Guangdong: High quality development plays a role in the "step by step high" industry | Litchi | Guangdong

"Bu Bu Gao" is a distinctive Guangdong folk music, with a lively and passionate melody that gradually increases and relaxes, inspiring people to strive for progress.

Nowadays, on the land of Lingnan, high-quality development is playing a "step by step high".

From the first day of work after the Spring Festival, the provincial high-quality development conference was held, sending a clear signal to the outside world, to the issuance of the "Several Opinions on Guangdong's High quality Development in the New Era" in May this year, making high-quality development the primary task and overall focus of Guangdong's modernization construction; From the second plenary session of the 13th Provincial Party Committee at the end of last year, it was proposed to highlight the leadership of the manufacturing industry and establish the backbone of Guangdong's modernization construction at a new height, to the announcement of the "22 Manufacturing Leaders" in early June this year, finalizing the overall "roadmap" and "construction plan"; From the comprehensive implementation of the "Hundred Counties, Thousand Towns, and Ten Thousand Villages High Quality Development Project" in February this year to promote coordinated development between urban and rural areas, to the launch of relevant measures to support the "Hundred Counties, Thousand Towns, and Ten Thousand Villages High Quality Development Project" in mid June... Guangdong is problem oriented, steadily and step by step on the path of high-quality development.

The proposition of the times and the practice in Guangdong. Recently, a reporter from Science and Technology Daily followed the Guangdong themed interview activity of "High Quality Development Research Tour" to visit universities, research institutes, high-tech zones, enterprises, ports, rural areas, and other places in Guangdong to explore the strategies and practices of high-quality development in Guangdong.

Leading the manufacturing industry to create a new atmosphere

At Shenzhen Mindray Biomedical Electronics Co., Ltd., pictures showcase the company's innovative journey over the years.

32 years ago, Mindray Medical was still an imported medical equipment agent, but the company has been embracing research and development. Since its establishment 32 years ago, Mindray Medical has continuously ensured high R&D investment. In 2022, the R&D investment has exceeded 3.1 billion yuan, and the products have been continuously enriched. The technology has been continuously iterated, especially in high-end products, achieving breakthroughs.

At present, the company has established a research and development innovation platform based on global resource allocation, and has ten research and development centers worldwide. According to statistics, the company's products such as monitors, anesthesia machines, and ventilators ranked among the top in the global market share last year.

The transformation of Mindray Medical is a witness to Guangdong's promotion of high-quality development and continuous optimization of economic structure. In 2022, the total output value of Guangdong's manufacturing industry exceeded 16 trillion yuan, with a total added value of 4.4 trillion yuan, accounting for one eighth of the national total. Nowadays, it has become a consensus that the manufacturing industry is dominant in Guangdong.

"The manufacturing industry is not only a profound 'asset' of Guangdong, but also a 'weapon' for high-quality development." Tu Gaokun, Director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, said that Guangdong closely focuses on major industries, platforms, projects, enterprises, and the environment, and continues to make efforts in key industries and fields, coordinating and promoting the work of adhering to the leadership of the manufacturing industry and building a strong manufacturing province.

Leading the manufacturing industry with strong potential for development. From January to April this year, investment in Guangdong's manufacturing industry increased by 24.1% year-on-year, investment in advanced manufacturing industry increased by 25.6%, and investment in high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 30.1%.

Digital transformation "playing" out of Xintiandi

Visiting four continents around the world and flying nearly 100000 kilometers in over 20 days, Qiu Zhihong, the general manager of Shantou Daye Plastic Toys Co., Ltd., has become a "flying person" and has been busy with global investment since the beginning of this year.

"By attracting customers, gathering popularity, and competing for orders, the company continuously increases new customers and orders, bringing international customers to Chenghai in Shantou and promoting more Chenghai toys to the world." Qiu Zhihong told reporters that the overall performance of the company is still growing significantly.

The innovative development of Daye Toys is a microcosm of Shantou's toy industry. Shantou's toy production accounts for about 50% of the country's total, evolving from low-end "manufacturing" to high-end "smart manufacturing" today. Behind this is Shantou's continuous self innovation of toys, leveraging technology to enhance product value, promoting the integration of craft toys and digital creativity, and creating a complete industrial chain transformation and upgrading ecosystem.

The exhibition hall of Shantou Gaode Precision Technology Co., Ltd. can be called the world of building block toys, including building block flowers that are even more vibrant than flowers, and building block particle toys that replicate the super mining car of "Wandering Earth". Gaode is a representative of the digital transformation of toys in Shantou.

"We are deeply involved in precision manufacturing and have chosen the building block industry because building blocks have universal components that can turn them into standardized products, thereby achieving automation, informatization, and intelligence," said Du Kexiao, the company's general manager.

Currently, Shantou City is firmly committed to the path of "industrial development and industrial strength". "Since the beginning of this year, over 100 enterprises in Chenghai Toy Base have implemented digital transformation, and the digitalization level of industrial clusters has significantly improved," said Guo Pengcheng, Deputy Director of Shantou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology.

So far, Guangdong has promoted the digital transformation of 25000 industrial enterprises above designated size, driving over 700000 small and medium-sized enterprises to reduce costs, improve quality, and increase efficiency.

Industrialization development releases new benefits

June and July every year are the season when fresh lychee fruits ripen.

At the ancient lychee garden in Baiqiao Village, Genzi Town, Gaozhou City, Maoming City, He Jinbao, who is nearly 60 years old, skillfully climbed a 1300 year old lychee tree and picked lychees from it for everyone to taste.

Maoming is located in the southwest of Guangdong Province and is the largest lychee producing area in Guangdong. One out of every five lychees in the world are produced in Maoming.

The ancient lychee garden in Baiqiao Village covers an area of 89 acres and is known as the "living lychee museum". Lv Huaqiang, Director of the Agricultural Science and Technology Affairs Center and Senior Agronomist of Gaozhou City, told reporters that variety improvement is the direction of high-quality development of lychee. In recent years, Gaozhou City has introduced new varieties such as Xianjinfeng, Bingli, Jinggang Hongnuo, Lingfeng Nuo, etc. More than 300 agricultural technicians have been running in the fields to serve the development of lychee and other industries.

Previously, the lychee industry was mainly focused on fresh fruit sales, and problems such as short production season cycles, large and small years, and low precision processing rates hindered the development of the lychee industry.

To address the pain point of preservation, Gree's technical team has independently developed lychee specific preservation mobile equipment based on the characteristics of lychee. Dong Mingzhu, Chairman of Zhuhai Gree Electric Appliances Co., Ltd., said, "On the basis of traditional refrigerated storage, the equipment has added functions such as humidity, sterilization, and precise temperature control, effectively reducing the dehydration rate of lychee, inhibiting the respiration of lychee, preventing microbial invasion, and extending the shelf life."

At the Guangyao Wanglaoji Guangdong Litchi Industrial Park, which is a few minutes' drive from Baiqiao Village, the production line is booming.

In order to support the high-quality development of Guangdong's lychee industry and promote the transformation and upgrading of the lychee industry, the lychee pulp processing plant built by Wang Laoji Health Company of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group in Gaozhou was officially put into operation in May 2022, becoming the only production line in the country capable of processing lychee clear juice. It can process 200 tons of fresh lychee fruits per day, continuously driving upstream development and extending the industrial chain.

At present, there are more than 30 types of processed lychee products in Maoming city. "Eating lychee all year round" has become a reality, and "high-end fresh fruit" and "deep processing" of lychee have achieved synchronous development.