The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that the country should enhance the resistance and safety of industry chain and supply chain, promote a new type of industrialization, and deepen the integration of digital economy and real economy, which echos the goal of integrating informatization and industrialization mentioned by reports of previous national congresses.

State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and Standardization Administration of China (SAC) recently issued four national standards for integrating informatization and industrialization and accelerating digital transformation, including  GB/T 23011-2022, Integration of informatization and industrialization —Digital transformation —Reference model for value and effectiveness, GB/T 23050- 2022, Integration  of  informatization and industrialization management systems — Guide for digital management of supply chain,  GB/T  23022-2022, Integration of informatization and industrialization management systems — Operation management specification of production, and GB/T 23023 -2022, Integration of informatization and industrialization management systems — Assessment indicator set for production equipment operational performance.

Concentrating on the integration of informatization, Ministry of Industry and Information MIIT) has done a lot of work in the past few years. According to relevant data, now the development index of the integration of informatization and industrialization has raised by, comparing with that in 2015. The digitalization rates of key process, operation and management, and R&D design tools have increased by 6.7 percent, 13.2 percent and 11 percent respectively. Some 13 percent of enterprises have effectively realized the digital synergy of industry chain.

To integrate informatization and industrialization has profound meaning when the industry chain and supply chain of key industries are facing uncertainty in the era. This important deployment will further benefit application, innovation and transformation.

Directed by MIIT, SAC/TC 573, Integration of informatization and industrialization management, and relevant drafting organizations will continue to meet enterprises’ demands of digital transformation, and accelerate the development of new industrialization.

Source: China Standardization Magazine, 6th issue, 2022.