context: Rolling out industrial internet and getting companies to move onto the cloud is a top priority for MIIT, as economic headwinds and trade uncertainties are add urgency to climbing the global value chain. It set ambitious 2019 goals and is drafting support policies. Local governments are preparing for a major push.
Ministries are drafting plans to integrate services into industrial upgrading and to nurture advanced manufacturing clusters, reports Economic Information Daily. These plans will implement
- Central Deepening Reform Commission’s 10 Sep 2019 'Implementation opinions on promoting the deep integration of advanced manufacturing and modern service industries'
- State Council’s May 2019 ‘Opinions on urging further innovation and opening-up of national development zones’
Local governments have already increased support over the last month, the report says, noting
- Hubei said it aims to attract C¥10 tn over five years to advanced manufacturing, prioritising
- optical communication
- new energy
- connected vehicles
- Sichuan announced a C¥1 tn megaproject, focusing on
- electronic and information technology
- equipment manufacturing
- advanced materials
- Shanghai launched 21 projects worth C¥4.6 bn
- Foshan supports 50 projects with a C¥105 million fund
- Qingdao will build an advanced manufacturing park in its free trade zone with an industrial output of C¥150 bn by 2023
Megaprojects are counterbalances to steady the economy, says Hou Yanquan 侯彦全 CCID Planning Institute Regional Development Lab vice director, expecting more to focus on high-end smart equipment, next-gen IT and new materials. Provincial governments use megaprojects to promote synergy across industrial chains and create industrial clusters, says Economic Information Daily.
Yang Chunli 杨春立 Ministry of Industry and IT (MIIT) Microelectronic Development Research Centre vice director points out challenges, including
- technological infrastructure
- key basic materials
- core industrial software
- industrial cloud
- smart service platforms
The state should set up a national industrial internet application innovation centre, argues Yang, to support the roll-out of applications. MIIT-affiliated CCID expects the market for industrial internet platforms to break the C¥600 bn mark in 2019.