What orientation must we adhere to in promoting the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries?

To promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, we must adhere to the innovation-driven orientation.

Since the international financial crisis, the pattern of global manufacturing division of labor has undergone profound changes. In order to revitalize the real economy, increase employment opportunities, promote "re-industrialization" and reshape the new advantages of manufacturing, developed economies such as the United States and Europe. Emerging economies such as ASEAN and neighboring countries have taken advantage of the rising labor costs in China's manufacturing industry to increase their efforts to attract the transfer of labor-intensive industries. The development of China's manufacturing industry faces two kinds of pressure dilemmas. It is necessary to change the previous industrial policy oriented to large-scale production and adjust it to an innovation-driven industrial policy. The specific thinking can be summarized as: "grasping both ends, putting the middle, adjusting the structure, promoting innovation, building a platform, creating an environment, setting standards and strengthening supervision." "Grasping both ends and putting them in the middle" requires industrial policies to shift to supporting industries at both ends in the development stage from the perspective of industrial development life cycle, that is, to support emerging industries in the gestation period and early childhood, help them get on the horse, send them to another journey, and promote rapid industrial growth; For declining traditional industries, enterprises should be given assistance in re-employment training, job placement and equipment elimination subsidies to revitalize existing resources; For the "middle" industries, that is, the growth period and the mature period, we should fully liberalize them and let them strengthen their muscles and develop freely in the market competition. "Adjusting structure to promote innovation" means that the goal of industrial policy should be adjusted from "increasing production capacity" to "innovation-driven, improving quality and increasing efficiency". On the one hand, it is necessary to promote comprehensive innovation led by scientific and technological innovation, and accelerate the development of strategic emerging industries and modern service industries such as high-end equipment manufacturing industry and new generation electronic information industry; On the other hand, in accordance with the goal of moving from a manufacturing power to a manufacturing power, we should focus on improving quality and efficiency, promote the structural optimization, transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing industries, enhance the position of China's industry in the global industrial chain division, and promote the industrial structure to move from low-end to high-end level. "Building a platform and creating an environment" requires the government to focus on building a development platform and creating a level playing field in supporting industrial development. "Setting standards and strengthening supervision" mainly emphasizes standardizing the development order of the industry through the guidance of standards, actively promoting China's industrial standards to become international standards, enhancing the international competitiveness of China's industrial development, striving to seize the commanding heights of global industrial development, and gradually mastering the right to speak in the industry.