Frontline research | How does a small brush from a small town "brush" into a billion dollar industry? General Manager | Qianshan City | Brush
In a small town in Qianshan, Anhui, a small brush can bring in an annual output value of over 10 billion yuan. How the small industries scattered in villages and towns have developed into the largest characteristic industry cluster in China? Let's take a look at the journalist's frontline research.
Entering the brush industry park in Yuantan Town, Qianshan, Anhui, you can see various high-precision and cutting-edge brushes with a brush bristle density of 30000 per square centimeter, mainly used in the manufacturing of LCD glass substrates; This is mainly used in the fields of large aircraft and military industry.
Zhang Fuhou, General Manager of Anhui Zhenda Brush Industry Co., Ltd.: It can withstand high temperatures of over 1300 degrees Celsius, filling the gap in this industry. Previously, the imported price was 300000 yuan, but now we can achieve 100000 yuan domestically.
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A brush can sell for 100000 yuan, which was something Zhang Fuhou couldn't even imagine in the past. When the factory was first established, the company produced the most ordinary floor sweeping brush, and one could only be sold for 3 yuan. At that time, the local brush industry mainly consisted of small workshops and factories, with a single category and low added value. In recent years, the government has guided small and medium-sized enterprises to settle in standardized parks and follow the path of "specialization, refinement, novelty, and agglomeration development" by building service platforms such as incubation, science and technology innovation, and investment and financing. After moving into the park, Zhang Fuhou began to introduce a specialized production model and set up a laboratory to increase innovation.
Zhang Fuhou, General Manager of Anhui Zhenda Brush Industry Co., Ltd.: We aim for high-precision research and development, solve industry pain points or difficulties in research and development, and improve product added value. We invested more than 2 million yuan in the development of this brush.
In order to break through the bottleneck of limited local innovation resources in the small town, the local government has cooperated with domestic higher education institutions to establish 7 "research and development enclaves" outside the province, and has applied for a total of 185 product patents. Meanwhile, an annual brush industry development fund of 20 million yuan is established to assist enterprises in transformation and upgrading. These days, this company is building a new digital factory.
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Xu Yanmiao, Chairman of Anhui Huanmei Brush Industry Co., Ltd.: There will be over 2000 sensors in this workshop layout, and all operating equipment will be interconnected. Our expected goal is to double the production capacity.
While guiding enterprises to develop towards specialization, refinement, uniqueness, and novelty, actively expanding into the international market. In the past two years, the government has established a cross-border digital e-commerce industrial park in the local area and built the only public bonded warehouse located in a township in the province.
Xu Haiyang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Yuantan Town, Qianshan City, Anhui Province: But if you sit at home, you cannot come to your doorstep for orders. Our Chamber of Commerce and the government are working together to organize enterprises to go out and receive more orders.
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Since 2020, the cross-border e-commerce exports of Yuantan Town's brush industry have grown at an average annual rate of 43%, exceeding 100 million US dollars so far, and the products have been exported to more than 70 countries and regions worldwide. In 2022, Qianshan City achieved a brush industry output value of 10.56 billion yuan, cultivating 5 national level "specialized, refined, and new" small giant enterprises and 35 provincial-level "specialized, refined, and new" enterprises. One small brush has driven half of the town's population to employment.