On June 27, 2024, the press conference of the 9th "Maker China" Intelligent Robot SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was held in Beijing, and the competition was officially launched.
Wang Junfeng, Chief Engineer of the Cyber Security Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (Information Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), Mingfeng, Deputy Director of the Development Center of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises of Jiangsu Province, Song Xiaogang, Secretary-General of the China Machinery Industry Federation, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the Robot Branch of the China Machinery Industry Federation, Wang Tianmiao, Honorary Director of the Beihang Robotics Research Institute and President of Zhongguancun Zhiyou Research Institute, Qian Chengyin, Deputy Mayor of the People's Government of Tinghu District, Yancheng City, Zhang Rui, director of the Management Office of Nanjing Jiangning Development Zone High-tech Industrial Park, attended the press conference. The meeting was presided over by Lei Lei, deputy secretary-general of the Robot Branch of the China Machinery Industry Federation.
Wang Junfeng, Chief Engineer of the Cyber Security Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (Information Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), said in his speech that the holding of the "Maker China" competition is an important measure to thoroughly implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, improve the innovation ability and professional level of small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the high-quality development of small and medium-sized enterprises. Since it was first held in 2016, the "Maker China" competition is now in its ninth year. The competition has created a good atmosphere for innovation and entrepreneurship, bringing together more than 170,000 participating projects, expanding brand influence, increasing social attention, continuously improving the quantity and quality of projects, and achieving remarkable results in the transformation of project results.
The robot is known as the "pearl at the top of the manufacturing crown", and its R&D, manufacturing and application are important symbols to measure the level of scientific and technological innovation and high-end manufacturing in a country. Promoting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the intelligent robot industry requires the joint support and cooperation of all parties. Chief Engineer Wang Junfeng expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Jiangsu SME Development Center, China Machinery Industry Federation, Nanjing Jiangning District Economic Development Zone Management Committee, and Yancheng Xinyang Economic Zone Management Committee for their strong support for the "Maker China" competition and the intelligent robot special competition, and hoped that all parties would strengthen exchanges and close coordination, and jointly run the competition, so as to achieve the goal of "promoting innovation vitality with competition, promoting supply and demand docking with competition, promoting the integration of 'four chains' with competition, and promoting the integration of large, medium and small enterprises with competition", and promote the faster development of intelligent robot technology and application. In order to actively cultivate future industries, accelerate the formation of new quality productivity, and promote new industrialization to make greater contributions.
Ming Feng, deputy director of Jiangsu SME Development Center, attended the press conference.
Song Xiaogang, Secretary-General of China Machinery Industry Federation, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the Robot Branch of China Machinery Industry Federation, first expressed his heartfelt thanks to the co-sponsors, organizers and co-organizers of the 9th "Maker China" Intelligent Robot SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. At the same time, he pointed out that the mainland is in an important stage of development towards high quality, and robots are not only the key intelligent equipment in the process of digital transformation, quality improvement and networking in various industries, but also an important tool for human production and life and a powerful assistant to cope with the aging of the population. At present, it is a period of strategic opportunities for the mainland robot industry to be self-reliant and self-reliant, leapfrogging development, and what is most needed is "innovation" and "talent". It is hoped that through the organization, holding and project docking of the competition, a number of high-quality innovative enterprises will be discovered and cultivated, and a group of outstanding talents will be discovered and cultivated. Finally, it is hoped that with the participation of industry leaders and many enterprises, the support of all governments, the participation of many industry associations and extensive media reports, this competition can play a positive role in promoting the cultivation of excellence, talent cultivation and promotion of the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in the robot industry.
Wang Tianmiao, honorary director of Beihang Robotics Research Institute and president of Zhongguancun Zhiyou Research Institute, delivered a speech on behalf of the competition jury as the chairman of the competition jury. He said that the competition is not only a display platform for innovative achievements, but also an important bridge to promote the deep integration of industry, university, research and application, and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Finally, I wish the competition a smooth and complete success, and look forward to more contestants standing out.
As the organizer of the semi-finals of the competition, Qian Chengyin, deputy head of the People's Government of Tinghu District, Yancheng City, said that the semi-finals held in Tinghu Xinyang Economic Zone will not only promote the innovation, entrepreneurship, transformation and upgrading of small, medium and micro enterprises in the field of robotics in the region, but also an important way to help the robot industry in the region to develop with high quality. Tinghu Robot Industrial Park will continue to cooperate with various scientific research institutes, industry associations, experts and scholars, industrial elites, etc., continue to stimulate the innovation and entrepreneurship vitality of enterprises in the park, and inject new momentum into industrial development. The Tinghu District Government will, as always, make every effort to promote the development of the robot industry, and give the greatest tilt in terms of policy support, resource allocation, and service guarantee.
As the organizer of the finals of the competition, Zhang Rui, director of the Management Office of the High-tech Industrial Park of Nanjing Jiangning Development Zone, said that Jiangning Development Zone, as a national economic development zone, was founded in 1992. At present, Jiangning Development Zone is making every effort to promote artificial intelligence-enabled new industrialization, and take intelligent robots as an important track for the reshaping of the modern industrial system, and focus on building a leading and outstanding intelligent robot industry highland in China.
The "Maker China" SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition has been held to the ninth session so far, and it is one of the most valuable innovation and entrepreneurship competitions in China. Jiangning Development Zone will provide a stage for small and medium-sized enterprises and innovative entrepreneurs in the intelligent robot industry to display their achievements, exchange experience, and cooperate with the organizers with a high-quality service environment, and will work with the organizer to make the competition a high-level domestic intelligent robot industry event.
Lei Lei, Deputy Secretary-General of the Robot Branch of the China Machinery Industry Federation, on behalf of the organizing committee of the competition, gave a brief introduction to the background, significance and content arrangement of the 9th "Maker China" Intelligent Robot SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. She introduced that the theme of this year's competition is "focusing on innovating a new ecology and empowering the new development of the industry", and adheres to the principle of "innovation-driven and application-driven".
In terms of organizational structure. The Organizing Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Organizing Committee) and the Judging Committee were established. The director of the organizing committee is Mr. Song Xiaogang, Secretary General of China Machinery Industry Federation, Executive Chairman and Secretary-General of China Machinery Industry Federation Robot Branch; The chairman of the review committee is Mr. Wang Tianmiao, honorary director of Beihang Institute of Robotics and president of Zhongguancun Zhiyou Research Institute. The organizing committee is composed of responsible comrades of the organizers, organizers and co-organizers, and is responsible for the organization, leadership, overall planning and coordination of the competition. The secretariat is located in the Robotics Branch of China Machinery Industry Federation, and is responsible for the organization and promotion of the competition under the leadership of the organizing committee.
In terms of track setup. This competition focuses on the technological innovation and application practice of the whole robot industry chain, and is oriented to key application scenarios of robots, future industry support technologies and products; According to the two categories of enterprise group and maker group, project collection and competition evaluation will be carried out respectively. The enterprise group has set up three tracks: "industrial application in the field of robot + economic development", "industrial application in the field of robot + social and people's livelihood", and "future industry supporting technology and products"; The maker group has set up two tracks: "Robot + Industrial Application" and "Future Industry Supporting Technology and Products".
In terms of schedules. This year's competition starts from June to September this year, of which the project registration is now open and ends on July 31; The preliminary round will be held online in August, and the semi-finals and finals will be held in Tinghu District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province and Jiangning District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province in August and September respectively.
The convening of this press conference marks the official launch of the 9th "Maker China" Intelligent Robot SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. As the first special competition focusing on the intelligent robot industry in the previous competitions of "Maker China", the competition also issued a sincere invitation to the national intelligent robot enterprises and innovation teams, looking forward to more outstanding enterprises and teams from all over the country to participate in the competition with their own innovative products and innovative achievements, and also looking forward to the competition to promote the birth of new products, new technologies, new models and new formats through the competition, promote the deep integration of industry, university, research and application in the robot industry, and promote the transformation and upgrading of intelligent robot small and medium-sized enterprises and grow into specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises. Promote the robot industry from existing to excellent to achieve high-quality development.