Where is the "new" of new industrialization? How to push the "new"?
New industrialization is a new exploration of the economic development model under the guidance of the new development concept, and the new industrialization presents new characteristics in terms of production factors, production power, production organization, and production requirements. Guangzhou earnestly learnspracticeimplementpracticeNear-flatThe general secretary's important exposition on new industrialization and the spirit of the National Conference on the Promotion of New Industrialization, new production factors are constantly emerging and gathering, constituting a more efficient source of power.
Where is the "new"?
First, the new factors of industrial production. With the expansion of production scale, the importance of capital factors, technological progress and modern management methods is increasing, and in the new era of industrialization, data has become an important factor of production after labor, capital, land, knowledge, technology and other factors. Data factors have changed the input structure of production factors, significantly improved the efficiency of the use of other production factors, and become an important source of value and the key to industrial competitiveness. Recently, Guangzhou issued the "Implementation Opinions on Better Playing the Role of Data Elements to Promote the High-quality Development of Guangzhou", proposing to explore the establishment of a statistical accounting system for data elements, and scientifically evaluate the contribution of data elements to economic and social development in various departments and industries. How to create, develop and utilize data elements will determine the level of development of Guangzhou's new industrialization and industrial competitiveness.
The second is the new power of industrial production. The digital economy is the most active field in the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and the digital transformation of industries is an important driving force for new industrialization. Emerging industries such as artificial intelligence, computers and servers, chips, intelligent robots, software systems, and communication equipment, which are closely related to the development of the digital economy, are reshaping the traditional industrial ecology and becoming a new growth point for industrial development. As a typical general-purpose technology, digital technology has formed a strong enabling role in various industrial fields, and the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy has become an important economic development paradigm. Guangzhou provides a series of digital transformation products and solutions by focusing on cultivating national cross-industry and cross-domain industrial Internet platforms such as Tree Root Interconnection, Yixun Technology, and SIE Information, making the digital economy a necessary component of new industrialization.
The third is the new form of industrial organization. The platform economy has gradually become an important form of industrial organization, and the dominant trend in the transformation of organizational form has been continuously strengthened. Compared with the traditional industrialization model, the platform economy emphasizes the integration of manufacturing and services. The product design, technology research and development, logistics services and other links within the traditional manufacturing enterprises are constantly separated, and the proportion of service elements in input and output is continuously increased through innovation and optimization of production organization forms and operation management methods, and the Internet-based remote collaborative manufacturing has become a new model. For example, the Guangzhou cross-border e-commerce platform giant Shein is an important representative of the platform economy, and Shein has become the "unicorn" with the largest value growth in the world by relying on its "self-operated brand + platform" dual-engine development model and its strong supply chain integration capabilities. The platform economy is becoming an important form of industrial organization in the process of new industrialization, and it is the key starting point for the transformation of production organization relations in the context of the development of new industrialization.
Fourth, the requirements for industrial production are new. The international community has paid more and more attention to the protection of the ecological environment, countries have signed the Paris Agreement and set their own carbon peak and carbon neutrality timetables, China has incorporated the dual carbon work into the overall layout of ecological civilization construction and the overall economic and social development, and solidly promoted the adjustment and optimization of the industrial structure, energy structure and transportation structure, gradually shifted from dual control of energy consumption to dual control of carbon emissions, and promoted the new industrialization must abandon the extensive development model of traditional industrialization of "pollution first, treatment later". In 2022, Guangzhou's energy consumption per unit of GDP was about half of the national average. As of 2022, more than 2,200 enterprises in Guangzhou have completed more than one round of cleaner production audits, and a total of 259 national (municipal) green factories, green design products, and green industrial parks have been selected in the city.
How to push the "new"?
In the context of the current era, in the face of the characteristics of the development of new industrialization, Guangzhou urgently needs to play an important role, gather forces to empower the industry first, the manufacturing industry, help Guangdong Province to promote new industrialization, build a strong manufacturing province, and take corresponding measures from the following four aspects:
First, we should actively explore a new model of market supervision of data elements, and promote the development of new industrialization with a diversified and collaborative supervision model. On the one hand, it is necessary to strengthen the protection of data property rights, improve the municipal big data supervision system, assess data security risks in major fields, strictly restrict the use of data elements by platform enterprises, strengthen the rule of law management of data, prevent data monopoly or data abuse, and protect consumer data privacy. On the other hand, local enterprises in Guangzhou are encouraged to establish a data resource sharing system to expand the externalities of data dividends. With the Guangzhou Municipal Government Service Data Administration and other departments in charge of public data taking the lead, giving full play to the role of relevant industry associations, universities, social organizations, and experts and scholars, and building a collaborative regulatory model with the participation of multiple entities, it is advisable to introduce relevant industry initiatives or industry rules, strengthen the timeliness, accuracy, and scientificity of regulation, and realize the scientific creation, development, and use of data as a new factor of production.
Second, accelerate the pace of industrial digital transformation and empower the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. On the one hand, there is a need to further promote the digital transformation of traditional industrial sectors. For Guangzhou's textile and garment, leather goods and bags, jewelry, beauty and daily chemicals, food and beverages and other industries with a good development foundation but a relatively traditional development form, policy support for the transformation of key industries can be given, and efforts can be made to improve the intelligent level of industrial equipment that strengthens the production process of traditional industries. On the other hand, it is necessary to continue to promote Guangzhou's information manufacturing industry to be better and stronger. On the basis of maintaining the existing scale of Guangzhou's information manufacturing industry, we should forge long boards, make up for shortcomings, and accelerate the integration of information industry and traditional industries. Encourage industry giants in Guangzhou's traditional advantageous fields such as automobiles, pharmaceuticals, transportation, electric power, and daily chemicals to establish software and information support companies, give full play to the demonstration effect of industry giants, and lead the digital transformation and upgrading of the industry.
Third, improve the level of governance of the platform economy and accelerate the reform of the relationship between industrial production organizations. On the one hand, improve Guangzhou's policy supervision system for platform economy-related enterprises, and improve relevant support policies. On the basis of the introduction of 16 measures to promote the standardized and healthy development of online trading platform enterprises, further strengthen policy guidance, such as establishing a negative list and detailed rules for digital economy investment and operation in the negative list for market access, clarifying the areas of access, and guiding and promoting platform enterprises to formulate differentiated and professional development strategies. On the other hand, strengthen the scientific and technological innovation attributes of Guangzhou platform enterprises. Guide and support Guangzhou's platform enterprises to benchmark against international leading enterprises, strengthen basic research and key core technology research in the fields of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, blockchain, and industrial Internet, and accelerate the iterative application of independent innovation products.
Fourth, comprehensively promote the green development of industry and explore the path to achieve the "double carbon" goal in Guangzhou. In terms of green and ecological transformation of the original industrial economic system. Based on the type of energy demand in Guangzhou, Guangzhou can promote the intelligent, high-end and green development of Guangzhou's traditional industries represented by electronics and petrochemicals, and support key industries and key enterprises such as energy, petrochemical and chemical industries to take the lead in achieving carbon peaking. In terms of strengthening the research, promotion and application of green and low-carbon core technologies, we will strengthen the layout of major green and low-carbon science and technology research and cutting-edge technologies, actively support the application of national and provincial key laboratories, strive for more technological innovation centers and other platforms to settle in Guangzhou, cultivate and build mature municipal-level green technology innovation platforms, and continue to strengthen the research of new technologies and equipment related to low-carbon, zero-carbon and carbon-negative in the city's key R&D plan.
Author's Affilications:Guangdong Institute of International Strategic Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
