On May 22, the third session of the 13th National People's Congress opened in Beijing. In his government work report, Premier Li Keqiang proposed to "promote the upgrading of manufacturing industries and the development of emerging industries, develop industrial Internet, promote smart manufacturing, and create new advantages in the digital economy." Zhan Chunxin, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, party secretary and chairman of Zoomlion, said that at the two sessions this year, he submitted thoughts and suggestions on the need to increase efforts and focus on supporting the application of artificial intelligence in industrial production lines and products. Suggestions and suggestions from the perspective of deep integration with industrial manufacturing. He believes that the strategic position and head-goose effect of artificial intelligence should be reflected in the deep integration with industrial manufacturing. Through the empowerment of artificial intelligence, it will create innovative formats and provide new impetus for the high-quality development of China's industry.
Question: Artificial intelligence is relatively lagging behind in the integration and development of the industrial field
Commissioner Zhan Chunxin pointed out in this proposal called "Strengthening the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Production Lines and Products" that in recent years, the country has attached great importance to the development of artificial intelligence, and artificial intelligence has been widely used in consumer and service areas, but Artificial intelligence is relatively lagging behind in the integration and development of the industrial field, and its application in industrial production lines and products is very limited, which is not conducive to promoting the development of industrial intelligence innovation.
Zhan Chunxin believes that there are three deficiencies in the integration of artificial intelligence with the industrial field. The first is that the application started late. At present, artificial intelligence is applied to many industry scene areas, forming an "AI + industry" development model. However, due to the characteristics of strong professionalism, large differences, and high thresholds in industrial manufacturing, artificial intelligence started to develop late in the industrial field. According to the Xinhua News Agency ’s "Economic Reference" report in September 2018, the average annual growth rate of the Chinese artificial intelligence market exceeds 40%, but 23.4% of the investment is in the commercial and retail sectors, 18.3% is in autonomous driving, and manufacturing is related Of artificial intelligence investment is less than 1%. According to iResearch, the penetration rate of AI technology in the manufacturing digital economy in 2018 is about 0.4%.
Secondly, the foundation is weak. Due to factors such as inadequate investment in IT infrastructure and digital platform construction, industrial enterprises have varying levels of digital applications. In April 2019, the China Information and Communication Research Institute released the "White Paper on the Development and Employment of China's Digital Economy (2019)", showing that in 2018, the proportion of China's industrial digital economy was only 18.3%. The sensors, chips, Internet of Things, data, algorithms, computing power, applications, and talents required for industrial artificial intelligence applications have significant deficiencies.
Also, it is more difficult to integrate applications. Compared with the industry of consumption and service, the integration of artificial intelligence is more difficult. Specifically: First of all, the customized characteristics of industrial production lines determine that the application scenarios of artificial intelligence are difficult to quickly replicate and promote. Secondly, there are many types of industrial equipment, data collection is difficult, and the versatility is not high. In addition, the security requirements of data for enterprises, it is easy to form barriers, restricting the application and expansion of artificial intelligence in the industrial field. Again, there are many and complex industrial scenarios, and the overall solution is difficult.
For example, in the field of equipment manufacturing, there have been attempts to develop and apply artificial intelligence in the analysis of root causes of production lines and products, fault diagnosis of complex equipment, life prediction, process optimization, quality defect detection, and production line scheduling. There is still a lack of effective applications and systematic solutions.
Proposal: Promote the application of artificial intelligence in industrial production lines and products
Commissioner Zhan Chunxin believes that the strategic position and head-goose effect of artificial intelligence should be reflected in the deep integration with industrial manufacturing. This promotes fundamental changes in production lines, workshops, and enterprises, reshapes business scenarios such as production operations, product services, and organizational processes, and creates innovative formats.
Faced with the problem, Commissioner Zhan Chunxin proposed: "I hope that the country will attach great importance to the deep integration of artificial intelligence and industry, increase efforts to promote the application of artificial intelligence in industrial production lines and products, and enable artificial intelligence to empower the future of industry."
Practice: Zoomlion continues to develop "equipment manufacturing + AI"
It is understood that as a technology-driven equipment manufacturing enterprise, Zoomlion has accelerated its deployment in the field of artificial intelligence in recent years. Zoomlion joined hands with the world's top artificial intelligence scientist Wu Enda and its Landing.AI team to jointly develop new products based on AI technology and build a world-leading AI team, marking this equipment manufacturing company's high starting point into the artificial intelligence technology track .
At the same time, the Zhonglian Smart Industry City project with an investment of 100 billion yuan will build artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging industries and R & D experiments, product incubation bases, and artificial intelligence research and application centers. After completion, it will become the world's leading and largest single-use park in the construction machinery industry, as well as an environmentally friendly and ecological high-end equipment intelligent manufacturing base and artificial intelligence research and application base.
Zhongke Yungu, incubated by Zoomlion, empowered the industry with industrial Internet, big data, and artificial intelligence. In the first Hunan Province Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation and Application Contest, Zhongke Yungu won the "Demonstration Application Scenario Project" The awards highlight the excellent strength of Zoomlion in the field of artificial intelligence and other new technologies.
In the future, Zoomlion will accelerate the practical application of artificial intelligence technology on industrial production lines and products, and continue to exert "equipment manufacturing + AI" to lead a new era of industrial intelligence upgrade in China.
