Innovation leads the transformation and upgrading of resource-based provinces
Innovation leads the transformation and upgrading of resource-based provinces
-- Reports from Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, and Xinjiang
Heilongjiang, Shaanxi and Xinjiang all have unique resource advantages and conditions, and have special positioning and major missions in the overall national development strategy. On the new journey, the three provinces will give full play to their respective characteristics and advantages, lead the transformation and development with scientific and technological innovation, take the initiative to ensure the security of supply of food, energy resources, ecological products, etc., and make every effort to promote high-quality development.
Scientific and technological innovation has accelerated its revival
Reporter: Su Dapeng, Wu Hao, Liu Rong, Wu Yadong
To promote the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China, the foundation is in the real economy, the key is in scientific and technological innovation, and the direction is industrial upgrading. In recent years, Heilongjiang Province has continued to do a good job in the "three major articles", develop the "four major economies", build a modern industrial system, and lead high-quality revitalization and development with high-level innovation, and the black soil has burst out with strong innovation vitality.
In the golden autumn of October, there is a bumper harvest scene in the vast fields of Heilongjiang. This year, Heilongjiang has made every effort to implement the plan of increasing grain production by 10 million tons, and the sown area of grain has remained above 218 million mu. 8.4 million mu of high-standard farmland will be built, and the grain output will be maintained at more than 150 billion catties, providing strong support for a new round of 100 billion catties of grain production capacity improvement in the country.
"Heilongjiang vigorously promotes agricultural science and technology innovation projects, focusing on agricultural biotechnology, digital technology, core provenance, black soil protection, intelligent agricultural machinery and infrastructure construction and other fields, focusing on breaking through a number of 'stuck neck' technologies. It is expected that by the end of 2023, the contribution rate of agricultural science and technology progress will exceed 70%. Wang Zhaocheng, director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that Heilongjiang continues to promote the deep integration of good land, good varieties and good laws to ensure a bumper harvest of grain and be a good "ballast stone" for national food security.
In Heilongjiang, innovation has created a great power, and the old industrial base is "old and strong". Not long ago, the completion ceremony of the world's largest (500MW level) impact unit full-size stainless steel runner hub and bucket forgings jointly developed by China First Heavy and Harbin Electric Power Group was held. The "heart components" of the 500MW percussion turbine unit - low-carbon martensitic stainless steel runner hub and bucket forgings are the largest in size, total weight and technical difficulty among similar products at home and abroad.
China First Heavy and Harbin Electric Group, as the two major central enterprises in the field of heavy equipment manufacturing in Heilongjiang, have achieved a breakthrough from "0" to "1" through strong joint innovation. "We have set up a special group to organize multi-professional and multi-department joint R&D to tackle key problems, and the whole chain of materials, processes and manufacturing will be promoted in a coordinated manner. After unremitting efforts, the first-time pass rate of key processes has reached 100%. Lu Wenjun, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and deputy general manager of China's First Heavy Heavy, said.
In order to achieve the goal of "double carbon", Harbin Electric Power Group actively responded to the requirements of the state to accelerate the energy-saving upgrading and flexible transformation of existing coal-fired power units, and accelerated the construction of a new power system, realized the leap from imported technology to independent technology, and completed the independent development of a new generation of 1000MW steam turbine generators, leading the technological development of large-capacity coal-fired power units.
"The comprehensive performance of our self-developed 1000MW steam turbine generator has reached the leading domestic and international advanced level. Wang Wei, deputy chief engineer and product design manager of Harbin Electric Power Group Motor Company, said that this year, Harbin Electric Power Group Motor Company has won orders for 12 1000MW coal-fired units in the efficient and clean coal power market, which will strongly promote the development of new coal power.
In order to promote regional revitalization and development, Heilongjiang proposes to develop "four major economies", namely digital economy, bioeconomy, ice and snow economy, and creative design economy.
In December last year, Harbin Creative Design Center was established, which has become a new engine for the development of creative design in Heilongjiang. "Creative design has a wide range of applications, and 'design+' has become the choice of many cities to change lanes and overtake. Yan Shi, deputy director of the Harbin Creative Design Center, said that the Creative Design Center led the design institutions to go deep into Harbin, Mudanjiang, Jiamusi and other places to check the pulse of innovation and development, and empower products, industries, and urban innovation and upgrading.
Promoting the innovation and development of private enterprises is related to the overall revitalization and development. Heilongjiang Huida Technology Co., Ltd., located in Harbin New Area, has developed rapidly in recent years, and its independent research and development and production of agricultural machinery intelligent perception equipment, agricultural machinery intelligent control equipment, drones and other products are sold to more than 30 countries and regions. "We are willing to install a digital engine for modern agriculture in Heilongjiang and contribute to the transformation of traditional agriculture to digital agriculture. Chu Haibo, deputy general manager of the company, said.
This year, Heilongjiang continued to implement the three-year action plan for tackling key problems in digital and bioeconomy science and technology, and organized and planned more than 200 guidelines for technical research and application demonstration projects. In the fields of digital economy, bioeconomy, and high-end equipment, 7 new provincial R&D institutions have been newly recorded. Eight special projects such as digital economy, bioeconomy, and equipment manufacturing have been planned, and 33 projects have been approved to support the list of "unveiling the leader" to serve the innovation and development of strategic emerging industries.
The construction of national-level regional innovation carriers is moving steadily. The number of high-tech enterprises in the Hardaqi National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone has grown to 1,338, 22 specialized and special new "little giant" enterprises, and 19 listed enterprises. Jiamusi National Agricultural High-tech Industry Demonstration Zone has built 2 academician workstations and postdoctoral innovation practice bases, as well as 9 scientific and technological innovation platforms and entrepreneurship and innovation incubation carriers. "Heilongjiang will play a role in supporting and leading industrial development with scientific and technological innovation, integrate innovation resources, and promote the acceleration of the formation of new quality productivity. Liu Aili, deputy director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology, said.
Xu Qin, secretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee, said that it is necessary to lead the comprehensive revitalization of the industry with scientific and technological innovation, give full play to the role of scientific and technological innovation increments, actively cultivate bases for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, build and strengthen national important commodity grain production bases, heavy equipment production and manufacturing bases, important energy and raw material bases, continue to optimize the economic structure, build a modern industrial system represented by digital intelligence, biotechnology, aerospace, high-end equipment, etc., build industrial clusters, and make the real economy bigger and stronger.
The background of resources consolidates the foundation for development
Reporter Yang Kaixin Lei Ting
The oil reserves rank third in the country, and the reserves of coal, natural gas, and cement limestone all rank fourth... The abundant resource reserves have not only allowed Shaanxi to shoulder the heavy burden in terms of ensuring supply, but also the development of the energy equipment industry has also reached a new level.
Walking into the production dispatching command center of Shaanxi Xiaobaodang Mining Co., Ltd., a large electronic screen is presented in front of you, and the production scene above and below the mine is in full view. "After discovering that there are violations in the mine, the 'Thousand Eyes' video surveillance system will automatically identify and record. Staff member Li Jie introduced. The "Thousand Eyes Project" system uses artificial intelligence technology to implement the "visualization + safety" management and control mode to realize the visualization of key processes and operation behaviors of the mining head, production system, and important positions.
In recent years, Shaanxi Xiaobaodang Mining Co., Ltd. has continuously promoted the construction of intelligent demonstration coal mines. Xue Pengfei, a dispatcher, said that the intelligent transformation and upgrading not only reduced personnel and increased efficiency, but also efficiently empowered safety management.
Like Shaanxi Xiaobaodang Mining Co., Ltd., many units of Shaanxi Coal Chemical Group Co., Ltd. bid farewell to "stupid, big and coarse". At present, Shaanxi Coal Group has fully completed the intelligent transformation of mines, and the annual production capacity of 38 pairs of intelligent mines has reached 180 million tons, accounting for 93% of the total production capacity.
In order to promote the construction of a modern industrial system empowered by scientific and technological innovation of state-owned enterprises, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Shaanxi Province plans industrialization projects, allocates capital and human resources, opens up the industrial chain, optimizes the incentive and restraint mechanism, and forms an innovative work system that integrates "goal-management-assessment".
"We will focus on promoting the reasonable growth of Shaanxi's industry and the effective improvement of quality. Zhang Kangning, deputy director of the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, said that the current industrial economy in Shaanxi is in a critical period of transformation and upgrading, catching up and surpassing, and will continue to promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, cultivate and expand strategic emerging industries, and constantly open up new fields and new tracks, and cultivate new competitive advantages.
There are many universities, scientific research institutes, and innovative talents in Shaanxi, and innovation has become the consensus of the land of Sanqin. Wang Jun, member of the Science and Technology Work Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial CPC Committee and deputy director of the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology, said that Shaanxi has placed scientific and technological innovation at the core of modernization and has continuously made new progress. As of the end of September, the turnover of technology contracts in Shaanxi Province reached 255.264 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 55.28%, 17,254 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises were put into storage, and 6,441 high-tech enterprises passed the review, a year-on-year increase of 41%.
Qin Chuangyuan Comprehensive Service Center is located in Xixian New District, Shaanxi Province, which is the connection point and undertaking entity of the online and offline services of Qin Chuangyuan's innovation-driven platform, with 10 service windows in eight categories, such as commercial, tax services, policy services, and science and technology government affairs, to provide standardized, professional and one-stop full-process services for all kinds of innovation and entrepreneurship entities.
At the end of 2022, Xi'an was approved to build a comprehensive national science center and science and technology innovation center. "The construction of 'double centers', the optimization of 'Qin Chuangyuan', and the strengthening of 'hard technology' have provided strong support for Xi'an to build a national innovation city. Li Jianxun, deputy director of the Xi'an Science and Technology Bureau, said that Xi'an will continue to focus on the frontier of science and technology, the transformation of achievements and the forward-looking layout of future industries, and open up new fields and new tracks.
Innovations with "small cuts" can also lead to big gains. Walking into Liangshun Ingenuity Industrial Co., Ltd., located in the Intangible Cultural Heritage Industrial Park of Huangguan Town, Nanzheng District, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, dozens of workers are immersed in work, and rattan rattans are slowly turning into rattan chairs at their fingertips.
"Turning rattan into rattan requires more than 20 complex processes such as cooking, peeling, weaving, sanding, and lacquering. It is difficult for good rattan products to be completely replaced by machines, which is the core competitiveness of our products. Chen Liangshun, the representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage Hanzhong rattan weaving project and chairman of Liangshun Ingenuity Industrial Co., Ltd., said. In recent years, Nanzheng District has actively inherited and promoted the intangible cultural heritage skills of "Hanzhong rattan weaving", forming a "five weaving" characteristic industry of rattan weaving, bamboo weaving, palm weaving, fan weaving and straw weaving, with an annual output of more than 180,000 pieces of rattan weaving and an average annual sales of more than 6,000 yuan in the rattan weaving industry.
As an important ecological security barrier in China, Qinling Mountains has accumulated energy for long-term development. How to deal with the relationship between high-quality development and high-level protection, Shaanxi is also constantly exploring in innovation.
Shangluo City, Shaanxi Province, located in the hinterland of the Qinling Mountains, is committed to building the country's largest pumped storage industrial base relying on abundant water and mountain resources. In the Yuehe Pumped Storage Power Station in Zhen'an County, the reporter saw that four units were being stepped up to install, and the first unit was being commissioned for power generation.
"The pumped storage power station is like a green super charger, which has six functions of peak regulation, frequency regulation, phase modulation, energy storage, system backup, and black start, and five advantages: large capacity, many working conditions, fast speed, high reliability, and good economy. Wang Huiwei, chairman of Shaanxi Zhen'an Pumped Storage Co., Ltd., said that the power station reduces fossil fuel consumption and pollution emissions, enhances the ability of the Northwest Power Grid to flexibly regulate and resist risks, and promotes the transformation and upgrading of the power equipment manufacturing industry.
"In recent years, we have actively promoted the pilot of the value realization mechanism of ecological products, and vigorously implemented the large-scale, green, chain-extended, safe and digital transformation of the mining industry. Zhao Jing, secretary of the Shangluo Municipal Party Committee, said that on the one hand, it is necessary to demonstrate in being a good guardian of the Qinling Mountains to ensure that the quality of the ecological environment continues to lead the whole province of Shaanxi; on the other hand, it is necessary to demonstrate the value of ecological products and explore more new ways to practice the concept of "two mountains".
Based on advantages, build an industrial highland
Reporter Jiang Lan, Zhu Wei, Geng Dandan
At the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, in the Korla Shangku High-tech Industrial Development Zone of Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, PetroChina's ethane-to-ethylene project with an annual output of 600,000 tons is running in an orderly manner.
Ethylene is widely used in the industry and is an important basic raw material for organic chemicals. He Huan, director of the science and technology information department of the Tarim Petrochemical Branch of PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical Company, said, "The yield of ethylene produced by conventional methods is 30% to 33%, and the investment, material consumption and energy consumption are high. Our self-developed patented technology for steam cracking of ethane to ethylene has a high ethylene yield and short process flow, which greatly reduces the cost and energy consumption."
At the end of September this year, the company started the second phase of the ethylene project with an annual output of 1.2 million tons, which is expected to be fully completed and put into operation in 2026.
At present, Xinjiang's industrial transformation and upgrading is undergoing gratifying changes: from independent research and development in the industrial field, to technological innovation in the energy field, and then to independent cultivation in the agricultural field, Xinjiang's resource advantages are being transformed into industrial advantages, and scientific and technological innovation continues to empower industrial transformation.
Xinjiang has a vast territory, outstanding natural endowment advantages, coal resource reserves rank first in the country, solar and wind energy resources rank second in the country, and is an important energy production base in China. In the face of domestic industrial policy adjustment and changes in the international situation, the transformation and upgrading of the traditional energy industry has become a must-answer question.
Walking into the Tianchi Energy South Open-pit Coal Mine in the Zhundong Economic and Technological Development Zone, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, unmanned mining trucks are running on the Gobi Desert in a busy and orderly manner. It is the largest open-pit coal mine in the country with an annual production capacity of 40 million tons. As an important energy base for the "Xinjiang Power Transmission to the East" and "Xinjiang Coal to the East" project, 60% of the coal in Tianchi Energy South Open-pit Coal Mine is converted into electricity on the spot and then transported to the whole country.
"Since 2016, through management innovation and technological innovation, the coal mine has invested 400 million yuan to build an open-pit coal mine industrial Internet platform, unmanned driving, single-bucket-card workshop process breaking and other systems, and the 5G network covers the entire coal mine. Zhu Tao, chief engineer of the South Open-pit Coal Mine, said.
"Traditional coal mines basically rely on manual operations, we gradually replace them with scientific and technological means, such as the coal corridor using a self-developed belt conveyor inspection robot, all-weather automatic inspection operations covering the entire coal mine pit mouth nearly 10 kilometers of range, the frequency of daily inspection is 4 times that of manual inspection in the past, and the production efficiency has been significantly improved. Kang Qingwei, director of the South Open-pit Coal Mine, said.
In February this year, Tianchi Energy South Open-pit Coal Mine passed the acceptance of the first batch of intelligent demonstration coal mines in China, becoming the first intelligent demonstration open-pit coal mine in Xinjiang. "This year, the number of unmanned mining trucks has increased by 100, and it has now reached more than 130, and we will gradually replace all traditional mining trucks with unmanned mining trucks in the future to further improve the safety level of coal mine operations. Kang Qingwei said.
In addition to traditional energy sources, superior solar and thermal resources and sufficient arable land resources also provide conditions for Xinjiang to develop modern agriculture and promote the progress of agricultural science and technology.
In recent years, Xinjiang has deeply promoted the revitalization of the seed industry and cultivated a number of key leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization, one of which is Jiushenghe Holding Group Co., Ltd. "In recent years, Jiushenghe has continued to make efforts in seed innovation, and the new winter wheat variety Jiushenghe D1508 independently cultivated has refreshed the winter wheat yield record in Xinjiang for three consecutive years. Lin Huailong, general manager of Jiushenghe Research Institute, said.
The highly automated production process of a seed is the embodiment of the high-quality development of agriculture empowered by science and technology. Walking into the Jiushenghe threshing workshop, a grain of corn seeds circulates on the production line, and after drying, threshing, selecting, coating and other production procedures, they will be sealed and packaged and sold to the market.
At present, the mechanization rate of wheat, corn and cotton seed production in Xinjiang has reached 99%, 90% and 94% respectively, and the processing technology of cotton and corn seeds is at the international leading and domestic advanced level respectively. Cotton, hybrid corn and wheat seed production ranked first, second and fifth respectively in the country.
Since the beginning of this year, Xinjiang has focused on the construction of eight industrial clusters, including oil and gas production and processing, coal, coal, power and coal chemical industry, green mining, cotton, textiles and garments, grain and oil, green organic fruits and vegetables, high-quality livestock products, and new energy and new materials, to promote the high-quality development of industries with special advantages.
In the pilot base of the Karamay Clean Energy National Laboratory (preparation), a number of new energy and chemical projects are being promoted. The base is currently the largest and most complete scientific and technological research and development support platform and technology incubation accelerator in the field of energy and chemical industry in Xinjiang, which can provide supporting services such as technology research and development, proof of concept, pilot maturation, inspection and testing for scientific and technological entrepreneurship projects and scientific and technological innovation enterprises.
Pan Lei, general manager of Karamay Advanced Energy Technology Innovation Co., Ltd., which is responsible for the operation and project review of the pilot base, said: "The projects entering the base should have a certain degree of advancement, economy and environmental protection, and at the same time promote the development of Xinjiang's energy and chemical industry. The pilot base has been successfully identified as an autonomous region-level science and technology business incubator, and 10 companies have successfully "graduated", and 24 companies are being incubated.
Since the beginning of this year, Xinjiang has vigorously implemented the innovation-driven development strategy and strengthened the dominant position of enterprises in technological innovation. According to the data, in the first eight months of this year, Xinjiang's industrial investment increased by 30% year-on-year, ranking fourth in the country, 21.2 percentage points higher than the average growth rate of industrial investment in the country. Cheng Duofu, member of the party group and deputy director of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, said that the next step is to continue to promote the development of characteristic and advantageous industries and do a good job in the construction of key projects in the industrial field. At the same time, it is necessary to carry out in-depth pilot demonstrations of the integrated development of a new generation of information technology and manufacturing industry, and create a highland for characteristic and advantageous industries.
Source: Economic Daily
