On the morning of September 24, the "2024 China Wire and Cable Industry Conference Series Activities" with the theme of "Focusing on New Quality Productivity and Empowering High-quality Development" officially opened in Shanghai. Jiang Bin, Chairman of the Wire and Cable Branch of China Electrical Equipment Industry Association, Secretary of the Party Committee, Executive Director and General Manager of Shanghai Cable Research Institute Co., Ltd., delivered an opening speech on behalf of the organizers. Shen Jiang, former deputy director of the Science and Technology Department of the State Grid Corporation of China and vice president of the China Electrical Equipment Industry Association, delivered a speech on behalf of the superior association. The opening ceremony of the conference was presided over by Huang Guofei, deputy general manager of Shanghai Electric Cable Research Institute Co., Ltd. Ding Zhihong, general manager of Jiangsu Shangshang Cable Group, was invited to participate in the event and give a keynote speech.
It is reported that the wire and cable industry conference was jointly organized by the wire and cable branch of China Electrical Equipment Industry Association and Shanghai Cable Research Institute Co., Ltd. The conference focuses on the current macroeconomic background, industry development trends and enterprise development needs, and invites industry leaders, association council leaders, well-known experts, technical experts and entrepreneurs, etc., to exchange and discuss the new markets and new trends faced by the cable manufacturing industry, analyze the development status of the cable industry, and sort out the pain points and difficult problems in the field of new cable technology, so as to help the industry chain and supply chain improve the development level, and smooth the new path of industrial virtuous cycle and smart development. Continue to promote the higher-quality development of the mainland cable industry.
In the theme report session, Ding Zhihong made a report on the theme of "Thinking on how to develop new quality productivity in China's cable industry". The report is divided into four parts, namely, the imminent need for China's cable industry to build new quality productivity, the challenges and opportunities faced by China's cable industry under the new situation, the countermeasures and suggestions for building new quality productivity, and the concerted efforts to achieve high-quality development of the industry.
Ding Zhihong pointed out that China's wire and cable industry has grown from scratch and from weak to strong, and has grown into the world's most complete and largest cable production country. However, in the face of global geopolitical conflicts and increased trade barriers to the challenges brought to the cable industry and the opportunities brought by the development of new quality productivity to cable enterprises, he said that the cable industry, as a traditional manufacturing industry, is a "must answer" in front of all cable companies in the face of the new situation, new stage and new tasks. Creating new quality productivity and achieving high-quality development has become a "compulsory course" for cable enterprises. He emphasized that in the future, cable enterprises should focus on technological innovation to better empower the high-quality development of the industry.
In view of the innovation work in the cable industry, Ding Zhihong put forward seven suggestions, one is to aim at special fields, develop high-end products to occupy the high-end market. With the goal of "leading the world, substituting imports, and occupying the high-end market", and the responsibility of "strengthening the chain and supplementing the chain", the leading enterprises should aim at key core technologies, especially the problem of "stuck neck", seize the commanding heights of technology in emerging fields, and promote the common progress of the industrial chain. Other enterprises should take "specialization, refinement, special innovation" as the direction, do fine and specialized in quality and cost, and be a single champion. The second is to lock in key materials and core materials to get rid of import dependence. Material production enterprises should continue to improve their technological innovation capabilities and specialized manufacturing levels, strengthen alliances with cable enterprises and research institutes, and continuously improve the supply capacity of high-end materials. Cable manufacturers should give full play to their own advantages, carry out original basic research on materials, and occupy the top of the value chain of the cable industry. Third, new processes and new equipment should be digested and absorbed, and joint innovation should be made. Cable manufacturers should combine their own characteristics and conditions, develop and improve cable production equipment, introduce more advanced digital and intelligent production and online testing equipment, realize the automation and intelligence of the manufacturing and inspection process, and lay a solid foundation for ensuring quality, improving efficiency and saving resources. Fourth, enterprises should practice internal skills, lay a solid foundation, and build core competitiveness. It is necessary to improve quality and efficiency, improve the quality of cable materials and the level of production and testing equipment, continuously improve the operation skills and quality awareness of employees, strengthen process quality control, maximize equipment production capacity, maximize scale advantages, and reduce manufacturing costs. Fifth, adhere to green, low-carbon and sustainable development. New quality productivity is green productivity. Cable enterprises should promote green production in reducing environmental impact and improving resource utilization efficiency. Through technological innovation and process improvement, we will improve the environmental performance and sustainability of our products to meet the needs of customers and the market for green products. Sixth, promote digital and intelligent transformation. It is necessary to make a fuss around the six words of "intelligent reform, digital transformation, and networking", so that "equipment is connected and software is connected". Enterprises should "adapt measures to local conditions and do what they can" according to their own capabilities, adhere to "business needs-oriented", take their own business needs as the starting point, first easy and then difficult, and move forward step by step. Seventh, actively participate in international competition.
On the same day of the meeting, the evaluation results of the "2024 Most Competitive Enterprise in China's Cable Industry" were also released, and Shangshang Cable was selected as the "Most Competitive List of China's Cable Industry" for 11 consecutive years.
The conference also specially invited Pei Eryang, deputy director of the quality work department of the China Machinery Industry Federation, Shi Zhongguang, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and vice president of the Machinery Industry Economic Management Research Institute, Li Jianhua, deputy director of the Technology Research Office of the China Article Coding Center, Huang Chongqi, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Li Zhuying, former secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Cable Research Institute Co., Ltd., Zhu Lihua, deputy secretary general of the Electrical Theory and New Technology Professional Committee of the China Electrotechnical Society, Li Jianxin, director of the Organizing Department of the China Electrical Equipment Industry Association, and other guests. Nearly 500 people from power grid users, cable companies, inspection and testing institutions, consulting institutions, scientific research institutes, universities, material enterprises and equipment companies participated in the event.
Su Ke