Discussion on Development Mode of Instruments and Meters in China

Divided by capital and technology sources, the development of instrumentation industry in the world is nothing more than two modes: one is based on domestic capital and technology, and the other is on foreign capital and its technology. Industrial developed countries are generally the first model, and developing countries are often limited to the second mode, a typical example of which is Singapore.

It is worthwhile to seriously study whether China should become a country with a well-developed instrumentation industry and which path it should adopt. As a Chinese instrumentation industry that already has a fairly large industry base, whether it can embark on a thriving road of the Chinese instrumentation industry, the rise and fall of domestic companies is always the first.

The effectiveness of state-owned enterprise reform, the improvement of the level and strength of private enterprises, and the full potential of enterprises run by universities and research institutions are the hopes of domestic companies. China's instrumentation industry is in a grim situation under the weight of foreign investment and import surge, but it will not break up, will not collapse, and will not die. Its survival and development lies in its three major comparative advantages: market, human resources, and industry base. China's instrumentation industry is nurturing and already emerging companies with this scale and capability.

It will not be confined to the development of middle and low-end products with a comparative advantage. The outstanding enterprises in the industry have the ability to make breakthroughs in some high-tech fields and break the monopoly of foreign capital and imported products. On the one hand, to give full play to the industry's comparative advantage, consolidate and expand its position and achievements in the general product field, and on the other hand, to make breakthroughs in the field of scientific instruments and high-tech areas of test and control, narrowing the gap is the development path for domestic companies.