At present, the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, which is located on the shore of Bohai Bay, is busy. In the ecological environment monitoring and digital agriculture innovation industry platform of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, pilots are controlling drones to conduct flight tests, and in the background, the data transmitted back to the screen draws smooth curves.
"We are optimistic about the resource advantages of the free trade zone, focusing on the R&D, production and application of intelligent ecological detection equipment and advanced unmanned aerial vehicles of the Internet of Things, and building an innovation cluster for aerospace information applications. Gao Liyao, general manager of Tianjin Digital Intelligence Huayun Technology Co., Ltd., the investment and operator of the platform, said.
According to the economic data just released by Tianjin, the investment in strategic emerging industries increased by 18.3% in the first quarter, and the bonded zone also contributed outstanding results: 42 new "specialized, special and new" small and medium-sized enterprises and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises were added, the added value of new materials, automobiles, green petrochemicals, and information and innovation industry chains increased by more than 15%, and 24 new manufacturing projects were introduced, with a total investment of 8.93 billion yuan, including 3 key projects with an investment of more than 1 billion yuan...... Sitting on the resources of Tianjin Port and Tianjin Binhai International Airport, Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, relying on its own location advantages, has become an important carrier for Tianjin to develop new quality productivity according to local conditions.
Starting from the fence in the Tianjin Port Area, it has become the first bonded zone in the north, to expanding the territory, developing and constructing the airport economic zone, and then to upgrading the energy level, and has been approved as the Lingang Comprehensive Bonded Zone...... Nowadays, the enterprises in Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, which have passed the "year of establishment", have grown and developed in the industry: the airport and the civil aviation family continue to expand its members, the development of the marine economy in the port is getting new and good, and the curtain of the seaport and the urban renewal project of 10 billion yuan has been raised......
In the face of a new wave of science and technology and industrial revolution, Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone is accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system and constantly shaping new momentum and new advantages for development with the development of new quality productivity according to local conditions.
Map strong to the sky and explore new highlights of the low-altitude economy
Machinery roars, welding sparks fly, into Tianjin Airport Economic Zone, Airbus Tianjin A320 series aircraft assembly line second production line is under construction. The relevant person in charge of the construction unit, China Railway Construction Bridge Bureau, said that the project is expected to be completed and put into operation by the end of 2025.
"The implementation of the Airbus A320 second-tier project means that Airbus' aircraft production capacity in the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone will be doubled in the future. We have the foundation to further participate in the international industrial chain cooperation and promote the implementation of more supporting projects. Yang Lin, director of the Aviation Industry Development Bureau of Tianjin Port Bonded Bureau, said proudly.
The Airbus A320 Tianjin final assembly line, which was officially put into operation in 2008, is the first final assembly line of Airbus outside Europe. Today, Airbus Tianjin has the production capacity of Airbus single-aisle and dual-aisle aircraft, and the Airbus Tianjin cooperation project has become a successful model of China-EU high-tech cooperation and Tianjin's city card.
In the past 15 years that Airbus has been deeply involved in the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, the aviation industry in the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone has accelerated its development, and Airbus supporting projects have taken root in the Free Trade Zone. The A320 wing assembly project and fuselage system assembly project have started in the Tianjin branch of Xifei International in the region, realizing the manufacturing of the A320 series aircraft wing of the Airbus Tianjin final assembly and the local delivery of the fuselage system assembly. Airbus' core suppliers Collins Aerospace and Safran have also set up nacelle engine pre-assembly centers, and Airbus Tianjin has achieved 100% nacelles in Tianjin since this year.
Not only civil airliners, not only Airbus. Relying on the location of the airport and the agglomeration advantages of supporting projects in the aviation industry, the entire aviation industry chain in Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone is becoming more and more perfect.
The AVIC Civil Helicopter Industrialization Base project has accelerated, ACCEL has become the only local training equipment manufacturer in mainland China to design, certify and deliver full-motion flight simulator solutions for both Boeing and Airbus mainstream aircraft platforms, and Tianjin Haite has grown into the largest private third-party aircraft overhaul and modification base in China...... At present, Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone has formed four major aviation industry clusters of aviation manufacturing, aviation maintenance, aviation services and aviation logistics, with nearly 300 projects in various links of the industrial chain and more than 15,000 employees.
Relying on the aviation industry cluster built by hundreds of well-known manufacturing, maintenance and service providers including Airbus, Bombardier, Haite, Xifei International, AVIC Jinjiang and other well-known manufacturers, a number of main enterprises that seize the opportunity of low-altitude economy to develop new quality productivity are flying high here together with the "big aircraft".
Walking into Tianjin Crane Eagle Aviation Technology Co., Ltd., technicians are debugging an engineering simulation equipment. On the screen, an eVTOL aircraft is simulating flight in a rainy operating environment.
Ren Wenting, the founder of Crane Eagle, said that if an aircraft wants to obtain an airworthiness certificate, the test cycle is usually 3 to 5 years. The advent of engineering simulation systems means that aircraft components and systems are tested through an engineering simulation platform instead of real aircraft tests.
"Seizing the opportunity and grasping the new quality of productivity is the driving force and development needs of enterprise innovation. Ren Wenting is full of confidence.
Based on its own advantages, seize development opportunities. Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone is striving to compete for a new track of low-altitude economy. At present, Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone has initially formed a whole industrial chain of low-altitude economy involving assembly, production, operation, maintenance, trade, exhibition, and service.
Through the ocean, stimulate the new momentum of the marine economy
This spring, Jiang Chunguang, assistant general manager of China Shipbuilding (Tianjin) Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., was very busy with a sense of achievement. A year ago, China Shipbuilding Group signed a large order of more than 21 billion yuan with the French CMA CGM Group, of which six 15,000TEU methanol dual-fuel powered large container ships will be built in the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone. After the preliminary scheme design and technical "experience", the first large ship will start construction in May.
With a length of 366 meters, a width of 51 meters and a depth of 30.2 meters, these six large ships are built with very high requirements for scale and precision. "Between the two guide rails of the cargo compartment of a large container ship, the accuracy requirement is plus or minus 7 mm, which is equivalent to building a wall about ten stories high, and the deviation of the wall up and down cannot exceed 7 mm. ”
2023 is the "first year" of the rise of the "large shipbuilding" industry in Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone. "Through the intelligent, high-end, and green development path, we can continue to renew traditional industries by practicing internal skills and improving technology. Jiang Chunguang said. From the settlement of super-large orders, to the delivery of the largest container ship in North China 100 days ahead of schedule, to the establishment of the R&D and application base of ship robots...... The high-quality development of the shipbuilding industry in the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone has a distinct background.
"Traditional" is not equal to low-end, and the upgrading of traditional industries is giving birth to new impetus.
The history of offshore oil development in the mainland can be traced back to half a century ago, and offshore oil and gas equipment manufacturing is not new. However, under the modern marine industry system, the Tianjin Marine Engineering Equipment Manufacturing Base located in the Lingang area is a smart factory "armed" with 5G and other technologies, and the factory has overcome 10 "industry first" technologies, developed and applied more than 400 sets of intelligent equipment, mainly producing offshore oil and gas platforms and other equipment.
At present, the second phase of the project, which focuses on the intelligent transformation of logistics and distribution, is also stepping up construction, and "black technologies" such as unmanned forklifts and electronic maps continue to be "launched". "In 2024, we will have 50 individual projects under construction. Through the construction of new intelligent production centers, assembly stations, etc., the pace of intelligent transformation will be accelerated. Wang Lei, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of CNOOC Engineering Tianjin Construction Branch, said.
The construction of CNOOC Intelligent Equipment Manufacturing Base started, the Wind Stacking New Energy Wind Cyclone Booster System obtained the principle certification of the classification society, and the offshore floating production, storage and offloading platform, one of the world's largest tonnage manufactured by Bomec, was exported to Brazil...... With multiple national strategies superimposed on port, coastline and wharf resources, Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone has formed an industrial system focusing on five major fields, including offshore oil and gas equipment, high-tech ships, and seawater desalination equipment, covering "R&D and design, parts, assembly and manufacturing, and supporting services", and has achieved "10 billion industrial scale and 100 billion industrial chain revenue".
With one hand, we should grasp the renewal of traditional industries, and the other hand should grasp the transformation of new and old kinetic energy. The new energy track has become a red sea, and the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone focuses on its own resources, makes good use of the by-product hydrogen of the Lingang petrochemical industry, and embarks on a clean energy alternative road with hydrogen fuel as the core.
As a key area for the development of hydrogen energy industry in Tianjin, the Hydrogen Energy Demonstration Industrial Park in Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone has gathered a number of enterprises such as New Hydrogen Power and Hangcha Group, and has initially formed an industrial cluster.
"We are accelerating the promotion of the green energy industry with hydrogen as the core, accelerating the layout of green transportation, green chemicals, green shipping, and green aviation. Luo Chunyu, director of the Hydrogen Energy Industry Development Office of Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, said.
Revitalize and renew to create a new model for industrial transformation
Not long ago, in the harbor area of Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, the harbor urban renewal project of Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone was officially launched. As Tianjin's first 10-billion-level "industrial transformation" project, the harbor urban renewal project is regarded as "an important attempt at industrial transformation in Tianjin and even in the northern region".
Compared with the airport economic zone, which is famous for the Airbus Tianjin assembly line, and the Lingang Comprehensive Bonded Zone, which has been approved for a short time, the harbor area, which is the birthplace and starting area of the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, has been a little "lonely" in recent years: although there are industries such as automobiles and grain and oil processing, due to the early finalization of the industry, the traditional structure, and the limited carrier space, the regional appearance and function are difficult to adapt to the development requirements of the modern industrial system.
At a time when traditional industries are being renovated and upgrading, and emerging industries are surging, how to embrace new quality productivity?
The Seaport Urban Renewal Project is the answer to this question. With a total investment of more than 10.7 billion yuan, the project is expected to renew the land area of 946,600 square meters and update the existing construction area of 761,900 square meters.
"This large-scale urban renewal aims to support industrial agglomeration and development through urban renewal through the advantages of the bonded policy of the harbor area. Wang Hui, general manager of Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Urban Renewal Investment and Construction Group Co., Ltd., said that in the future, the harbor area will focus on bonded design, bonded research and development, bonded remanufacturing and other businesses to form industrial clusters, and at the same time attract emerging industry entities to settle down.
The project adheres to the principle of "no industry, no renewal", adheres to the simultaneous development of "demolition, reform and retention", upgrades and transforms industrial facilities, customs supervision facilities, infrastructure and intelligent parks, opens up the blocking points of the collection and distribution port, builds cross-border transaction service scenarios, and builds a smart low-carbon comprehensive bonded park.
"At present, a number of institutions and enterprises intend to settle in the International Innovation Center for Harbor Industry-City Integration, and we will use the Harbor Urban Renewal Project as a platform to further carry out long-term work at multiple levels, through multiple channels, in multiple forms and in multiple fields. Wang Hui said.
In 1991, a red board house was built in the harbor area of Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, which became the initial office location of the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Management Committee and the Preparatory Group of the Free Trade Zone Customs.
In the future, the completed International Innovation Center for the Integration of Harbor Industry and City will serve as a carrier for industrial transformation and upgrading and the development of new quality productivity, "start a second business" in this land carrying hopes and dreams, and strive to create a "Tianjin model" for regional industrial renewal.
By the sea and the sky, to the new. Taking the opportunity of developing new quality productivity, Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone has made steady progress. "We will continue to focus on the national development strategy, give full play to our locational, policy and industrial advantages, and continue to create a new situation of high-quality development. Yin Xiaofeng, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Management Committee of Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, said.
Source: Xinhua Daily Telegraph