The equipment manufacturing industry is a vital tool of the country, and it shoulders an important mission in promoting the implementation of "Made in China 2025" and realizing the transformation of "Made in China" from large to strong. In; In Made in China 2025, intelligent production is; The main battlefield of intelligent manufacturing engineering; The transformation of production mode is; The main battlefield of the service-oriented action plan for manufacturing, and intelligent equipment is; The main battlefield of high-end equipment innovation projects.

Strengthening industrial basic capabilities, intelligent equipment shoulders an important mission; Made in China 2025 aims to focus on the research and production of intelligent equipment and products, accelerate the development and industrialization of intelligent products such as wearable devices, smart home appliances, and service robots, and vigorously promote the intelligence of the manufacturing process through intelligent manufacturing equipment such as digital machine tools and industrial robots, as well as intelligent production of building materials.

The importance of developing intelligent manufacturing for China's manufacturing industry and the Chinese economy is self-evident. As a media that deeply cultivates the manufacturing industry, advanced manufacturing full media has long been concerned about the development of intelligent manufacturing, helping China's manufacturing transformation and upgrading, and striving to do so; The driving force behind Made in China 2025. The advanced manufacturing industry has successively launched a special topic on intelligent manufacturing, attempting to deeply analyze the development of intelligent manufacturing from the aspects of intelligent manufacturing industry chain, intelligent factories, intelligent equipment, intelligent products, intelligent services, industrial transformation models, and industrial cluster development, in order to outline the overall picture of intelligent manufacturing.

The third issue of the Intelligent Manufacturing Special Topic: Intelligent Equipment - Strengthening Industrial Basic Capability, mainly analyzes the development of equipment manufacturing from the perspective of the overall development of intelligent equipment and the application of key industries.

The equipment manufacturing industry is a vital tool of the country and the cornerstone of the manufacturing industry. It shoulders an important mission in promoting the implementation of "Made in China 2025" and realizing the transformation of "Made in China" from large to strong. In; In Made in China 2025, intelligent production is; The main battlefield of intelligent manufacturing engineering; The transformation of production mode is; The main battlefield of the service-oriented action plan for manufacturing, and intelligent equipment is; The main battlefield of high-end equipment innovation projects. With the intensive introduction of policies in the field of intelligent manufacturing, the transformation of China's manufacturing industry towards intelligent manufacturing has become a trend, actively embracing intelligent manufacturing and beginning to extensively apply related technologies such as cloud computing, big data, and robotics.

1、 The overall structure of the intelligent equipment industry

The "Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment Industry; Twelfth Five Year Development Plan" defines intelligent manufacturing equipment as a general term for various types of manufacturing equipment with sensing, decision-making, and execution functions. It is the integration and deep fusion of advanced manufacturing technology, information technology, and intelligent technology. Intelligent manufacturing equipment mainly includes intelligent control systems, automated complete production lines, intelligent instruments and meters, CNC machine tools, industrial robots, etc.

The core capabilities of the intelligent manufacturing equipment industry are mainly reflected in four major fields: key locomotive components, intelligent instruments and control systems, CNC machine tools and basic manufacturing equipment, and intelligent specialized equipment.

China is promoting the development of CNC machine tools and basic manufacturing equipment, automated complete production lines, intelligent control systems, precision and intelligent instruments and testing equipment, key basic components, electronic components, and general components, as well as intelligent specialized equipment, to achieve automation, intelligence, precision, and green production processes and drive the overall technological level of the industry.

2、 Overview of the Development of Intelligent Equipment Industry

Overall, China's high-end equipment manufacturing industry has begun to take shape. In addition to achieving huge results in aviation, shipbuilding, automobiles, rail transit and other fields, it has gradually formed multiple manufacturing core areas centered around Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Shenzhen, Changsha, Wuhan, Xi'an, Chengdu, and Chongqing. However, compared with developed countries, there is still a gap in the technological level of China's intelligent equipment manufacturing industry, especially in the core technology accumulation and independent production capacity of key components such as servo motors, precision reducers, robot controllers, etc. The key component industry is dominated by foreign manufacturers, resulting in high component prices, increasing the production costs of domestic automation unit products and automation equipment, and weakening the comprehensive competitiveness of domestic manufacturers.

In recent years, China has issued a series of documents and measures aimed at promoting the development of intelligent manufacturing, creating a relaxed and favorable policy environment for the development of intelligent manufacturing and the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry. The "Development Plan for Intelligent Manufacturing" released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology proposes to develop more than 60 key technologies and equipment for intelligent manufacturing by 2020, reaching the level of similar international products, and achieving a domestic market satisfaction rate of over 50%. The "Implementation Guidelines for Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering" and other industry support policies have been successively issued to promote the accelerated development of the industry.

From the perspective of the competitive landscape of enterprises in the intelligent equipment industry, the companies listed in the 2017 "Top 100 Equipment Manufacturing Enterprises in China" are generally stabilizing and improving. Rail transit equipment, additive manufacturing, and general aviation will become new growth highlights. The automotive industry will maintain steady growth, the mechanical industry will continue to differentiate, the shipbuilding industry will gradually improve, intelligent manufacturing will accelerate development, and high-end equipment will innovate and develop. Overall, the growth rate of industrial added value in China's equipment manufacturing industry was around 7% in 2017, and its profitability has improved compared to the previous year. However, it is at a disadvantage in terms of operating income profit margin and per capita net profit, and there is still a significant gap compared to the overall level.