Three factors have led to the development of China's instrumentation and international gap

Compared with the international advanced level, China's instrumentation and measurement control status is still far from the actual needs of China's economic and social development. The gap is all-encompassing. The three most important are:

First, China's instrumentation industry is small in size, low in output value, and it is also small in size and low in output value. In 2007, the total output value of China's instrumentation industry was 300 billion yuan, accounting for only 2.5% of the total industrial output value. Ten years ago, the total output value of the instrumentation industry in the United States has reached 400 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 4% of the total industrial output value. At present, the annual output value of American instrumentation companies exceeds $2 billion and not less than 50. China's largest instrumentation company, Jingyi Group has an annual output value of 8 billion yuan, and Sichuan Instrument Group has 6 billion yuan. In comparison, the gap is really too great. The scale and output of industries and enterprises directly affect the vitality and development of the industry. To narrow and eliminate this gap, we need to work hard for 10 years and 20 years.

Second, there are still many problems in the quality and variety of instrument products in China. The reliability and stability of products have not been fundamentally solved for a long time, which has seriously affected the market sales and normal use. Many large-scale precision instruments cannot be produced, and domestic demand is almost entirely dependent on imports. In 2007, China’s export of instrumentation products hit 8.8 billion U.S. dollars, but imports have reached 17.2 billion U.S. dollars, with a deficit of 8.4 billion U.S. dollars, making it the largest in the equipment manufacturing industry. This issue will not be solved. The development of the instrumentation and measurement control disciplines and industries in China will not be able to escape the backward and passive situation.

Third, China's instrumentation industry is not strong in innovation, and it is still unable to assume the responsibility of the main body of science and technology innovation. International scientific and technological innovation in instrumentation is extremely fast. The cycle of product replacement is only about two to four years. Most of the sales of most companies come from new products that are listed within five years. However, many of China's instrumentation products still follow the product of technology introduction in the 1980s. A large number of enterprise products are consistent for 10 years and rely on eating old books to make a living. There are many reasons why the capacity for independent innovation is not strong. The two most influential factors are nothing more than two: First, there is too little investment in technological innovation and development. Foreign companies invest in science and technology innovation funds are generally 8 to 10% of sales revenue, while Chinese companies rarely spend more than 3 to 5% of their investment, not to mention sales revenue is not much, which greatly limits the effective development of scientific and technological innovation; Human factors, some leaders do not pay attention to independent innovation, more is the lack of innovative talent. The 17th CPC National Congress proposed that improving independent innovation capabilities and building an innovative country are the core of the country’s development strategy and the key to improving the overall national strength. The ability of enterprises to enhance scientific and technological innovation has become an urgent historic mission.