Intelligent manufacturing may open a new era of Chinese innovation

Innovation is a new organization of production resources, in order to achieve economic success as a mark of success. We call this understanding of the essence of as innovation. But based on this understanding, the connotation of innovation in developed countries and developing countries is different, blind innovation will comedy tends. The author here with a fable this truth. More than 30 years ago, farmers carrying their tails shovel head to water conservancy construction. A digger capable of dozens of people live, why not use excavators? Because of lack of money, can't afford it. If someone want to do at that time the innovation of the agricultural machinery, what should he do? He can go to study the most advanced excavator, but his study is hard to fall to the ground; He can also in transforming a tails shovel head on the brain, but the study certainly is not advanced. So, he faced with the dilemma is, technology & other; Practicality & throughout; And & other Advanced & throughout; Tend to be separated. This is a common phenomenon in developing countries. This what the consequences? We have made up the story. Officials believe that science and technology: if everyone study? Head and shovel, is unfavorable for the future. National research, then, decided to advance layout, set up two specializes in the scientific research institution of excavator. Let them compete against each other. The idea is right. But in the process of operation, there is a problem. The first person to institute of positioning in the clear, the principle of the excavator goal is cheap excavator. But another institute said: study should be the focus of the world's best excavator. Technology leadership a see: obviously the second more advanced! Then, 863, 973 project was taken from the second research institute. First institute learned a lesson, put forward: the first institute is not innovation, just follow: we have to study in the world has not the excavator, is innovation! The excavator should use the wear resistance of diamond. Then, their performance of diamond for excavator carried on the thorough research, and prove their performance is a world leading! So, the first person to institute of competitor, and won the first prize in the national invention, leader also judge on the academician. Over time, China's technology, in the national science and technology policy encouragement, become the appearance of the following: put forward the solution, whether it can fall to the ground, the key is the future planning to charm, let leadership looks tall, to the town to their peers. Then, form a divorced from reality, more than those who can blow the malady of scientific community. The story will make over there. We turned to look at it? Developing countries need to innovate? If the innovation to develop the most advanced production tools or products, is often unnecessary. But if the innovation as the organization of production resources and create value, it is necessary. At the beginning of baosteel plant, for example, products in short supply. At that time, improve the operation efficiency, and improve efficiency has brought great benefits. At that time, almost every bar production line, more than the design capacity. In a sense, but when the product is in short supply, can produce is the best way to meet the demand of users. At that time, quality and cost is of secondary importance compared with the demand. Again, such as, wang chuanfu of byd to guide foreign automatic assembly line into the domestic, into the semi-automatic assembly line. He took advantage of cheap domestic labor resources advantages, making the cost was 40% lower than the foreign counterparts, and two-thirds of the market. It is also a developing countries through the resources have to reorganize the innovation case. But as expressed by the fable: under the background of economic and technology backward, improve quality, improve labor efficiency, innovation, is not economical. This decision, our practical innovation, generally with the real new technology. Our & other; Innovation & throughout; Must be suitable for our own level of productivity, the object of innovation is usually our tools, equipment and products. Leave these, innovation can not be fall to the ground. From the international perspective, a lot of our technology not much, and no advanced technology content. Over the years, China's academia and enterprises also face the dilemma: school is advanced and useless things, the enterprise is not advanced useful things. That is the essence of the dilemma: the world first-class innovation, in developing countries is basically not & other; Market & throughout; . So, is engaged in the real innovation in developing countries, are often divorced from reality. To do world-class innovation, must have a world class research object, namely the first-class tools and products. Well, the Internet and digital, and provide us with the advanced countries in the world about the object of study. Finally gives us the opportunity to stand on the same starting line and abroad, we have maybe a job in the value and the level of innovation. So, intelligent manufacturing is likely to be the inflection point of technology innovation: China's manufacturing industry by the low level of innovation into a true high level. But anyway, we should keep in mind: innovation is in the service of real objects, otherwise can't fall to the ground.