8070-0278-01 On September 25, at the second China Scientific Instrument and Equipment Independent Innovation Summit held in Hangzhou Qingshan Lake Science and Technology City, a number of experts from scientific research institutes and executives of leading enterprises in the instrument industry took “Pain point Analysis of China’s Scientific instrument and equipment Independent Innovation research and development and new breakthroughs in market sales mechanism” as the theme. This paper discusses how to further enhance the independent innovation ability of China’s scientific research equipment and build a new mode of “R&D enterprise-key user-management expert” cooperation mechanism.

8070-0278-01 “The market competitiveness of scientific instrument enterprises is weak, the brand effect is low, and the world’s top 50 enterprises have no seat for domestic enterprises; Scientific instrument products, categories, varieties and model specifications are limited in coverage, and many high-end scientific instruments required for laboratory and production are still dependent on imports…” Referring to the development status of scientific instruments in China, chief expert Nian Fushun of the 41st Institute of China Electronics Science and Technology Group said that in recent years, in order to promote independent innovation in scientific research instruments, China has carried out a series of initiatives and obtained certain results, but there is still a gap compared with foreign high-end technology level.

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8070-0278-01 According to 2018 statistics, in the electronic measuring instrument industry, the United States Keysight Technology company has a total of 851 models of products, and the scale and market share of the world’s first. China’s largest supplier of electronic measuring instruments, CEC Instruments, has a total of 275 models of products, the number of products is second only to the former, but the market share of high-end instruments is very low.

“Many well-known foreign instrument companies are century-old shops, professional, brand, high credibility.” Domestic related enterprises are mostly established in the past 20 years, small scale, low brand effect. Many state-owned instrument enterprises with a long history have been eliminated in the market competition.” Nian Fushun suggested that the future development and application of scientific instruments have huge prospects and potential, and high-end scientific instruments should be autonomous and controllable by cultivating large instrument companies and invisible champions.

8070-0278-01 It is not difficult to understand that scientific instrument is a multidisciplinary integration of systems engineering, not only the basic theory and key technical breakthroughs, but also the material, equipment, components, manufacturing process, design simulation software and other industrial basis support.

“Not having a strong industrial base is like building tall buildings on the beach.” Experts at the meeting stressed that China’s scientific instrument industry foundation is weak, the industrial chain has not yet formed, and more investment and long-term training are needed.

Scientific instruments also play a role in improving the level of manufacturing equipment and production efficiency. Li Hua, director of the Science and Technology Platform Division of the Basic Research Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said in this regard that the basic Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology is currently planning to formulate the “Fourteenth Five-Year Plan” major instrument research and development plan, and will promote the independent innovation and development of China’s scientific instruments by strengthening the forward-looking innovation research of scientific instruments.