On April 14, the Fifth Third理事会 of China Electrical Equipment Industry Association was held in Xianyang. The meeting was hosted by the China Electrical Equipment Industry Association and co-organized by the Xianyang Municipal Government and the Qindu District Government. Representatives from over 200 electrical enterprises and various branches of the Electrical Equipment Industry Association gathered together to listen to authoritative industry information and plan for future development.
At the meeting, Lu Yansen, former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Machinery Industry; Li Ye, Director of Supervision at the National Energy Administration; and Wang Ruihua, Deputy Director of the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, delivered speeches respectively. Yue Liang, Secretary of the Xianyang Municipal Party Committee, and Nan Cunhui, President of the China Electrical Equipment Industry Association and Chairman of Chint Group Co., Ltd., delivered addresses. Liu Changsheng, Executive Vice President of the China Electrical Equipment Industry Association, reported on the work of the Council in 2016, and Guo Zhenyan, Vice President and Secretary-General, presided over the meeting. In his speech, Lu Yansen analyzed the current development status and challenges facing China's electrical equipment industry and proposed corresponding suggestions.
He believed that although there are many shortcomings in the current development of China's electrical industry, significant progress has also been made, and industry workers should not underestimate themselves. The future development of the electrical industry hinges on innovation-led growth, strengthening the construction of the entire industrial chain, and promoting the restructuring of major enterprises in the electrical industry. He emphasized that although supply-side structural adjustment is currently a key focus of the central government, the industry's characteristics determine that under the context of large power grid supply, guiding user demand in the electrical industry is even more indispensable. Making good use of the platform provided by the China Electrical Equipment Industry Association, uniting all branches, and rebuilding the association's function of concentrating efforts to accomplish major tasks are urgent priorities for revitalizing China's electrical equipment industry.
Li Ye pointed out that China's electrical equipment industry currently faces three major challenges: market, technology, and minimal changes in corporate forms. Leading enterprises in the electrical industry, industry associations, and relevant research institutes should actively adapt to development trends, lead the industry towards a new path of sustainable development, and focus on achieving key breakthroughs in system integration capabilities. He hoped that government departments would provide good services to boost the transformation and development of the electrical industry.
Wang Ruihua affirmed the contributions made by the Electrical Equipment Industry Association in serving the government, industry, and enterprises, as well as its major supporting role in the development of the power equipment industry. Especially during the formulation of "Made in China 2025", the China Electrical Equipment Industry Association proposed that power equipment be one of the ten key areas and an area for breakthrough first, which secured policy support and development opportunities for the department and the industry. She also emphasized the important driving role of the power equipment manufacturing sector in industry development, introduced the overall economic operation of the entire equipment industry, the policy deployment of "Made in China 2025", and the future support directions of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Wang Ruihua pointed out that in response to current shortcomings such as the absence of high-end products and reliance on imports for core components, the overall approach for the equipment industry is high-end development, innovation-driven growth, strengthening the foundation, and intelligent transformation. She hoped that enterprises would strengthen ties with government departments and various ministries to further promote the development of basic manufacturing and green manufacturing in China. She also hoped that the Electrical Equipment Industry Association would continue to serve as a bridge and support, acting as a think tank for the government and an assistant to enterprises while strengthening its own construction.
In the "Work Report of the Fifth Third理事会 of China Electrical Equipment Industry Association", Liu Changsheng pointed out that according to the overall thinking for the development of the electrical industry in the coming period and the requirements of the new situation, the overall requirements for industry work in 2017 are: fully implement the spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Plenary Sessions of the 18th Central Committee, guided by Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of "Three Represents", and the Scientific Outlook on Development, deeply implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of important speeches, seriously implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference and the national industry and information technology, energy, and standardization work conferences, according to the overall requirements of the Fourth Member Conference of the Fourth Session of the China Machinery Industry Federation, take the development of digital, networked, and intelligent manufacturing as the main line, take the development of resource-saving and environment-friendly green manufacturing as an important direction, take the lead in achieving breakthroughs in major products and major manufacturing technologies in key areas, use high technology to enhance the level of traditional electrical equipment manufacturing, develop strategic emerging industries and advanced manufacturing, promote the industry to embark on an innovation-driven track as soon as possible, and comprehensively advance the industry's transformation and upgrading.
