Industrial Internet enters a period of rapid growth

There are more than 70 industrial Internet platforms with a certain industry and regional influence, which are widely used in more than 30 key industries of the national economy, and the number of connected industrial equipment reaches 40 million sets... Open the report card of my country’s industrial Internet development in recent years. Supporting capabilities have been significantly improved, integrated applications have accelerated in-depth expansion, and the industry's driving effect has continued to increase.

Continuous breakthroughs in industrial Internet technology have not only injected new momentum into economic innovation and development, but also provided new opportunities for promoting industrial integration. Since the issuance of the "Industrial Internet Development Action Plan (2018-2020)", my country's industrial Internet has shown a vigorous development trend, and all the initial action plans have been completed.

It is the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan". How can my country's industrial Internet reach a new level after it has passed the initial stage and entered the period of rapid growth? Not long ago, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Industrial Internet Innovation and Development Action Plan (2021-2023)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Action Plan"), based on 11 key tasks, to make arrangements for the key work content of the industrial Internet in the next three years.

What's new in the Action Plan

Broader coverage, deeper focus, higher action goals

"The next three years will be a critical period for the rapid growth of my country's industrial Internet." Xu Xiaolan, president of the China Industrial Internet Research Institute, said that the release of the "Action Plan" reflects the wider, deeper and deeper industrialization and informatization. Integrated development at a high level.

The coverage is wider, highlighting the data production factors. The "Action Plan" adds "Data Convergence Enabling Action", "Technical Capability Enhancement Action" and "Industry Coordinated Development Action", which not only basically covers all fields and industries, but also highlights the importance of data and other elements.

Focus on the field more deeply and focus on basic innovation capabilities. In the next three years, a number of key technologies in the fields of networking, identification, platform, and security will achieve industrialization breakthroughs; the supply capacity of industrial chips, industrial software, and industrial control systems will be significantly enhanced. "These breakthroughs in basic technological capabilities will further support the innovation and development of my country's industrial Internet and provide fertile soil for the grounding and rooting of new technologies, new formats and new models." Xu Xiaolan said.

The action goals are higher, and all industries are improving in all aspects. The goal of the "Action Plan" has changed from the original "preliminary establishment of industrial Internet infrastructure and industrial system" to "the construction of new industrial Internet infrastructure, both quantity and quality, new models and new formats are widely promoted, and the overall industrial strength is significantly improved." From the perspective of the content of the action, it will promote the all-round improvement of my country's industrial Internet from the industry itself to the application empowerment of various industries, and will form about 100 new model application pilot demonstrations for vertical segmentation industries.

The "14th Five-Year Plan" period will be a key stage for the industrial Internet to integrate 5G, big data, artificial intelligence and other new-generation information technologies to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry.

On the one hand, new technology empowers and expands new space for innovation and development. "From the demand side, as new digital components such as industrial 5G chips and smart sensors become more popular, the cost of equipment and production line transformation will continue to decrease, thereby increasing the willingness of small and medium-sized enterprises to transform the industrial Internet." Policy Research of China Industrial Internet Research Institute Zhang Yu, deputy director of the institute, analyzed that from the supply side, as the construction of the computing power infrastructure of the big data center continues to advance, the computing power service capacity continues to improve, and the quantity and quality of industrial data increase, which will also strengthen the solutions of industrial Internet system suppliers. Output capacity.

On the other hand, new business formats are leading, and the application fields are advancing in depth. After a three-year start-up period, from the perspective of coverage, the Industrial Internet continues to expand to various manufacturing sectors such as raw materials, equipment, consumer goods, and electronic information. From the perspective of application links, it gradually shifts from terminals such as sales and services of manufacturing enterprises to R&D and design. Front-end extension, from a single point of improvement to global optimization, these have laid the foundation for the industrial Internet to expand the application space at a higher level.

How to cultivate a new model

Extend the tip of the industry to the service field and anchor the progress of the industry to high-precision technology

"It provides an action guide for how my country's industrial Internet seeks new development and opens up new opportunities in the new stage, which will effectively boost the innovation enthusiasm of the industrial Internet industry." According to Gu Weixi, deputy director of the Institute of Intelligent Technology of China Industrial Internet Research Institute, " One of the biggest highlights of the Action Plan is to cultivate new models.

The "Action Plan" puts forward prospects from five aspects, including the development of intelligent manufacturing, strengthening networked collaboration, promoting personalized customization, expanding service extensions, implementing digital management, etc., and proposes goals and tasks for vertical segmentation of industries by 2023 , To form a batch of typical models and application scenarios that can be replicated and promoted, and replicated and promoted in more than 200 industrial enterprises.

How can we accelerate the cultivation of new models?

On the one hand, it is necessary to lengthen the line of sight, enhance the perspective, broaden the horizon, and extend the end of industrial development to the service field.

"Industrial Internet is based on data-driven full connection to promote enterprises to build a "big network". To fully release the economic benefits of this network, it needs to be customer-centric and continuously expand service areas." Inspur Group CEO Wang Xingshan introduced, Take the zipper manufacturer Weixing Group as an example, through cooperation with Inspur Cloud ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), it has successfully realized the personalized customization of its products. "Customers can freely choose the color, material and style of the zipper. After the order is placed, the system will schedule flexible production in real time based on the order information and the operating conditions of each production line. This not only realizes the'private customization' of the zipper industry, but also the equipment utilization rate from the past. From 60% to 80%."

On the other hand, it is also necessary to anchor the prospect of industrial progress on high-precision technology, and promote the development of intelligence and service.

The new model comes from new technology. The Action Plan emphasizes that large enterprises are encouraged to increase the application of digital technologies such as 5G, big data, and artificial intelligence, comprehensively improve the level of intelligence in R&D and design, process simulation, manufacturing, and equipment management, and achieve dynamic optimization and precise decision-making throughout the entire process. . "Supporting leading companies to accelerate the integration and application of key technologies and the Industrial Internet will not only facilitate the emergence of new models, but will also drive the improvement of industrial shortcomings." Gu Weixi said that building more optimized and flexible software and control systems based on the industrial Internet platform will be effective Fill up the shortcomings of my country's industrial control system and industrial software.

"Although the five models have been clearly defined, how to fully enhance the subjective initiative of the industry and how to effectively integrate resources is still to be explored." Gu Weixi suggested that goals should be further refined and resources should be coordinated, so as to give full play to its own advantages. Accelerate the cultivation of new models.

How to Integrate and Develop Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

It is necessary to give play to the leading and supporting role of large enterprises, but also to enhance the comprehensive public service capabilities

At present, the willingness of my country's small and medium-sized enterprises to carry out industrial Internet transformation is still insufficient, and their development potential has not yet been fully activated.

"Weak foundation, lack of funds, and poor talents are the main factors that restrict the upgrading and transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises." Zhang Haoxiang, deputy director of the Master Planning Institute of China Industrial Internet Research Institute, said that many small and medium-sized enterprises have weak digital foundations for production equipment, making upgrades difficult and costly. , And there are widespread problems such as lack of funds and weak ability to continue operations.

The integration and development of large and small enterprises is the advantage of my country's vigorous development of the industrial Internet. The "Action Plan" proposes to support large-scale enterprises to lead and promote the extensive application of SMEs' financial development model, and promote the digital transformation of SMEs.

To realize the integration and development of large and small enterprises, it is necessary to give play to the leading and supporting role of large enterprises. Zhang Haoxiang said that by promoting the establishment of industrial Internet platforms by large group companies, the surrounding small and medium-sized enterprises will be promoted to improve their digital level and form a symbiotic and win-win industry ecology. On the one hand, opening up various resources of leading enterprises can enable relevant small and medium-sized enterprises to deeply integrate and develop in the fields of design and R&D, manufacturing, market development, brand building, etc.; on the other hand, through leading enterprises to drive related small and medium-sized enterprises in the industry chain, it can also improve To promote small and medium-sized enterprises to focus on subdivided areas, and quickly grow into specialized and new "little giant" enterprises.

"After years of exploration, the Kaos Industrial Internet platform will be built with large companies and shared with small companies as the development secret." The relevant person in charge of Haier Kaos told reporters that the Kaos platform has been bred across industries and fields. 15 industry ecosystems including chemical industry, agriculture, emergency supplies, etc. have been released to help tens of thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises realize digital transformation, and many enterprises have become industry leaders.

To accelerate the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, it is also necessary to improve the comprehensive public service capabilities. The "Action Plan" proposes to build an industrial Internet big data center system. "The big data center is based on the service system formed by the collection, aggregation, and analysis of industrial big data in massive industries, which will enhance the monitoring and analysis capabilities of the industrial chain of small and medium-sized enterprises, thereby helping enterprises to reduce transformation costs and gradually transform from passive use to active embrace." Zhang Haoxiang said .

"The development of the Industrial Internet should promote the collaboration of multiple entities and break down barriers." Xu Xiaolan said that only in this way can the Industrial Internet industry penetrate into all aspects of society and enterprises like capillaries, and become a fertile ground for the transformation and upgrading of more manufacturing enterprises.