Cotton yarn production increased from 30,000 spindles to 200,000 spindles; in the past, two people took care of one machine, but now one person takes care of 10 machines... The "butterfly transformation" of an old cotton spinning mill is just like the "rebirth" of a thousand-year-old city.
In recent years, Zaoyang City, Hubei Province has anchored on high quality, upgraded and transformed traditional industries to optimize existing industries; cultivated and strengthened emerging industries to expand capacity; optimized the business environment, strengthened variables, and provided a new "engine" for economic development.
Excellent traditional industries are bursting with new vitality
Rows of spinning machines are rumbling, automatically catching cotton, doffing, and packaging... Entering the intelligent spinning workshop of Zaoyang Wantong Cotton Spinning Industrial Co., Ltd., a huge factory building Hard to find anyone. Occasionally, I see one or two people riding small electric bicycles to check the production status.
Intelligent spinning workshop of Wantong Cotton Spinning Industrial Co., Ltd. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Zhizun
"Information such as order quantity, completed quantity, temperature and humidity can be seen clearly here." Zhang Xiucheng, director of the comprehensive office of Wantong Cotton Spinning Industrial Co., Ltd., pointed to the large screen of the online monitoring center of the workshop. He has worked as a machine maintenance worker in the factory for more than 20 years and has witnessed the changes in the workshop: "In the past, the workshop was full of people. We were there all day long for fear of malfunction. Now we can just sit in the office and watch the computer."
Factory Construction 30 Over the past few years, relying on the input of a large amount of labor has helped this cotton spinning mill get off to a fast start, but it also once became a "short board" on its development path.
"Traditional industries are not equal to low-end industries and sunset industries." Zhang Xiucheng said that in recent years, the company has changed its thinking, increased investment in technological transformation, gradually eliminated old equipment, and improved the level of automation. On the road to transformation, the company has obtained 2 invention patents and more than 20 utility model patents.
"Through technical transformation, product quality has become better, there are more categories, and the market competitiveness has become stronger." Zhang Xiucheng said. The visible changes in
cotton spinning mills are a microcosm of Zaoyang accelerating the transformation of traditional industries and optimizing existing stocks. In recent years, through the implementation of the "100 Enterprises and 10 Billion" technological transformation project and intelligent manufacturing demonstration project, and empowering traditional industries with technology, the number of industrial enterprises above designated size in the city has reached 267, and the number of high-tech enterprises has grown to 89.
Increased volume Emerging industries are surging with new momentum
"Orders are scheduled until August." Miran Technology Co., Ltd.'s linear displacement sensor ranks among the top in the domestic market. However, the core conductive material carbon used in manufacturing the sensor The pulp is dependent on imports, which has been bothering the company's deputy general manager Bi Jishuang, "Our production capacity is OK, but there are still deficiencies in scientific research."
html On July 7, in the production workshop of Miran Technology Co., Ltd., workers were lasering the processed parts. welding. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Zhizun With the help of the government, the company is jointly carrying out technical research on carbon slurry materials with Hubei University of Arts and Sciences, and it is expected to achieve localization this year. "The production cost can be reduced by about 50% by then." Bi Jishuang said. In addition, the company has multiple technical research projects in progress simultaneously, investing more than 4 million yuan in research and development funds every year.
In Zaoyang, a series of policy measures encourage small and medium-sized enterprises with high technological content to focus on niche areas and continue to grow bigger and stronger.
"More than 60 companies have established industry-university-research cooperation relationships with 40 colleges and universities and scientific research institutes, introducing more than 1,300 highly skilled talents, and more than 60 scientific and technological achievements have moved from laboratories to production lines." Mayor of Zaoyang Kong Lingbo introduced that the government, universities, research institutes and enterprises have formed a joint force. In the past two years, the city has been approved to have 4 provincial-level enterprise-school joint innovation centers and 19 municipal-level enterprise-school joint innovation centers. The proportion of R&D institutions established by industrial enterprises above designated size has reached 38.2%.
In order to promptly solve the difficulties and pain points of enterprise development, Zaoyang City has implemented "one industry chain, one city leader taking the lead, one industry planning, and one dedicated work class" around emerging industries such as high-end equipment manufacturing, electronic information, new energy and new materials. The "chain leader system" of "an investment map and a set of supporting policies" serves as a good backing for enterprises.
In 2021, the city will newly recognize 50 high-tech enterprises, and 144 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises will be registered in the database, a year-on-year increase of 140%. Thirteen companies including Miran Technology have grown into provincial-level specialized, special new "little giant" companies.
Strong variable "soft" environment to build "hard" support
Although it was put into production in October last year, the workshop of Hubei Gangli Refrigeration Parts Co., Ltd., located in Zaoyang Wudian Economic Development Zone, is busy and has been in full capacity for more than half a year. .
"In the future, the company will build a core refrigeration accessories industry with Zaoyang as its new headquarters." From Zhongshan, Guangdong to Zaoyang, Hubei, the new factory can quickly enter the "state", benefiting from a good development environment. "We only provided relevant information from signing the contract to starting construction and putting it into production, and the 'project secretary' did the rest for us. The considerate service made us determined to take root in Zaoyang." said Huang Jinming, the company's general manager.
htmlOn July 7, in the production workshop of Gangli Refrigeration Parts Co., Ltd., workers were transporting processing materials. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Zhizun The “project secretaries” he refers to are a group of government workers who rush between companies. Seizing the key "variable" of the business environment, Zaoyang implements a working mechanism of "a leading leader for coordination, a project secretary for service, a roadmap implementation, a WeChat group for supervision, a policy guarantor, and a coordination mechanism for advancement" , to build "hard" support for enterprise development.
uses reform and innovation to build momentum for economic development. In 2021, the city has 14,771 newly registered market entities, a year-on-year increase of 44.35%. Many of the world's top 500 companies and China's top 500 companies have settled in Zaoyang in recent years.
Huang Jinming, who came to this city not long ago, has already started to "endorse" for Zaoyang. He said that the company is relying on its superior resources to "recruit" upstream and downstream enterprises for Zaoyang such as scrap copper acquisition, smelting and air conditioner adjustment machine manufacturing to build an industry. cluster.
Looking to the future, Zaoyang, which has replaced its new "engine", strides forward without stopping. Meng Yanqing, Secretary of the Zaoyang Municipal Party Committee, said that we will adhere to the principle of expanding scale and improving quality, grasping transformation and creating characteristics to promote each other, and do a good job of "replenishing links" articles, "characteristic" articles, and "smart" articles. (Reporters Hou Wenkun and Xiong Xianghe)
