Shenfu New City in Fushun, Liaoning builds the country's largest robot industry base

　　Recently, the China·Fushun Shenfu New City Robot Industry Base press conference was held in Shenfu New City, Fushun, Liaoning Province, marking the beginning of the industrial upgrade in Shenfu New City.

　　Since being approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2010 as a national high-tech industrialization base, the equipment manufacturing industry in Fushun Shenfu New City has rapidly developed. By the end of 2012, the number of industrial enterprises above designated size in Shenfu New City reached 231, with a total industrial output value of 57.4 billion yuan, 10.7 times that of 2007, with an average annual growth rate of 61%. In the same year, it was approved as a new industrialization demonstration base in Liaoning Province. With the expansion and strengthening of the equipment manufacturing base, the robot industry projects in Shenfu New City have gradually developed, driving the upgrade of the industrial level and leading the industrial development of Shenfu New City to new heights.

　　The main leaders of Liaoning Province and Fushun City recognized the potential of developing the robot industry in Shenfu New City and proposed that Shenfu New City develop the robot industry, marking the start of the "Third Industrial Revolution" in Shenfu New City. Provincial and municipal leaders went to Hong Kong for investment promotion and brought back information that robot industry projects were highly sought after by investors, further making Shenfu New City realize that the industrial robot industry has entered a steady development period. Early market entry can seize opportunities and achieve greater development.

　　Currently, in domestic manufacturing, robots are increasingly replacing traditional labor, especially in fields such as automobile manufacturing, assembly, printing, welding, mining, and underwater rescue, sparking a boom in the development of the robot industry. Robots represent the top field of intelligent equipment; robots and intelligent equipment are the highest embodiment of industrial automation levels and are key to upgrading the equipment manufacturing industry. Experts also regard this as China's third industrial revolution. Robots and automated complete sets of equipment play a significant role in improving product quality and production efficiency, improving working conditions, and reducing costs, which will bring huge business opportunities for research and product development in robot automated production. Shenfu New City is fully committed to building a robot industry base, seizing the opportunity of industrial restructuring, fully utilizing the foundational advantages of the equipment manufacturing industries in Shenyang and Fushun, developing and utilizing robot and intelligent equipment technologies, optimizing the industrial structure, enhancing the industrial technology agglomeration function, and achieving a new leap in the equipment manufacturing industry through this upgrade.

　　At the end of March 2012, when the main leaders of Liaoning Province conducted research in Fushun, they proposed that Shenfu New City should develop robot-related industries and put forward clear requirements for the development of the robot industry in Shenfu New City. Following the instructions of provincial and municipal leaders and combined with the actual needs of Shenfu New City's industrial development, the Shenfu New City Management Committee quickly organized manpower for research and demonstration, proposed a basic plan, actively carried out preliminary research and related investment promotion, and established a dedicated robot investment promotion agency to comprehensively advance the construction of the China·Fushun Shenfu New City Robot Industry Base.

　　Since the proposal of the Shenfu integration strategy in 2007, the industrialization and urbanization of Shenfu New City have progressed simultaneously, with rapid regional changes. According to the spatial layout of "one belt and three zones" including the industrial zone, core zone, ecological tourism zone, and Hun River landscape belt, the industrial zone covers a planned area of 50 square kilometers, focusing on the development of advanced equipment manufacturing industries. After several years of development, Shenfu New City's equipment manufacturing industry has formed a solid industrial foundation and a good development momentum.

　　The proportion of enterprises whose products or technologies have met the conditions for intelligent equipment industrialization continues to increase. Currently, there are 31 enterprises with intelligent equipment and upgradable intelligent equipment, with a total project investment of 16.77 billion yuan, covering an area of 328.7 hectares. Among them, 26 enterprises have started production, covering 223.8 hectares, with a total project investment of 11.56 billion yuan, achieving an industrial output value of 6.4 billion yuan in 2012. This mainly includes domestic high-end intelligent enterprises in the same industry such as Liaoning Gree Automation Equipment Co., Ltd.'s automated packaging equipment project in the logistics field. The total investment exceeds 20 billion yuan, with a total land area of over 4,000 mu.

　　Currently, Shenfu New City has planned 5 square kilometers in its industrial zone as the construction land for the Shenfu New City Robot Industry Base, with the industry positioning focused on the development of robot and intelligent equipment industries. Key introductions include industrial robot manufacturers, producers of key basic components and general parts, including manufacturers of hydraulic parts, bearings, gears, sensors, etc., that support main machines. There are also producers of intelligent instruments and control systems, high-end CNC machine tools and basic manufacturing equipment, and intelligent special equipment, including automated production lines, intelligent engineering machinery, intelligent metallurgical equipment, intelligent printing equipment, intelligent environmental protection equipment, intelligent textile equipment, intelligent agricultural production equipment, intelligent coal cutting equipment, intelligent mining machinery, and intelligent logistics equipment.

　　By the end of 2017, Shenfu New City is expected to complete the overall planning and construction of 5 square kilometers, initially forming a robot industry base centered on backbone enterprises, introducing a number of high-level national robot research institutes and enterprise technology centers, driving technological innovation and upgrading of equipment manufacturing enterprises in Shenfu New City, cultivating 50 robot enterprises with output values exceeding 100 million yuan, and achieving an annual robot industry output value of 50 billion yuan. By accelerating the transformation and upgrading of existing enterprises, introducing leading enterprises, and cultivating startup robot enterprises, the goal is to achieve the agglomeration of the robot industry, extend the industrial chain, and increase industrial richness. The aim is to build Shenfu New City into a key domestic cluster for robot industry technology research and development and production within five years, and by 2030, to become the largest and internationally influential robot industry base in China.

　　Building the China·Fushun Shenfu New City Robot Industry Base is a massive systematic project that requires scientific planning and careful organization at a higher level. Drawing on the practices and experiences of cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai, Suzhou, and Chongqing in developing intelligent industries, Shenfu New City is preparing to establish an expert advisory group and specialized organizational institutions, and to form the Shenfu New City Robot Industry Base Management Committee.

　　In terms of upgrading and transforming existing equipment manufacturing enterprises, Shenfu New City encourages enterprises within the cluster, those under construction, and those attracted through investment promotion to aim at high-end targets in their industries for "top-level design," increase R&D investment in key industry technologies, and conduct joint research. By integrating existing resources and technical forces, enterprises are guided to establish engineering technology research centers and key laboratories in the robot field, improving original innovation, integrated innovation, and the ability to introduce, digest, absorb, and re-innovate.

　　In cultivating startup robot enterprises, Shenfu New City uses government public service platforms to incubate scientific and technological achievements in the robot industry, gradually establishing and improving public service functions within the industrial cluster such as shared R&D design, common processing, common inspection and testing, and shared quality technical standards systems, promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in the robot industry.

　　For newly introduced robot projects, preferential policies are provided during the initial construction phase of the Shenfu New City equipment manufacturing base; priority support is given to robot enterprises applying for science and technology project support funds from the Development and Reform Commission, Economic and Information Commission, and Small and Medium Enterprises Bureau; relying on the Shenfu New City R&D center and Pacific Industrial City, a robot industry incubator is built to provide research and office space for introducing domestic and foreign robot technology resources, intellectual resources, and enterprise resources, with certain tax and rent concessions; robot enterprise guidance funds and venture capital funds are established to guide, support, and reward enterprise technological innovation, product application within the district, and industry-university-research cooperation; a sound talent introduction policy is formulated to vigorously attract outstanding overseas talents and innovative teams, establish a robot expert database, and provide special rewards for high-level high-tech talents.

　　The Fushun municipal government attaches great importance to the development of the robot and intelligent equipment industry in Shenfu New City and has listed robots and intelligent equipment as priority strategic industries. Therefore, Shenfu New City will seize the opportunity, adhere to the principles of large companies entering, large projects driving, and high-tech support, strive to attract leading domestic and foreign enterprises to settle in, drive the agglomeration of more enterprises in the same industry, and enable the China·Fushun Shenfu New City Robot Industry Base to scale up and improve as soon as possible, forming a complete industrial chain.