The machine tool industry has entered a critical stage of innovative development during the 12th Five Year Plan period

Introduction: Wang Fuchang stated that in the next five years, the special project will adhere to market demand orientation, deploy around key areas and other major technological projects, focus on solving the core technical problems of CNC systems, functional components, and tools that constrain industry development, and achieve coordinated development between hosts and components.

During the 12th Five Year Plan period, the CNC machine tool project will enter a critical stage of overcoming difficulties, mastering core technologies, ensuring innovative development, and key breakthroughs. Wang Fuchang, Deputy Director of the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, recently stated in an interview that in the next five years, efforts and goals will be concentrated to break through key technologies. Wang Fuchang stated that the implementation of major special projects should be organically combined with the implementation of policies such as the 863 project, the integration of industrialization and technology transformation project, and the strategic emerging industry project. National resources should be concentrated, research and development goals should be focused, and targeted breakthroughs should be made in the core technologies of high-end CNC machine tools, CNC systems, and functional components.

Wang Fuchang said that the two-year implementation of the special project for high-end CNC machine tools and basic manufacturing equipment has accelerated the development speed of high-end products for key enterprises in the industry, promoted the improvement of product quality and established brand image.

According to statistics, in 2010, China's machine tool industry achieved a total industrial output value of 553.68 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40.6%; The output of CNC machine tools reached 236000 units, a year-on-year increase of 62.2%. The output value of machine tools and CNC machine tools both rank first in the world.

While focusing on the objectives and highlighting the CNC system and functional components, attention should also be paid to the integration with the host. Wang Fuchang stated that in the next five years, the special project will adhere to market demand orientation, deploy around key areas and other major technological projects, and focus on solving the core technical problems of CNC systems, functional components, and tools that constrain industry development, achieving coordinated development between hosts and components.

According to Wang Fuchang, by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan, the special project for high-end CNC machine tools and basic manufacturing equipment will significantly improve its independent innovation capabilities, master a large number of core technologies with independent intellectual property rights, and enter the international advanced level of overall technical level; At that time, the "mid-range scale and high-end industrialization" of the host, CNC system, and functional components will be achieved, and China will develop a batch of key equipment with international advanced level; The market share of high-speed, precision vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes and other products with large import volumes will significantly increase.

We will be able to achieve the goal of increasing the market share of domestically produced mid to high end CNC systems to 50%, "said Wang Fuchang. High end CNC machine tools and basic manufacturing equipment required by high-tech industries such as aerospace, shipbuilding, automotive, and power generation equipment manufacturing will be able to establish themselves domestically by 80%.