CSA released in March 2007 the results of their organization: China's instrumentation in the main analytical instruments, the community is applying more than 90 kinds of analytical instruments, China can produce more than 20 kinds of products, less than 1/3 of the total amount of which, more than 80 kinds of special instruments for the life sciences, the Chinese commercialized Among them, there are more than 80 kinds of life science instruments, but China has commercialized only 6 kinds of life science instruments, and there are more than 10 kinds of instruments under research, which is far away from the market demand. This is a quantitative gap.
In terms of technology, most of the existing domestic low-grade products can be replaced with imported products, the reliability of high-grade products, that is, the average time of trouble-free operation of foreign products, compared with the difference of about l 2 orders of magnitude.
In the measurement accuracy, the existing domestic products and foreign products generally differ by 1 order of magnitude. Because China's basic technology and manufacturing process of the instrument is not enough research, some of the key technologies that affect the reliability, such as precision machining technology, sealing technology, welding technology, etc. have not been well resolved, resulting in the product, especially the performance of high-grade products are not stable and reliable.
In the function, at present, the degree of intelligence of foreign products is quite high, through the digital processing of the original information, better exclude the external interference on the information impact, improve the product's environmental resistance and measurement authenticity. The degree of intelligence of existing domestic products is still relatively low.
In addition, the network of products in foreign countries has entered the practical stage, while our country is basically in the initial stage, so that the performance of the product, the function lags behind.
Related experts, today's foreign product update cycle is about 2-3 years. New technology reserves can often be advanced to 10 years. And China's enterprises often through the introduction of foreign technology to realize a generation of product updates, the introduction and can not be well digested and absorbed, in the development of new products in the original results are very few. Some of the products using new principles, in China is still in a blank state. Research institutes in tracking new technologies, although there are results, but the combination of industrialization with enterprises is quite difficult, resulting in a long product technology update cycle.
In addition, the lack of domestic instruments for the use of the object and the development of specialized solutions. Foreign measurement and control and instrumentation in recent years, the development trend is to develop instrumentation and application of the object closely integrated software products, and ultimately provide users with personalized solutions. For example, for 6 × 10'kW thermal power unit unit performance calculation software, refining process optimization software, graphics processing software specifically for medical instruments, etc., domestic enterprises in this regard has not yet formed an industry.
Weak foundation, institutional mechanisms have not been rationalized
Experts involved in the research, instrumentation belongs to the high-tech industries, and China's industrial development in the more dependent on the advantages of low labor costs, and this advantage in the instrumentation industry is difficult to play a role.
They believe that the reasons for the gap between China's instrumentation products and foreign countries are several. China's enterprise operation mechanism can not fully adapt to the requirements of the development of the market economy. In the process of development, a number of state-invested backbone enterprises facing product aging, the loss of technicians in a serious situation, after the restructuring, although the production and operation of some improvements, but the ability of scientific and technological innovation is still insufficient; a number of innovative mechanisms, the operation of a flexible private enterprise is gradually becoming a new highlight, but the vast majority of enterprises are small and medium-sized enterprises, small scale, and most have not yet been able to master the advanced core technology, innovative achievements Few, not yet able to compete with large foreign companies.
First of all, the country's overall organic combination of production, learning, research and other institutions and policies have not been formed, the transformation rate of innovation is low, and the application of technology is poor.
In the early stage of reform and opening up, the instrumentation industry and the foreign gap is large, enterprises generally seek outside the source of technology, although there has been a shift in the recent past, there are enterprises stand out, but overall the results of the enterprise's independent innovation and technology and the application of a good combination of not much. The growth of large enterprises is difficult.
China's scientific research institutions involved in measurement and control technology and related instruments of scientific research results are quite a lot, but the practicality is poor. The related manufacturing technology, especially the core technology research depth and intensity is not enough, the secondary development of the workload is very large, the results of the conversion rate is low. High- and medium-grade instrumentation products and systems involved in different fields with a certain depth of application technology, foreign enterprises have specialized departments and have experienced application personnel, while China's instrumentation companies are often unfamiliar with large-scale engineering processes, the lack of application technology integration capabilities. Therefore, the production of high-grade products is more difficult.
Secondly, the lack of a strong national research support system. Instrumentation industry varieties, small batch, need long-term, unremitting investment. But the current national investment path is scattered, it is difficult to focus on the key. Enterprises can not like foreign enterprises to participate in competition in full accordance with the rules of the market economy, but also the lack of strategic investment in research resources. At the same time, the market environment needed for the marketization of new technologies has not yet been perfected.
Experts said, "because the institutional mechanism is not rationalized, naturally resulting in a lack of high-level composite talents in China's instrumentation industry, the lack of familiarity with, and proficiency in, the intersection of various disciplines of the integrated talent. Instrumentation science and technology not only involves a wide range of disciplines, and only as soon as possible to find, utilize, integrate a variety of new principles, new concepts, new technologies, new materials and new processes and other latest scientific and technological achievements of the people, in order to design and manufacture a world-class measurement and control and instrumentation products. The shortage of talents naturally affects the development of the industry. This is undoubtedly also an important reason for the gap between domestic instrumentation and imported products.