(Source: Guangming Daily 2025-04-25)
[Guangming Commentary]
Data recently released by the State Administration of Taxation show that in the first quarter of this year, my country’s manufacturing sales revenue increased by 4.8% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 0.9 percentage points faster than in 2024. High-end equipment, digital products, green manufacturing and other fields have performed well, with highlights in high-end, intelligent and green aspects.
Overall, the "stable" foundation of my country's manufacturing industry has been continuously consolidated, the "advancing" trend has been consolidated and expanded, and "good" factors have continued to accumulate, demonstrating the strong resilience and huge potential of the Chinese economy. Continue to work steadily, continue to innovate and seek changes, and promote high-quality development of the manufacturing industry, which will also inject stronger confidence and momentum into economic and social development.
Manufacturing is the foundation of a country and a strong country, and it is also the confidence we have in dealing with various external uncertainties. The more developed the manufacturing industry, the higher the level of the real economy and the stronger the ability to resist risks. This is an iron law of modern economic development. In recent years, we have vigorously developed the real economy, continuously promoted industrial modernization, continued to improve the level of manufacturing, and achieved a series of remarkable achievements. Chinese clothing brands have appeared in the global fashion capital, the "New Three" have accelerated their rise and are leading the way, and China accounts for half of the world's "lighthouse factories"... The overall scale of my country's manufacturing industry has remained the first in the world for 15 consecutive years, effectively playing the role of "stabilizer" and "ballast stone".
Currently, my country's manufacturing industry is in a critical period of structural adjustment, quality and efficiency improvement, and a critical stage of climbing from large to strong and overcoming obstacles. Looking at the environment, some countries have implemented "decoupling and cutting off chains", building "small courtyards and high walls" to promote the return of manufacturing and build exclusive industrial and supply chains, which have continued to suppress and contain the development of my country's manufacturing industry. Looking at trends, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are accelerating. A large number of new technologies, new industries, new formats and new models have been spawned, and new drivers of economic growth are gradually nurturing development; looking at the gap, compared with the world's advanced level, my country's manufacturing industry still has some shortcomings that need to be filled in terms of independent innovation, industrial structure, quality and efficiency, etc. Vigorously promoting new industrialization, cultivating new productive forces through deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone, and consolidating the "family foundation" of the manufacturing industry are inevitable requirements for us to promote Chinese-style modernization.
To do a good job in the manufacturing industry, we must adhere to the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and cultivate and strengthen emerging industries, so that future industries can go hand in hand. Traditional industries account for more than 80% of the manufacturing industry. They are the basic market, the "home base" and the foundation of the modern industrial system. It is necessary to follow the direction of high-end, intelligent, and green, accelerate equipment updates, process upgrades, and digital empowerment, improve efficiency and benefits, and allow traditional industries to "grow new sprouts from old trees." Emerging industries have high technology content, high added value, great growth potential, and good overall benefits; future industries represent the development direction of technology and industry and are the key to seizing the commanding heights of future competition. Over the past period of time, we have accumulated a lot of good experience and practices in the development of 5G, new energy vehicles, etc., which are worthy of careful review and reference. We can proactively lay out a number of new industries and new tracks, strengthen upstream and downstream cooperation in the industrial chain, and coordinate the promotion of technological innovation and market promotion, so that more "Made in China" business cards with high technical content and high brand influence can emerge to accelerate the formation of new competitive advantages.
As the times have developed to this day, the industrial growth cycle has been greatly lengthened, and more emphasis has been placed on deep cultivation and careful work. From an industrial perspective, a place needs to accumulate, strengthen and continue efforts step by step from attracting projects and cultivating industries to forming industrial chain clusters and improving development levels. From an innovation perspective, a breakthrough in a key core technology, from consolidating basic research to building underlying technology, to commercializing the results, is inseparable from all-round support from resources to systems. Taking the digitalization process as an example, the maturation of application scenarios is a complex exploration process, including multiple links from creation to integration, from integration to empowerment. Only by understanding the characteristics of different industries, understanding differentiated needs, and continuously practicing and improving can we achieve efficient collaboration, cost reduction and efficiency improvement. This also means that we need more determination and patience than before, to stay calm, stay focused, and continuously improve our strength. This will surely create a solid "base" for development.
Promoting new industrialization and vigorously developing manufacturing industry is a systematic project that must gather various elements and gather the strength of all parties. The key is to create a stable, transparent, and predictable market environment and industrial ecology. For example, scientific and technological innovation often involves high risks and high investment. Only by matching corresponding financial credit, venture capital, and giving due policy inclinations can we support progress. Many start-ups also need the support of a complete tiered cultivation mechanism to achieve rapid growth. All of this needs to be driven by reform, break down all institutional barriers that hinder innovation, and allow talents, technology and other innovation elements to fully flow. Only in this way can a broader space for growth be opened up for various manufacturing business entities. Only by strengthening confidence, forging ahead, and fully promoting the new, green, and high-quality manufacturing industry can we win more initiative and future for our country's economic and social development.
(Author: Liu Jiangning, professor at the w88 casino of Marxism, w88 casino)
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