Technology Leading the Future 2023 Automotive Technology and Equipment Development Forum held in Suzhou Layout | Automotive | Equipment
On August 22, 2023, the Automotive Technology and Equipment Development Forum was held in Suzhou High tech Zone. Su Bo, Deputy Director of the Economic Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Wu Qingwen, Deputy Secretary and Mayor of Suzhou City, and Xu Zengde, Chairman of China Inspection and Certification Group, attended.
The theme of this forum is "Equipment Solidifies the Foundation and Technology Leads the Future". Authoritative experts and representatives of well-known enterprises in the automotive field are invited to gather together, focusing on the development of automotive technology and equipment, analyzing the dynamics of industrial development, and planning industrial innovation breakthroughs. The conference will hold six themed forums and equipment exhibitions, focusing on automotive technology and related equipment, building a face-to-face communication platform between government and enterprises, and a platform for cooperation between government, industry, academia, research and application.
The automotive industry has always been the advantage and potential of Suzhou's manufacturing development. Looking towards the future, Suzhou plans to devote about five years to building a trillion level automotive industry, striving to form a domestically leading and internationally first-class automotive industry innovation cluster. At the same time, Suzhou will continue to create a market-oriented, legal, international, and convenient business environment, continuously increase policy support, and fully promote the high-quality development of the automotive industry.
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According to the Report on the Coordinated Development of Industrial Machine and New Energy Vehicle Industry released during the conference, new energy vehicles have driven the steady growth of China's industrial machine industry. It is estimated that by 2025, China's new energy vehicle sales will account for about 40% of the new vehicle sales in that year, and the manufacturing equipment investment represented by industrial machine will account for more than 50% of the fixed assets investment of new energy vehicle enterprises.
Industrial mother machines are the core hub of modern industrial systems and key equipment for the production and manufacturing of new energy vehicles. Zuo Shiquan, Chief Engineer of the Equipment Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated that the coordinated development of industrial mother machines and new energy vehicle industries is an important direction for cross industry and cross domain integration and innovation, a development process of two-way empowerment and long-term cooperation, and a key measure to establish partnerships, tighten interdependence, and form close industrial and supply chain connections.
The report points out that with the rapid development of new energy vehicles, the ecological reconstruction of the industrial mother machine industry is accelerating. The power system and process technology, materials, and structural changes of new energy vehicles have put forward new demands for industrial mother machines, driving the expansion of demand for industrial mother machines. Currently, global industrial mother machine enterprises are accelerating their layout of the new energy vehicle industry chain, and new energy vehicle power system manufacturing solutions have become a key focus of their layout. Our country's industrial mother machine enterprises combine their own advantages, seize the development opportunities of new energy vehicles, and increase the layout of vehicle and key component manufacturing equipment. In 2022, China's industrial mother machine enterprises invested over 100 billion yuan in new energy vehicle layout projects.
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The report believes that there are problems in the current development of China's industrial mother machines and new energy vehicle industry system, such as insufficient supply capacity of high-end industrial mother machines and poor connection between supply and demand. It is recommended to take promoting supply and demand matching as the main line, improving the supply capacity of industrial mother machines as the main direction, adhering to both supply optimization and demand traction, strengthening paired research and application demonstration, establishing a long-term connection mechanism between industrial mother machines and new energy vehicle industry, and enhancing the competitive advantage of China's entire new energy vehicle industry chain.
On that day, the conference released the Suzhou High tech Zone Automotive Industry Collaborative Innovation Development Report and Policy, the "Urgent First" Demand List for Automotive Intelligent Testing Equipment, the Automotive Intelligent Manufacturing Partner Initiative, and launched the Central Local Collaborative Innovation Center for Automotive Testing Technology and Equipment. Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Zhong Zhihua, and Chief Engineer of the Equipment Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Zuo Shiquan, delivered keynote speeches.