On November 26th, according to the press conference of the 2024 Equipment Manufacturing Industry Development Conference, Chongqing is aiming to build a world-class equipment manufacturing industrial cluster in the Chengdu-Chongqing region. With promoting the intelligence and digitalization of equipment manufacturing as the main line, it is making every effort to create a 500-billion-yuan industrial cluster of intelligent equipment and intelligent manufacturing.

A relevant official from the Municipal Economic and Information Commission introduced that the intelligent equipment and intelligent manufacturing industry presents the following four highlights.

The industrial cluster matrix has been initially established. Led by intelligent equipment, it is supported by six major sectors: intelligent manufacturing equipment, power equipment, agricultural machinery equipment, construction machinery equipment, transportation equipment, and mechanical parts.

The technological innovation system has been gradually established. A technological innovation system for the intelligent equipment industry has been formed, with 3 national key laboratories as the driving force, 12 national-level enterprise technology centers as the support, 6 national-level technological innovation demonstration enterprises as the guidance, and 326 municipal-level R&D and innovation platforms participating.

A high-quality enterprise echelon is rapidly taking shape. The number of municipal leading (chain leader) enterprises in the field of intelligent equipment has reached 11, accounting for 15.7% of the city's total. The number of listed companies has reached 12, accounting for 12.1% of the city's total. The number of large-scale industrial enterprises reached 1,264, accounting for 16.2% of the city's total. There are 75 national-level "Little Giant" enterprises specializing in niche markets and 915 municipal-level specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative enterprises, each accounting for more than 25% of the city's total.

Quality and brand building have been enhanced simultaneously. The "Directory for the Promotion and Application of the First Batch (Set) of Major Technical Equipment in Chongqing Municipality" includes 233 items in the list of major technical equipment products. A total of 96 first batch (set) of major technical equipment products have been recognized. A batch of major technical equipment such as the "Fuyao" floating wind turbine of Huaneng and the "dual-flow system" rail vehicles of Changchun Railway Vehicles have been successfully put into operation. The key core technologies of Chongqing Machine Tool, such as the high-precision worm gear profile controllable processing technology and the complex gear modification, have reached the leading domestic and advanced international levels.

At present, Chongqing's equipment manufacturing industry is following the requirements of the city's "33618" modern manufacturing cluster system construction. It is guided by innovation-driven development and oriented towards highlighting the development of advantageous industries. It is strengthening the cultivation of key areas and characteristic industries in the equipment manufacturing industry, striving to build a pillar industrial cluster of intelligent equipment and intelligent manufacturing, and vigorously implementing the "Eight Major Projects". Promote the high-quality development of the city's equipment manufacturing industry.

The "Eight Major Projects" refer to the major equipment breakthrough project, the digital Technology empowerment project, the industrial foundation reconstruction project, the industrial chain strengthening and Stabilizing project, the industrial cluster construction project, the application scenario-driven project, the quality and brand improvement project, and the regional coordinated development project.

Among them, in terms of implementing major equipment breakthrough projects, a number of new research and development institutions in advantageous fields such as CNC machine tools, rail transit, unmanned aerial vehicles, and agricultural machinery equipment will be concentrated on being established. Targeted layout of a batch of pilot-scale and application verification platforms will be carried out to facilitate the accelerated breakthrough of a number of landmark major technical equipment and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.

A relevant official from the Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology stated that Chongqing will continue to promote the integrated development of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, accelerate the cultivation of high-quality market entities, and advance the high-quality development of Chongqing's equipment manufacturing industry.