The overall scale of the manufacturing industry has ranked first in the world for 14 consecutive years.
The driving role of the "Three New Things" has been further strengthened, product exports have exceeded one trillion yuan for the first time, and the shipbuilding market share has ranked first in the world for 14 consecutive years.
In 2023, the export of complete automobiles will be 4.91 million units, a year-on-year increase of 57.9%, and it is expected to rank first in the world for the first time.
"In 2023, the industrial economy will generally show an upward trend, the information and communication industry will accelerate development, and high-quality development will be solidly advanced. Taken together, it mainly has five characteristics: stability, innovation, strength, integration, and excellence." January 19, Xin Guobin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at a press conference on the development of industry and information technology in 2023 held by the State Council Information Office.
Xin Guobin said that in 2024, the internal and external environment faced by the industrial economy will still be severe and complex. However, our country has the advantages of a complete industrial system, a huge market scale and a complete information infrastructure, especially after the National New Industrialization Promotion Conference was held. With the strong momentum of all parties supporting industrial development, the long-term positive trend of the industrial economy will not change.
The industrial economy presents five major characteristics
In 2023, the industrial economy will present five characteristics: stability, innovation, strength, integration, and excellence.
The "stable" situation has been further consolidated.
In 2023, the "combination punch" of stabilizing growth policies will be powerful and effective, industrial production will stabilize and accelerate, and the added value of industries above designated size will increase by 4.6% year-on-year, 1 percentage point higher than in 2022. Production in key industries is generally improving, with 28 of the 41 major industrial categories maintaining growth. Among them, the added value of manufacturing industries above designated size increased by 5.0% year-on-year. The growth areas of provinces and industries have "double expanded", and the "stabilizers" of the growth of the ten key industries and the ten major industrial provinces have become prominent. The overall scale of the manufacturing industry has ranked first in the world for 14 consecutive years.
The "new" momentum is further enhanced.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology insists on leading the construction of a modern industrial system with scientific and technological innovation, accelerating the creation of innovation highlands, deploying 27 national manufacturing innovation centers, 2 national and local joint manufacturing innovation centers, and accelerating the construction of 45 national advanced manufacturing clusters. Focusing on strengthening advantageous industries, the driving role of the "Three New Things" has been further enhanced. Product exports have exceeded one trillion yuan for the first time, and the shipbuilding market share has ranked first in the world for 14 consecutive years. Actively cultivate new momentum, and a number of emerging industries such as new materials and robots have grown rapidly. Accelerate technological research and application, achieve new breakthroughs in innovation in industrial aircraft, key software and other fields, and research results such as large aircraft and high-end medical equipment have been put into use.
The foundation of "strongness" has been further consolidated.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has accelerated the technological transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and increased the promotion of smart manufacturing. It has built 62 "lighthouse factories", accounting for 40% of the total number of "lighthouse factories" in the world, and cultivated 421 national-level smart manufacturing demonstration factories and more than 10,000 smart manufacturing demonstration factories. Provincial-level digital workshops and smart factories. Green and low-carbon transformation will be solidly promoted, green emerging industries will gradually grow, and the comprehensive utilization efficiency of industrial resources will be further improved. The annual bulk industrial solid waste utilization will exceed 2.2 billion tons. The resilience and safety level of the industrial and supply chains have been continuously improved, and the development of the electronics, software and other industries has shown strong resilience.
The trend of "integration" is further accelerating.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has vigorously promoted the development and expansion of core industries of the digital economy. In 2023, telecommunications business revenue will increase by 6.2% year-on-year, the electronic information manufacturing industry will bottom out and stabilize, the software industry will increase both volume and efficiency, and the Internet industry will recover steadily. Network infrastructure continues to be consolidated, service capabilities continue to be upgraded, and the total computing power scale ranks second in the world. The integration of data and reality has been comprehensively deepened, 5G applications have been integrated into 71 of the 97 national economic categories, and the industrial Internet covers all 41 industrial categories. Network and data security capabilities continue to improve.
The "excellent" environment has been further upgraded.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has thoroughly implemented the 31 Articles on the Private Economy to unleash the vitality of various business entities. Cooperating with relevant departments, we continue to promote the work of reducing the burden on enterprises. In the first 11 months of 2023, new tax cuts, fee reductions, tax rebates and fee deferrals across the country exceeded 1.8 trillion yuan. To promote the connection between industry and finance, the national industry-finance cooperation platform has assisted enterprises in financing to reach 712 billion yuan. Efforts have been made to support the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, and a total of 103,000 specialized and new small and medium-sized enterprises have been cultivated, including 12,000 "little giant" enterprises. Establish and improve a normalized communication mechanism for manufacturing enterprises to eliminate blockages and solve stuck points in a timely manner.
At the same time, the information and communication industry is also accelerating development. In 2023, telecom business revenue will increase by 6.2% year-on-year, and total telecom business volume will increase by 16.8% year-on-year, becoming an important support for economic growth.
Promote the deep integration of informatization and new industrialization
"Digital infrastructure has strong support. The world's largest optical fiber and mobile broadband network has been built. The total computing power scale is second in the world. There are more than 340 industrial Internet platforms with certain influence." Spokesperson and Operation Monitoring Coordinator of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Tao Qing, director of the bureau, said, "Accelerating the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry is an inevitable requirement to comply with the trend of the new industrial revolution, improve the level of industrial modernization, and build a modern industrial system."
In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will adhere to the main line of promoting the deep integration of informatization and new industrialization, focusing on four aspects:
The first is to lay a solid foundation and accelerate the unified deployment and construction of underlying standard protocols, data circulation rules, network infrastructure and other blocking points.
The second is to advance in an integrated manner and build a working system for coordinated advancement of digital assessment and diagnosis, scenario cultivation, transformation demonstration, and promotion and application.
The third is the linkage between supply and demand, to find out the needs, pain points and difficulties of enterprise transformation, and comprehensively adopt open demand-side scenarios, supply and demand "unveiling the list and take charge" to jointly tackle key problems, and cultivate high-quality solutions and service providers to strengthen the connection between supply and demand and improve the efficiency of digital transformation.
The fourth is to implement classified policies, cultivate a team of professional service providers who are deeply involved in subdivided fields, adhere to enterprise-specific policies, encourage enterprises with good digital foundation to accelerate the upgrading to the direction of intelligence, and accelerate the popularization of digitalization of key businesses of enterprises in other industries.
Exports of complete automobiles are expected to rank first in the world
"The automobile industry is an important pillar industry in my country. With the common attention of the whole society, the development of the automobile industry last year saw many highlights. It should be said that it has handed in a very good answer." Xin Guobin said.
Xin Guobin pointed out that in 2023, China will export 4.91 million complete vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 57.9%, and is expected to rank first in the world for the first time. Among them, 1.203 million new energy vehicles were exported, a year-on-year increase of 77.6%.
"The production and sales of my country's automobile industry can achieve stable growth in 2024, and new energy vehicles will continue to maintain a good development trend." Xin Guobin said that the industry association predicts that the production and sales of the automobile industry can reach 31 million vehicles in 2024, a slight increase of about 3% year-on-year. The production and sales of new energy vehicles will also reach about 11.5 million units, an increase of about 20%.
In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will support enterprises to carry out joint innovation and increase technological research on automotive chips, all-solid-state batteries, and high-level autonomous driving to further enhance product market competitiveness. Organize and carry out pilot projects for intelligent connected vehicle access and "vehicle-road-cloud integration" applications, accelerate the construction of roadside sensing, network-connected cloud control and other infrastructure, further improve the vehicle-side, road-side, and network-side standard systems, and further promote intelligent network Commercial application of connected cars.
