Manufacturing in China Must React to the World Challenge

The "Made in China 2025" plan has not yet been announced. CCTV and other state-level media have intensified their propaganda in recent days. Miao Wei, minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, has repeatedly read and read. In the stock market, relevant stocks are sought after. Quanzhou, Fujian, has recently taken the lead in launching Quanzhou Manufacturing 2025 and three action plans in the country, sparking widespread public opinion.

Nowadays, the phrase frequently spoken by the Chinese industry is: “Standing on the air, pigs can fly.” This sentence vividly illustrates an important feature of industrial development: once a revolutionary and historic opportunity comes, it is timely If you live, you will succeed. The so-called opportunity here is once the Internet and e-commerce. Now it is "Made in China 2025," and some people call it "Chinese Intelligence." If you miss this “spirit”, you will be eliminated and you will become a “pig” walking hard.

The so-called "Made in China 2025" is a ten-year development plan for China's manufacturing industry. The goal is to achieve industrialization and informatization "intensified integration," and accelerate the transition from a manufacturing power to a manufacturing power. Where does Chinese manufacturing go? There are many arguments in the past two years. There are many concepts, such as high-end manufacturing, smart manufacturing, and the “Internet,” but the most popular one is the deep integration of industrialization and information technology. This is the upgrading of the Chinese manufacturing industry. The general direction.

Since the reform and opening up, China's manufacturing industry has grown by leaps and bounds. It has now reached the top of the world and has contributed more than 40% of its GDP. This "great situation" makes it easy for us to become intoxicated, lie on the top of the world and sleep well, and form the so-called "path dependence."

However, the global economy is also changing. With the rise of "Made in China," many countries have long sought solutions. Some countries want to maintain and strengthen their technological advantages. Some countries have eliminated manufacturing as a sunset industry, but now they are returning to the manufacturing industry. For example, the US government launched the "US Advanced Manufacturing Country Strategic Plan" in 2012, and Germany released the first "Industry 4.0" standardization roadmap at the end of 2013 to strengthen Germany's core competitiveness as a technological and economic power. Japan will sink 20 years of potential robot research and development, and it is ready to welcome the Japanese version of the “Tokuguchi”.

When referring to the United States' return to manufacturing, many people like to mention the U.S. wages, energy, and other comparative advantages, while ignoring the U.S. strong technological innovation. In fact, the return of the United States to the manufacturing industry is not a "strategic plan," but it is already a very shocking reality in the world: Apple's watches, Google's driverless cars, and companies are developing flying cars. If the United States succeeds, the traditional "Made in China" will be eliminated.

In the face of the world's response to the rise of "Made in China," China must have the consciousness, wisdom, and actions to "react further." Faced with China's manufacturing in the world, the developed countries did not admit defeat. On the contrary, they saw the supporting role of advanced manufacturing in the country's competitiveness. They know their strengths and continue to strengthen their strengths. If we are still inviting investment under the inertia of the old days and are satisfied with working in developed countries, it is very likely that we will end up with a piece of industry that is “uncompleted”.

Now the whole country pays attention to the "middle income trap" and creates a "spirit" for "Made in China", which is the only way we must break through. The current "Made in China" has lost the advantages of cheap labor to the developing countries and is technically weak to the developed countries. This is the root cause of China's potential to fall into the "middle income trap." To create an outlet to allow "Made in China" to fly, is related to China's breakthrough and is related to our entry into high-income countries. Must find a way, and only succeed.