In the first half of this year, the output value of 25 advanced manufacturing clusters was 6.2 trillion yuan, up 6.1 percent from the same period last year. Gathered nearly 100 individual champion enterprises, thousands of specialized special new "little giant" enterprises...... A set of data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that a number of competitive advanced manufacturing clusters are forming in China, becoming an important force to stabilize the chain and enhance industrial competitiveness.

  The reporter has learned that, driven by the work of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to cultivate and develop advanced manufacturing clusters, various regions are actively studying targeted policies and measures to support the cultivation and development of clusters, guiding high-quality factor resources to efficiently gather in clusters, and accelerating the cultivation of a number of internationally competitive advanced manufacturing clusters.

  Enterprise efficient collaborative industrial chain and supply chain toughness

  In Zhuzhou, "China's electric locomotive capital", tens of thousands of parts can be assembled for a single electric locomotive in the time of a cup of coffee. This highly linked and deeply integrated industrial ecology benefits from the scale effect brought by industrial clusters.

  "At present, Zhuzhou has built the world's largest rail transit equipment research and development base, gathering more than 380 upstream and downstream enterprises, with the local allocation rate exceeding 80%." Song Changzheng, director of the Zhuzhou Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, told reporters that leading enterprises are closely linked with supporting enterprises, building a safe and stable industrial chain and supply chain system. In 2021, the scale of the rail transit equipment industrial cluster was nearly 140 billion yuan, with an increase of 9.5% from January to July this year.

  It's not just Zhuzhou. Sichuan introduced leading enterprises in 17 key clusters and a number of industrial chain "replenishment" projects, and industrial investment increased by 5.7% in the first three quarters. Guangdong has established a "chain length system", carrying out multiple actions for cluster enterprises to boost investment, maintain supply and stabilize prices, improve quality and improve efficiency, help enterprises rescue, stabilize production and stabilize the chain...

  According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, a series of measures have been taken to support local governments to "seize clusters and promote growth" and improve the stability and competitiveness of industrial chains and supply chains, from implementing special actions for the development of advanced manufacturing clusters, to supporting national clusters to strengthen the connection between supply and demand of industrial chains, to optimizing industrial development ecology relying on advanced manufacturing clusters.

  According to the data from the press conference "Proactively Serving and Integrating into the new Development Pattern to promote the coordinated development of the Manufacturing Industry" held by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently, 25 advanced manufacturing clusters focused on cultivating in China have gathered 25,000 enterprises above the regulation level. In 2021, the output value of 17 clusters will increase by more than double digits year-on-year. It has become an important force leading and driving the high-quality development of regional manufacturing industry and improving industrial competitiveness.

  "Advanced manufacturing clusters have shown strong vitality and resilience in promoting steady industrial growth and smooth circulation of industrial chain and supply chain." Zhao Zuoquan, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Science and Technology Strategy Consulting, told Economic Information Daily that advanced manufacturing clusters have the dual advantages of a high degree of specialization and concentration of factors, thus forming economies of scale and scope. By building a vertical division of labor system with "chain master" enterprises leading, and upstream and downstream "specialized, specialized and innovative" enterprises closely supporting each other, Make the industrial chain and supply chain more flexible.

  Gathering high-quality Resources to Create the "source" of Industrial Innovation

  While strengthening the resilience of industrial chain and supply chain, advanced manufacturing clusters have also become the "source" of industrial innovation.

  Xugong's 2,000-ton telescopic boom crane was exported to Europe on July 27 at the world's largest wheeled crane manufacturing base in Xuzhou. The 1000-ton super crane can lift 135 tons of heavy objects to a height of 160 meters, further expanding the application of China's super-large tonnage crane in the European wind power market.

  "We are focusing on the world's frontier and striving to build a batch of independent innovative technologies and products that support the cluster's high-quality development." Zhang Shouhang, president of Xuzhou Construction Machinery Industry Promotion Association, said that at present, Xuzhou has built a provincial innovation center of high-end construction machinery and core parts manufacturing industry, integrating the innovation ability of cluster enterprises, accelerating the breakthrough of major equipment and key components, and spreading innovation resources to the vast number of small and medium-sized enterprises in the industrial chain.

  Many places are also actively exploring cluster collaborative innovation. Wuhan Optoelectronic Information Cluster focuses on optical communication, photoelectric display, laser and photoelectric sensing four fields, set up optoelectronic information industry fund, under the leadership of more than 1,400 domestic standard enterprises, developed into the world's largest optical fiber and cable manufacturing base, high-end laser equipment production base. Sichuan and Chongqing have jointly built a Chengdu-Chongqing demonstration zone for industrial Internet integration, enabling more than 310,000 enterprises to use cloud services.

  Driven by the cluster promotion mechanism, a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises focus on the main business in the subdivision field, intensive farming, and rapidly grow into the industry specialized special new "little giant". According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, nearly 100 individual champion enterprises and thousands of specialized "little giant" enterprises have gathered together in 25 key clusters.

  "By strengthening policy support, we will strengthen coordination in the construction of manufacturing innovation centers, industry-finance cooperation, the implementation of major talent projects, and the layout of information infrastructure, so as to accelerate the convergence of science and technology, finance, talent, data and other factor resources to advantageous clusters." The responsible person of the planning Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that at present, nearly 50% of the national manufacturing innovation center, cross-industry and cross-field industrial Internet platform, industrial Internet identification analysis secondary node in the key cluster layout construction.

  We will continue to improve the policy support and cultivation mechanism

  In the view of industry insiders, to accelerate the reconstruction of the current global industrial chain supply chain, it is necessary to give full play to the advantages of the large scale of Chinese manufacturing industry, the complete chain and the broad development space, integrate resources, and accelerate the development of advanced manufacturing industry clusters with strong competitiveness.

  Cheng Nan, director of the planning Institute of China Electronics and Information Industry Development Institute, said that the advanced manufacturing cluster can cover the key areas and directions of building a manufacturing power, attract these industries to concentrate in advantageous areas, can constantly break through core technologies, promote product upgrading and quality improvement. At the same time, the cluster ecology formed by the coordination of industry, science and technology, finance and talents is an important support for the modern industrial system.

  Reporters learned that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology through the advanced manufacturing cluster competition, set up the strength of the cluster competition "arena", continue to encourage the cluster to accelerate development. In addition, driven by the cluster competition, 13 provinces and cities, including Jiangsu, Guangdong and Henan, issued policy documents to support the cultivation and development of clusters.

  Reinforcing and strengthening the chain, planning and reserving a number of industrial projects with high technical content; We will intensify efforts to foster high-quality manufacturing enterprises and promote integrated innovation among large, small and medium-sized enterprises. Promote enterprises on the cloud platform, accelerate the digital transformation of cluster enterprises...... A number of major industrial provinces focused on advanced manufacturing clusters and further planned specific measures to modernize industrial chains and supply chains.

  "We will further improve the working mechanism of cluster cultivation and development, build a hierarchical cluster cultivation system, and jointly study targeted policies and measures to support cluster cultivation and development, so as to guide high-quality factor resources to efficiently gather in clusters." An official from the planning department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the government will support cluster development to promote organizations to improve their service capabilities, create a high-level coordinated development ecology of industry, technology, finance and talent, and accelerate the cultivation of a number of internationally competitive advanced manufacturing clusters. (Economic Information Daily)