BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council has unveiled a ten-year national plan, Made in China 2025, designed to transform China from a manufacturing giant into a world manufacturing power. The plan, endorsed by Premier Li Keqiang, is the country's first action plan focusing on promoting manufacturing, a notice said on Tuesday. The plan will be followed by another two plans in order to transform China into a leading manufacturing power by the year 2049, which marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Nine tasks have been identified as priorities: improving manufacturing innovation, integrating technology and industry, strengthening the industrial base, fostering Chinese brands, enforcing green manufacturing, promoting breakthroughs in 10 key sectors, advancing restructuring of the manufacturing sector, promoting service-oriented manufacturing and manufacturing-related service industries, and internationalizing manufacturing. The 10 key sectors are new information technology, numerical control tools and robotics, aerospace equipment, ocean engineering equipment and high-tech ships, railway equipment, energy saving and new energy vehicles, power equipment, new materials, medicine and medical devices, and agricultural machinery. To fulfill the tasks, "Made in China 2025" will focus on five major projects, including establishing a manufacturing innovation center and boosting intelligent manufacturing, said the notice. To shore up the plan, China will introduce a slew of policies to deepen institutional reforms and strengthen financial support. The implementation of the "Made in China 2025" plan will be market-oriented, though guided by the government, according to the notice. Commenting on the event, Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology (MITT), said the realization of the plan means "by 2025 ... China will basically realize industrialization nearly equal to the manufacturing abilities of Germany and Japan at their early stages of industrialization." "There are many criteria to judge whether a country is a manufacturing power or not, including industrial scale, optimized industrial structure, sound quality and efficiency and sustainable development, but the key lies in innovation," according to Li Beiguang, deputy head of MIIT planning division. To promote manufacturing and national competitiveness, it is important to mobilize every conceivable element to stimulate innovation rather than simply support a single industry, said Li. "China is being pressured from both sides," an MIIT official who preferred to remain anonymous told Xinhua earlier this month. "Advanced economies such as the United States, Germany and Japan have all formulated policies supporting further development of their own manufacturing. At the same time, emerging economies such as India and Brazil are also catching up with their own advantages." Chinese manufacturing accounts for about 20 percent of the world's total, but it is "far from strong," according to Li Beiguang. "Made in China 2025" emerged as Chinese factories still struggle with decreasing demand, increasing competition from international competitors and slower economic growth. The plan will span the whole manufacturing industry, applying advanced ideas not only from Germany and Japan, but also from the United States and Britain, among others, said officials. Of all the projects included in the "Made in China 2025" plan, intelligent manufacturing is crucial, according to Miao, adding that the MIIT is taking part in a three-year study on the topic. Proposed in this year's government work report, the "Made in China 2025" blueprint was drafted by four ministries, including the MIIT, and submitted to the State Council weeks earlier.

The State Council issued “Made in China 2025” plan on May 19, the country’s first ten-year action plan focusing on promoting manufacturing. The plan proposed a “three step” strategy of transforming China into a leading manufacturing power by the year 2049, which marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Nine tasks have been identified as priorities: improving manufacturing innovation, integrating technology and industry, strengthening the industrial base, fostering Chinese brands, enforcing green manufacturing, promoting breakthroughs in ten key sectors, advancing restructuring of the manufacturing sector, promoting service-oriented manufacturing and manufacturing-related service industries, and internationalizing manufacturing. The above ten key sectors are: 1. New information technology 2. High-end numerically controlled machine tools and robots 3. Aerospace equipment 4. Ocean engineering equipment and high-end vessels 5. High-end rail transportation equipment 6. Energy-saving cars and new energy cars 7. Electrical equipment 8. Farming machines 9. New materials, such as polymers. 10.Bio-medicine and high-end medical equipment. The country should also further open up its market and attract foreign investors to invest in key areas, such as the development of new information technology and bio-medicine, and foreign companies and institutions should be encouraged to set up R&D centers in China, it said. The plan, mentioned in the government work report for 2015, will upgrade manufacturing in line with the rapid advances in science and technology. Countries, both developed and developing, are reshaping their competitiveness as new technologies, including 3D printing, mobile Internet, cloud computing and new energy, emerge and China needs to urgently improve its ability to innovate and grasp these cutting-edge technologies, the plan states. The manufacturing sector’s ability to innovate will be enhanced as it embraces state-of-the-art information technology which will result in superior products. Basic techniques for the sector, such as those used for making key components and important materials, will also be improved under the plan. A greater emphasis will be placed on quality management in the sector and the nurturing of world-class brands, with environmental considerations and energy efficiency to the forefront, according to the plan.

BEIJING - China's State Council has unveiled a national plan, dubbed "Made in China 2025," focusing on promoting manufacturing, a notice said on Tuesday. The plan was authorized by Premier Li Keqiang, according to the notice. "Made in China 2025" is the first 10-year action plan designed to transform China from a manufacturing giant into a world manufacturing power. The 10-year plan will be followed by another two plans in order to transform China into a leading manufacturing power by the year 2049, which will be the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Nine tasks have been identified as priorities: improving manufacturing innovation, integrating information technology and industry, strengthening the industrial base, fostering Chinese brands, enforcing green manufacturing, promoting breakthroughs in 10 key sectors, advancing restructuring of the manufacturing sector, promoting service-oriented manufacturing and manufacturing-related service industries, and internationalizing manufacturing. The 10 key sectors are new information technology, numerical control tools and robotics, aerospace equipment, ocean engineering equipment and high-tech ships, railway equipment, energy saving and new energy vehicles, power equipment, new materials, biological medicine and medical devices, and agricultural machinery. To fulfill the tasks, "Made in China 2025" will focus on five major projects, including establishing a manufacturing innovation center, said the notice. To shore up the plan, China will introduce a slew of policies to deepen institutional reforms and strengthen financial support. The implementation of the "Made in China 2025" plan will be market-oriented, though guided by the government, according to the notice. Commenting on the event, Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology (MITT), said the realization of the plan means "by 2025 ... China will basically realize industrialization nearly equal to the manufacturing abilities of Germany and Japan at their early stages of industrialization." "There are many criteria to judge whether a country is a manufacturing power or not, including industrial scale, optimized industrial structure, sound quality and efficiency and sustainable development, but the key lies in innovation," according to Li Beiguang, deputy head of MIIT planning division. To promote manufacturing and national competitiveness, it is important to mobilize every conceivable element to stimulate innovation rather than simply support a single industry, said Li. "China is being pressured from both sides," an MIIT official who preferred to remain anonymous told Xinhua earlier this month. "Advanced economies such as the United States, Germany and Japan have all formulated policies supporting further development of their own manufacturing. At the same time, emerging economies such as India and Brazil are also catching up with their own advantages." Chinese manufacturing accounts for about 20 percent of the world's total, but it is "far from strong," according to Li Beiguang. "Made in China 2025" emerged as Chinese factories still struggle with decreasing demand, increasing competition from international competitors and slower economic growth. The plan will span the whole manufacturing industry, applying advanced ideas not only from Germany and Japan, but also from the United States and Britain, among others, said officials. Of all the projects included in the "Made in China 2025" plan, intelligent manufacturing is crucial, according to Miao, adding that the MIIT is taking part in a three-year study on the topic. Proposed in this year's government work report, the "Made in China 2025" blueprint was drafted by four ministries, including the MIIT, and submitted to the State Council weeks earlier. 10 industrial sectors focus of 'Made in China 2025' China hopes to upgrade the country's manufacturing power through the "Made in China 2025" strategy, formerly known as "China Manufacturing 2025" released at an executive meeting on March 25. The initiative to upgrade the nation from a big manufacturer to a manufacturing industry superpower is the key to helping China maintain economic growth at a medium-to-high level and to move up the global value chain. The plan was first mentioned by China's Premier Li Keqiang in the Government Work Report at the annual session of the National People's Congress this month. Li said at the session that the country will redouble its efforts to upgrade China from a manufacturer of quantity to one of quality. Now let's take a look at the 10 sectors that China will focus on in the next ten years.