Recently, the new energy power locomotive and parts industry cluster in Jinzhai County was successfully shortlisted for the 2024 Anhui Province SME Characteristic Industrial Cluster. With such strong competition in the new energy industry, how can Jinzhai County break through the "encirclement" and how can it attract many enterprises to form an agglomeration effect? Where is the potential for sustainable development in the future?...... With many questions, a few days ago, the reporter came to Jinzhai County to carry out on-the-spot interviews to explore the password for the rise of this industry in Jinzhai.
Carefully "laid out" to do good work
On June 24, the reporter walked into the electric vehicle assembly workshop of Anhui Yadea Locomotive Co., Ltd. and was instantly attracted by more than a dozen full-powered production lines. The workers were engrossed in their respective positions, and the two-wheeled electric vehicles were assembled at an astonishing speed, and a two-wheeled electric vehicle was successfully rolled off the assembly line every 20 seconds, showing a busy scene at the scene.
In the new energy power locomotive and parts industry cluster in Jinzhai County, Anhui Yadea Locomotive Co., Ltd. is undoubtedly the most dazzling backbone enterprise. The company takes the central market as an important springboard, radiates the whole country, and is committed to building a new energy electric locomotive production base integrating R&D, production and sales of multiple varieties. In 2023, the company will sell more than 2 million electric vehicles, with an output value of 4.132 billion yuan, a tax revenue of 140 million yuan, and more than 5,000 jobs.
"With our strong technical strength and innovation capabilities, we continue to launch high-quality new energy power locomotive products, which have won wide market recognition. There are 29 enterprises in the county to support us and jointly build a complete industrial ecology. Li Li, the company's administrative commissioner, said that among the 29 supporting enterprises, there are 16 industrial enterprises above the designated size. At the same time, the company has also reached cooperation with 19 industrial enterprises in the county, and all spare parts manufacturing enterprises such as electrical parts, operating systems, and on-board accessories have settled in Jinzhai, and the effect of strengthening the chain is obvious. In addition, the company has also established Jieya Logistics Co., Ltd., planning to build an inspection and testing center and a settlement center, deeply integrating and developing the modern service industry and industry, extending from the manufacturing link to R&D, design and marketing services, and forming a whole industrial chain.
The rise of Jinzhai County's new energy power locomotive and parts industry cluster is not accidental. The reporter learned that over the years, the county has aimed to build a new energy electric locomotive production base in central China, firmly grasped the industrial chain development strategy, and successfully attracted a number of electric locomotive and parts manufacturers to settle in by carefully drawing the industrial chain map and carrying out in-depth chain investment promotion. At present, 81 related enterprises have gathered, including 71 industrial enterprises above designated size and 29 high-tech enterprises. In 2023, the whole industrial chain of the new energy electric vehicle industry will achieve a main business income of more than 12 billion yuan, which is an extremely remarkable achievement.
Targeted force, patient "attraction"
"We worked closely with Yadea to develop technology and improve products, which not only improved efficiency, but also reduced costs, achieving a win-win situation." Chen Yang, general manager of Anhui Great Future Locomotive Manufacturing Co., Ltd., said. The company is a supporting enterprise for Yadea, and the advanced production equipment in its workshop is running efficiently, and the workers are busy and orderly operating, and a piece of high-quality shock absorbers is born here.
Many well-known enterprises have taken root in Jinzhai, creating a complete industrial chain from parts matching to vehicle production. The enterprises in the industrial cluster have built a good cooperative relationship with each other, and everyone is no longer fighting on their own, but through the upstream and downstream cooperation of the industrial chain, they can achieve resource sharing and complementary advantages. This collaborative development model makes the entire industrial cluster more dynamic and resilient.
During the interview, the reporter learned that the county attaches great importance to the construction of an industrial service platform. The government has invested a lot of resources to create a perfect industrial service system, providing enterprises with all-round services from project approval to technical support, from marketing to talent training, which has greatly improved the efficiency of enterprises and enabled them to devote more energy to core business development.
"In Jinzhai, we feel the government's strong support for enterprises and a good development environment, which allows us to engage in R&D and production with peace of mind. Being shortlisted for the provincial characteristic industrial cluster is a new starting point and opportunity for us. We will continue to firmly increase our investment in Jinzhai and further improve our production capacity and technical level to meet the growing market demand and industry development trends. Chen Yang said with confidence.
The development of industrial clusters has also brought significant benefits to the local economy, creating a large number of jobs, attracting many talents to converge and promoting the process of urbanization. "The reason why I chose to come to Jinzhai County for development is not only because of the good development prospects here, but more importantly, because the government attaches great importance to and supports talents, so that I can fully display my talents." A technical backbone from Bozhou City, Shi Quanju, said.
Talent training is the key to the development of the county's industrial clusters. The local government actively cooperates with universities to set up industry-university-research cooperation bases to cultivate and deliver professional talents for enterprises. At the same time, through various preferential policies to attract external talents to join, to create a high-quality talent team.
"Since we have this industrial cluster, we have significantly increased our employment opportunities. For example, I work in Yadea, which is in the peak production season recently, and I can get a salary of more than 9,000 yuan a month, which is better than going out to work. Zhang Xiaofan, who lives in Jinzhai County, said.
Breakthrough and innovation to upgrade the "internal force"
In the long process of industrial cluster development, it is inevitable to face a series of severe challenges.
Innovation is undoubtedly the core and powerful source of power for the long-term and sustainable development of industrial clusters. "According to the new national standard for electric vehicles, enterprises in our industrial clusters need to cooperate and promote each other. The R&D team of a company like ours will participate in the preliminary design and development of Yadea to jointly overcome technical problems and promote the upgrading of our motor products. Wei Junyi, deputy general manager of Jinzhai Jinda Vehicle Parts Co., Ltd., said.
Here, there are also a large number of outstanding R&D talents, who have always maintained the unremitting exploration and pursuit of new technologies and new processes, and constantly injected continuous vitality into the performance improvement and intelligent development of new energy power locomotives.
At present, there are 4 provincial enterprise technology centers, 2 provincial industrial design centers and 3 provincial technological innovation demonstration enterprises in the cluster. In 2023, the R&D investment in the cluster will be 400 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 93.76%, and the level of innovation and development is rapidly improving. The founders of Letu Electronics and Mingtai Electroacoustic Enterprises graduated from Zhejiang University and Tsinghua University respectively, and are leaders in their respective fields. At present, nearly 10 enterprises have signed strategic cooperation agreements with well-known scientific research institutes inside and outside the province, focusing on the needs of industrial structure adjustment, transformation and upgrading, quality and efficiency improvement, and forming a new industrial innovation alliance with enterprises, with 64.81 invention patents per 10,000 people in the cluster.
"In the process of industrial cluster development, all enterprises work closely together, actively promote each other, and work together to make technological breakthroughs and innovations to promote the continuous upgrading of products. Through this kind of synergy and cooperation between enterprises, not only can the products keep up with the market demand and technology development trends, to achieve rapid upgrading, but also to make the entire industrial cluster always maintain a strong competitiveness, so as to lead the direction of market development, in the fierce market competition to occupy a place steadily, showing vigorous vitality and broad development prospects. Wang Guangyi, director of the Jinzhai County Bureau of Science, Commerce, Industry and Information Technology, said that in the future, the county will further increase the cultivation of new energy power locomotives and parts industry clusters, create a more high-quality development environment, and attract more high-quality enterprises and talents. (Reporter Yang Xiuling, Sang Hong)