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Speed ​​up the development of CNC machine tools to help China's manufacturing 2025
It's reported that the "Made in China 2025" plan has been thoroughly discussed and officially approved during the State Council's executive meeting. The formal documentation will soon be released via an official State Council statement. China is accelerating its efforts to implement "Made in China 2025," aiming to upgrade its manufacturing sector significantly.
This ambitious plan covers ten critical fields, including high-end CNC machine tools and robotics, aerospace equipment, marine engineering equipment and high-tech ships, as well as agricultural machinery. A clear roadmap and timeline are being established to guide these efforts.
Since the "Government Work Report" first mentioned "Made in China 2025," the concept has rapidly gained popularity. Over the past month, Premier Li Keqiang has emphasized this initiative multiple times. During his recent visit to Fujian, Premier Li reiterated the necessity for China's economy to maintain medium-to-high-speed growth while moving towards a mid-to-high-end position. He urged speeding up the implementation of "Made in China 2025." Local governments like Quanzhou are already drafting detailed implementation guidelines, encouraging companies to take the lead in adopting these advancements.
Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Miao Wei, highlighted this plan as a pivotal moment in China's manufacturing development. While China became the world's largest manufacturer in 2010, it still lacks the status of a true manufacturing powerhouse. Key technologies and major equipment remain weak, and there are insufficient globally competitive enterprises.
Miao Wei outlined a strategy to transition from a manufacturing giant to a manufacturing powerhouse within about three years, taking three crucial steps. "Made in China 2025" serves as the decade-long action plan, roadmap, and timetable for achieving this goal. The aim is for China to reach the second tier of global manufacturing leadership through sustained efforts over the next decade.
CNC Machine Tools: A Critical Area
On April 21st, the first phase of the "Strategic Research on Manufacturing Powers" project, organized by the Chinese Academy of Engineering, launched its second meeting in Beijing. Details and achievements of "Made in China 2025" were unveiled. According to Zhu Gaofeng, project leader and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, China's manufacturing industry lags behind leading nations like the U.S., Japan, and Germany in terms of overall labor productivity, product value-added ratios, innovation capabilities, and brand recognition.
World Bank data from 2012 showed that China's manufacturing industry accounted for over 20% of global manufacturing, with an added value of $233.68 billion. However, its value-added ratio was only 21.5%, far below the 35% average of industrialized countries. Zhu explained that this indicates China's manufacturing sector remains predominantly at the lower end of the value chain, offering limited added value.
For instance, for an Apple smartphone selling for hundreds of dollars, Chinese manufacturers typically earn only a few dollars. Many of China's manufacturing industries are also energy-intensive, such as steel and cement production, causing significant resource depletion, environmental issues, and low added value.
The field of CNC machine tools is a key area of focus. Academician Liu Baicheng noted that China's manufacturing sector is "large but not strong." In CNC machine tools, China produces a vast quantity of medium and low-end machines, yet 80% of high-end CNC machines are imported. The digitization and intelligence of manufacturing represent the inevitable integration of industrialization and informatization, becoming a focal point for countries seeking to dominate advanced manufacturing technology and driving China's transition from 'big' to 'strong.'
Green Transformation and Upgrade
Zhou Ji emphasized that intelligent manufacturing permeates every aspect of product innovation, technological innovation, and industrial model innovation, positioning itself as the commanding height, breakthrough point, and primary direction for the "Made in China 2025" innovation-driven transformation.
According to "Made in China 2025," China will focus on the next decade on integrating informatization and industrialization, prioritizing the development of新一代information technology, high-end CNC machine tools and robotics, aerospace equipment, marine engineering equipment and high-tech ships, advanced rail transit equipment, energy-saving and new energy vehicles, power equipment, new materials, biopharmaceuticals, high-performance medical devices, and agricultural machinery. These efforts will facilitate China's manufacturing industry undergoing a green transformation and upgrade.
This urgency arises from the pressures China faces from new global manufacturing trends. The recently released "Industrial and Information Blue Book" states that the new wave of scientific and technological advancements, driven by changes in production factor usage and exponential increases in efficiency, has led to the restructuring of global manufacturing value chains. Production organization forms are evolving, altering the comparative advantages of global manufacturing factors.
The "Cost Competitiveness Index Report" published by Boston in 2014 notes that "by 2015, manufacturing costs in the U.S. will be only 5% higher than those in China's Yangtze River Delta region. The global manufacturing landscape will continue to shift."
As China continues to adapt to these changes, the "Made in China 2025" initiative represents a strategic effort to ensure its continued global relevance and competitiveness.