Construction Machinery for China's Equipment Manufacturing Industry

From October 19 to October 20, 2011, the Global Construction Machinery Industry Conference and Top 50 Summit with the theme of “opportunity, integration, and response” was held in Beijing. At the meeting, Su Bo, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Xia Bin, State Council Counselor, attended the meeting. Global giants of construction machinery industry, Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi Construction Machinery, Terex and other international giants and Xugong Group, China Leaders of local leading companies such as Lianzhong and Liugong discussed the growth status, development trend and future direction of the global construction machinery industry and China's equipment manufacturing industry.

Construction machinery has become the backbone of China's equipment manufacturing industry and has received the attention and support of the state and the government. Former Deputy Prime Minister Zeng Peiyan sent a congratulatory letter to the conference. He Xinzhong and Zeng Peiyan said: “In the period of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan”, China’s equipment manufacturing industry has achieved rapid development. The ability for independent innovation has been continuously enhanced, and the international competitiveness of products has been increasingly enhanced. This has led to the formation of a number of enterprise groups with strong capabilities. China’s large-scale and super-large construction machinery products rely on imports.”

Su Bo, deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, pointed out in his report: “In the 12th Five-Year Plan period, China’s industrial development should adhere to the path of new industrialization with Chinese characteristics, accelerate the transformation of development methods as the main line, and take the structural adjustment as the main target. Progress and innovation are important support, accelerate the transformation and upgrading, cultivate and expand strategic emerging industries, significantly increase the core competitiveness of the industry, and comprehensively improve the quality and efficiency of industrial development.China must vigorously cultivate and develop strategic emerging industries and accelerate Chinese equipment manufacturing. The industry has changed its development mode and promoted the adjustment of its industrial structure.The major needs of China's industrial transformation and upgrading and the development of strategic emerging industries have been focused on the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and the strategic development in accordance with the requirements of market guidance, innovation-driven, key breakthroughs and leading development. The high-tech and high-value-added equipment required for industrial development will focus on upgrading technological innovation capabilities, and strive to increase the sales revenue of high-end equipment manufacturing industry to 25% in the equipment manufacturing industry by 2020, and cultivate the high-end equipment manufacturing industry into the national economy. The pillar industry."

Equipment manufacturing industry, especially the most important component of it, China's construction machinery industry, is the foundation of China's national economic development. It is one of the strategic industries that the country strives to build, and is an important guarantee for industrial upgrading and technological progress in all industries. It is a concentrated expression of the country’s overall strength and technological level. In recent years, especially since the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan”, China’s equipment manufacturing industry, especially the construction machinery industry, has grown by leaps and bounds, the industrial system has been continuously improved and improved, its technological innovation capability has been significantly enhanced, and its international status and influence have been significantly improved; at the same time, The strength of Chinese companies has also continued to increase. Under the strong impetus of national economic development, more and more large-scale enterprises with world-class scale and competitiveness have emerged in the construction machinery manufacturing industry in China. In 2010, the largest company in the field of construction machinery in China - Xugong Group's operating income of more than 66 billion yuan; Zoomlion reached 52.3 billion yuan, Sany Group also exceeded 50 billion yuan. In recent years, China’s large-scale equipment manufacturing companies represented by XCMG, Zoomlion, Sanyi Group and Liugong have not only made breakthroughs in the improvement of their product and innovation capabilities, but also have global resources to control and use their capabilities. The market has further expanded its capabilities and has also been enhanced in all directions. In addition to extending the market radius from the developing countries to the developed countries, Chinese companies have also become more proficient in applying international acquisitions and cooperation to develop overseas businesses. At present, China's engineering machinery representative companies not only continue to consolidate their position in the Chinese market, fully meet market demands, but also make breakthroughs in the extremely high international market.

China's construction machinery market has become a global focus. “If you are not in China, you can't see growth.” This is a true statement made by Terex CEO Ronald Defoe at the conference.

After years of rapid development, the market size of China's construction machinery has leapt to the top in the world. In 2011, the scale of the industry will exceed 500 billion yuan. Su Zimeng, secretary general of the China Construction Machinery Industry Association, said at the conference that the Chinese construction machinery market has become one of the most open, competitive, and internationalized markets in the world. Today, 39 of the world's top 50 construction machinery manufacturers, of which 37 have entered China, have built a sound business system. Most of these companies also invested in the establishment of manufacturing and R&D bases and continuously improved their layout in China. At present, China has become the strategic focus of these foreign companies' global expansion.

Wang Min, chairman and president of XCMG, believes that Chinese companies are accelerating their integration into the world and become an important driving force for global industrial development. In this process, on the one hand, foreign companies have stepped into China, laid down more and more solid pieces in China, brought more ideas, products and technologies that are synchronized with the world into China and promoted the faster development of the Chinese construction machinery industry. . At the same time, Chinese companies are also accelerating their journey to the sea and vigorously promote international market expansion. At present, the overseas promotion of Chinese companies has initially bid farewell to a simple model of product exports, and has instead invested in high-end methods such as overseas plant construction and overseas acquisitions. This "between one entry and one exit," the overall competitive strength of China's construction machinery industry, is now fully connected with the world's most advanced level.

In recent years, China's construction machinery industry has achieved remarkable results in terms of changes in its development model and economic restructuring. Most Chinese companies have gradually changed from a simple scale-based growth and market-driven development to a value-driven growth. The overall strength has grown rapidly, and international competitiveness and international industrial status have greatly improved. At present, China Construction Machinery not only ranks first in the world in both sales and sales, but also meets nearly 90% of the market demand in China.

Constant change has become a consensus of industry development Although China’s construction machinery companies have made great progress, some companies still have a certain gap between their advanced technology, innovation capabilities, and product levels compared to international advanced companies. They must also continue to learn from each other and make innovations. upgrade.

At this conference, the world's leading companies have initiated lively discussions on the growth and development of industries and companies. Regarding the gap between itself and the most advanced level in the world, China's equipment manufacturing industry has clearly defined the direction and path for future development. In this regard, Vice Minister Su Bo said: "The next step, China's construction machinery industry to speed up the transformation and upgrading, comprehensively enhance the industry's core competitiveness, and focus on the following four aspects: First, to strengthen the ability of independent innovation, focus on upgrading the level of technology Efforts will be made to make major breakthroughs in the shortcomings of the key components and other industrial chains, further improve the technological innovation system that combines enterprises as the mainstay, market orientation, and the combination of production, research and application.The second is to promote the deep integration of industrialization and informatization, and promote information. The in-depth application of technology in corporate R&D, design, manufacturing, management, marketing, logistics, etc., accelerates the transition from manufacturing mode to intelligence, network, and service.The third is to promote green and low-carbon development and promote the use of resources to intensive , Efficient, Clean, Safe Transformation, and vigorously develop energy-saving emission reduction technologies, equipment, and services. Fourth, we must speed up the cultivation of independent intellectual property rights and independent brands, develop large enterprises and large internationally competitive groups, and promote the combination of strong and powerful companies. Regional mergers and acquisitions, overseas mergers and acquisitions and investment cooperation, in-depth implementation of 'going Go out 'strategy and improve the international operation level.'

Wang Min said that the most important task of the Chinese construction machinery industry is to regard change as the focus of growth, with emphasis on transforming the competition model with “scale as the target” into a “value-orientated” competitiveness system, which will increase the quality of The user value element is deeply embedded in the growth and reengineering of technology, innovation, brand, model change, and industrial chain integration. Chinese enterprises must completely change the extensive development model in the past, from the former pursuit of scale, growth-based growth, to value-oriented development, with quality and profit as the core development. At the same time, Chinese companies must also create a high-quality development platform and an efficient industrial chain system to build a new pedal that can sway the future.

It is understood that this conference is jointly organized by the China Construction Machinery Industry Association and the American Equipment Manufacturers Association, the Japan Construction Machinery Industry Association, and the Korea Construction Machinery Industry Association. At the conference, the world’s highest award for construction machinery industry – the Global Engineering Machinery Industry Outstanding Contribution Award was announced. Representatives of Chinese companies – Chairman and President of XCMG Wang Min, Zhan Chunxin, Chairman and CEO of Zoomlion, Zeng Guangan, President of Liugong Machinery, and Cai Kuiquan, President of Xiagong Machinery, etc. 4 Chinese entrepreneurs and representatives of global leading companies, Get the award together. The awards of the four senior Chinese enterprises undoubtedly demonstrated the high level of global recognition and affirmation of China's equipment manufacturing and construction machinery industries, reflecting the deep integration of the construction machinery industry into the world.

The conference also released the list of top 50 Chinese construction machinery manufacturers in 2011. In 2011, among the top 50 global construction machinery manufacturers, the number of Chinese companies once again set a new record; among them, XCMG, Zoomlion, and Sany Group ranked among the top ten.