Original article from: Carving Machine Network http://www.gravograph.cn/
It's a harvest, and even more so, an inevitability. For Gao Xiaoming, chairman of Rao Mountain Paper Group Co., Ltd., the development of his enterprise has been full of pleasant surprises. Following the honor of "Rao Mountain" brand as China's famous trademark in 2006, the high-end low-quantitative thin-type packaging paper under the "Rao Mountain" brand became a national exempted product. By the end of last year, four years after the reform, the scale of the enterprise had quadrupled. On January 7, the company was rated as one of the top ten non-public enterprises in Sanming City for the 2006-2007 period by the municipal government.
Gao Xiaoming and his enterprise are undoubtedly a microcosm of the development of non-public economy in Sanming City.
In recent years, under the encouragement of relevant policies, the non-public sector of our city has grown rapidly like mushrooms after rain. A series of numbers provided by the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce clearly outline the "skeleton" of the expansion and strengthening of the non-public economy in our city: By the end of 2007, the total number of private enterprises in the city reached 8,306, with 145,400 employees; In the whole year of last year, the non-public enterprises in the city completed a production value (sales revenue) of 40.94 billion yuan, an increase of 34.2% over the previous year.
Director Zhan Xueqi of the Office for the Development of Non-public Economy in the City expressed it this way: From quantitative expansion to qualitative improvement, from a new force to the main force, the non-public economy in our city has become an indispensable important force for the development of the entire society and economy in the city.
Growth: The "grassroots" economy is vibrant
At the beginning of entrepreneurship, Guo Shangjie's Meilie Multi-Dimensional Mechanical Tools Factory in Sanming was still a small workshop. Now, the enterprise has developed into a leading enterprise in the industry with a preliminary modernization scale, equipped with advanced equipment such as CNC machining centers, CNC engraving machines, complete sets of CNC advanced systems vacuum quenching furnaces, and is known as the "China sanitary napkin knife roller production base."
As one of the founding members of the company, Chen Yinguì, the vice general manager in charge of technology at Hongsheng Plastic Company in Shaxian County, witnessed the process of the company developing from a small workshop into the largest phenolic molding plastic production base in the country, maintaining the first place in production and sales volume and market share in the country for four consecutive years, and its products are sold in 14 countries and regions. "We won the 'Fujian Famous Brand Product' in 2006 and the 'China Famous Brand' in 2007. Currently, I am entrusted by the National Standardization Committee to participate in the revision of the 'Phenolic Molding Plastic Standard.' Our company, as the absolute 'leader' in the domestic phenolic molding plastic industry, needs such discourse power. Setting standards is the new benchmark for our enterprise to develop faster while being good," Chen Yinguì revealed to reporters.
Not only Multi-Dimensional Mechanical Tools Factory and Hongsheng Plastic Company in Shaxian County, but also in our city, companies like Sanming Panstone Concrete Engineering Co., Ltd. and Sanming Zhanwang Real Estate Co., Ltd., and a batch of "grassroots" enterprises are growing and strengthening at an unprecedented speed, supporting a piece of sky for the private economy in our city.
According to data from the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce, by the end of 2007, the total number of private enterprises in the city reached 8,306, an increase of 8.04% over the previous year; the number of employees reached 145,400, an increase of 8.5%. There were 44,601 individual industrial and commercial households, with 82,000 employees, increasing by 5.5% and 4.09%, respectively. There were 595 "three-capital" enterprises with registered capital of 7.8 billion US dollars. In 2007, the non-public enterprises in the city completed a production value (sales revenue) of 40.94 billion yuan, an increase of 34.2% over the previous year; taxes amounted to 3.044 billion yuan, an increase of 38.6%. A total of 130 non-public enterprises completed export amounts of 6.6 billion US dollars, an increase of 41%. The total social civilian investment was 20 billion yuan, accounting for 55% of the total fixed asset investment.
While developing strongly, the scale of enterprises continues to expand. The average registered capital per household of non-public enterprises in the city reached 2.333 million yuan, an increase of 33.53% compared to 2005. There are currently 1,000 large-scale non-public enterprises, an increase of 199 compared to 2006. There are 258 non-public enterprises with tax revenue exceeding 1 million yuan, an increase of 138 compared to 2005, with an increase rate of 115%; Ten enterprises in our city, including Sanming Textile Co., Ltd., were selected as the top 100 non-public enterprises in Fujian Province in 2007.
Innovation: Promoting the transformation of "ugly ducklings" into "swans"
On December 14, 2007, the products of Fujian Jinniu Cement Co., Ltd. were honored as national exempted products. As a large cement enterprise that our province focuses on cultivating, through technological innovation, the current production scale has reached 3.5 million tons. The three new dry-process cement production lines of the company adopt internationally advanced cement production technology, equipped with online quality tracking control systems. Among the high-grade cements produced by the company, those produced using waste materials such as coal gangue account for 1/4, saving resources while effectively protecting the environment.
From the original dilapidated factory buildings to the now complete industrial chain, the development of Southern Biotechnology Co., Ltd. also relies on scientific and technological innovation. The company's "Taxus chinensis Paclitaxel Industrialization" project was listed as a national-level Starfire, Torch Plan project, a State Economic and Trade Commission innovation project, a national medium and small-sized enterprise technical support project, and a key construction project in Fujian Province. The application of "a method for preparing paclitaxel from Taxus chinensis leaf branches" submitted by the company obtained a national invention patent. Continuous technological progress has increased the paclitaxel content of the company's main product from the original 50% to 99.5%. Currently, the paclitaxel output accounts for 15-20% of the world. On February 28, 2007, the company passed the GMP certification and officially became a member of the biopharmaceutical industry.
It is not just Fujian Jinniu and Southern Biotechnology. In recent years, our city's private enterprises have frequently "exerted efforts" in the aspect of scientific and technological innovation: the TK8812 piston irregular numerical control boring machine developed by Qinghang Machine Tool Co., Ltd. in Jiangle changed the history of long-term dependence on imports for non-circular numerical control boring machines in China; the electronic filter developed by Sanming Gangyue Crystal Co., Ltd. filled the domestic blank...
Data shows that in our city, there are more than 100 private mechanical enterprises, accounting for 95% of the total number of mechanical enterprises in the city, but most enterprises lack specialized division of production. The general machine processing capacity is in excess, while precision machine processing is seriously lacking. Private mechanical enterprises troubled by low-level competition have set their sights on strengthening the combination of industry-university-research and the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Fujian Rongwang (Sanming) Group took the lead, cooperating with Tongji University to jointly establish a technology research and development center, making an overall plan for the forging company under its jurisdiction, and jointly developing projects such as "holistic CAD/CAPP integrated system", "transmission assembly, debugging, detection technology" and "transmission multifunctional test bench". The current "Rongwang" products have been upgraded from originally producing single parts to producing components, forming a large production cycle, and developing varieties from a single series to three major series. The products have entered automobile repair markets across the country and provide host machine matching for the Second Automobile Manufacturing Plant.
Statistical data from the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce shows that among the provincial high-tech enterprises in the city, non-public enterprises account for 64%. In this group, the number of energy-saving and emission-reduction enterprises has increased, and all 169 circular economy projects implemented in the city are carried out by non-public enterprises. There are 42 non-public enterprises determined by the province as "industrial solid comprehensive utilization enterprises", and 12 non-public enterprises conducting energy-saving and consumption-reducing and comprehensive utilization projects received financial support from the province. At the same time, our city's brand creation work has made breakthrough progress. Currently, our city owns three China Famous Brand Products, two China Well-Known Trademarks, 13 national exempted products, and three geographical indication protection products. In 2007, the city's non-public enterprises added 12 provincial famous trademarks and 14 famous brands; obtained three organic food marks, 21 green food marks, and 17 pollution-free agricultural product marks.
Cultivation: Building a platform for enterprise leapfrogging
"In the development process of the non-public economy, the tangible guidance of the government's intangible hand is an important force for nurturing the vigorous growth of the non-public economy." said Xie Jiaqin, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce.
In recent years, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have vigorously created a transparent policy environment, a relaxed development environment, and a good service environment, effectively activating private investment and promoting technological progress. In today's era when the non-public economy has become an economic highlight in our city, our decision-makers are thinking: besides issuing policies, strengthening services, and creating a good external environment, how can we add vitality to the active block of the non-public economy?
"Market economy is not 'unregulated economy', and letting it develop does not mean letting private enterprises 'sink or swim'. Building an interactive platform to enhance the upgrade of the non-public economy." has become a consensus among people in our city.
The difficulty of financing and guarantee has always been a major issue troubling non-public enterprises. In recent years, various departments at all levels in our city have actively built funding demand platforms targeting the problem of 'financing difficulties', which has alleviated the loan guarantee problems of non-public enterprises to a certain extent.
Pan Yangdong is the branch manager of the Agricultural Development Bank of China in Sanming. Recently, he has been busy with a big event: through joint leadership with the Municipal Agriculture Office, he plans to establish the Agricultural Development Guarantee Company, specifically providing financing guarantees for small agricultural enterprises. It is understood that last year, the city arranged 30 million yuan in funds to support key guarantee institutions in expanding capital. The cumulative registered capital of the 23 guarantee institutions in the city reached 6.88 billion yuan. By the end of November 2007, these institutions cumulatively provided 8,508 guarantees worth 4.412 billion yuan for 3,713 enterprises, an increase of 91.14%. In addition, since 2000, the city has implemented a mechanism of consultation among enterprises, banks, and governments. At the sixth city-wide bank-enterprise capital supply and demand meeting held in May last year, 30 non-public enterprises signed credit limits of 2.63 billion yuan with banks.
In Taoyuan area of Sanyuan District, the Provincial Key Construction Project - Haixi Metal Materials Products Market is under tight construction. More than 100 merchants have signed up for the hardware electromechanical city. Most of them are merchants who have operated hardware electromechanical products for over a year in the Changle Chamber of Commerce, and the number of residents has exceeded 80% of the expected number of households. Relying on chambers of commerce, our city has vigorously carried out external introduction and internal linkage, investment promotion activities, and expanded development platforms. Chamber of commerce economies have "exerted their fists and feet" in larger spaces. It is understood that currently, our city has established 9 regional and 3异地chambers of commerce organizations, with a total membership of more than 2,200 people. The industries involved by chamber members include machinery manufacturing, transportation and electricity, trade and commerce services, real estate, agriculture and animal husbandry, social undertakings, etc. Chamber organizations have gradually become new platforms for the development of the non-public economy in our city. In 2007, the various directly affiliated chambers implemented 126 projects with a total investment of 10.421 billion yuan, an increase of 8.68%, and actually completed investments of 4.228 billion yuan, an increase of 23.19%.
On January 2, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government convened a city-wide project work video teleconference, clearly proposing: to take new measures to further promote the construction of industrial platforms and follow the path of professional park development. Currently, there are 33 industrial parks in the city with planned areas of more than 500 mu, covering a total area of 209,300 mu. Various industrial parks have cumulatively invested 3.026 billion yuan in infrastructure construction funds, developing an area of 55,300 mu. By the end of 2007, a total of 536 non-public enterprises had settled in the industrial parks in the city. While increasing the intensity of park development, our city highlights park characteristics, gathers production factors, and through policy guidance and factor gathering, the clustering development level of non-public industrial enterprises in the city has gradually improved. Among the non-public enterprises above the designated size in the city, those engaged in the "3+1" industries account for more than 90%, reaching 540 enterprises. In terms of gathering industries, the practices of Shaxian County are noteworthy. The county uses the concept of industrial clusters to promote the gathering development of the non-public economy, supporting and expanding the dominant industries of forestry products, metal deep processing, and biochemistry, establishing the "Jinjiang Aile Industrial Park", "Shishi Light Textile Clothing Park", and "Mechanical Manufacturing Park" mainly composed of non-public enterprises.
Meanwhile, the government and relevant departments have also constructed multiple employment service platforms, talent introduction and training platforms, etc., to further strengthen and enhance the ranks of the non-public economy.
"Once small enterprises form clusters, the strength generated by their scale will be far greater than the effect of '1+1=2'. This is the positive effect of specialized markets. However, without reasonable planning by the government, there would be no platform for us to exert our hands and feet." Gaomei Jian, the owner of Haixin Steel Market and a provincial People's Congress representative, evaluated the role of the government in building platforms. (Reported by Wang Yanrong)