3D printing provides strong support for the construction of a manufacturing power

In recent years, with the support of national policies and the joint efforts of the majority of enterprises and institutions, my country’s additive manufacturing industry has developed well and has gradually established a complete industrial system. my country should seize the opportunity and take multiple measures to promote the accelerated development of the additive manufacturing industry. The Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology recently adjusted and released the “Catalogue of China’s Export Prohibited and Restricted Technologies”, and 3D Printing technology is included in the “Catalogue of China’s Restricted Export Technologies”, which shows its important status. In fact, during the new crown pneumonia epidemic, isolation wards, goggles, mask parts, ventilator accessories… these anti-epidemic materials produced through 3D printing technology can effectively make up for the gap in medical protection assets and build a strong manufacturing country. Provides strong support. At the “China Additive Manufacturing Industry Development Wuhu Summit Forum and 2020 China Additive Manufacturing Industry Annual Conference” held in Wuhu City, Anhui Province recently, participants believed that in recent years, with the support of national policies and the joint efforts of enterprises and institutions, my country’s additive manufacturing industry has a good momentum of development and has gradually established a complete industrial system. my country should seize the opportunity and take multiple measures to promote the accelerated development of the additive manufacturing industry.

The additive manufacturing industry is gaining momentum

■With the support of the state and the joint efforts of enterprises and institutions, my country’s additive manufacturing industry has developed rapidly, and a complete industrial system has been gradually established. The manufacturing industry is an important foundation of the real economy, the lifeline of the country’s economy, and the “ballast stone” for achieving the basic stability of the industrial economy. As a representative disruptive technology in the manufacturing industry, additive manufacturing has a profound impact on traditional industrial processes, production lines, production models, and industrial chain combinations. It has become one of the important driving forces for a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, and it continues to promote The innovative development of the additive manufacturing industry has become the consensus of major countries in the world.

According to Miao Changxing, a first-level inspector of the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has attached great importance to and actively promoted the development of the additive manufacturing industry in recent years, strengthened top-level design and overall planning, and regarded additive manufacturing as an important strategic direction. The implementation plan for the development of the additive manufacturing industry is committed to improving governance, deepening industry applications, improving the ecosystem, and deploying global development. “The development of additive manufacturing is inseparable from the strong support of national policies. As early as 2015, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the “National Additive Manufacturing Industry Development Promotion Plan (2015-2016)”. Adopted Policy guidance, with the joint efforts of all sectors of society, China’s key additive manufacturing technologies have continued to make breakthroughs, equipment performance has been significantly improved, application areas have been expanding, and an ecosystem has initially taken shape.” Zuo Shiquan, director of the Policy Planning Division of the Equipment Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, told reporters In order to promote the rapid and sustainable development of China’s additive manufacturing industry and accelerate the cultivation of new drivers of manufacturing development, 12 departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the “Additive Manufacturing Industry Development Action Plan (2017-2020)” in 2017 , Clearly stated that by 2020, the annual sales revenue of China’s additive manufacturing industry will exceed 20 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of more than 30%.

“In addition to strengthening top-level design and overall planning, my country has also established an enterprise-oriented, market-oriented, government-industry-university-research collaborative innovation system to support the R&D and industrialization of technical equipment, promote industry applications, and build an additive manufacturing standard system. Printing and distributing additive manufacturing standards and industry implementation plans.” Miao Changxing said that with the support of the state and the joint efforts of enterprises and institutions, my country’s additive manufacturing industry has developed rapidly and has gradually established a complete industrial system. “With the strong support of the country, a number of backbone enterprises have emerged in my country’s additive manufacturing industry, forming a number of industrial clusters, and a number of industry organizations have been established one after another to initially form a complete additive manufacturing industry ecosystem.” Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Development of Equipment Industry Director Qu Guochun told reporters that according to China’s additive manufacturing industry According to the statistics of the alliance, the total output value of my country’s additive manufacturing industry reached 18 billion yuan in 2019, a growth rate of more than 30%; the alliance’s statistics on 50 key enterprises contacted show that the total output value in 2019 has reached 2.28 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 37.7%. According to industrial production data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the growth rate of my country’s additive manufacturing equipment products reached 87.7% in the first quarter of 2020, maintaining a rapid growth.

Promote the rapid development of the additive manufacturing industry

■my country must seize opportunities, respond to challenges, and adopt more effective measures to solidly promote the healthy and sustainable development of the additive manufacturing industry. “Although the additive manufacturing industry has a good momentum of development, it still faces insufficient innovation capabilities, core components relying on imports, and the industry’s low level of application. There are problems such as not being able to use, not being easy to use, and not daring to use it.” Miao Changxing said, as an advanced An important part of the manufacturing industry, additive manufacturing has become an important direction for the development of my country’s manufacturing industry. my country must seize opportunities, respond to challenges, and adopt more effective measures to firmly promote the healthy and sustainable development of the additive manufacturing industry. Specific measures include: First, strengthen policy guidance and support, organize and evaluate the implementation effects of relevant policies, summarize implementation experience, study and judge the development trend of the industry, combine new situations and new issues, and clarify the increase in the next few years and during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period. The direction and tasks of the development of the wood manufacturing industry. Strengthen the coordination and cooperation of relevant national department policies, strengthen the guidance of regional policies, and improve the policy system coordinated by the central and local governments. The second is to improve the level of the industrial chain, take the additive manufacturing industry and supply chain stability as the top priority of development, accelerate the completion of core technologies, key components, special materials and other industrial development shortcomings, enhance industrial technical capabilities, and strengthen quality Gradient cultivation of enterprises to promote collaborative innovation and integrated development of enterprises around the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain.

The third is to strengthen collaborative innovation, encourage and support new methods of production, education and research, give play to the role of the national additive manufacturing innovation center, give play to the advantages of the new national system, build a public service platform for additive manufacturing, and strengthen the supply of common technologies; accelerate the engineering of innovative achievements, Industrialized application to enhance innovation and development capabilities. The fourth is to strengthen the promotion and application, promote the demonstration and application of additive manufacturing in key areas such as aerospace, automotive, medical, etc.; carry out the exchange and promotion of application experience, continue to release China’s additive manufacturing system solutions and typical application cases; develop technology applications Training, industry docking and other activities. The fifth is to create a good ecological environment. Industry organizations and platforms such as additive manufacturing industry alliances, innovation centers, and standards committees must give full play to the advantages of resource convergence, build a multi-field integrated industry-university-research collaboration innovation mechanism, and promote the deepening of all links in the industry chain Cooperation, strengthen standard setting, improve standard level, strengthen international cooperation, and conduct extensive and in-depth exchanges on technology industry applications. “Looking forward to the future, my country’s additive manufacturing industry has rare development opportunities. We should seize the historical opportunities of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, and regard the development of additive manufacturing as an important part of supply-side structural reform and the transformation of economic development from old to new. Direction.” Qu Guochun told reporters that to accelerate the promotion of innovative applications of additive manufacturing, all sectors of the industry should work hard in the following four aspects to promote high-quality manufacturing.

Development continues to inject new momentum. First of all, focus on improving innovation capabilities. It is necessary to accelerate the establishment and improvement of an innovative system of additive manufacturing that takes enterprises as the main body, market-oriented, and intellectual property benefit-sharing mechanism as the link, and synergizes politics, production, learning, research, use, and economics, and strives to promote the development of my country’s additive manufacturing industry chain. Weak links and weaknesses, and promote the industrialization of key areas. Second, focus on promoting industry applications. Adhere to demand-oriented, focus on promoting the large-scale application of additive manufacturing in key areas such as automotive, aerospace, and medical care, improve the additive manufacturing standard system, testing and certification system, cultivate high-quality service providers for additive manufacturing, and improve the supply of the industry ability. Secondly, focus on the construction of industrial clusters. Actively use the national regional development strategy to encourage regions with certain advantages in the additive manufacturing industry to further improve the comprehensive supporting systems such as capital and land, gather superior enterprises in the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, and accelerate the cultivation of world-class advanced additive manufacturing industrial clusters. Finally, focus on deepening international cooperation. Taking advantage of the development opportunities of the “Belt and Road”, we will cooperate with international counterparts in technology research and development, standard setting, market development, capital operation, and personnel training to jointly promote the development and growth of the additive manufacturing industry and inject strong momentum into the continued improvement of the global economy.