5G accelerates the industrial Internet to unleash the growth potential of the digital economy

Source: Economic Information Daily

The picture shows technicians from Qingdao Baojia Technology Company demonstrating an intelligent dual-linked robot at the 2019 World Industrial Internet Industry Conference. Photo by reporter Su Wanming

Editor\’s note

The advancement of 5G commercialization has pressed the accelerator button for the innovative development of the industrial Internet.

As a product of the deep integration of a new generation of information technology and manufacturing, the Industrial Internet has promoted the formation of a new industrial production, manufacturing and service system through the comprehensive interconnection of people, machines and things. It is the fourth industrial revolution. important cornerstone. However, before the emergence of 5G, due to technical limitations and issues such as real-time transmission and number of connections, the Industrial Internet was far from able to exert its \”power\”. It is the characteristics of 5G’s ultra-large bandwidth, massive data, and ultra-low latency that make it a communication channel for industrial interconnection, opening up a new journey of ubiquitous interconnection of all things, deep human-machine interaction, and intelligence-led change, and has spawned many new businesses, New business formats and new models unleash unlimited potential for the digital economy.

AR augmented reality technology is being applied to elevator maintenance by Germany\’s ThyssenKrupp, MR technology is being applied to remote orthopedic surgery, and \”rigid\” cars are increasingly turning into \”software products\”, with the help of the Internet Platform, consumers have also become designers and developers of their own personalized needs…

In recent years, the industrial Internet has been booming in my country, and its application fields have continued to expand. Relevant experts pointed out that the industrial Internet is showing a trend of accelerated integration of virtual and reality, software and hardware, manufacturers and customers. In the current intelligent digital era with the accelerated rollout of 5G, the industrial Internet, which has become an \”artifact\” for manufacturing upgrading and upgrading, is ushering in a stronger \”window\”.

Application fields are booming

Big data Internet of Things industrial software, 3D printing ocean information intelligent manufacturing, social TV, \”Energy Cube\” immersive panoramic virtual Experience space, intelligent simulation robot fish, VR simulated driving… Recently, at the 2019 World Industrial Internet Industry Conference held in Qingdao, domestic and foreign companies such as Siemens, ABB, Huawei, Lenovo, and Haier demonstrated their applications in various fields of the Industrial Internet. .

Wang Xinzhe, chief economist of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, believes that as a product of the deep integration of new generation information technology and manufacturing, the Industrial Internet not only provides aThe digitalization, networking, and intelligent upgrading of the entire real economy provide key support, and can also continue to spawn new models and new business formats, promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and the cultivation and growth of new driving forces. Vigorously developing the industrial Internet is of great significance for deepening supply-side structural reform, releasing the potential of digital economic growth, and achieving high-quality economic development.

In fact, since the State Council issued the \”Guiding Opinions on Deepening \”Internet + Advanced Manufacturing\” to Develop the Industrial Internet in 2017, with the strengthening of collaborative cooperation among all parties in the industry, in recent years, my country\’s industry has The Internet is booming.

First of all, in terms of network platform security, the construction of the three major systems has achieved all-round breakthroughs. Manufacturing companies actively use new network technologies to carry out factory intranet transformation. Five international top-level nodes for logo analysis have been built, and 15 second-level nodes are online. The number of platforms with certain industry and regional influence exceeds 50, and the average number of industrial equipment connections on key platforms is nearly 600,000. The construction of a three-level linkage security system at the national, provincial and enterprise levels has been accelerated. Nearly a hundred industrial Internet platforms have been More than 2 million connected devices are monitored in real time.

Secondly, integrated applications have begun to advance in depth into multiple fields. At present, the Industrial Internet has been widely used in petrochemical, machinery, steel, aerospace, home appliances, clothing and other industries. New models and new business formats such as networked collaboration, large-scale, personalized customization, and remote operation and maintenance services are actively developing. 5G+ Industrial Internet Integrated applications have also formed a pattern of two areas, three points, three zones and multiple points of exploration.

Third, the construction of industrial ecology is being promoted at multiple levels. Leading companies are competing to deploy industrial Internet business, and cross-industry and cross-regional corporate collaboration and industrial agglomeration are constantly increasing. The number of members of the Industrial Internet Industry Alliance has exceeded 1,200. It has initially formed Beijing characterized by the concentration of solution providers, Guangdong characterized by industrial chain collaboration, Jiangsu and Zhejiang characterized by the promotion and application of block economy, and traditional A number of industrial innovation and development highlands such as Shandong are characterized by industrial transformation and empowerment. At the same time, international cooperation is deepening. The Industrial Internet Industry Alliance has conducted in-depth cooperation with industrial organizations in the United States, Europe, Japan and other countries and regions, as well as international specialized agencies such as the ITU, in terms of technology research and development, standards coordination, and industry docking, and has achieved fruitful results.

“As an important engine driving a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, the industrial Internet has unlimited future prospects,” Wang Xinzhe said. Countries around the world are paying more and more attention to the industrial Internet and have launched initiatives or targeted solutions. In support of measures, multinational companies are also constantly increasing investment and continuing to deepen industrial layout. The industrial Internet is showing a good trend of accelerating breakthroughs in key technologies, deepening integrated applications, and gradually growing the industrial ecology.

The trend of integration continues to accelerate

Li Peigen, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, believes that the most critical thing in the fourth industrial revolution is the information system or the digital world and the physical world. Deep integration of the world, this is also digitalImportant innovative thinking in the intelligent era. The integration of virtual space and real space, the integration of software and hardware, and the integration of manufacturers and customers will be an important direction for the development of the industrial Internet, and it is accelerating its in-depth development.

In terms of the integration of virtual space and real space, currently AR (augmented reality) technology is mainly used in industrial product maintenance and car navigation, and MR (mixed reality) technology is mainly used in remote orthopedic surgery.

As for the integration of software and hardware, the most typical example is the automobile industry. Software has played an increasingly important role in the automobile industry, and popular cars are expected to become a software product in the near future. In addition, with the support of technologies such as big data aggregation access interfaces, the ideas of a new generation of intelligent CNC machine tool developers are increasingly integrated with machinery, producing increasingly powerful intelligent manufacturing effects.

The integration of manufacturers and customers more fully realizes the user\’s sense of presence and satisfaction, giving products more personalization. For example, Haier\’s COSMOPlat has adopted the Internet to allow customers to participate in the design of products that meet their individual needs during the product development and design stage, and continuously realizes iteration of the user\’s full-process experience. In the future, through synchronized virtual workshops and physical workshops, manufacturers can also meet customer concerns during the production process, such as observing the processing process through computers to let customers understand delivery time and processing quality, etc.

Zhou Yunjie, President of Haier Group, said that the Industrial Internet is the second half of the Internet, and it is the largest economic opportunity and economic activity after the mobile Internet. The PC Internet era relies on the interconnection of information, the mobile Internet era relies on the interconnection of everyone, and the industrial Internet era requires the interconnection of everything. \”This must be a trillion-level scale, and any company should pay attention to this field.\”

5G rollout will welcome the \”window\”

China The Industrial Internet Research Institute recently released the \”Top Ten Most Promising Technology Outlooks for the Global Industrial Internet\”, the first of which is 5G-related technology – 5G network slicing technology. It is reported that it can cut a physical network into multiple virtual networks to achieve offload management of 5G network data and maintain the logical independence of each virtual network. At the same time, for industrial Internet application scenarios such as real-time transmission of high-definition video, dynamic tracing of massive IoT, and low-latency precision control, the 5G network can be virtually divided into enhanced mobile bandwidth, massive IoT, and ultra-reliable, low-latency communication. Several network slice layers with similar characteristics are mapped to meet the differentiated needs of different scenarios.

It is understood that the Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of last year proposed to accelerate the commercialization of 5G and strengthen the construction of new infrastructure such as artificial intelligence, industrial Internet, and Internet of Things. On June 6 this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially issued 5G commercial licenses to China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Radio and Television, marking the beginning of the first year of 5G commercial use in my country.

Relevant people believe that 5G will be more used in the industrial Internet and accelerateThe digital transformation of many industries has strongly supported the development of the digital economy by empowering and innovating typical scenarios in traditional industries such as industry, education, live broadcasting, medical care, and games. China Academy of Information and Communications Technology\’s \”5G Industry Economic Contribution\” believes that from 2020 to 2025, my country\’s total economic output directly driven by 5G commercialization is expected to reach 10.6 trillion yuan, and 5G will directly create more than 3 million jobs.

Yu Xiaohui, deputy director of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, said that in the long run, information technology and digital technology will still be the dominant technologies of the new industrial revolution. Of course, they will also interact with materials, manufacturing, biology and other technologies. Integration will lead to the digital transformation of various industries. The main battlefield of the digital economy is how 5G, new generation information technology, artificial intelligence technology, etc. empower traditional industries.

He said that 5G combines high-speed mobile broadband, large connections, ultra-high reliability, and low-latency communications, plus technologies such as 5G network slicing and edge computing, and integrates artificial intelligence, machine recognition, etc. Together, they will bring more possibilities to industrial change. At present, the development focus of 5G is mainly on machine identification, remote operation and maintenance, mobile inspection, product testing and other fields. Although it is still in its early stages, it will bring very attractive prospects to the industry.

The future has come to overcome difficulties

Relevant people believe that the industrial Internet is an important cornerstone of the fourth industrial revolution and has entered into development worldwide. Fast lane. Currently, the Industrial Internet is in a strategic window period facing major breakthroughs, which will bring a series of new elements, new markets, new paths, and new forms, giving birth to new growth and changes. Of course, currently, the Industrial Internet still faces a series of problems and challenges in terms of technical standards, application promotion, and security guarantees. It is urgent for international and domestic parties to deepen pragmatic cooperation to overcome difficulties and seek common development.

According to reports, as the department in charge of industrial development, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will focus on doing a good job in five aspects in the future to accelerate the growth of the industrial Internet industry.

First, strengthen technological innovation and enhance development vitality. Organize and implement the industrial Internet innovation and development project, promote the establishment of a common technology system for the industrial Internet, systematically deploy cutting-edge technologies such as edge computing and artificial intelligence, strive to break through key core technologies, develop new industrial software and industrial APP and other application technologies, accelerate the pace of innovation and development, and cultivate Lasting development power.

The second is to strengthen capacity building and lay a solid foundation for development. Accelerate the construction of 5G networks, use 5G technology to carry out industrial Internet intranet transformation, promote the construction of logo analysis systems, consolidate the foundation for industrial Internet development, create a multi-level industrial Internet platform system, and actively promote APP training for millions of enterprises.

The third is to increase application expansion and achieve market traction. Further promote the integrated development of 5G and industrial Internet, continuously expand application scenarios and application depth, continue to carry out pilot demonstrations, guide key areas, key industries, and key enterprises to increase investment in applications, and expand industrial Internet applicationsscope, cultivate and develop an ecology of integrated applications, give full play to the radiation ability of the industrial Internet, and bring new services, new models, and new business formats to agriculture, medical and other fields.

The fourth is to improve protection capabilities and strengthen safety guarantees. Strengthen the research, product development, promotion and application of industrial Internet security technology, speed up the filling of shortcomings, solve bottleneck problems, improve the security industry support capabilities, further improve relevant laws and regulations on network security, and strengthen coordinated and linked information security protection, detection and disposal System construction to build an industrial Internet security management system with government supervision, corporate responsibility, and social supervision.

The fifth is to deepen international cooperation and promote open development. Combined with the \”Belt and Road\” strategy, strengthen the discussion and connection of industrial Internet policies and regulations in various countries, deepen exchanges and cooperation among industries in various countries in terms of participation structure, technical standards, etc., and solve network interconnection, data interoperability, business models, technological innovation, and application paths. , security and other issues, and jointly build an open and shared industrial Internet industry ecosystem.

Yin Libo, director of the National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center, said that the industrial Internet industry also needs different research institutions, manufacturing companies, and IT companies to jointly study industry standards, establish standards, and let standards promote application.

Xu Xiaolan, President of the China Industrial Internet Research Institute, believes that the industry should also promptly track the innovation trends and characteristics of the Industrial Internet, plan for the healthy development of the industry in advance, guide the orderly entry of funds, plan and issue policies, and actively explore emerging markets. .