Grasp the four major development directions and driving forces to seize the opportunities of intelligent manufacturing

In the current world competition landscape, only by improving the level of manufacturing and pushing my country's manufacturing industry as a whole to the level of intelligent manufacturing can my country's economy maintain a strong development momentum in the long run. To this end, the government launched the first ten-year action program of the manufacturing power strategy, "Made in China 2025", hoping to promote the intelligent transformation of my country's manufacturing industry through the development of intelligent manufacturing industry, and improve the quality and efficiency of manufacturing industry.

Grasp the four major development directions and driving forces to seize the opportunity of intelligent manufacturing

As soon as "Made in China 2025" was issued, almost all parts of the country wanted to seize the commanding heights of intelligent manufacturing and actively deploy Industry 4.0, hoping to keep pace with the national strategic planning. However, my country's intelligent manufacturing industry is still in its early development stage, most companies are in the research and development stage, and only 16% of companies have entered the intelligent manufacturing application stage. It is estimated that by 2020, the output value of my country's intelligent manufacturing is expected to exceed 3 trillion yuan, with an annual compound growth rate of about 20%.

In the next 35 years, China's economic growth under the new normal will shift from "relying on sweat" to "relying on wisdom". How can Chinese people seize the opportunity in this process? To seize the opportunity in the development of the intelligent manufacturing industry, it is key to grasp the four major development directions and driving forces of the industry.

The four major directions of investment in the intelligent manufacturing industry:

First, industries such as robots, artificial intelligence, and VR will have a subversive impact on human life in the future, and there is huge room for development imagination. It is estimated that in the next 10 years, my country's robot market will reach 600 billion yuan, the artificial intelligence market will be nearly 10 billion yuan, and the VR market will exceed 55 billion yuan.

The second is the drone, unmanned driving and other industries. These industries can free people's hands and drive for people, which is an important development direction of the traditional transportation industry. It is estimated that in the next ten years, my country's civilian drone market will reach 11.09 billion yuan. And 2020 will be the first year of commercialization of unmanned vehicles.

The third is the smart home, smart logistics and other industries. Through intelligent upgrading, these industries can greatly improve the convenience and efficiency of traditional industries. It is estimated that in the next ten years, the market size of smart logistics will exceed 100 billion yuan, and the market size of smart home may reach nearly 100 billion yuan.

Finally, 3D printing is an important part of the smart manufacturing industry chain and a production method for many precision components. It is estimated that in the next ten years, the market size of 3D printing may exceed 10 billion yuan.

Four major driving forces for the development of the smart manufacturing industry:

First, the price of labor in the manufacturing industry is getting higher and higher, while the price of products is getting lower and lower. Enterprises need to use robots to change the production model of traditional manufacturing industry that relies on intensive and cheap labor;

Second, human life expectancy and quality of life are getting higher and higher, while the human resources that can provide aging services are getting fewer and fewer. Humans need to use intelligent machines and equipment to provide high-quality services;

Third, natural and man-made disasters and wars still occur frequently, and humans find it difficult to adapt to such environments. Humans need robots to perform tasks instead of humans;

Finally, human activities in extreme environments such as deep sea and space are becoming more and more frequent, and humans have low survival ability and high cost in such environments, so they need to use robots to achieve remote interactive operations.

Intelligent transformation is the key to building a strong manufacturing country. Realizing "digitalization, networking, and intelligentization" manufacturing is a new trend in the development of the manufacturing industry and the core of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. Not only do companies eagerly expect the national plan to be implemented as soon as possible, but local governments, which are at a critical point in transformation and upgrading, have also responded very positively to "Made in China 2025". They have issued government documents and stepped up the formulation of local plans. Although various places have formulated local "Made in China 2025", in fact, the levels of many enterprises in my country are uneven. Therefore, this round of reform requires the joint efforts of the central government, local governments, capital, and enterprises, and none of them can be missing.