The steady development of high-tech manufacturing, an important driving force of the industrial economy, has expanded the space for industrial growth and boosted confidence in warding off risks, according to the Voice of China News and Newspaper Summary of the China Media Group. In recent days, the reporter went to many places to investigate and feel the firm and innovative attitude of frontline enterprises and the momentum of industrial economy.

The Voice of China series reports “first-line research to see the beginning”, 23 launched: “Improve quality and efficiency, cooperation to reach a new high high-tech manufacturing”.

Walking into the 20,000 square meters production workshop of a robot automation Co., LTD in Shenyang, mobile robots shuttle back and forth, industrial robots “work hard” welding, snake-like special robots can flex freely.

In the product assembly and debugging workshop, a batch of mobile robots are ready for shipment, their destination is one of the world’s leading overseas lithium-ion battery R&D and manufacturing company. Technical Director Zhang Lei said, as a leading enterprise in the industry, the overall sales of the enterprise increased by 60% in the first quarter compared with the same period last year, and domestic and foreign orders poured in. Making efforts in the high-end application field of industrial robots, seizing the market, breaking the monopoly and replacing imports is the goal of the enterprise this year.

Zhang Lei: This is a heavy-duty auto body in white spot welding robot. This field is traditionally dominated by foreign robot enterprises. Now we are looking for a breakthrough in this field.

At present, the advanced manufacturing industry represented by robots is ushering in the window period of upgrading and leapfrogging development.

Qiao Baohua, director of the Industrial Operation Research Office of the Institute of Industrial Economics, CCID Research Institute: The density of industrial robots in China will reach 322 per 10,000 employees in 2022, ranking fifth in the world. With the continuous mature application of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies, China’s industrial robot market will embrace greater development opportunities, helping China’s industry accelerate towards the middle and high end of the global value chain.

In the digital era, on the way to the middle and high end of the global value chain, the advantage of going it alone is becoming less and less obvious, and advanced manufacturing industry is developing into a cluster. In 2022, “WuxiangShisui” automobile cluster, namely “Wuhan-Xiangyang-Shiyan – Suizhou” automobile industry cluster has an annual output value of nearly 700 billion yuan, which is the largest industrial cluster in Hubei Province with the highest industrial contribution, the largest employment population and the strongest driving role.

Liu Maohua, Party Secretary of Wuhan Economic Development District Intelligent Network Connection and electric Vehicle Industrial Park: We will give full play to the leading role, strengthen the auto industry chain, while increasing the development of new energy and new materials industry chain, driving the construction of Hubei trillion auto industry corridor.

In the first quarter, fixed-asset investment in high-tech manufacturing increased by 15.2% year on year, and the output of new energy vehicles and solar cells rose by 22.5% and 53.2%, respectively. Zhao Zhiguo, chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the ministry will take multiple measures to continue to lay a solid foundation for the development of advanced manufacturing.

Zhao Zhiguo: Focusing on 5G, integrated circuits and other key areas, improving the supply level of basic hardware and software, core electronic components and so on. We will strengthen the coordinated development of AI generic technology R&D and industrialization. We will strengthen application guidance in key industries and areas, and create “main positions” for integration and empowerment.