Intelligent manufacturing equipment will become one of the key directions of China's high-end equipment manufacturing industry. The "Twelfth Five Year Plan" for the Development of National Strategic Emerging Industries, which is seeking comments, clearly stated that during the "Twelfth Five Year Plan" period, the level of intelligent manufacturing process in key areas should be significantly improved, and the domestic market share of intelligent manufacturing equipment should reach 30%.

According to incomplete statistics of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the sales output value of China's intelligent manufacturing equipment industry in 2009 reached more than 300 billion yuan. According to the prediction of Galaxy Securities and other institutions, the average annual growth rate of intelligent equipment during the "12th Five Year Plan" period will exceed 25%. In the next 5-10 years, the intelligent equipment industry will witness rapid growth. It is estimated that the size of the intelligent equipment market will exceed 1 trillion yuan in 2015.

Policy "awesome" intelligent manufacturing equipment

In fact, since the issuance of the Equipment Manufacturing Industry Adjustment and Revitalization Plan in May 2009, the national policy support has been increasing. At present, the Twelfth Five Year Plan for High end Equipment Manufacturing Industry is in the process of soliciting opinions and is expected to be released in the second half of 2011.

"Intelligent manufacturing equipment is one of the key directions of high-end equipment manufacturing industry." Li Dong, deputy director of the Department of Equipment Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said.

According to the reporter, considering the strategic position of intelligent equipment and its important role in promoting the adjustment and upgrading of the industrial structure of the manufacturing industry, the country will continue to increase financial support for intelligent equipment research and development during the "12th Five Year Plan" period, and will also establish an insurance mechanism for the first equipment demonstration project.

As early as the beginning of this year, the relevant departments of the CIRC, together with Beijing Zhongguancun Management Committee and other units, jointly held the launching conference of the insurance mechanism of the first equipment demonstration project in Beijing. Some enterprises in Zhongguancun signed insurance contracts as the first batch of manufacturers of the first equipment.

"The establishment of the first equipment (set) insurance mechanism is a major innovation in science and technology finance, an important part of promoting cooperation between science and technology and finance, which will be conducive to the marketization process of domestic equipment and the product research and development of science and technology enterprises." Relevant experts said that they can be sure that the policies to support the development of intelligent manufacturing equipment industry will be "awesome" during the "12th Five Year Plan" period.

Clear industrial development priorities

With the "Twelfth Five Year Plan" for the Development of National Strategic Emerging Industries approaching, the development blueprint of intelligent equipment manufacturing is becoming clearer, and its huge market prospect is full of temptations.

"The intelligent manufacturing equipment industry is an important part of the strategic emerging industry, but it is a relatively new concept. It is a gold mine in high-end equipment manufacturing that has not been fully explored by the market." Industry analysts said.

"Intelligent manufacturing equipment is the demand for upgrading traditional industries and developing strategic emerging industries, focusing on four categories of products." Zhang Xiangmu once said. Specifically, it includes promoting intelligent instruments and control systems, key basic parts and general components, high-end CNC machine tools and basic manufacturing equipment, intelligent special equipment, etc.