The world's major powers attach great importance to future industries, and the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and other countries have deployed future industries at the strategic level, aiming to better cope with future challenges and seize development opportunities.
China's "14th Five-Year Plan" and the outline of the long-term goals for 2035 put forward the forward-looking planning of future industries, the formation of new quality productivity, and the formation of new economic growth points.
What is the industry of the future?
In his 2016 book "Future Industries", American futurist Alex Roth proposed that robots, cutting-edge life sciences, financial coding, cybersecurity, and big data are the key industries that will promote global economic and social changes in the next two decades.
In the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Innovation and Development of Future Industries" issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China in January 2024, seven departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China proposed that future industries are driven by cutting-edge technologies and are currently in the stage of gestation and germination or early stage of industrialization, and are forward-looking emerging industries with significant strategic, leading, disruptive and uncertain prospects.
China's "14th Five-Year Plan" and the outline of the long-term goals for 2035 put forward forward-looking planning for future industries: in the fields of cutting-edge technologies and industrial transformation such as brain-like intelligence, quantum information, gene technology, future networks, deep-sea aerospace development, hydrogen energy and energy storage, organize and implement future industry incubation and acceleration plans, and plan to lay out a number of future industries.
Why nurture and develop the industries of the future?
At present, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating, major cutting-edge technologies and disruptive technologies continue to emerge, and the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial development is deepening, giving birth to new industrial development directions such as artificial intelligence, metaverse, humanoid robots, brain-computer interfaces, and quantum information. Vigorously cultivating future industries has become a strategic choice to lead scientific and technological progress, drive industrial upgrading, open up new tracks, and shape new quality productivity.
The world's major powers attach great importance to future industries, and the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and other countries have deployed future industries at the strategic level, aiming to better cope with future challenges and seize development opportunities.
United States
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In 2019, the United States released "The United States Will Dominate Future Industries", proposing to focus on quantum information science, artificial intelligence, advanced communication networks, advanced manufacturing, advanced biology and other fields.
European Union
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In 2019, the EU released the "Report on Strengthening the Value Chain of the EU's Industrial Strategy for the Future", proposing the development of connected and clean autonomous vehicles, hydrogen energy, smart health, industrial Internet, low-carbon industries, cyber security and other fields.
Germany has launched the "High-Tech Strategy 2025", "National Industrial Strategy 2030", "Artificial Intelligence Strategy", etc. It will focus on the development of intelligent manufacturing, basic science, artificial intelligence, clean energy, digital infrastructure and digital transformation.
The UK released the "Green Paper on Modern Industry" and "Industrial Strategy: Building the Future of Britain", focusing on the development of artificial intelligence, clean growth, future transportation, ageing and other fields.
Japan
JapanJapan has released the Declaration on Creating the World's Most Advanced IT Nation and the New Strategy for Robotics. It will focus on the development of cyberspace, the development of new materials, optical and quantum technology, basic technology of physical space, biotechnology and other fields.
In order to seize the new opportunities of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, China has promoted China's high-quality development and laid out nine key areas for the development of future industriesMetaverse, brain-computer interfaces, quantum information, humanoid robots, generative AI, biomanufacturing, future displays, future networks, new energy storage, etc.
How to nurture and develop the industry of the future?
In order to accelerate the cultivation and development of China's future industries and promote the formation of new quality productivity, China has clearly put forward the path of future industry cultivation and development, that is, six tracks for future industrial development and ten innovative landmark products.
1. Lay out a new track for future industrial development
Made in the future. Develop intelligent manufacturing, biomanufacturing, nano manufacturing, laser manufacturing, and circular manufacturing, break through key core technologies such as intelligent control, intelligent sensing, and simulation, promote flexible manufacturing, shared manufacturing and other models, and promote the development of industrial Internet and industrial metaverse.
Future information. Promote the industrial application of next-generation mobile communications, satellite Internet, quantum information and other technologies, accelerate the innovation and breakthrough of quantum and photonic computing technologies, accelerate the in-depth empowerment of brain-like intelligence, swarm intelligence, and large models, and accelerate the cultivation of intelligent industries.
Materials of the Future. Promote the upgrading of advanced basic materials such as non-ferrous metals, chemicals, and inorganic non-metals, develop key strategic materials such as high-performance carbon fiber and advanced semiconductors, and accelerate the innovative application of cutting-edge new materials such as superconducting materials.
Energy of the Future. Focus on key areas such as nuclear energy, nuclear fusion, hydrogen energy, and biomass energy, and build a future energy equipment system with a full chain of "collection, storage, transportation, and application". Research and development of new crystalline silicon solar cells, thin-film solar cells and other high-efficiency solar cells and related electronic special equipment, accelerate the development of new energy storage, and promote the integration and upgrading of the energy electronics industry.
Future space. Focusing on the fields of aerospace, deep sea, and deep earth, we will develop high-end equipment such as manned spaceflight, lunar and fire exploration, satellite navigation, unmanned systems, and advanced and efficient aircraft, accelerate the development and innovative application of deep-sea submersibles, deep-sea operation equipment, deep-sea search and rescue detection equipment, and deep-sea intelligent unmanned platforms, and promote the development of equipment in the fields of deep-earth resource exploration and mining, urban underground space development and utilization, and polar exploration and operation.
The future is healthy. Accelerate the industrialization of cutting-edge technologies such as cell and gene technology, synthetic biology, and biological breeding, promote 5G and 6G, metaverse, artificial intelligence and other technologies to empower new medical services, and develop high-end medical equipment and health products that integrate advanced technologies such as digital twins and brain-computer interaction.
2. Innovate ten iconic products.
One is humanoid robots。Breakthroughs in core technologies such as high torque density servo motors, high dynamic motion planning and control, bionic perception and cognition, intelligent dexterous hands, and electronic technology of robots, and focus on promoting the development and application of products in the fields of intelligent manufacturing, home services, and special environmental operations.
The second is quantum computers。Strengthen the research and development of fault-tolerant general quantum computing technology, improve the performance of physical hardware indicators and algorithm error correction, promote the collaborative arrangement of quantum software and quantum cloud platforms, give full play to the advantages of quantum computing, and explore the penetration of vertical industry applications.
The third is a new type of display. Accelerate the research of quantum dot display, holographic display, etc., break through micro-LED, laser, printing and other display technologies and achieve large-scale application, realize barrier-free, fully flexible, 3D stereoscopic and other display effects, and accelerate the promotion in scenarios such as intelligent terminals, intelligent networked vehicles, remote connections, and cultural content presentation.
Fourth, brain-computer interface. Breakthroughs have been made in key technologies and core devices such as brain-computer fusion, brain-like chips, and brain computational neural models, and a number of easy-to-use and safe brain-computer interface products have been developed, and applications in typical fields such as medical treatment, unmanned driving, and virtual reality have been encouraged.
Fifth, 6G network equipment. Carry out research on advanced wireless communication, new network architecture, cross-domain integration, air-space-ground integration, network and data security, develop conceptual prototypes of key wireless technologies, and form characteristic applications represented by holographic communication and digital twins.
Sixth, a new type of ultra-large-scale intelligent computing center。Accelerate breakthroughs in technologies such as GPU chips, cluster low-latency interconnection networks, and heterogeneous resource management, and build ultra-large-scale intelligent computing centers to meet the needs of iterative training and application inference of large models.
Seventh, the third generation of the Internet. Promote the pilot application of the third-generation Internet in data exchanges, explore the use of blockchain technology to open up the data of various main platforms in key industries and fields, study the third-generation Internet digital identity authentication system, establish data governance and transaction circulation mechanisms, and form typical cases that can be replicated and promoted.
Eighth, high-end cultural and tourism equipment. Research and development of special and supporting software to support the creation of culture and entertainment, promote the development of advanced equipment for performing arts and amusement, high-end equipment for water, land and air tourism, immersive experience facilities, smart tourism systems and detection and monitoring platforms, and develop intelligent, high-end, and complete sets of cultural and tourism equipment.
Nine is advanced and efficient aviation equipment. Focusing on the development of the next generation of large aircraft, breakthroughs have been made in core technologies such as new layout, intelligent driving, interconnected avionics, multi-electric systems, and open-rotor hybrid engines. Promote the research of advanced concepts such as supersonic speed, ultra-efficient subsonic speed, and new energy passenger aircraft. Focusing on the future needs of smart air mobility, we will accelerate the development and application of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, intelligent and efficient aviation logistics equipment, etc.
Ten is equipment for deep resource exploration and development. Focusing on the needs of deep operations, a series of key technologies will be promoted by high-end resource exploration and development equipment such as ultra-deep intelligent drilling rig engineering prototypes, deep-sea oil and gas underwater production systems, and deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining vehicles.
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