5G empowers the industrial Internet to accelerate its implementation and help the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry

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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently issued the "Industrial Internet Innovation and Development Action Plan (2021-2023)", pointing out that by 2023, 30 5G fully connected factories will be built in 10 key industries, 3-5 comprehensive industrial Internet platforms with international influence will be built, and new models and new formats will be promoted on a large scale. Industrial Internet platforms and manufacturing companies have ushered in policy dividends. So, what kind of sparks will the combination of the Internet and industry collide with? What impact will it have on our production and life?

Wider application scenarios

Work that was once dangerous has now become different with the help of industrial Internet technology. An electric dump truck recently developed by a Shanghai company is equipped with sensors such as laser radar and high-definition cameras. It can automatically operate, receive and execute instructions sent by cloud servers, greatly improving work efficiency and safety.

Unmanned vehicle automatic batching, AI (artificial intelligence) image quality inspection... A photovoltaic module smart factory in Hangzhou has felt the benefits brought by the industrial Internet. "Thanks to the support of new technologies and new models of the industrial Internet, the company has improved quality and efficiency and achieved high-quality development." The person in charge of the company said that the factory currently saves about 52.36 million yuan in labor costs each year, and its production efficiency has increased by 17.5%, increasing production by about 600 million yuan.

Smart mines, smart factories... By connecting a large number of industrial equipment to the cloud and realizing intelligent collaboration among all links in the industrial chain, the industrial Internet is a key force in the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry. Its application scenarios are becoming increasingly broad and it has entered a period of rapid growth.

Industry insiders pointed out that by deeply integrating the new generation of information technology with the manufacturing industry, the Industrial Internet realizes the comprehensive interconnection of people, machines and things, and builds a new industrial production and service system with all factors, the entire industrial chain and the entire value chain. According to statistics, in 2020, the economic added value of China's industrial Internet industry was about 3.1 trillion yuan, accounting for 2.9% of GDP, and creating more than 2.55 million new jobs.

Accelerate industry innovation and change

Xu Xiaolan, president of the China Industrial Internet Research Institute, pointed out that in the era of industrial Internet, logistics, procurement, warehousing, production, products and services will be fully connected. The ultra-large bandwidth and ultra-low latency of the 5G network ensure millisecond-level transmission of massive quantities and smooth connection of factor resources.

At present, 5G has become a new driving force for leading integrated innovation and stimulating new information consumption, and a new engine for promoting industrial upgrading and driving sustained economic growth. Experts predict that by 2035, 5G will drive the output of various industries around the world to 13.2 trillion US dollars, among which the output growth of manufacturing, information and communication industries will exceed one trillion US dollars.

"Industrial Internet is the main battlefield for 5G commercial use." Xu Xiaolan believes that the integration of 5G and Industrial Internet will strongly drive intelligent manufacturing. By the end of 2020, the total number of 5G base stations used in the Industrial Internet in China exceeded 32,000. Xiao Yaqing, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, said that there are more than 1,100 5G+Industrial Internet projects nationwide, and Industrial Internet applications cover more than 30 key industries such as raw materials, equipment manufacturing, consumer goods, energy, and medical care.

According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China has built more than 70 industrial Internet platforms with strong industry and regional influence, connecting 40 million industrial equipment. The industrial Internet network has covered 300 cities across the country, connecting 180,000 industrial enterprises, and accelerating innovation and transformation in various industries. With the accelerated construction of new infrastructure represented by 5G networks, the industrial Internet will expand a broader market space.

Safety issues need to be taken seriously

Li Xiaohua from the Institute of Industrial Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences believes that the industrial Internet has become an important infrastructure for countries around the world, and the level of development of the industrial Internet will directly affect the transformation and upgrading of a country's manufacturing industry and its international competitiveness.

After three years of construction in the initial stage, China has initially built the infrastructure and industrial system of the industrial Internet by 2020. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently issued the "Industrial Internet Innovation and Development Action Plan (2021-2023)", which is a major positive for the industrial Internet. It is foreseeable that the process of industrial intelligence will accelerate in the future.

At the local level, many cities have created conditions to promote the agglomeration of industrial Internet industries and the transformation and upgrading of local manufacturing industries. Cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Qingdao, Chengdu, and Changsha have intensively planned and built industrial Internet industrial parks. In addition, leading companies in many industries are also competing to launch a new round of layout, break through core technologies, upgrade industrial Internet platforms, and accelerate the pace of "cloud" for small and medium-sized enterprises.

The development of the industrial Internet is in full swing, and integrated applications are accelerating, but the industrial foundation needs to be consolidated, and the digital transformation of a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises still needs to be promoted. To do a good job of "adding" 5G and the industrial Internet, security issues must be paid special attention. Industry insiders said that with the development of the industrial Internet industry, industrial enterprises "going to the cloud", and the accelerated collaboration of upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, more and more industrial equipment and systems are exposed to the Internet, and security risks are increasing.

"The integration of 5G and the industrial Internet should pay more attention to data-driven security." The person in charge of a relevant company said that this includes a series of measures such as adjusting and optimizing network architecture, enhancing host security protection, and establishing an industrial Internet platform protection system.