Miao Wei, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, said on the 18th that traditional industries accounted for 80% of the added value of above-scale industries, and remained the mainstay of the industrial economy. Renovating and upgrading traditional industries is related to promoting the overall development of high-quality manufacturing.

　　 Miao Wei made the above statement when he attended the opening ceremony of the 2019 National Expert Forum for the Construction of a Powerful Country, which opened in Jinjiang, Fujian Province on the 18th. At the same time, he also said that traditional industries such as textiles, clothing, and home appliances are related to national economy and people's livelihood, and are also important industries to stabilize employment and foreign trade. Traditional industries are also an important source of new kinetic energy. Many strategic emerging industries like new energy vehicles and new materials come from the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. Therefore, we must attach great importance to promoting the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries.

Miao Wei said, especially under the current major changes in China's external environment and increasing risks and challenges, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, maintain the stable and healthy development of traditional industries, stabilize the basic industry, and promote the upgrading of the manufacturing industry chain. Very important. We must insist on equal emphasis on the cultivation and development of emerging industries and the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and firmly hold the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries as an important support to promote the high-quality development of manufacturing industries.

　　 To promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, Miao Wei said that it is necessary to focus on five aspects: First, adhere to the new development concept. Keeping close to the requirements of high-quality development, with supply-side structural reform as the main line, strengthening innovation-driven, improving quality and brand, improving labor productivity and total factor productivity.

　　 The second is to focus on smart manufacturing. Deepen the integration of artificial intelligence, 5G, industrial Internet and other new-generation information technologies and manufacturing, and transform the manufacturing industry with all elements, processes, and industry chains to promote the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing to digitalization, networking, and intelligence .

　　 Third, we must grasp the important way of technological transformation. Focusing on intelligence, green, quality, safety, etc., we will continue to promote technological innovation and equipment updates of enterprises, and accelerate the upgrading of traditional industries to improve quality and efficiency.

　　Fourth, we must pay attention to maintaining the integrity of the industrial chain. Through transformation and upgrading, it promotes the technological progress of enterprises and reduces costs and benefits, enhances the ability to resist risks, and actively guides large and small enterprises to form a stable cooperative relationship and establish a closely coordinated industrial ecology.

　　Five is to pay attention to the improvement of the quality of labor. Strengthen the training of professionals in urgent need, and vigorously develop vocational education to create a long-term mechanism and policy environment conducive to the full play of entrepreneurship and craftsmanship.