Groups of flexible robotic arms, busy production lines, intelligent factories… The flowers of the industrial Internet, watered by this old industrial base, bloom freely and compete for beauty in Jinan, a city with the confluence of numerous springs and the beauty of lakes and mountains. From June 13 to 15, the reporter of China Electronics News went to Jinan, Shandong Province, to visit how the industrial Internet enables enterprises to digital transformation.

In recent years, Jinan City has adhered to the high point positioning and advanced planning, and the industrial Internet has achieved remarkable results in network deployment, platform construction, and integrated application, etc. – It has built a national “double span” platform and 5 national characteristic platforms, with 11 national industrial Internet identification analysis secondary nodes, and accumulated more than 100 industrial Internet application projects.

“We are taking the industrial Internet as a landmark industrial chain to grasp, and this idea is unique and innovative in the country.” Wen Haisheng, deputy director of Jinan Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, told China Electronics News.

The development of the industrial Internet “half a step ahead of the pioneers, ahead of the planning”, so that the main development indicators of Jinan industrial economy to achieve a historic leap. The core industry revenue of the industrial Internet exceeded 27 billion yuan, and the scale of related industries reached 60 billion yuan. In recent years, Jinan industrial Internet ecological “garden” has been full of verdant, verdant all things.

The “old trees” of traditional industries need to grow new buds and bear new fruits

“Shandong has all 41 industrial categories, and the output of more than 100 key products ranks among the top three in the country, but the industrial structure of Shandong is that traditional industries account for up to 70%.” Li Yonghua, a second-level inspector of the Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, said in an interview with a reporter from China Electronics News that the industrial Internet is essentially an enabling transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing enterprises, with complete categories and a high proportion of traditional industries, precisely providing a broad world for the industrial Internet.

China Electronics News reporter came to Jinan to visit how the industrial Internet can empower the digital transformation of enterprises

As the capital of Shandong province, a manufacturing province, Jinan is a microcosm of Shandong. Jinan has also experienced the pains of manufacturing transformation: under the pressure of overcapacity and environmental protection, the main industry of the old industrial zone in the east of Jinan Iron and Steel was shut down, and the governance of “scattered and dirty” enterprises was difficult… In a long period of time, Jinan, an important industrial base in the country, is moving forward with heavy loads.

In fact, open the industrial history of Jinan, a large number of machine factories, steel factories and gunpowder factories laid the foundation for modern industrial development; Jinan Iron and Steel Plant was once the largest production base of medium and thick plate in China, carrying the industrial memory after the founding of New China; The “Shenzhou” spacecraft return capsule, the domestic C919 large aircraft, the flying high-speed rail, and many of the major powers in the new era have the brand of Jinan industry.

In order to revitalize the strong industrial city, in 2017, Jinan began to plan and implement the strategy of “strong industrial City”. Under the wave of digitalization, from the government to enterprises, are aware of the necessity of digital and intelligent transformation and upgrading of enterprises.

This year, Jinan Yongxin New Nonwovens Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as “Yongxin New Materials”) in the east Jinan old factory five traditional production lines in the case of full load, it is still difficult to meet the growing demand of the market.