On May 29, Jin Zhuanglong, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, published a signed article entitled "Promoting New Industrialization and Building a Strong Material and Technological Foundation for Chinese-style Modernization" in the "Study Times". The paper proposes to comprehensively improve the ability of industrial scientific and technological innovation, promote the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure, promote artificial intelligence-enabled new industrialization, and comprehensively promote the green development of industry.

Grasp the new situation of industrialization development

The article points out that China's development has entered a period of coexistence of strategic opportunities, risks and challenges, and an increase in uncertain and unpredictable factors, and the promotion of new industrialization is facing a complex and severe internal and external situation.

First, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is booming. With the rapid progress of the new generation of information technology, new energy, new materials, biotechnology and other fields, artificial intelligence has become a key variable for future development, which will profoundly change the pattern of global industrial development and division of labor. After decades of unremitting efforts, China has formed a first-mover advantage in some key fields such as a new generation of information technology and new energy, and is more capable and qualified than ever to seize the opportunity in this round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation.

Second, the increasingly fierce competition between major powers has profoundly changed the external environment for China's development. In recent years, the United States has adjusted its China strategy, engaged in "small courtyards and high walls" and "decoupling and breaking chains", and the containment and suppression of China's technological progress and industrial upgrading have continued to intensify, and the security risks of China's key industrial and supply chains have risen. At the same time, some emerging economies and developing countries have taken advantage of their cost advantages to actively undertake international industrial transfer and accelerate the process of industrialization. China's manufacturing industry is facing the dilemma of "encirclement in front and chasing soldiers in the back".

Third, China's industry has entered a critical period of climbing over the hurdles, changing from large to strong, and accelerating to the middle and high end of the global value chain. China's manufacturing industry is "big but not strong", the problem of unbalanced and insufficient development is still prominent, some key core technologies are controlled by others, there are still many shortcomings and weaknesses in the supply of high-quality products and industrial basic capabilities, and there are still many difficulties in the production and operation of enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises.

Promote new industrialization

The paper proposes that innovation is the fundamental driving force for promoting new industrialization. It is necessary to implement major projects of scientific and technological innovation, explore new national systems and models, and promote major strategic technologies and products.

Strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, promote the agglomeration of various innovative elements to enterprises, promote the accelerated growth of technology-based small, medium and micro enterprises, and cultivate a number of leading scientific and technological enterprises. We will further optimize the network of innovation platforms and increase support for manufacturing innovation centers.

Strengthen the support of industrial science and technology innovation services, improve the development policies of the science and technology service industry, give full play to the role of the national independent innovation demonstration zone, and build a world-leading science and technology park and innovation highland.

Promote the optimization and upgrading of the industrial structure

First, it is necessary to speed up the strengthening of the chain in the fields of rail transit and power equipment, enhance the competitiveness of the whole industrial chain, and consolidate and enhance the leading position of advantageous industries.

Second, it is necessary to make good use of the large domestic market and rich application scenarios, systematically promote technological innovation, large-scale development and application scenario construction in the fields of 5G, intelligent networked vehicles, new energy, new materials, and high-end equipment, and promote the healthy and orderly development of emerging industries.

Third, it is necessary to implement the implementation opinions on promoting the innovation and development of future industries, create landmark products, and promote the research and development and application promotion of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, humanoid robots, metaverse, next-generation Internet, 6G, quantum information, biomanufacturing, and deep-sea aerospace development, so as to build new advantages for future development.

Promote artificial intelligence to empower new industrialization

The vigorous development and accelerated iteration of generative AI has emerged in the fields of R&D, design, and manufacturing, and has become an important driving force for new industrialization. Promote digital industrialization, improve the development level of integrated circuits and key software, and accelerate the integration and innovation of 5G, Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, virtual reality, etc. Implement the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry, carry out urban pilot projects for the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the popularization and application of a new generation of information technology in the entire industry and chain of the manufacturing industry.

Promote the innovative application of artificial intelligence, with the deep integration of general artificial intelligence and manufacturing as the main line, intelligent manufacturing as the main direction, and scenario application as the traction, accelerate the intelligent upgrading of key industries, develop intelligent products, create an innovation ecology, and empower new industrialization at a high level.

We will continue to build new infrastructure such as 5G, data centers, and computing power in advance, deeply implement the industrial Internet innovation and development project, deepen the integration and innovation of "5G + industrial Internet", and create a number of globally competitive industrial Internet platforms.