At the recently concluded 2018 world manufacturing congress, a number of cutting-edge technologies and innovations have been unveiled, demonstrating the charm of Chinese manufacturing to the world.
Obviously, in artificial intelligence, big data, Internet of things, driven by emerging technologies such as intelligent manufacturing has become China's manufacturing industry transformation and upgrading of the "new kinetic energy", it makes the traditional manufacturing of thoroughly remould oneself at the same time, also at an unprecedented rate and the way to change China.
"AI+" becomes the breakthrough of China's manufacturing industry
Automatically play music speakers, "wake up" the master's intelligence robot can do push-ups hand palm size, new energy carrying the ai system can automatic driving a car, "S" shape bending flexible display...The development of China's manufacturing industry, especially in the field of intelligent manufacturing, has surprised the participants of the 2018 world manufacturing congress.
In the view of liu qingfeng, chairman of suntech, the upgrading of manufacturing industry is a catalyst for the development of China's industry and even the global technological upgrading."The multi-dimensional development and multi-industrial chain operation of artificial intelligence will be deeply integrated with education, medical treatment, automobile and other manufacturing industries."
"We are in the age of intelligent manufacturing, and ubiquitous intelligent manufacturing is changing the way we produce and live."China's vice minister of industry and information technology, xin guobin, told the conference.
According to statistics, by the end of 2017, China's core artificial intelligence industry has exceeded 18 billion yuan, and the relevant industry has reached 220 billion yuan.Intelligent products such as intelligent network-based automobile, intelligent service robot and medical image auxiliary diagnosis system have good technology and industrial foundation.
And recently released a new generation of artificial intelligence technology to drive the development of intelligence industry, "the report also shows that as of June 2017, the world of artificial intelligence have a total of 2542 enterprises, China has 592, ranking second in the world.China also ranks second in the world with 15,700 patents in the field of artificial intelligence.
At the scene of the 2018 world conference on manufacturing, talking seconds to change "xunfei input method" of the word, with 33 languages instant translation of "xunfei translator", and the guests have craigslist venue robot...Ustc's intelligent voice technology is refreshing again.
Today, there are 760,000 developers worldwide, and that number is still rising.Users can through the Internet, mobile Internet, the use of any equipment, at any time, any place, anywhere to enjoy xunfei open platform provided by listening, speaking, reading and writing and other comprehensive artificial intelligence services.
"The manufacturing process of intelligent manufacturing in addition to make us more intelligent, such as in the manufacturing process of a large number of using new technologies such as robotics, Internet of things, intelligent at the same time can also make the product itself."Hkust senior vice President of information flight, yo-guo zhang.
In his view, the artificial intelligence (ai) combined with manufacturing, is profoundly changing the future of life from two aspects: on the one hand, changed consumer product performance directly, and for the 3 c products (computer, communication and consumer electronics), such as mobile phones, toys, robot, intelligent home, intelligent home appliances, etc.;On the other hand, in many industries, artificial intelligence can change "expert systems", such as education, medical care, public inspection laws and smart cities.
Foreign companies are racing to embrace China's "smart" manufacturing
With the deepening of the reform of China's manufacturing industry supply side, more and more foreign enterprises are also targeting the dividends, to adjust the global layout, with made in China from "low cost, low technology content" to "high-tech, high quality" the transformation of the process.
Wu xiaohua, vice President of the China's national development and reform commission macroeconomic research institute, said China's manufacturing industry in the transformation and upgrading, expanding opening to the outside to the foreign capital enterprise to create a large amount of investment and market opportunities.
"The new round of manufacturing upgrading and opening up may be more lucrative for foreign companies than the first round because of the higher value added and the greater purchasing power of the market," he said.
On May 25, the first electric car jointly produced by jianghuai and Volkswagen group was put off the line in hefei.The all-electric SOL E20X, based on the new energy technology framework of jianghuai automobile, combines the design philosophy of Volkswagen's siatt brand and will be available in the second half of this year.
Founded in December 2017, jianghuai Volkswagen automobile co., ltd. is the first sino-foreign joint venture of new energy automobile in China and the third joint venture of Volkswagen group in China.
Volkswagen group (China) CEO jochen, hayes said, the electric range of more than 300 km, with a voice control platform based on the artificial intelligence technology, as well as mobile travel, including intelligent charging and intelligent parking solution.The car has received thousands of orders from Volkswagen's Shared mobile travel partners.
In 2017, according to data, manufacturing enterprise with foreign investment established in China amounted to 4986, up 24.3% from a year earlier, manufacturing to attract foreign direct investment of $33.5 billion, the focus of foreign investment from the processing and manufacturing, also gradually expand to the computer, integrated circuit, new and high technology fields such as intelligent manufacturing, set up regional headquarters and r&d centers in China nearly 2000 multinational companies.
It follows the opening of the whirlpool global research and development center and its Chinese headquarters in hefei, one of the seven research and development centers in the world.
In November, whirlpool (China) co., ltd. began building its third smart manufacturing demonstration plant in hefei.Whirlpool here is equipped with intelligent robot assisted manufacturing, automated logistics operations, virtual reality goggles, equipment status tracking, big data network monitoring and system, expected to finally realize the wisdom of the Internet of things environment factory operating model, real into the industrial age, 4.0 will take about ten years to complete construction plans.
"Transformation and upgrading of China's manufacturing industry brings to the enterprise in the future cooperation between the two countries the opportunity, in addition to selling technology, hardware, software, the American companies in China has the factory is also a process that beneficiaries.""Said jrida, President of the American chamber of commerce in Shanghai.
Is betting the sino-foreign cooperative manufacturing contain the huge opportunity, German industrial University education and communication platform 4.0 4 Industry China general representative Thomas Bach Ryan made a special trip to the world manufacturing assembly looking for business opportunities.
The headquarters in Munich, Germany's education platform brings together more than 50, including Volkswagen, Siemens, Germany manufacturing enterprises more than 100 manufacturing experts, they hope will become "sharing knowledge" German manufacturing experience, share with Chinese companies.
"China's manufacturing industry is undergoing tremendous changes, more and more manufacturing enterprises, excellent enterprise very much, such as haier, chery, etc., we hope to spread to China, the experiences of Germany industrial 4.0 and grow up with the manufacturing enterprises in China."At the same time, German companies want to know more about Chinese manufacturers.
Promoting the "kinetic energy transformation" of manufacturing industry
"Forty years reform and opening up, China's manufacturing industry actively integrated into the global economic system, play their own advantages, to undertake international industry transfer, development made significant progress, but also has the very big disparity from manufacturing power.""Said xin.
According to the introduction of economic benefits, among the top 500 enterprises in the world in 2017, the average operating income of Chinese enterprises is 11% higher than that of American enterprises, but the average profit is 30% lower.In terms of core technologies, 80 percent of IC chip manufacturing equipment, 90 percent of general-purpose computer CPU and basic software are imported.In terms of product quality, the service life of general components is generally 30% to 60% of that of similar products in foreign countries, and the service life of mould products is generally 30% to 50% lower than that of advanced foreign countries.
Xin guobin says, "better foreign cooperation, strengthen communication, jointly cope with a new round of science and technology and industry to change, to take an active part in global economic competition cooperation is our based on the cognition of their own, and promoting the construction of manufacturing powerhouse is we, manufacturing status based on the outlook for the next 30 years, in the process is not arrogance, not little."
There is no doubt that the pace of opening up in China's manufacturing sector will continue to accelerate and deepen. However, in this process, innovation must be driven to find new coordinates of the value chain.
Liu qingfeng believes that if China's manufacturing industry is to achieve "kinetic energy conversion", it will inevitably move towards matching and deep integration with artificial intelligence in the future."In the next 30 years, if we seize the opportunity in the ai industry, we will have a greater say and influence in the global value chain.Therefore, we must raise artificial intelligence and Chinese manufacturing to the strategic height of dual drive and parallel drive, and make artificial intelligence a true national strategy.
However, some authoritative experts in the industry argue that the development of intelligent manufacturing needs to be vigilant about "pimajia", and pay more attention to in-depth basic scientific research and technology while focusing on application.
"For example, currently more than 70 percent of China's artificial intelligence industry is distributed in the application layer, rather than the technology and technology layer.If we are to reach the target of 150 billion yuan in total output value of the core intelligent industry by 2020, the whole industry will need a large increase.Therefore, the explosion period of the intelligent manufacturing industry is far from coming."Said li deyi, an academician of the Chinese academy of engineering.
Since 2015, industry by capital markets continue to focus on artificial intelligence, annual investment increasing year by year, in 2017 China's artificial intelligence investment of 58 billion yuan, up 50% from a year earlier, more massive growth in 2018.Artificial intelligence is becoming a new tuyere, more research into, update training institutions and more innovative startups in the birth, appeared a batch of valuation of billions of dollars "unicorn" enterprise.
"On the one hand, we should prevent all walks of life from wearing smart waistcoats.On the other hand, the artificial intelligence industry should step out of the embarrassing situation of "stop at scientific research, stop at demonstration demonstration or reward of achievement, it is difficult to form market products".De-yi li said analysis, intelligent manufacturing industrial base is still not strong enough, demand driven far greater than the impetus of science and technology, so you must sink, will continue to offer independent motive power, the big time in technology layer.
Some in foreign industries say they want China's manufacturing sector to be more open and cooperate more deeply with global manufacturers.
Global alliance of small and medium-sized enterprises (smes), chairman of the world, the German President, Christian wulff, the truth, a new round of technological revolution and industrial revolution is pregnant rise around the world, and communication technology and manufacturing integration development is the main features.In his view, the process is made in China.
"The new global rules for manufacturing, the global value chain, global balance and global governance require a renewed strategic dialogue and thinking," he said.It is inevitable for The Times to build a high-end international cooperation and exchange platform for manufacturing industry around the world and promote the cooperation between the world and China's manufacturing industry to achieve win-win results.