Standing at a new historical intersection, China's home appliance industry is moving forward on an innovative journey with the core goal of "developing new quality productivity". In the face of the triple superposition of new markets, new needs and new trends, the home appliance industry continues to break through itself and bring forth the new, and gradually embarks on a characteristic development path of "consumer-centric, deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and market demand". The emergence of many innovative achievements in household appliances not only satisfies consumers' yearning for a better life, but also makes "Created in China" famous all over the world while setting an example for the innovation and upgrading of the global home appliance industry.
In order to further stimulate the innovation vitality of enterprises and lead the high-quality development of industry innovation, on September 6, 2024, the "20th China Household Appliances Innovation Achievement Release Ceremony" hosted by the China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute, co-organized by the National Household Appliances Industry Information Center, and supported by the Germany Chamber of Commerce and Industry, IFA Berlin International Consumer Electronics and Home Appliances Exhibition, and the Institute of Design Strategy and Prototype Innovation of the Art and Science Research Center of Tsinghua University was successfully held in Berlin, Germany. With the theme of "Innovation for Twenty Years and New Quality Pilot", the ceremony not only summarized and paid tribute to the development of China's home appliance industry in the past 20 years, but also promoted the innovative achievements of Chinese home appliances to the world from multiple key dimensions such as technology, products, standards, and design, and strived to build an interactive platform for the innovative ideas of global home appliances.
2024 (20th) China Household Appliances Innovation Achievement Exhibition Area
Tao Xiaonian, Vice President of China Light Industry Federation, Ma Guoliang, First Secretary of the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Federal Republic of Germany, Wu Haitao, Assistant President of China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute, Dr. Jens Homann, Head of European Economic Policy and Cooperation and Development Department of the Ministry of Economics and Energy in Berlin, Leif-Erik Lindner, Executive President of IFA, Dirk Koslowski, Executive Director of IFA, and Member of the Board of Directors of the VDE Testing and Certification Institute Sven Öhrke, CEO of VDE Global Services Co., Ltd., Qu Yi'an, Deputy Director of China Light Industry Federation, Cai Ning, Deputy Chief Engineer of Testing Institute of China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute, Liu Heng, Deputy Director of Information and Media Center of China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute, and other leaders and guests attended the ceremony. In addition, this grand ceremony has also received strong support from dozens of home appliance companies at home and abroad.
Driven by innovation, we will sail in the new era with the wind
Since its inception in 2005, the "China Household Appliances Innovation Achievement Promotion Activity" has gone through a full 20 years of spring and autumn hand in hand with China's home appliance industry, witnessing the magnificent journey of China's home appliances from the initial "following", to the later "parallel running", and now to achieve "leading". To this day, the main purpose of the event is still to promote high-quality products and plastic brands, and help more "Created in China" bloom on the world stage.
Liu Ting, President of China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute
Liu Ting, President of China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute, delivered a speech for the conference through video. Liu Ting said that in 2024, China's home appliance industry will forge ahead in the wave of globalization, continue to increase R&D and innovation, and continue to enhance product competitiveness. At the same time, 2024 is also the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin and the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute. Facing the future, China's home appliance industry can only calmly cope with it by relying on innovation, and can it continue to open up new tracks, shape new advantages, and make steady progress on the road of high-quality development.
Tao Xiaonian, vice president of China Light Industry Federation
As an important pillar industry of light industry, the home appliance industry not only stabilizes the foundation of the mainland's real economy, but also is the guardian of people's livelihood and well-being. Tao Xiaonian, vice president of the China Light Industry Federation, said that this year, with the in-depth implementation of a series of national policies to stabilize the economy, expand domestic demand and promote consumption, the light industry has shown a strong recovery momentum, and the profit growth rate is significantly higher than the national industrial average. In this context, the home appliance industry is playing the role of "mainstay". In the future, home appliance enterprises should adhere to the innovation-driven development strategy, deepen technological innovation, standard innovation, brand innovation and service innovation, strengthen talent and technology reserves, and contribute to the realization of the great goal of strengthening the country with talents, science and technology, manufacturing and quality.
Ma Guoliang, First Secretary of the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Federal Republic of Germany
Driven by the wave of global economic integration, Chinese home appliance enterprises have cast their strategic vision into a broader overseas market, and Germany, a country famous for its high-quality and high-precision manufacturing, has naturally become an important partner for Chinese enterprises to seek cooperation. Ma Guoliang, First Secretary of the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Federal Republic of Germany, said that for a long time, China-Germany economic and trade cooperation has always remained pragmatic and open, and has shown good resilience, injecting stability and positive energy into world peace and development. The "China Household Appliances Innovation Achievement Promotion Activity" can deepen the understanding and trust between the Chinese and German manufacturing industries through face-to-face communication, which not only allows the world to feel the profound strength of "Made in China", but also appreciates the vigorous vitality of "Made in China".
Dr. Jens Homan, Head of the Department for Economic Policy and Cooperation and Development, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Berlin
With the deepening of economic and trade cooperation between China and Germany, the two sides have made new breakthroughs in the joint construction and co-creation of traditional and emerging fields. Dr. Jens Homann, Head of the Department of Economic Policy and Cooperation and Development of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy in Berlin, emphasized that the cooperation between China and Germany in the field of economy and trade has gradually shifted to deeper exchanges and integration, especially in the home appliance industry, both sides are committed to jointly promoting industrial transformation and upgrading through technical exchanges, joint research and development, brand co-construction, market development and other forms, and bringing more intelligent, environmentally friendly and personalized home life experience to global consumers. It will also make greater contributions to the prosperity and development of the global economy.
IFA执行总裁 Leif-Erik Lindner
At the meeting, Leif-Erik Lindner, CEO of IFA, also highly affirmed the "Promotion of China's Household Appliance Innovation Achievements". He said that since 2009, the "China Household Appliance Innovation Achievement Promotion Activity" has been continuously carrying out in-depth cooperation with the Germany IFA, which is not only the epitome of technical exchanges and synergy between China and Germany in the field of home appliances, but also a vivid practice of co-creation, win-win and common development of the global home appliance industry. It is hoped that more Chinese companies will come to IFA in the future to jointly write a new chapter in the global home appliance and consumer electronics industry with a more open attitude, more innovative thinking and more pragmatic actions.
Sven Öhrke, Member of the Board of Directors of the VDE Institute for Testing and Certification and CEO of VDE Global Services GmbH
Sven Öhrke, Member of the Board of Directors of the VDE Testing and Certification Institute and CEO of VDE Global Services GmbH, thanked the China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute for its recognition and congratulated the successful convening of the ceremony. He emphasized that in the rapidly changing market environment, technological innovation is the key force to promote the sustainable development of the industry. The cooperation between the VDE and the China Household Appliances Research Institute is based on this common concept. In the future, the two sides will continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in standard formulation, testing and certification, technology research and development, etc., through resource sharing and complementary advantages, and jointly promote the internationalization of China's home appliance industry.
Leading the trend, the innovation achievements of home appliances are blooming brightly
Promoting innovation and development and inheriting the spirit of craftsmen is not only the original intention of the "China Household Appliances Innovation Achievement Promotion Activity", but also the glory and mission on the shoulders of Chinese home appliances in the new era. In 2024, the innovation enthusiasm of China's home appliance enterprises will continue to rise, and the dazzling innovative scientific and technological achievements will not only perfectly interpret the profound connotation of "innovation leading the future", but also indicate the strong momentum and infinite possibilities of the mainland under the wave of the new era.
This year's promotion activities set up a number of categories such as annual outstanding innovation, annual technological innovation, annual product innovation, annual design innovation, annual enterprise standard innovation, annual brand innovation, etc., to promote China's home appliance innovation achievements to the world in an all-round and multi-angle manner.
Awarded the annual innovation achievement certificate
In the critical period of the 14th Five-Year Plan, the pursuit of scientific and technological innovation has become the core driving force for the country's future development. In this context, the "Promotion of China's Household Appliance Innovation Achievements" will spare no effort to join hands with China's home appliance industry to build an innovation system, collaborative innovation capabilities, breakthroughs in innovative technologies, and the birth of innovative products, which will not only stimulate the sense of mission and responsibility of generations of home appliance workers to be brave in innovation, but also provide momentum for the high-quality development of the global home appliance industry.