Global trend outlook "the industrial automation standard in the revolution is born

The national industrial policy vigorously supports the development of industrial automation control system industry and intelligent manufacturing

By relying on the traditional path of industrialization of growth to rely on technological progress and the sustainable development of the new road to industrialization, push our country traditional manufacturing industry upgrade and high-end equipment manufacturing industry development, industry attaches great importance to industrial automation control system, encourage, improve the level of the equipment manufacturing industry's capacity for independent innovation and localization industry policy support mounting.

The disappearance of demographic dividend is the core driving force of the first stage of industrial automation control development in China. The development of automation control industry in China has the characteristics of "late start and fast development". The "late start" is because of the large number of early labor population and low labor cost in China. In recent years, China's demographic dividend continues to decline, and the manufacturing industry is facing huge pressure of industrial upgrading, forcing some manufacturing enterprises to begin to adopt production equipment with a higher degree of automation to resist the adverse impact of rising labor costs, which will increase the demand for industrial automation control products in the equipment manufacturing industry.

According to the Financial Times, the volume and production of international trade related to robotics and automation has increased in many countries. US imports of goods fell 11 per cent in the first eight months of the year compared with the same period last year, but imports of industrial robots rose 5 per cent, according to the ITC. Employment in computer systems design fell 2% in September from a year earlier, less than half the decline in manufacturing and professional services. That contrasts with a 20% decline in hospitality, which provides food and lodging services.

In addition, data from the Cabinet Office also shows that sales of industrial robots are generally better than those of industrial machinery in Japan. The Japan Robot Industry Association reported a 13 per cent year-on-year increase in robot exports in the second quarter of this year.

Elizabeth Reynolds, executive director of the MIT Task Force on Future Labor Trends, said, "The COVID-18 outbreak accelerated the use of technologies such as robotics that took on tasks that were more difficult during the epidemic. "It's reasonable to assume that some companies that have learned how to maintain productivity with fewer workers will not throw away what they have learned."

Patrick Schwarzkopf, council member of the International Federation of Robotics, said the COVID-21 was "a real boost for digital factory technology". The International Federation of Robotics expects the number of professional service robots in use worldwide to increase by 38 per cent this year and continue to grow over the next two years.

The Financial Times reports that technological change is having a profound impact on the labor market. Some economists worry this could erode jobs such as retail assistants and receptionists, but others say it should increase employers' demand for workers with higher technical skills. Over the next five years, "digitisation will create more jobs in the industrialised world than it destroys," says Tees Peterson, an economist at the Bertelsmann Foundation, a think-tank.