The annual meeting of China Machinery General Parts Industry Association was held in Jiyuan, Henan. The reporter learned from the meeting that the total output value and import and export value of the industry reached a record high. Taking the positive and negative effects into account, the association believes that China's machinery and general-purpose parts industry will enter the medium-speed growth period of "from large to strong" during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, due to the rapid growth of scale expansion during the "11th Five-Year Plan" period.

　　The total output value and import and export value of the industry hit a record high.

　　According to Wang Changming, secretary general of China Machinery General Parts Industry Association, in 2011, the total output value of the machinery general parts industry reached 303.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21%, a record high. Among them, gear production value was 178 billion yuan, up 22.7% year-on-year; fastener output value was 68 billion yuan, up 21% year-on-year; chains, springs, powder metallurgy and transmission couplings all maintained growth of 19%.

　　The import and export value of the industry also reached a record high, with total import and export reaching US$27.44 billion, a year-on-year increase of 23%. Among them, the import value was US$16.95 billion, a year-on-year increase of 16%; the export volume reached US$10.49 billion, a year-on-year increase of 37%. The overall import and export of the industry remained a trade deficit, with a year-on-year decrease of 8%.

　　Export analysis shows that the total exports of fasteners, gears and chains accounted for 93% of the total export value of the industry. After the fasteners defended against the United States and the EU, the export situation went up, creating a total of 4.87 billion US dollars, a new high in history. Compared with that in 2009, the unit price of fastener exports increased from US$10.47 million to US$10.85 million, excluding the impact of exchange rate, the unit export price also increased by 15%. 

　　Import analysis shows that the import amount of gear motor is up to 12.49 billion US dollars, accounting for 73% of the total import of the industry. The total import volume of various vehicle gearboxes and their parts reached 8.85 billion US dollars, accounting for 71% of total gear imports. The rest are imported industrial gears. and the import value of fasteners was 3.18 billion US dollars, accounting for 18% of the total import of the industry.

   The industry will enter a medium-speed growth period from a period of rapid growth

The association believes that during the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, mechanical general-purpose parts and components have grown into large-scale, complete categories and solid foundations, but there are problems such as extensive development mode, weak independent innovation capability, and low product technical performance. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, the industry will enter a medium-speed growth period driven by independent innovation and transformation and upgrading from the high-speed growth period of scale expansion.

According to Wang Changming, during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, especially in 2012, the mechanical parts industry is facing a rare development opportunity. First of all, the national policy environment is conducive to the development of the industry; secondly, the country's industrialization and urbanization is a long-term process, domestic demand is still strong, and the development of modern equipment manufacturing and strategic emerging industries also provides a place for the basic parts industry. Once again, changes in the international trade pattern are also conducive to the export of parts and components. After the fasteners protested against the EU's high anti-dumping duties in 2011, they subverted the EU's relevant anti-dumping laws and regulations, forcing the EU to export to China. The review of various commodities will bring favorable changes to the export of mechanical parts and components in China.

However, in 2012, the general parts industry also faced many difficulties and uncertainties. First of all, due to the lack of competitiveness of China's parts and components in the high-end market, a large number of high-end parts can only rely on imports, which brings a lot of pressure to the high-end transformation of domestic parts and components enterprises. Secondly, in recent years, developed countries in Europe and America The economic situation is unstable, the financial crisis first, and then the debt crisis, coupled with the implementation of the "re-industrialization" policy to expand exports and reduce imports, have directly affected the export of China's parts and components; in addition, inflation, RMB appreciation, raw materials and the rise in labor costs have also become the norm.

Wang Changming said that these decisions have made it impossible for the general parts industry and the entire equipment manufacturing industry continue to rely on scale expansion to maintain rapid growth. The industry will enter a period of medium-speed growth. In 2012, the industry is likely to be "before low and then high" and will have a slight ups and downs, but it will not be ups and downs.

       "From big to strong" to become a spontaneous action in the industry

The association believes that after entering the medium-speed growth period, the development of the mechanical general-purpose parts industry must adhere to the industrial structure adjustment and transformation of development methods as the main line, focus on the supporting needs of major equipment and high-end equipment development, adhere to enhance the ability of independent innovation, accelerate products Transformation and upgrading will promote the transformation of the industry from "big to strong" and achieve sustainable and stable development of the industry.

According to reports, in 2011, industry companies have adopted a series of targeted measures to strengthen their independent innovation capabilities, and accelerated product optimization and upgrading, and achieved remarkable results.

First of all, large enterprises in the industry have enriched R&D centers and technology centers, increased capital investment, and researched and developed high-end products that are urgently needed in modern equipment manufacturing and strategic emerging industries. For example, Hangzhou Tooth Forward Gearbox Co., Ltd has more than 300 technicians, accounting for 12% of the total number of employees. The company has a national-level enterprise technology center, seven research and development departments and product testing bases, and a successful development of tilt-drive marine gears in 2011. The box is the first in China; Chongqing Gearbox Co., Ltd has more than 700 professional technicians, 6 research institutes, and undertakes several key projects such as the National 863. In recent years, the MDH series single-sided double-drive reducer developed successfully can meet the daily output of 2500- The demand for 10,000 tons of cement production line has won the national utility model patent.

Secondly, small and medium-sized enterprises in the industry take the road of “specialization, precision and speciality” according to their own characteristics, aiming at the direction of specialization, quality and specialization, and developing products that are marketable, occupying an important position in the market segment. For example, the environmentally-friendly multi-station high-speed cold heading machine developed by Ningbo Sijin Machinery Co., Ltd. and Shanghai University provides a new generation of special planes for the fastener industry, and is funded by the National Small and Medium Enterprise Innovation Fund; developed by Zhejiang Gaoqiang Fasteners Co., Ltd. The nuclear power fasteners have been successfully applied in many nuclear power plants; the successful manufacture of the “extra large universal coupling” of Yueqing Coupling Factory has solved the bottleneck of the large-size universal coupling in the wind power field in China.

Wang Changming said that in the first year of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", the industry has taken a crucial step in the development direction of "transformation from large to strong", laying a solid foundation for the industry to achieve the development from "manufacturing" to "creating a good foundation".