Construction industry is the pillar industry of national economy, and it is also an important field to develop new quality productivity. To accelerate the development of new quality productivity in the construction industry, we must deeply understand the connotation of new quality productivity from the perspective of the industry, open up the development difficulties, seize the core path, and add strength to the upgrading of “China Construction”.
Recently, guests conducted in-depth discussions at the China Construction Industry (2024) Management Innovation Conference sponsored by China Construction Industry Association, National Digital Construction Technology Innovation Center, China Construction News Agency, Tongji University Construction Industry Innovation and Development Research Institute, Hangzhou Xinzhongda Technology Co., LTD.
Deeply grasp the connotation and respond to the mission of The Times
Enabling the high-end, intelligent and green transformation of the construction industry with new quality productivity is the mission of The Times that the whole industry must respond to, and it is also the only way for the high-quality development of the construction industry. Only by deeply understanding and grasping the connotation of new quality productivity can we better promote high-quality development.
From the perspective of the construction industry, Tan Jianrong, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and distinguished professor of Qiushi at Zhejiang University, believes that the new quality productivity mainly includes three aspects: First, a new generation of information technology. Information technology represents the human mode of production and has changed the way people live, think, learn, and build. The second is a new generation of manufacturing technology. Without a new generation of manufacturing technology, there is no new generation of information technology, and the advanced nature of manufacturing technology ensures the advanced nature of information technology. The third is a new generation of construction technology. Under the pull of construction, China’s engineering construction technology is in the forefront of the world, which ensures high quality at the same time of high speed. Intelligent construction is an important embodiment of the new quality productivity, which applies big data, large models and large computing power to the construction, in addition to generative artificial intelligence can also use the meta-universe intelligent space, through the meta-universe virtual roaming technology, even if the house has not been built, you can personally feel the appearance of the house and the comfort level. Generative artificial intelligence, meta-universe digital space, anthropomorphic robots, the convergence and cross-integration of three disruptive technologies will bring great disruption to social development.
In the view of Wu Xiaobo, a special expert in Zhejiang Province, director of the Department of Social Sciences of Zhejiang University and distinguished professor of Qiushi of Zhejiang University, the proposal of new quality productivity marks that China has truly entered a new stage of high-quality development driven by innovation. New quality productivity is a force driven by cutting-edge technology, which is often uncertain at the industry level. How companies embrace the uncertainty created by new technologies is a great challenge and opportunity for management. The construction industry is not only to meet the existing needs of the industry, the new quality of productivity is to promote the future of the construction industry. Therefore, to cultivate and develop new quality productivity, it is necessary to closely integrate with the leading enterprises at the forefront of the industrial revolution. The real landing of the development of enterprises driven by new quality productivity depends on entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs should get rid of the original path dependence, balance the relationship between short-term and long-term, current and future, and boldly invest in new quality productivity.
Shi Zhongshao, chairman of New Zhongda Technology Co., LTD., said that for a long time, engineering construction enterprises often focus on expanding the scale of operation and the pursuit of short-term output value growth, relatively ignoring the importance of research and development innovation, which has limited the innovation vitality and long-term development potential of enterprises. As a key lever to leverage enterprise innovation and growth, new quality productivity can not only drive technological innovation, product iteration and business model innovation and exploration, but also fundamentally strengthen the core competitiveness of enterprises and store strong momentum for sustainable development.
We will build up momentum for innovation and continue to deepen reform
The new quality productivity, marked by a substantial increase in total factor productivity, is characterized by innovation, the key is quality, and the essence is advanced productivity. Therefore, accelerating the formation of new quality productive forces is not only a development proposition, but also a reform proposition. To develop new quality productive forces in the construction industry, we must further deepen reform in an all-round way, break through the blocking points that restrict development, form a new type of production relations that adapt to it, and promote the transformation of the quality of productive forces.
Yao Jingyuan, a renowned economist and special researcher of the Counsellors’ Office of the State Council, said that the CPC Central Committee has set the general tone of “seeking progress while maintaining stability” in the layout of China’s economy this year. To achieve stability while seeking progress, stability to a better situation is inseparable from investment, investment should focus on speed and quantity in the past to focus on quality, and take the road of high-quality development. The current investment is mainly divided into two parts, one is infrastructure investment, and the other is industrial investment. The central government clearly proposed to carry out large-scale equipment renewal, focusing on industry, agriculture, transportation, construction and other six areas, which is an important opportunity for the construction industry. The construction industry should accelerate the development of new quality productive forces in accordance with the requirements of high-quality development, stimulate economic growth, and further meet the people’s pursuit of a better life.
Jing Wan, vice president of China Construction Industry Association, said that the current development concept, business environment, organizational model, management means, construction methods, etc. of China’s construction industry have undergone profound changes, how to transform the construction industry from extensive, scale and quantity type to fine, quality and efficiency type, to achieve green, low-carbon and high-quality development, and build new quality productivity; How to survive and seek development in the process of change and transformation, and make the enterprise better and stronger is a problem that the whole industry and every enterprise manager need to think deeply about. He suggested that efforts should be made from three aspects: first, scientific and technological innovation and technological progress as the engine to cultivate new quality productivity in the construction industry; The second is to promote the digital transformation of the construction industry and build new competitive advantages of construction enterprises; Third, improve the level of technological innovation in the supply chain and industrial chain, and promote the modernization of the construction industry.
Lu Guiqing, former chief economist of China Construction Group and former chairman and CEO of Ping An Construction Investment, said that the competition of enterprises is ultimately the competition of business models. The business model of the construction industry is constantly evolving and innovating. To develop the “investment, financing and construction” business of traditional construction enterprises, the focus is on the underlying assets, financial capital, design and planning, resource integration, risk identification and control, especially the ability to judge the underlying assets, which is the key to the establishment of the investment, financing, construction and management mode of the new business model. Many enterprises need to make efforts in this aspect. With the innovation and landing of business model, the development of new quality productivity is not only in words, but in concrete production practice.
Capture the core path to accelerate digital transformation
Digitalization is the core force to promote the change of new quality productivity, and it is also the key element for construction enterprises to move towards high-quality development. Construction industry to accelerate the development of new quality productivity, in-depth development, extensive application of digital technology is the key path.
Han Aisheng, president of New Zhongda Technology Co., LTD., proposed the methodology of “one blueprint, two guarantees, three layers of structure, four capabilities and five key points” for the digital transformation of engineering enterprises. He said that at present, with “new technologies” represented by “artificial intelligence, digital twins, the Internet of Things, robots, and big data”, superposition engineering enterprises urgently need to accelerate the upgrading and iteration of the industrial chain, improve the overall profitability and strengthen the ability to control risks, continuously accumulate data assets to tap commercial value, and increasingly strict industry supervision and other “new situations”. It is constantly catalyzing the digital transformation and management upgrade of engineering enterprises. In the process of promoting innovation and upgrading of engineering construction industry and cultivating new quality productivity, industry-wide collaborative development, full-cycle project management, whole-process data and intelligence application, and all-factor production and management will become the core driving forces leading the construction industry and economic and social development.
Li Ting, former chairman of Zhongnan Architectural Design Institute Co., LTD., believes that the main contradiction in the construction industry is the contradiction between the fragmented manual workshop production mode and the requirements of industrial, intelligent and high-quality development of construction. In order to realize industrialization, it is necessary to realize the efficient and seamless flow and sharing of data between various majors and enterprises in the whole process of engineering projects. It is necessary to introduce the whole production cycle management platform of manufacturing products, build the whole life cycle management platform of engineering projects, completely rely on the only three-dimensional digital model as a single data source to drive the whole process of the project, completely eliminate data islands, and achieve a model to the end. Build without a plan.
Zheng Jianhui, secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of MCC South Engineering Technology Co., LTD., suggested that the construction of digitalization should work from three aspects: First, strengthen understanding, and all employees must have a sense of digitalization. Second, enterprises should take value creation as the goal, strengthen the planning ability of digital development, the management ability of data elements and the ability to implement. The third is to promote digital landing, with project management, industry, financial and tax integration as the main platform for project management and control, to promote digital management; Strengthen the industrial digital capacity with digital delivery as the center; BIM (Building Information Model) is used to empower engineering procurement and construction of engineering sites, enabling operation, and realizing digitalization of the whole industrial chain and value chain in the end.
Liu Ziming, former chairman and current senior consultant of China Railway Bridge Bureau Group Co., LTD., said that bridge enterprises and bridge practitioners should embrace new quality productivity, accelerate digital transformation and realize digital construction. After the bridge is completed, it is necessary to provide intelligent services for users, escort future operations with video surveillance system, and provide guarantee for sudden disaster prevention. Bridge construction should make good use of artificial intelligence, improve the quality of bridge construction, enhance service capabilities, and reduce safety risks.
New quality productivity potential, high-quality development momentum. The reform and development of the construction industry will enter a milestone node, and the new quality productivity provides unlimited possibilities for industry enterprises to explore a new development model with more vitality, and provides continuous impetus for building the “Built in China” brand. The construction industry as a whole to the “new” and “quality”, is to wait for the urgency of time, give up their sense of responsibility, accelerate the transformation and upgrading, and jointly promote the construction industry to high-quality development.
