——2024 Guangdong International Robot and Intelligent Equipment Development Conference was held in DongguanOn May 15-16, the "2024 Guangdong International Robot and Intelligent Equipment Development Conference" was held in Dongguan, Guangdong Province. With the theme of "Innovation-driven, Application-enabled", the conference focuses on key industrial chains such as robots and intelligent manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and medical health, providing a communication and docking platform for policy interpretation, industry exchanges, experience sharing, and cooperation negotiations for high-quality upstream and downstream manufacturing companies. The conference was co-organized by the China Federation of Industrial Economics and the Dongguan Municipal People's Government and was held in a combination of "online + offline".
Liu Guangbin, member of the Standing Committee of the Dongguan Municipal Party Committee and deputy mayor of Guangdong Province, Su Baoli, second-level inspector of the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Chen Lei, deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Xiong Meng, secretary of the Party Committee, executive vice president and secretary-general of the China Federation of Industrial Economics, and member of the National Manufacturing Power Construction Strategic Advisory Committee, Song Xiaogang, secretary-general of the China Machinery Industry Federation and executive chairman of the Robot Branch, and Jiang Deyuan, senior consultant of the China Medical Device Industry Association, former director of the Medical Device Registration Management Department of the State Drug Administration, and audit commissioner, attended the conference and delivered a speech. Tan Jianrong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Sun Lining, an academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering, delivered keynote speeches. Zheng Kun, director of the Intelligent Manufacturing Department of the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Wu Tongming, member of the Party Committee of the China Federation of Industrial Economics and director of the Office of Manufacturing Champions, attended the meeting. The meeting also invited high-quality enterprises such as representative manufacturing champions in the field of robotics to share their experiences. The meeting was chaired by Rong Jianying, executive vice president of the China Federation of Industrial Economics.
Rong Jianying, executive vice president of the China Federation of Industrial Economics
Strengthen the innovation and industrial application of artificial intelligence technologyRobots are known as the "pearl on the top of the crown of manufacturing". At present, my country's robot industry has entered a critical stage of systematic breakthrough and improvement, and the industrial scale in the directions of industrial robots and service robots is also continuing to grow. my country has become the world's largest industrial robot market. Industrial robots cover 60 major categories and 168 industries in the national economy. Its sales have accounted for more than half of the world, ranking first in the world for 10 consecutive years.The intelligent robot industry is an important intersection of contemporary scientific and technological progress and economic structural transformation, and has become a strategic high ground for countries to compete for. According to statistics, the average growth rate of the global robot industry in the past five years was 11.5%.
Su Baoli, Second-level Inspector of the First Department of Equipment Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Su Baoli said that the research and development, manufacturing and application of robots are important indicators of a country's scientific and technological innovation and high-end equipment manufacturing industry. In 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will adhere to innovation-driven, application-driven, basic improvement, and integrated development to vigorously promote the high-quality development of the robot industry and provide strong support for the construction of a modern system. First, we will unswervingly grasp innovation, support collaborative innovation between industry, academia, research and application, and work together to overcome key technologies. Second, we will go all out to deepen industry applications, implement the "robot + application" action, organize precise docking of production and demand, support thousands of industries to apply robot technology to accelerate intelligent transformation, strive to cultivate new formats and new models, and accelerate the formation of new quality productivity. Third, actively and effectively create a good environment.
Xiong Meng, Party Secretary, Executive Vice President and Secretary General of the China Federation of Industrial Economics, and Member of the National Strategic Advisory Committee for the Construction of a Strong Manufacturing Country
Xiong Meng said that under the background of deepening the implementation of the strategy of building a strong manufacturing country, the overall R&D and mass manufacturing capabilities of China's robot industry have been continuously enhanced. At present, it is urgently needed to improve quality and efficiency by major innovations such as the new generation of artificial intelligence. The 2024 Chinese Government Work Report proposes to launch the "Artificial Intelligence +" action, which is a signal to continuously release innovation momentum in the face of a new round of industrial transformation. In order to achieve further industrial innovation, my country urgently needs to strengthen the two-way promotion of artificial intelligence technology innovation and industrial application, increase the cultivation of new forms of artificial intelligence, and firmly grasp the initiative in its own hands.Building a highland for intelligent robot innovation in the Greater Bay AreaAs a strong province in manufacturing and a major province in the digital economy industry, Guangdong has provided broad space for the implementation of general artificial intelligence. In terms of industrial robots, Guangdong's industrial robot output ranked first in the country for four consecutive years in 2023, and one out of every three industrial robots in the country is "made in Guangdong".In order to further promote the development of the intelligent robot industry, Guangdong Province actively implements the action plan to cultivate strategic emerging industry clusters of intelligent robots. Dongguan's intelligent robot industry is developing steadily and improving. All links in the robot ecological chain, such as local production, integrated applications, and core component research and development, are laid out in Dongguan. At the end of 2023, Dongguan will release the "Dongguan Intelligent Robot Industry Development Action Plan", which will further promote the work deployment of building a strong manufacturing city, accelerate the development and expansion of the intelligent robot industry cluster, and create a new highland for the innovation and development of intelligent robots in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Liu Guangbin, member of the Standing Committee of the Dongguan Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Mayor of Guangdong Province
Liu Guangbin said that the Dongguan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government insisted on "technological innovation + advanced manufacturing" and made efforts to grasp the real economy. At present, the output value of Dongguan's equipment manufacturing industry has reached 500 billion yuan. As a typical representative of intelligent equipment, the robot industry has developed rapidly, with nearly 4,700 manufacturing companies. In the future, we will vigorously promote the development of artificial intelligence, promote the development of robots and intelligent equipment manufacturing to more professional and refined aspects, provide more application scenarios and support policies, and promote the development of industrial mother machines, advanced manufacturing, equipment manufacturing and other industries.
Chen Lei, Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Guangdong Province
Chen Lei introduced that the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Guangdong Province attaches great importance to the development of the robot and intelligent equipment industry, and has studied and formulated an action plan to cultivate intelligent robots and future intelligent equipment to accelerate the innovation and development of the robot and intelligent equipment industry. He said that robots and intelligent equipment will usher in a broad space for development. We must establish a long-term vision, aim at the field of industrial system, accelerate the seizure of opportunities, focus on new momentum for high-quality development, continue to build innovative brand advantages, gather industry talents, break through key core technology issues, and vigorously promote the coordinated development of the upstream and downstream of the robot and intelligent equipment industry.Explore the path of high-quality development of the robot industryCompared with the world's advanced level, my country's robot industry still has a certain gap in technology accumulation, original research, theoretical research, quality stability and reliability of key components. It is urgent to explore a path for high-quality development of the robot industry.
Tan Jianrong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Tan Jianrong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, delivered a keynote report on "Key Technologies and Development Trends of Intelligent Robots". Tan Jianrong made an in-depth analysis of the domestic and international development trends and key technologies of intelligent robots, focusing on the relevant theories and practical applications of a number of key technologies such as vision-based three-dimensional environmental perception and recognition technology, multi-source multi-channel sensor heterogeneous data fusion technology, and global precise positioning technology based on environmental understanding.
Sun Lining, Academician of the Russian Academy of EngineeringSun Lining, Academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering, delivered a keynote report on "Innovation and Development of Humanoid Robots". Sun Lining said that in the intelligent era, the underlying key technologies of artificial intelligence include intelligent equipment, intelligent products, the Internet and big data, and robots are one of the core technologies of intelligent equipment and intelligent products. Sun Lining made a detailed analysis of topics such as the technology, development, future opportunities, and interaction between humanoid robots and humans.
Song Xiaogang, Secretary General of China Machinery Industry Federation and Executive Chairman of Robotics BranchSong Xiaogang said that in recent years, the scale of my country's industrial robot market has grown rapidly, and has ranked first in the world for 10 consecutive years. my country's independent brand robots have made great progress in both technical level and industrialization leadership, and have initially formed a complete industrial chain. "However, my country's independent brand market share is low, high-end products are insufficient, and it is difficult to meet the needs of the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry to high-quality development." Song Xiaogang said that this conference gathered resources to promote key technological innovation, promote the high-quality development of the robot industry to form new quality productivity, and hit the development direction of the robot industry. Dongguan, as an important manufacturing base in my country, is not only a huge market for expanding robot applications, but also a fertile ground for robot technology innovation.
Jiang Deyuan, senior consultant of China Medical Device Industry Association, former director of the Medical Device Registration Management Department of the State Drug Administration, and inspector
Jiang Deyuan said that in recent years, the global medical device and medical robot industries have developed rapidly, and the market scale has shown a rapid growth trend. However, compared with the global level, my country's medical robot technology level still has a certain gap in core components and common technologies. In the future, Chinese medical robots need to further enhance their independent innovation capabilities, improve their overall performance level, and strengthen their international competitiveness.
Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Guangdong International Robot and Intelligent Equipment Development Conference
At the meeting, the opening ceremony of the 2024 Guangdong International Robot and Intelligent Equipment Development Conference was held. Lei Lei, deputy secretary-general of the Robotics Branch of the China Machinery Industry Federation, released the results of the selection of robot companies. Chen Dan, deputy secretary-general of the Robotics Branch of the China Machinery Industry Federation, Qin Xiugong, director and senior engineer of the Robotics and Bionics Standard Technology Department of Beijing Institute of Automation of the Machinery Industry Co., Ltd., Li Riqiang, a fourth-level researcher of the Dongguan Investment Promotion Bureau, Zhang Yu, CTO of Nanjing Estun Automation Co., Ltd., Ma Zebin, marketing director of Aobo (Beijing) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., Wang Chengcheng, CGO of Qiteng Robot Co., Ltd., Pang Jianxin, vice president of Shenzhen UBTECH Robotics Co., Ltd. and vice president of Shenzhen Research Institute, Zhang Jianjian, general manager of the South China Marketing Center of Foshan Wasu Robotics Co., Ltd., and Zhou Guang, marketing director of the Robotics Division of Guangzhou Haozhi Electromechanical Co., Ltd., gave keynote speeches.
2024 Guangdong International Robot and Intelligent Equipment Development Conference
On May 16, the conference also held the "Intelligent Manufacturing Integration and Industrial Robot Innovation Forum and Robot Industry Quality Enterprise Cultivation Exchange Meeting" and the "Smart Medical Robot Application Seminar". Also attending the conference were representatives of key high-quality enterprises in the robot industry chain, such as manufacturing single champion enterprises, specialized and new "little giants", leaders and persons in charge from industry associations, and experts and representatives from a number of scientific research institutes and R&D institutions.
