Earlier this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and other seven departments jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Innovative Development of Future Industries", which proposes that by 2025, the future industrial technological innovation, industrial cultivation, security governance and other comprehensive development, some fields reach the international advanced level, and the scale of the industry is steadily increasing; by 2027, the comprehensive strength of the future industry is significantly enhanced, and some of the fields to realize global leadership. Against this background, it is necessary to deeply understand the objective reality of China's industrial development, accelerate the reasonable layout of future industries, and scientifically formulate the development path of future industries.

The historical necessity of developing future industries

Future industries refer to those industries that are still in the incubation stage but have high growth, strategic and pioneering potential in the future, including future manufacturing, future information, future materials, future energy, future space and future health industries. With the sustained economic growth and accelerated globalization, China's industrial development is facing many challenges. These challenges come not only from the needs of domestic economic restructuring and transformation and upgrading, but also from the impact of international market competition and technological innovation. The continuous progress of science and technology and the increasing competition of globalization require China's industries to continuously improve their technological level and innovation ability, especially in the field of artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing and other emerging technologies, which need to increase investment, strengthen research and development, cultivate more scientific and technological talents, and promote the transformation of technological innovation achievements into industries, and realize industrial upgrading and transformation, only in this way can China's industries Only in this way can Chinese industries be invincible in the market competition.

At the same time, we need to realize that China's future industrial development is still facing many constraints and challenges, such as the constraints of environmental protection and production resources, the constraints of talent shortage and rising labor costs, the constraints of insufficient market demand and consumption upgrading. With the accelerated development of industrialization and urbanization, the problems of environmental pollution and resource consumption remain serious. In order to realize sustainable development, it is necessary to strengthen environmental protection and resource management, promote green development and circular economy, and reduce environmental damage and resource waste. Rapid economic development and industrial restructuring have also led to an increasing demand for talent, but China's supply of talent is relatively insufficient, especially high-end talent and skilled workers. At the same time, with the rising labor costs, the competitiveness of China's manufacturing industry has been affected, and it is necessary to improve the education system, strengthen vocational skills training, attract and retain talents, reduce labor costs and enhance industrial competitiveness. In addition, the adjustment of China's economic structure and the improvement of people's living standards have led to profound changes in market demand, and the trend of consumption upgrading has become increasingly obvious. In order to meet the market demand, China's industries need to continuously adjust the product structure and service model, improve quality and brand, innovate marketing methods, expand domestic and international markets, and promote consumption upgrading. All these make accelerating the layout and development of future industries an inevitable choice in history.

Scientific and rational layout of future industries

The development of future industries, first of all, must be a scientific layout of future industries. The layout of future industries needs to fully consider regional advantages and characteristics, transportation and infrastructure, talent reserves and educational resources, environmental protection and sustainable development, industrial synergy and convergence and other factors. Different regions have different industrial bases and need to plan the layout of future industries in combination with local resources and environmental conditions. It is necessary to give full consideration to the degree of accessibility and infrastructure development in each region and formulate targeted industrial policies to realize the upgrading and transformation of industries in each region and enhance the overall competitiveness of future industries. Obviously, talents are the core competitiveness of future industrial development, which should be combined with the talent reserves and educational resources of each region for future industrial layout planning; ecological environmental protection and sustainable development factors should be taken into account to avoid excessive development of resources and environmental pollution; and the industrial layout of each region should emphasize on industrial synergy and articulation, to form industrial chains and value chains with a high degree of security or resilience to safeguard the overall benefits of future industries.

Different city clusters have different advantages and positioning, and the direction of future industrial development should be determined according to the industrial foundation and geographical location of the city cluster. City clusters should develop perfect infrastructure and transportation networks, improve the overall level of urban infrastructure, provide support for the development of future industries, and then realize the economic prosperity and sustained growth of city clusters.

The eastern city cluster has obvious comparative advantages in science and technology, capital and talent, and can focus on developing high-tech industries, such as artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing and biotechnology, to enhance the core competitiveness of the industry. The central urban agglomeration has a relatively complete manufacturing base and industrial system, which can focus on the development of intelligent manufacturing, robotics, new materials and high-end equipment manufacturing to improve production efficiency and product quality. The western region is rich in solar energy, wind power and other resources, and can develop new energy industries such as solar power and wind power to promote the transformation of energy structure. It can also make use of the unique natural landscape and cultural advantages of the western region to develop ecological tourism, promote regional economic construction and ecological environmental protection. The Northeast urban agglomeration has sufficient land resources, mature heavy industry technology and modern agricultural manufacturing foundation, as well as good geographical location and transportation advantages. It can enhance the competitiveness of agricultural products through innovative technology and smart manufacturing, focus on the development of future vehicle manufacturing, aviation and aerospace, and future equipment manufacturing, and effectively make use of advanced agricultural technology and modern agricultural manufacturing system. We will further improve the construction of the processing and circulation system of agricultural products, and improve the efficiency and quality of the agricultural industry. Cities in urban agglomerations should form industrial agglomeration effect, scale effect and spillover effect through industrial coordinated development, achieve complementary advantages and achieve comprehensive industrial development of urban agglomerations in the future.

Effectively determine the development path of the future industry

In the process of global economic growth and globalization, the structure and development direction of China's future industries have an important impact on the global economic pattern. Therefore, determining a reasonable future industrial development path is crucial to the sustainable development of China's future economy.

China's future industrial development path should focus on innovation. Innovation is the key to promoting industrial upgrading and economic growth. We should increase investment in scientific and technological innovation, encourage enterprises to step up research and development, and promote technological innovation and industrial upgrading. We should strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, create a good environment for innovation, and attract more talents to enter the innovation field. Nowadays, global climate change is intensifying, green development has become a global consensus, and the future industrial development path should focus on green sustainable development. We should increase support for clean energy and environmental protection industries, promote the transformation of traditional industries to green industries, reduce environmental damage, and promote a virtuous cycle of environmental protection and economic development. We should strengthen the cultivation of high-quality talents, establish and improve the future industrial talents training system, attract and retain outstanding talents; We should improve the quality and skills of talents, and train talents to meet the needs of future industrial development. Investment in scientific and technological innovation and research and development should be increased, especially in key areas such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and new energy. A policy system conducive to scientific and technological innovation and industrial development should be formulated, including tax incentives, entrepreneurship support, and intellectual property protection policies. Cooperation between industry and academia should be strengthened to promote the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen international cooperation and exchanges, improve the venture capital environment, attract global advanced technology resources, support the development of innovative enterprises and specialized new enterprises, and encourage entrepreneurs to continue to innovate for future industries.

It is necessary to implement major special actions for future industrial development at the national level, including major projects on artificial intelligence (AI), new energy and clean technology, biotechnology and genetic engineering, big data and cloud computing, and intelligent manufacturing, and strive to promote the application of artificial intelligence technology in various fields. Form the gene editing and biological manufacturing in biomedicine, agriculture, environmental protection and other fields. At the same time, we should speed up the construction of high-level data infrastructure, realize the open sharing and utilization of data resources, promote the development of big data analysis, cloud computing and other technologies, improve the efficiency and quality of manufacturing, and promote the comprehensive upgrade of Chinese manufacturing.

China's future industrial development faces many challenges, but it is also full of opportunities. By strengthening technological innovation, environmental protection, personnel training and market expansion, the government and enterprises can work together to meet challenges, and it is possible for Chinese industries to remain invincible in the global economic competition and achieve sustained and healthy economic development.

Source: Economic Information Daily