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A M C A A S I A U P D AT E

By HONG WANG

According to Plan:
Innovation-Driven Development in China
Every five years, the

and establishing a domestic research-

Information-Based Management

Central Committee

and-development base for advanced

Some manufacturers are utilizing enter-

of the Communist

technology.

prise resource planning to integrate
core business processes and product

Party of China sets
forth China's strategic intentions

Brand Building

life-cycle management to shorten time

and defines its major objectives,

Chinese manufacturers are working

to market. The next step is to improve

tasks, and measures for economic

to elevate their brands and narrow

the level of informatization to better

and social development for the next

the gap between them and their more

integrate logistics, the ﬂow of capital,

half-decade with the release of a

well-known international competitors.

people, and data in real time and to

new Five-Year Plan. The 13th Five-

Increasingly, Chinese manufacturers

promote the adjustment and opti-

Year Plan for Economic and Social

are applying cross-border e-commerce

mization of industrial structure, the

Development of the People's Republic

to enhance their sales and service

modernization of management, and

of China (2016-2020) (to read the

capabilities and grow exports.

the improvement of technical abilities.

Human-Resource
Development

Government Support

objective the achievement of "signiﬁcant results in innovation-driven

China is improving systems and poli-

ﬁ nancial support to help manufac-

development." Manufacturers of air-

cies for the acquisition, development,

turers grow larger and stronger and

system components in China are

and allocation of talent. Initiatives

advocating the adoption of new

responding with an intensiﬁed focus

include support and training for young

operating models, including the

on high-end, smart, and eco-friendly

and middle-aged scientiﬁc and tech-

contract energy-management model

products and technologies.

nological innovators; young-talent

and the public-private-partnership

official English translation, go to
http://bit.ly/13th_FYP) has as a major

The Chinese government is providing

development; quality-improvement

model, to help manufacturers sustain

Intelligent Manufacturing

programs for business executives;

development.

True to the State Council's Made in

recognition and recruitment of over-

China 2025 action plan, manufac-

seas experts in scientific research,

Looking Ahead

turers are striving to strengthen their

innovation, and entrepreneurship;

Initial drafting of tentative concepts

innovative capacity and production

knowledge-refresher programs for

for China's 14th Five-Year Plan took

capabilities through greater integra-

professional and technical personnel;

place during a National Development

tion of information technology and

and construction of master studios

and Reform Commission of the People's

manufacturing technology.

and training centers for highly skilled

Republic of China symposium in Beijing

personnel.

on Dec. 11, 2018. Approval of a ﬁnal-

Collaborative Innovation

ized plan is expected in March 2021.

The government is guiding coop-

Equipment and Processes

eration between equipment manu-

Manufacturers are increasing the scale

facturers, universities, and research

of their investment in new equipment

institutes and encouraging collabo-

and technology, enhancing their

ration across fields and industries.

manufacturing processes and effi-

The focus is on building national

ciency, the quality of their products,

technological innovation centers

and, by extension, their reputations.

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Hong Wang is editor for China Academic
Journal Electronic Publishing House.
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