High quality development research tour | Holding onto "old brands" and exploring "new tracks" - Foshan promotes the dual improvement of manufacturing quantity and quality enterprises | Microwave ovens | Manufacturing industry
When it comes to Foshan, Guangdong, martial arts and lion dance are shining business cards, and the manufacturing industry in this city is equally impressive.
In 2022, the total output value and added value of Foshan's industrial scale have both risen to the 5th place in the country's cities; In the first quarter of this year, the total profit of industrial enterprises above designated size in Foshan increased by 12.1% year-on-year.
The reporter recently visited Foshan for interviews and research, and felt that this city has deeply explored the connotation of the manufacturing industry, played a good combination of industrial transformation and upgrading, and has walked out a growth path of both quantity and quality improvement.
In the Galanz microwave oven assembly workshop, dozens of automated production lines operate at high speed, with an average of one microwave oven being produced in less than a second. Since the beginning of this year, the Galanz microwave has been operating at full capacity.
How many days does it take for a microwave oven to complete production from receiving orders from overseas customers?
Grace's answer: 7 days!
"Before digital transformation, this process would take at least 20 days," said Liang Zhaoxian, Chairman of Galanz Group. The new "Galanz speed" is not only the application of automation equipment, but also the result of digital transformation and upgrading.
In the past, from receiving orders to completing product shipments, manual coordination between different departments and production lines such as research and development, order management, suppliers, internal components, and final assembly was required, making it difficult to respond quickly and provide personalized customized services for customers. Nowadays, digital transformation connects all links in the manufacturing chain, allowing all information to interact online and achieve seamless integration and instant communication.
This is the Galanz microwave oven assembly workshop. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Hongyu
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Foshan, which started with industry and relied on manufacturing to establish its market, has a solid foundation and a group of distinctive manufacturing enterprises. However, traditional industries are heavy in weight, with many old industrial parks, especially traditional industries such as home appliances and ceramics, which once faced problems such as short industrial chains and poor growth potential.
Transformation and upgrading are imperative. In 2021, Foshan introduced 25 policy measures to vigorously promote the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry. Over the past two years, a group of "time-honored" enterprises have improved their production efficiency and tasted the sweetness of transformation and upgrading.
In the first quarter of this year, traditional manufacturing industries represented by Galanz and Midea saw a rapid recovery in growth, with top and newly added enterprises performing well. As of April this year, the cumulative digital transformation rate of industrial enterprises above designated size in Foshan has reached 44.7%. The average production efficiency of transformed enterprises has increased by 16.5%, costs have decreased by 17.3%, and product delivery cycles have been shortened by 20.2%.
However, simply holding onto the "time-honored brand" is not enough. Foshan believes that the development of the manufacturing industry cannot follow the trend, but should bravely stand at the forefront, target the world's cutting-edge technology and industry, and find innovative development breakthroughs.
Invest 23.8 billion yuan more!
Not long ago, the Guangdong Ningde Bangpu Integrated New Materials Industry Project signed and settled, once again breaking the historical record of investment in a single project in Foshan.
From Ningde Bangpu to FAW Volkswagen, from Xingyuan Materials, Ruipu Energy to Germany's SEW transmission equipment... Since the beginning of this year, strategic emerging industry projects worth billions have settled in Foshan, bringing new vitality to this industrial city.
"Standing on the economic scale of 1.27 trillion yuan, Foshan must change its industrial form, optimize its industrial structure, and inject high-end, intelligent, and green manufacturing 'new blood' to reach a new level," said Zheng Ke, Secretary of the Foshan Municipal Party Committee.
Foshan is promoting the development of emerging industrial clusters such as new energy vehicles, high-end equipment manufacturing, industrial robots, new energy, new materials, energy conservation and environmental protection, new energy storage, medicine and health, focusing on the construction of the Fobei War New Industrial Park and the "Double Ten Park".
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At the Meidekuka Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Park in Shunde District, Foshan City, the order delivery workshop is busy: on one hand, the fully automated production line of "robot production robots" accelerates "running", while on the other hand, trucks are pulling orange "robots" to send to the whole country and even around the world.
This is the fully automated production line of Midea Kuka Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Park. Photo by Sun Fei, journalist from Xinhua News Agency
The "emerging" projects are poised to emerge, and the "emerging" industries are emerging. On the road to promoting high-quality development, Foshan is reshaping its industrial landscape.
In Nanhai District of Foshan, hydrogen powered sanitation vehicles are playing a significant role in green and clean production. Liang Zhurong, Chief Economist of the Development and Reform Bureau of Nanhai District, said that the fuel cell for sanitation vehicles is developed by the local Guangdong Qingneng New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. The company has attracted investment from other places, and what attracts them is the industrial ecology of Foshan.
In Sanshui District, Foshan, a Yundonghai Biomedical Industry Park with a total area of 20 square kilometers has emerged. Currently, it has introduced two projects worth over 10 billion yuan, and dozens of projects have been negotiated and settled in. "The land here was originally used for tourism real estate development, and in order to ensure industrial land use, Foshan promptly optimized the land supply arrangement," said Xie Jiasheng, the person in charge of the industrial park.
It is reported that Foshan currently has 8 industrial clusters worth over 100 billion yuan, of which 5 are traditional industries and 3 are emerging industries. Relying on the Beijiao Robot Valley Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park, Foshan has become the second largest industrial robot production base in China. The number of national high-tech enterprises in Foshan has increased from 1388 in 2016 to 8700 currently.
In the first quarter of this year, Foshan's advanced manufacturing industry accounted for 52.5% of the added value of large-scale industries, while the added value of high-tech manufacturing increased by 7.1% year-on-year, with a faster growth rate than the added value of large-scale industries.
Defend the "old brand" and explore the "new track". Foshan is promoting the dual improvement of manufacturing quantity and quality, striving for new and upward growth.