On March 29, Liu Weichao, Vice President of SIE Information, accepted the special series interview of Outlook Oriental Weekly on China's Economy, the Future is Possible. The two sides had in-depth exchanges, told the growth process of SIE in Guangdong's fertile land of digital economy, empowered the regional digital industry, looked forward to SIE's further integration of digital technology and the real economy in the future, and looked forward to helping global manufacturing enterprises achieve a better vision of digital transformation.

To highlight the leading role of the manufacturing industry, we need to plan and promote the construction of a modern industrial system at a high level, and make the solid foundation of the leading role of the manufacturing industry bigger and stronger, so as to stand on the industrial backbone of Guangdong's modernization construction at a new height. (Jian Hongni, reporter and Gao Xuemei, editor of Oriental Outlook Weekly)

The following is the original report:

In Panyu, Guangzhou, research and development personnel are testing a sports car at the intelligent factory of GAC Aion New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "GAC Aion"). This independently developed pure electric supercar can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in just 1.9 seconds.

In Shunde, Foshan, the industrial Internet demonstration line in the exhibition hall of SIE Information Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "SIE"), the information flow is directly transferred from the sales order receiving to all links of the entire production line, and more than ten processes are unmanned, which takes only five minutes to produce a beautiful picture frame.

Spring is early in Lingnan, and the tide flows into the Pearl River. During the investigation of enterprises, factories, and commercial districts in Guangdong, the reporter from Oriental Outlook Weekly felt a vigorous force of striving for progress everywhere. The Second Plenary Session of the 13th Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Party Committee Economic Work Conference proposed to highlight the leading role of the manufacturing industry, plan and promote the construction of a modern industrial system at a high level, and make the solid foundation of the leading role of the manufacturing industry bigger and stronger, so as to stand on the industrial backbone of Guangdong's modernization construction at a new height.

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Digital empowerment

In the 2023 government work report, Guangdong Province proposed that it will promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, foster and expand key software, industrial Internet, blockchain and other industries, deepen the construction of the National Digital Economy Innovation and Development Pilot Zone and the National Industrial Internet Demonstration Zone, promote the digital transformation of more than 5000 industrial enterprises, and drive 100000 small and medium-sized enterprises to "go to the cloud".

Liu Weichao, Vice President of SIE, witnessed the rapid development of informatization in the past 30 years. Liu Weichao joined Midea Group in 1998 and was responsible for the informatization work of the company. SIE Information was founded in 2005 to carry out digital and intelligent cooperation with Huawei, Ali, Tencent, Siemens and other enterprises. "In recent years, no matter large companies or small and medium-sized enterprises, everyone has a strong demand for digital intelligence." Liu Weichao told Outlook Oriental Weekly at SIE Information's Shunde R&D headquarters in Foshan.

Xiaoxiong Electric Appliance, located in Shunde, Foshan, is one of the customers of SIE. SIE has opened up the whole link management of research and development, production, supply chain, sales, finance, etc. for Xiaoxiong Electric Appliance, forming a complete management closed-loop, realizing the "cost reduction and efficiency increase" of enterprises, and creating a digital benchmark in the household appliance industry.

It is understood that SIE Information has now provided products and solutions to 23 key industries, including communication, electronics, household appliances and home furnishing, covering industrial Internet, intelligent manufacturing, smart marketing, big data, supply chain management, financial sharing, sensors and other fields.

Liu Weichao revealed that in order to promote the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy, in 2023, SIE Information will help 100 key manufacturing enterprises in South China and East China to implement the optimal path of digital transformation for key industries, and help enterprises "dare to transform more and better". At the same time, we will focus on expanding into overseas markets. As Chinese made products and services go global, software services will inevitably follow suit and help global manufacturing enterprises undergo digital transformation, "Liu Weichao told Oriental Outlook Weekly.

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The 2022 Global Innovation Index Report shows that the "Shenzhen Hong Kong Guangzhou" innovation cluster continues to rank second in the world, and a good innovation ecosystem has been formed in the Greater Bay Area.

Guangdong will accelerate the construction of a full process innovation ecosystem, strengthen the deep integration of industry, academia, research and application with enterprises as the main body and the market as the guide, "said a person in charge of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology. In the next step, Guangdong will increase scientific research investment, gather innovative talents, focus on industrial development needs and key links such as new products, new processes, new equipment, and new materials, strengthen technological breakthroughs, promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into advantageous productive forces, and support high-quality development.

On March 2nd, Guangdong Province held a press conference on a series of policy measures to boost confidence, stimulate vitality, and promote high-quality development of business entities. The first batch of policy "big gift packages" were released, proposing to play the first wave of policy "combination punches" for high-quality development and stimulate the vitality of 16 million business entities to "fight for the economy".

The Pearl River Delta, known as the 'manufacturing industry leader', is accelerating towards a future of high-quality development.