The manufacturing industry is an important pillar of the national economy and an important foundation for our economic and social development.

In order to accelerate the cultivation of a number of high-quality manufacturing enterprises, promote the improvement of industrial basic capabilities and the modernization of the industrial chain, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has carried out the cultivation and selection and review evaluation of individual champions in the manufacturing industry since 2016. Up to now, there have been seven batches of more than 1200 enterprises (products) selected as national manufacturing individual champions.

More than 1200 enterprises bravely stand at the forefront of the manufacturing industry

From the perspective of the establishment time of the current enterprises, concentrated in the period from 2000 to 2008, 2001, 2003, 2002, the number of newly registered enterprises ranked first, 93, 87 and 80.

After entering 2010, the number of newly registered enterprises began to “decline”. Since 2017, the number of newly registered companies has only been in the single digits.

From the distribution of enterprise registration time, it can be clearly seen that becoming a national individual champion enterprise and product enterprise needs time precipitation and time test. Excellent technology and excellent products can win the market and win the honor of “single manufacturing champion”.

Manufacturing provinces are still in the forefront of the number of strong enterprises

From the current provincial distribution of enterprises, Shandong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong and Beijing are at the forefront, with 212, 209, 185, 135 and 59, respectively.

Specifically, Shandong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Guangdong are China’s economic strong provinces, but also China’s important four industrial provinces. The single champion enterprises are centered on the manufacturing industry, and it is “natural” that the number of enterprises owned by these four provinces ranks high. From the revenue data of industrial enterprises above scale in 2022, the revenue of these provinces is more than 10 trillion yuan, and Guangdong and Jiangsu are more than 15 trillion yuan, and the strong foundation of the manufacturing industry has driven the cultivation and development of individual manufacturing champions.

Beijing, and the above four provinces seem not to be very “match”, but Beijing has unparalleled human resources, venture capital, which has created Beijing’s advantages in the upstream industry, especially in the field of research and development, design, and the number of its enterprises is also in the forefront.

In addition, from the perspective of the city distribution of enterprises (excluding municipalities directly under the central government), Ningbo, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Changzhou and Qingdao have the highest number of enterprises, with 90, 68, 39, 35 and 34 enterprises respectively.

Ningbo, Shenzhen, a typical manufacturing city, its manufacturing competitiveness is no less than the strength of an administrative province. Qingdao, as the only northern city in the top five cities, is famous for the “Five golden flowers” and the new “Five golden flowers”. Haier has become one of the most prominent business cards in China’s manufacturing industry.