Invigorating manufacturing via 'Made-in-China 2025'

By Guo Yiming
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As major economies roll out their flagship re-industrialization strategies – such as "Industry 4.0" in Germany, the "Advanced manufacturing Partnership" and NNMI in the United States and "The future of manufacturing" in the United Kingdom – China also needs to re-position itself in the vital industry of manufacturing, said a scientist in Beijing on May 20.

Liu Baicheng, a renowned professor at China's prestigious Tsinghua University and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, made the remark during his keynote speech at the 11th Sino-American Technology and Engineering Conference (SATEC), as the veteran scientist spoke about China's flagship "Made-in-China 2025" plan and its priorities and missions.

Liu argued that China's manufacturing industry, a fundamental industry for national prosperity and security, is big but not yet strong and is dogged with problems like weakness in innovation, lack of core manufacturing technologies and serious pollution and waste resources.

According to the Global Innovation Index 2015, co-published by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization, China ranked the 29th, while the Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, which assesses the competitiveness landscape of 140 economies, showed that China was the 28th in its ranking.

"For example, all the aviation turbines (LEAP-X1C) for the new C919 passenger airplanes will be imported from abroad and core technologies for heavy duty turbines in the energy industry also come from abroad," argued Liu, who explained to the audience at the forum the significance of China's new blueprint toward a stronger manufacturing nation.

"Made-in-China 2025," unveiled on May 2015, is the first 10-year plan to transform China from a manufacturing giant to a world manufacturing power and will be followed by two other plans in order to build the country into a leading manufacturing power by the year of 2049, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

"The prospect of becoming one of the leaders in the manufacturing industry with high global innovation and competitive ability is exciting yet challenging, and calls for enterprises, research institutions and universities to synergize their efforts in order to reach our goals," said the scientist.

Besides beefing up innovation, the country also needs to improve product quality with well-known brands, develop clean and sustainable manufacturing technologies and enhance international cooperation, he explained to the SATEC audience.

SATEC is a biennial event launched in 1993 by China's State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs and was later joined by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

This year's event, focusing on innovation and intelligent manufacturing, has brought together scientists and experts both from home and abroad to discuss subjects like green manufacturing, digital design and manufacturing, additive manufacturing and advanced materials and manufacturing.

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