"Scientific and technological innovation is the core element of the development of new quality productive forces. It is necessary to make greater efforts to lead industrial innovation with scientific and technological innovation, take the initiative to connect with national strategic scientific and technological forces, actively introduce first-class R&D institutions at home and abroad, and improve the ability of independent innovation in key areas. Strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation, promote the deep integration of innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain and talent chain, and promote the acceleration of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productivity. Focus on advantageous industries, strengthen industrial base reengineering and major technical equipment research, continue to expand and strengthen the advanced manufacturing industry, promote the high-end, intelligent and green development of the industry, and build a national industrial cluster. ”
——In March 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection in Hunan
"We should make greater efforts to lead industrial innovation with scientific and technological innovation" and "strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation"...... The general secretary's earnest entrustment urges people to forge ahead.
Xinggong is a strong city, and the huge pen is like a rafter. As one of the top 100 counties in the national county economy, how can Ningxiang's advantageous main and special industries climb and release surging kinetic energy with "strength"? Under the new development pattern, what new fields and new tracks should Ningxiang seize with "strength" and be the vanguard?
At present, advanced manufacturing clusters and booming emerging industries are the foundation for the high-quality development of Ningxiang. Ningxiang has a "3+2" industrial chain (group) such as advanced energy storage material industry chain, intelligent home appliance and intelligent hardware industry chain, construction machinery industry chain, food and agricultural product processing industry cluster, and life science industry cluster, which has become a "hard support" for building new quality productivity. In the first quarter, the city's large-scale industrial output value increased by 5.4% year-on-year, and the added value of planned industry increased by 14.9% year-on-year.
At the same time, Ningxiang adheres to the two lines of government and market, builds a "dual-chain system" operation mechanism with municipal leaders as the "chain leader" and leading enterprises as the "chain master", accelerates the construction of a modern industrial system, and promotes the city's "3+2" industrial chain (group) to become bigger and stronger, and takes the new quality productivity as the traction, encourages enterprises to firmly grasp the initiative of innovation and development in their own hands, focusing on key areas such as digital industry, new energy, big health, aerospace and ocean, as well as artificial intelligence, life engineering, quantum technology, Cutting-edge materials and other future industrial fields continue to expand new directions for industrial development and open up new tracks for industrial development.
Global layout to tap "new advantages"
The biomedical industry is known as the "sunrise industry that will never decline", and is one of the most innovative and rapidly developing strategic emerging industries. As the "chain master" of the biomedical and life science industry chain in Hunan Province, how will Truking Technology seize the historical opportunity and lead the biomedical and life science industry in Hunan Province to "climb high and strive for innovation"?
At present, Truking Technology has two major operation headquarters in Changsha and Germany, three major R&D institutions of Changsha Central Institute of Technology, European Institute of Technology and Sichuan Pharmaceutical Design and Research Institute, and multiple technology and innovation platforms such as national enterprise technology center, national innovation base, postdoctoral research workstation, academician and expert workstation, etc., and the technology R&D platform of Truking Technology Headquarters has developed into one of the world's three largest R&D institutions in the industry, with more than 2,000 R&D personnel in the headquarters.
Today, the global R&D center of Truking Technology Pharmaceutical Equipment is under construction, and it is expected to add more than 3,000 R&D personnel in the future, becoming the largest R&D institution in the global medical equipment industry, and will also help Truking Technology strive to achieve the vision of "one of the leading enterprises in the global medical equipment industry" around 2030.
R&D (enterprise) center is an important carrier to enhance the ability of scientific and technological innovation to curate sources, and at present, Ningxiang enterprises have 2 R&D centers in the world.
Wanxin Seiko is the leading enterprise with the most complete product types in Hunan Province, and its products span the two major fields of light industry and heavy industry, with an annual output of more than 800,000 sets, ranking among the top ten in the country and the first in Hunan Province.
It is understood that in 2017, in order to solve the problem of harmonic reducer stuck neck, Wanxin Seiko set up a research and development center in Nagoya, Japan - Qingquan Precision Co., Ltd., to study harmonic core technology, and set up a harmonic technology team with Central South University, Hunan University and other well-known universities, successfully realized the localization of harmonic core technology, and finally developed and produced China's own high-precision harmonic reducer, which solved the problem that domestic harmonic reducer cannot be mass-produced.
Today, Wanxin Seiko's annual R&D expenses are not less than 4% of annual sales, and a R&D technical team of more than 80 people has been set up, with R&D centers in Changsha, Shenzhen and Japan, and a sales company in India.
"Since its establishment in 2009, the company's sales have maintained an annual growth rate of more than 30% for more than 10 consecutive years, and its products are exported to more than 10 countries and regions around the world." Zhou Qingquan, chairman of Wanxin Seiko, introduced.
With good R&D and design capabilities, stable product quality and large-scale production advantages, Ningxiang City has 12 enterprises with sales companies, production bases and offices abroad, and 65 enterprises have export business.
CNGR has laid out seven major industrial bases overseas, including Indonesia, Morocco, South Korea and Finland, and built the world's largest and most efficient R&D, trial production and early mass production verification base for new functional materials in Ningxiang - "CNGR Global Test Center".
Xingbang Intelligent has 6 overseas subsidiaries in the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, South Korea and Poland, more than 50 regional parts warehouses and more than 200 overseas service stores, providing global customers with product life cycle services;
Sany Chongqi products are exported to 97 overseas countries and regions, and the top five countries in terms of sales are Russia, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Thailand;
Belden New Materials registered and established 5 overseas subsidiaries in Brazil, Spain, South Africa, Chile and Russia;
Bonfert registered wholly-owned subsidiaries in Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore, and jointly invested in the construction of Kleebao Asia-Pacific R&D center and hot-melt adhesive production base in Ningxiang High-tech Zone......
The global layout not only plays a solid supporting role in the development of overseas business of Ningxiang enterprises, but also helps enterprises reduce transportation costs, shorten supply cycles, increase supply flexibility, and improve product and service efficiency. By continuously expanding new overseas customers and seeking new profit growth points, various enterprises have gradually established a first-mover advantage in the market competition to quickly mobilize global resources, further improving the ability to resist risks, and becoming a new advantage for Ningxiang to accelerate the development of new quality productivity.
Technology empowerment forms a "support point"
Only by focusing on tackling key core technologies, breaking through the technical bottleneck of "stuck neck", overcoming the technical shortcomings of high-end manufacturing, and enhancing the core competitiveness of advanced manufacturing industry, can we cultivate new kinetic energy for the development of new quality productivity.
Truking Technology has promoted research in high-end biomedical polymer chromatography media and key material technology for disposable bioprocessing, seizing the day to break through the "stuck neck" problem, and striving to master the key core technology and equipment manufacturing industry in its own hands. Among them, Truking Technology's medical high-end robot was selected as one of the top ten technical research projects in Hunan Province in 2024.
DEISS Optoelectronics has been deeply engaged in the field of optics for 18 years, specializing in the development of precision laser components, and its scientific and technological achievements have been applied to the field of a new generation of information technology and high-end equipment, breaking the long-term dependence on imports.
Matsui New Materials' "Research on Key Technologies of Electrochromic Functional Coating Materials for Domestic Large Aircraft" project broke the long-term technical blockade of foreign companies, realized independent and controllable technology, replaced foreign imported products, and ensured the safety of the supply chain of the large aircraft industry.
BASF's Shanshan lithium cobalt oxide products ranked among the top three in the country in terms of market share, and achieved the world's first mass production of 4.45V lithium cobalt oxide materials, filling the gap in China.
The core components such as deep cone paste thickener, filling industrial pump, high-concentration slurry mixing equipment, pipeline control valve group and other core components developed by Feiyi Co., Ltd. have reached the "international leading" level.
Douhe intelligent products have jumped to the "sea leader" of domestic small household appliances, and all products sell well overseas, and the single product ranks first in the category on Amazon, with an export volume of nearly 400 million yuan.
Micro-nano Kunchen high-performance refractory metal-based composite series materials fill the international gap and win the first prize of the Provincial Technological Invention Award.
The injection molding tungsten copper preparation technology of Shenghua Microelectronics is applied to the field of optical communication, breaking the foreign monopoly of tungsten copper heat sink material technology in optical modules.
Huaxiang Medical porous tantalum interbody fusion device has obtained the world's first Class III medical device registration certificate for additive manufacturing of tantalum metal products.
Brunp recycled ternary precursor of recycling products ranks first in the global market share.
Zhongke Xingcheng graphite lithium battery fast charging anode materials, the domestic market share ranks first in the country.
Xingbang Intelligent is one of the top 50 construction machinery manufacturers in the world, and its core product, boom aerial work platform, has reached the international advanced level......
Focusing on the world's frontier of science and technology, the national strategic needs and the needs of their own industrial development, the leading enterprises in science and technology gather their superior forces, strive to solve the problem of "stuck neck" by improving their independent innovation capabilities, and strive to achieve breakthroughs in key core technologies, becoming the key "support point" for the formation of new quality productivity. At present, a total of 48 enterprises in Ningxiang have made breakthroughs or are conducting research and development of 86 international leading, domestic leading or "neck" technologies, including 23 "neck" technologies, and 22 technologies that have been industrialized. The 15 key enterprises have a total of 72 PCT authorized patents and 96 international registered trademarks.
Science and technology innovation drive to seize the "breakthrough point"
The development of scientific and technological innovation and the gathering of human resources are the "two wings" of the development of new productive forces.
On April 18, the good news came from the "Asmi" automation plant, and the 10,000-ton lithium-ion battery anode precursor production line independently developed by it was officially launched, which is the world's first set of production equipment for the intelligent production of graphite anode material precursors by large-scale continuous computers, which is advanced and innovative.
In recent years, Ningxiang has seized the development opportunities of the new energy industry, constantly opened up new fields and opened up new tracks, and the advanced energy storage materials industry has gathered a large number of domestic lithium battery leading enterprises such as Fodi Battery, Brunp Cycle, BASF Shanshan, Zhongke Xingcheng Graphite, etc., creating a complete green industrial chain that is the first in central China and the leading in the country. A leading enterprise is just like a new quality of productivity "focus points" connected into a network, Ningxiang advanced energy storage materials modern industrial system has shown results.
Looking at the whole area of Ningxiang, relying on the industrial structure of "three chains and two groups", talents and projects gather here, and scientific and technological innovation achievements are blooming everywhere in the land of Chuwei.
The R&D team led by Jingming Matsui, a technical expert from Truking Technology from Japan, is in full swing to develop cellulose chromatography resins and micron magnetic bead materials for cell separation, overcoming the problem of stuck necks and contributing to the development of Ningxiang's life science industry.
In March, Xu Zhenghe, the founding academician of Southern University of Science and Technology (foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering), signed a cooperation agreement with Neodymium Lithium New Materials to jointly build a joint laboratory for carbon-based new energy materials.
It is understood that Ningxiang has a total of 12 provincial-level scientific and technological innovation leading talents and teams, 23 Changsha municipal-level scientific and technological innovation leading talents, 17 foreign high-end talents working locally, more than 300 doctors, more than 3,000 masters, 14,151 R&D personnel, and nearly 35,000 skilled talents.
The scientific and technological innovation platform is a gathering highland for innovation elements, a strength to break through the frontiers of science and key core technologies, and a solid foundation to support the high-quality development of the industry. In recent years, Ningxiang City has formed a multi-category, multi-level, point-line-surface innovation platform system by focusing on the industrial chain, deploying the innovation chain, integrating the capital chain, and building the talent chain.
At present, Ningxiang City has 10 national-level innovation platforms, 152 provincial-level innovation platforms and 122 municipal-level innovation platforms; It has gathered 6 national manufacturing individual champion enterprises (products), 14 provincial manufacturing individual champion enterprises (products), 23 national specialized and special new "little giant" enterprises, and 128 provincial specialized and special new small and medium-sized enterprises. According to the 2023 annual report on R&D expenses, there are 75 enterprises in Ningxiang with R&D investment of more than 10 million yuan, and the R&D capabilities of enterprises as the main body of innovation have been steadily improved.
For every 10 battery carbon rods in the world, 4 come from Ningxiang; For every 100 aerial work platforms in the world, 6 are from Ningxiang; On the banks of the Weishui River, Truking Medical Equipment Global R&D Center Building, Songjing Central Research Institute and other high-value "beautiful" R&D buildings are rising from the ground, under the traction of new quality productivity, Ningxiang is using the hand of scientific and technological innovation to open the door to the new world, rushing to the future full of infinite hope......
(Leader on duty: Zhang Yihua Review: Min Taotao Coordinator: Liu Shijiang Proofreader: Xiang Leihong Yi Hehua Reporter: Li Xiang Editor: Yu Jing)