SFC Markets and Finance｜ How Guangdong's enterprises enhancing quality through innovation

南方财经全媒体记者 李依农 杨雨莱 肇庆、珠海、深圳报道

Accelerating the development of new quality productive forces, Guangdong, as a major province in manufacturing and technological innovation, has a clear understanding and is taking decisive action. During the 2024 High-Quality Development Research Tour, we are finding that more and more enterprises are actively practicing the concept of enhancing quality through innovation, accelerating the intelligent transformation and digital upgrade of the manufacturing sector. 

Xujing, CEO of FengHua Advanced Technology

We are constantly introducing and cultivating talents while increasing our joint R&D efforts with research institutes and universities. At the same time, continuous technological breakthroughs are being made. In terms of materials, equipment, and technical platforms, we are unremittingly tackling key issues. I believe that through steady improvement of core competitiveness, we can not only promote our own high-quality development but also form a significant driving force for the development of the entire industry.

FengHua has achieved a sound and focused development of its main business in the past 5-10 years. At present, we have the ability to independently research and develop as well as produce and supply materials. 

Currently, 35% of our materials are self-produced. We are focusing on researching and developing materials that still need to be imported. I think there is a lot of room for improvement in the future. That means we can quickly achieve a leap forward.

Li Hui, CEO of Zhaoqing Shen Hui Electronic Technology

CCHV's fans have completed the last shortfall in refrigerators. Because refrigerators operate at temperatures ranging from -25°C to -40°C for extended periods, although refrigerators have been domestically produced before, the cooling fans inside them have always been sourced from Japanese or German brands. CCHV is the first and only company in China that has been able to enter this industry. Currently, CCHV is the first company in the world to develop a cooling fan that can operate at -80°C. So at this year's Canton Fair, we globally launched our ultra-low-temperature fan that can operate at -80°C.

In the field of refrigerators, our annual domestic market share has increased from 9% to 18%. We believe that this year this number will exceed 34%. So in the field of refrigerators, we have been maintaining such a high growth rate. Now in China, you can see that out of every 3 refrigerators, one of them uses a fan manufactured by CCHV. You should have seen our -80°C product undergoing testing. We also have a test for ultra-high protection and a water immersion test. Our company conducts extreme tests to ensure the quality of our products. In fact, we conduct such extreme tests so that customers can see that our products can still operate under such extreme conditions, enhancing their confidence in our products.

Liu Lei, Chief Intelligent Manufacturing Officer of WeView

Compared with traditional lead-acid and lithium batteries, first, it is safer, non-flammable, and non-explosive. This is what we call authentic safety. Due to its electrolytic energy being present in the electrolyte, which contains over 97% water, it fundamentally does not ignite or explode.

The second advantage is its great recyclability. According to our publicity, the cycle life of standard products can reach 20,000 to 30,000 times. But in reality, it's like a car; as long as you maintain it well during operation, it can run longer.

In addition, its capacity and power can be referred to as decoupled. That is, We can customize its power and capacity to meet the needs of the market. And the cost of increasing this capacity is actually very low. This is also an absolute advantage of zinc-iron compared to other flow batteries. The chemicals we use are zinc and iron. For these two metal elements, China has very large reserves, and the costs are low. We don't have any bottlenecks in terms of raw materials.

So that's why we have this technological roadmap. This can serve as a link in large-scale production and deployment, for achieving the "30·60" Target. And these elements are also recyclable. From the mining process, manufacturing process, usage process, to the end when the battery expires and needs to be scrapped, there is no pollution or emissions throughout the entire process.

To achieve the "30·60" Target, the utilization of new energy is an inevitable path. The utilization of new energy cannot be separated from the energy storage of industrial culture. So intelligent manufacturing is a necessary capability in leading technologies. WeView has also independently developed the entire production line from scratch.

As can be seen during the visit to this production line, our entire process is based on the improvement of the automation rate. From digital design and planning construction, we ultimately achieve intelligent control. In this regard, under the circumstances where a small number of workers are employed, our entire production process can be completed through automation.

And production needs to be automated from the supply of materials. We call it a material control line or a logistics line. The production and assembly process, as well as the quality assessment process, are all completed through automation. That also provides the enterprise with the foundation for future large-scale production and rapid replication to meet our market demands.

From small mobile phones that contain more than 1,200 MLCCs, known as the "rice of industry," to the world's only ultra-low temperature fan that can operate continuously at -80 degrees, and the "giant power banks" in smart factories, Guangdong showcases its commitment to promoting industrial innovation through technological advancements.

Wei Qijia, Researcher of State Information Center

During the 2024 High-quality Development Tour in Guangdong, we investigated many enterprises in Guangdong. Each enterprise that we have seen is solidly promoting manufacturing innovation and industry innovation through technological innovation step by step. From these companies, whether in the field of low-altitude flight or in processing and manufacturing industries, we can see that they fully demonstrate that technological innovation is needed to promote industrial innovation and to achieve a positive cycle of innovation. This is what impressed me.

Guangdong has a relatively good industrial foundation and enjoys great significance for the national industry. The data shows that Guangdong’s manufacturing industry accounts for about 1/8 of that of the country. Therefore, it has a solid foundation and many favorable conditions for accelerating the development of new quality productive forces in the future. From this tour, we can see that many favorable conditions are continuously accumulating, highlighted by its talent advantage, financial advantage, and market advantage.

When we visited the Southern University of Science and Technology, we also found that its cultivation of innovative and research-oriented talents lays a solid foundation of talent for further development of the new quality productive forces. In fact, during this tour, we have seen that enterprises prove themselves to be the main force driving technological innovation. Therefore, our policies should leverage their leading role and position in technological innovation.

We also found that many technologies are developed in the laboratory, creating 1 from 0, while enterprises play an amplifying role in expanding these technologies from 1 to N. The companies we visited are comprehensive entities that integrate talent cultivation, technology research, and development, and they have also completed an entire innovation chain. The industries such as manufacturing, agricultural, service industries, and infrastructure are the cornerstones of the modern industrial system. Promoting this system needs systematic measures, and we need to coordinate the development of these industries and support them with well-established infrastructure.

At this stage, we can see a successful example which is the integration of advanced manufacturing and productive services. Through this organic integration, the potential of factors can be further stimulated. There are a lot of design and creative consulting being integrated into the production process, empowering the production process further.

（市场有风险，投资需谨慎。本节目嘉宾意见仅代表本人观点。）

策划：于晓娜

监制：施诗

责任编辑：李依农

记者：杨雨莱 李依农

制作：李群 蔡于恬

拍摄：肖航 李依农 杨雨莱

新媒体统筹：丁青云 曾婷芳 赖禧 黄达迅

海外运营监制: 黄燕淑

海外运营内容统筹: 黄子豪 

海外运营编辑：庄欢 吴婉婕 龙李华 张伟韬

出品：南方财经全媒体集团