Speed up the scale development of China’s industrial Internet and release the power of industrial upgrading.
At the 2022 Global Industrial Internet Conference held in Shenyang, the staff of the participating enterprises demonstrated the industrial Internet platform for garment customization. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Yijie photo
Visitors visited the exhibition hall of "2022 China 5G+ Industrial Internet" held in Wuhan. Xinhua News Agency reporter Cheng Minshe
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the scale of China’s industrial Internet industry is expected to reach 1.2 trillion yuan in 2022, providing strong support for high-quality economic and social development. The reporter learned from many aspects that China will further improve the top-level design, make full use of fiscal and taxation policies, promote enterprises to actively use 5G and other technologies to carry out digital transformation of factories, accelerate the scale development of industrial Internet, promote the deep integration of digital economy and real economy, and continuously release the power of industrial upgrading.
Empowering the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries
As a key path to promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, the industrial Internet continues to release effects in promoting the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries.
Industrial Internet logo analysis system is the foundation of industrial Internet network system and an important link to support industrial Internet. In 2022, China’s industrial Internet logo analysis system was fully completed.
Zhao Zhiguo, director of the Information and Communication Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that at present, all the top-level nodes and two disaster recovery nodes in the five countries in the east, west, north and south are online, and the second-level nodes have achieved full coverage, serving nearly 240,000 enterprises, and cultivating more than 240 influential industrial Internet platforms, including 28 cross-industry and cross-domain platforms, which have effectively promoted data interoperability and resource coordination in the whole product process, production links and upstream and downstream of the supply chain, and accelerated the digital transformation of enterprises.
From the perspective of the transformation of the empowerment industry, China has built a number of application promotion service carriers for the common needs of the industry, cultivated "low-cost, lightweight" solutions, and lowered the threshold for digital transformation of enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises.
"We focus on the characteristics of various industries, formulate and promote industrial Internet convergence application guidelines for more than 10 key industries, such as steel and electronics, and guide industrial enterprises to develop industrial Internet applications according to their respective industries and enterprises. We implemented the industrial Internet innovation and development project, accelerated the research and industrialization of key technology products, and issued a number of national standards, industry standards and group standards to further improve the standard system. " Zhao Zhiguo said.
It is worth mentioning that in the construction and application of "5G+ Industrial Internet", China has built more than 4,000 "5G+ Industrial Internet" projects in more than 10 key industries such as automobiles and mining, and accelerated the popularization of 20 typical application scenarios such as collaborative R&D design and remote equipment control, which effectively promoted enterprises to improve quality, reduce costs and increase efficiency.
Zhao Zhiguo introduced that industrial 5G converged products are increasingly abundant, and the price of modules is 80% lower than that in the initial stage of commercialization. All localities have set off a boom in the construction of 5G fully connected factories, accelerating the further deepening and expansion of 5G to the core control link of production.
Combined measures to accelerate large-scale development
In the eyes of the industry, China’s industrial Internet development is in a critical period of initial exploration and scale development, but it still faces challenges to improve the coverage and application depth of industrial Internet.
Zhao Gang, president of Saizhi Industrial Research Institute, believes that in terms of platform applicability, there are many types of industrial enterprises and complex technological processes, and how to adapt the general industrial Internet platform to the application needs of different enterprises needs further exploration. In terms of system application, the production equipment of industrial enterprises may come from different manufacturers, the interface standards of equipment are not uniform, and some systems are still relatively closed, which puts forward higher requirements for system integration. In terms of construction cost, the construction of industrial internet involves the procurement and deployment of sensors, communication modules and network equipment, and industrial enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, are facing problems such as "lack of technology, lack of talents and lack of funds".
The reporter noted that in this regard, relevant departments will make efforts from the aspects of excellent environment, innovation and strong application to accelerate the large-scale development of industrial Internet.
Zhao Zhiguo said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will study and formulate policies and measures to promote the large-scale development of industrial Internet, further improve the top-level design, make full use of fiscal and taxation policies, strengthen the integration of production and education, and further create a good development environment. Strengthen technological innovation, implement the industrial Internet innovation and development project in depth, improve the standard system, and crack the key shortcomings that restrict large-scale development; Deepen industrial innovation, support telecom enterprises, Internet platform enterprises, industrial enterprises and other market players to give full play to their respective advantages, strengthen linkage and coordination, vigorously cultivate leading industrial Internet enterprises and "specialized and innovative" small and medium-sized enterprises, and create a healthy and sustainable industrial ecology.
At the same time, the popularization of industrial Internet will be further accelerated. Zhao Zhiguo said that it will speed up the cultivation of advanced factories, promote enterprises to actively use technologies such as 5G to carry out digital transformation of factories, and promote the wide application of new technologies, new scenes and new models. Accelerate the upgrading of industrial clusters, carry out the "Hundred Cities and Thousand Parks" activity of industrial Internet, summarize and promote successful cases, and promote the digital and green development of industrial parks. Deepen the expansion of key industries, extensively carry out the docking of supply and demand, and strengthen the popularization of industrial Internet in key industrial chains.
Continue to promote the upgrading of industrial Internet files.
The industry believes that in the next step, it is necessary to combine the needs of digital transformation of the industry, focus on professional deep cultivation, cross-border financing and cooperation, strengthen technological innovation and network security, and promote the upgrading of industrial Internet to provide support for digital transformation.
Yu Xiaohui, president of China Information and Communication Research Institute, said that it is necessary to further support enterprises to deepen their professional capabilities and build an internationally competitive industrial Internet platform. Encourage platform enterprises to make full use of the vast advantages of China’s market, enrich their own digital, modular and platform-based manufacturing resources in service enterprises, incubate professional industrial apps, and develop large-scale promotion applications. Give play to the guiding role of financial funds, incite more social capital to invest in platform industries, support platform enterprises to make rational use of financing funds, realize the accumulation of core technologies through mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, etc., and promote the cross-industry, cross-field and cross-regional deepening application and promotion of advantageous platforms.
In terms of continuously strengthening technological innovation, Yu Xiaohui suggested, on the one hand, focusing on promoting the development and application iteration of industrial mechanism models and improving the basic technical support level of industrial Internet platforms. On the other hand, relying on the network of innovation centers, we will accelerate the incubation of original technologies, carry out innovation incubation around digital twinning, real-time simulation and edge intelligence, and accelerate the sharing and utilization of platform innovation resources nationwide.
Zhao Gang said that the next step is to deepen the research and development of customized templates for industrial Internet in different industries, and develop industrial Internet solutions that meet the characteristics of different industries such as machinery, electronics, automobiles, materials and equipment to meet the common needs of industrial enterprises; Second, it is necessary to strengthen the standardization of industrial Internet and realize the integration and data sharing of different devices and systems; Third, it is necessary to strengthen the construction of industrial Internet security system to ensure the network and data security of enterprises.