My country has been the world's largest consumer and importer of machine tools for consecutive years. Due to the impact of the financial crisis, the production of machine tools in Japan and Germany has declined sharply, and my country has become the world's largest producer of machine tools for the first time. How to solve the problem of being big but not strong and speed up the pace of "going out" of products has become an important issue that my country's machine tool industry needs to face in the future.
Under the influence of the financial crisis, developed countries have vigorously developed high-tech and increased investment in research and development to prepare for the next round of industrial upgrading in the post-financial crisis era. The Central Economic Work Conference held not long ago in my country also proposed: "Continue to implement a proactive fiscal policy and a moderately loose monetary policy. According to the new situation and new conditions, we will strive to improve the pertinence and flexibility of the policy." "We must maintain moderate investment growth, focus on completing projects under construction, and strictly control new projects." This means that the country will use its limited financial resources to encourage enterprises to develop high-tech products, create technologies that are conducive to energy conservation and emission reduction, benefit agriculture, rural areas and farmers, and improve people's livelihood, rather than sacrificing the environment to maintain growth, and impose stricter restrictions on "two highs and one capital" products. The Copenhagen Conference has put greater pressure on countries to reduce carbon emissions. The green barriers built by some developed countries in the world with environmental protection have undoubtedly increased the difficulty of entering the international market. Products that pollute the environment and consume high energy are either rejected or subject to heavy taxes. Therefore, the research and application of low-carbon economy and green manufacturing technology are the direction of future economic development and the basis for products to enter the international market. They should be highly valued by machine tool industry enterprises and take corresponding measures as soon as possible.
First, pay attention to the national investment priorities and accelerate the adjustment of industrial structure. According to the recent survey conducted by the China Machine Tool Industry Association on several user industries, the huge investment of the state in the aviation, automobile, railway, green energy, shipbuilding, electronic information and other industries has driven the market demand structure to develop towards the high end. The state's investment in the above key areas is not only to cope with the financial crisis and expand domestic demand, but also to focus on the long-term development goal of structural adjustment. This indicates that structural adjustment will be the focus of these industries in the post-financial crisis era. In particular, my country is still subject to foreign technology blockades in many key areas, so structural adjustment must be based on independent innovation. This will bring opportunities for industrial upgrading and structural adjustment to the machine tool industry.
The machine tool industry should focus on key investment areas, deeply understand user needs, and increase the efforts to develop applicable products. Eliminate backward products and production capacity as soon as possible to avoid vicious competition. We should boldly try to shift to "special, refined and special" products. Some companies have developed high-speed railway track plate grinders, which is a successful example of the development of "special machines". There are many areas that need us to fill the gap, such as: aircraft tape laying machines, aircraft automatic drilling and riveting machines, textile needle special machine tools, human joints and prostheses and other medical and health care parts processing equipment. At present, these equipment mainly rely on imports, and some are even banned from sale in my country. Only by relying on independent innovation and developing import-substituting products that meet user needs can we open up new markets. Data shows that the import of machine tool parts continued to grow in 2017, which shows that domestic machine tool parts cannot fully meet the requirements of the host industry. Parts companies should seize the opportunity of market growth, develop new products, and accelerate structural adjustments.