, and innovative products. Promote the orderly transfer of industries at home and abroad, continue to organize industry transfer and development docking activities, and support the central and western regions in improving their ability to undertake industrial transfers.

The second is to consolidate and enhance the leading position in advantageous industries. Currently, my country’s rail transit equipment, ship and marine engineering equipment, new energy vehicles, photovoltaics, communication equipment, power batteries, rare earth and other industries are in parallel or even leading positions. This is the move of my country’s manufacturing industry to the middle and high end of the global value chain. As an important sign of progress, this advantage must be consolidated and fully utilized. We must accelerate the strengthening of chains, extension of chains and replenishment of chains, expand the advantages of scale, enhance technological advantages, promote the connection and coordinated development of upstream and downstream supply and demand, and enhance the competitiveness of the entire industrial chain. It is necessary to enhance the supply capacity of high-end products and promote high-end applications of rare earths in aerospace, electronic information, new energy and other fields. It is necessary to strengthen the innovation and iteration of new technologies and new products, pay close attention to the disruptive changes caused by new technological breakthroughs, identify risk points, and optimize and adjust development strategies in a timely manner. In view of the risk of overcapacity in some fields, it is necessary to strengthen standardization guidance and quality supervision, increase industrial concentration, and promote the development of industrial clusters.

The third is to actively cultivate emerging industries and future industries. Currently, my country's strategic emerging industries account for about 13% of GDP. We must coordinate technological innovation, large-scale development and application scenario construction, actively develop new productive forces, and strive to seize the commanding heights of global industrial competition. It is necessary to cultivate more new pillars and new tracks. Make good use of the large domestic market and rich application scenarios to develop and expand emerging industries such as new energy, new materials, and intelligent connected vehicles, promote the large-scale application of Beidou in the communications field and mass consumption field, and actively cultivate new industries such as biomanufacturing, commercial aerospace, and low-altitude economy. growth point. We must look forward to arranging future industries. Formulate and implement policy documents to cultivate future industries, promote the research and development and application promotion of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, humanoid robots, metaverse, next-generation Internet, 6G, quantum information, and deep sea, air and space development, and build new advantages for future development.

The fourth is to promote artificial intelligence-empowered new industrialization. Artificial intelligence is a strategic technology leading a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation. It has emerged in the fields of R&D, design, production and manufacturing, and has become an important driving force for new industrialization. Vigorously promote digital industrialization, develop and expand core industries of the digital economy, and consolidate technological bases such as computing power, algorithms, models, and data. Adhere to the overall promotion of "construction, use and research", improve digital infrastructure and service systems such as 5G, computing power, and industrial Internet, and accelerate the construction of 5G factories. Accelerate the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry, deeply implement special actions to enable digital empowerment of small and medium-sized enterprises, and effectively solve the problems of small and medium-sized enterprises that are unwilling, afraid, or unable to transfer. One of the focuses of large model technology is its application in the production field. It should take the deep integration of artificial intelligence and manufacturing as the main line, intelligent manufacturing as the main direction, and scenario application as the traction, and coordinate the layout of general large models and vertical field-specific models, from the perspective of supply and demand. Both ends will work hard to create an innovation ecosystem and empower new industrialization at a high level. Deeply implement smart manufacturing projects and vigorously develop smart products and equipment, smart factories, and smart supply chains.

Comprehensively improve the comprehensive strength of enterprises and accelerate the construction of world-class enterprises

Reporter: What achievements have we made in comprehensively improving the competitiveness of enterprises? ? In what areas will we make efforts next?

Jin Zhuanglong: Enterprises are the leading force in promoting new industrialization. Only when enterprises are strong can the industry be strong. In recent years, the comprehensive strength of our country's enterprises has increased significantly. Highlights include: First, the number of enterprises has increased significantly. The number of industrial enterprises above designated size increased from 344,000 in 2012 to 483,000 by the end of November 2023. The number of small, medium and micro enterprises in my country exceeds 52 million, and the number of high-tech enterprises reaches 465,000, becoming an important source of new technologies, new industries and new business formats. Second, key enterprises have accelerated their growth. There are 142 Chinese companies shortlisted for the Fortune 500 in 2023, ranking first in the world, including 63 manufacturing companies. The operating income of China's top 500 manufacturing companies increased to 51.06 trillion yuan, double that of 2012. Third, the emergence of specialized and new enterprises is accelerating. It has cultivated more than 103,000 specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises, 12,000 "little giant" enterprises, and 1,186 individual champion enterprises in the manufacturing industry.

The next step is to break down all kinds of market obstacles, stimulate the vitality of high-quality enterprises and the creativity of outstanding entrepreneurs, and accelerate the construction of world-class enterprises.

First, develop and expand key enterprises in the industrial chain. Adhere to the "two unwavering principles", give full play to the leading and central role of central enterprises in important industrial chains, and bravely serve as the "chain leader" of the modern industrial chain. Promote the private economy to become bigger, better and stronger, protect the property rights of private enterprises and the rights and interests of entrepreneurs in accordance with the law, guide private enterprises to stick to their main business, strengthen industry, change momentum, and consciously follow the path of high-quality development. Support leading enterprises to optimize and integrate the industrial chain, innovation chain and value chain, and accelerate their transformation into first-class enterprises with ecological leadership and industrial chain control.

The second is to promote the specialization and new development of small and medium-sized enterprises. Comprehensively implement the Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Law, adhere to equal emphasis on management and services, development and assistance, and improve the small and medium-sized enterprise work system, policy and regulation system, service system and operation monitoring system. Build a gradient cultivation system for high-quality enterprises, increase support in finance, taxation, finance, talent, intellectual property, data, etc., and stimulate the emergence of more specialized, specialized, and new small and medium-sized enterprises. We will improve the long-term mechanism to prevent and resolve arrears to small and medium-sized enterprises, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of small and medium-sized enterprises.

The third is to promote the integrated development of large, small and medium-sized enterprises. We will implement "joint action" to promote the integration and innovation of large and medium-sized enterprises, guide large enterprises to open various innovative resource elements to small and medium-sized enterprises, share production capacity resources, and support and drive innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises. Encourage large enterprises to test and use innovative products of small and medium-sized enterprises first, and promote the promotion and application of supporting products of small and medium-sized enterprises.