On May 19th, the “China-made 2025 and German Industry 4.0 seminar” was held in Shenyang. Dean of Germany’s National Academy of Sciences and Engineering, German mathematician, physicist, father of Industry 4.0 and Co-Chairman of the German “World of Smart Service” working group Kong Hanning delivered a speech titled “Industrial 4.0 Outlook and Challenges in Germany”, which attracted participants Strong resonance.

During the meeting, Kong Hanning accepted an exclusive interview with reporters and put forward his own views on the background, core content of German Industry 4.0, and China Made 2025.

In response to the financial crisis, proposed German Industry 4.0

How to become the father of German Industry 4.0, Kong Hanning laughed that this was because he together with several colleagues put forward the concept of German Industry 4.0, was adopted by the German government to promote, and formed a consensus within a certain range of the world. Kong Hanning believes that there are quite a few similar references to German Industry 4.0, including China Made 2025, U.S. Manufacturing Regression, and U.K. Industrial 2050. Although these references are different, their goals are much the same and they all propose human development paths for the future. , such as manufacturing and service intelligence.

Kong Hanning pointed out that Industry 4.0 has its background. The global financial crisis in 2008 challenged the current business model and induced a manufacturing and service crisis. The German government has organized experts including governments, companies, research institutes, and associations to evaluate the crisis and consider how manufacturing, transportation, energy, and social systems can cope with the crisis. As one of the experts, he and many experts put forward the need to adopt new development methods, introduce digital technology into the economic and other fields, and realize a new production mode and mode by implementing the integration of the virtual network world and the physical world. Crisis challenges. In this way, the concept and framework of the German Industry 4.0 are ready.

Only by establishing a unified standard can Industry 4.0 become a reality.

Talking about Industry 4.0, Kong Hanning paid special attention to the infrastructure of Industry 4.0. In his view, digitization is the foundation of Industry 4.0. He believes that Industry 4.0 is a sublimation of the third industrial revolution with digitalization as its core content. It is necessary to move toward Industry 4.0. Governments, enterprises, research institutes, and society should jointly lay a solid foundation for Industry 4.0 in the manufacturing industry and society. More areas to establish an automated system, the establishment of a digital platform. Kong Hanning stressed that Industry 4.0 is not a rejection of the past but an upgrade of the original model. The low-cost, high-efficiency and customer-specific requirements are one of the key goals of Industry 4.0.

Kong Hanning pointed out that at present, Industry 4.0 lacks a unified world standard, and only by establishing a unified standard can the development of Industry 4.0 in the world be accelerated. In this direction, China and Germany have great achievements.

Connecting with German Industry 4.0, Shenyang has a great future
Talking about the development of Industry 4.0 in Germany, Kong Hanning said that since the introduction of the concept of Industry 4.0, Germany has achieved certain results. At present, it has formed an industrial 4.0 development platform that includes 350 companies, research institutes, and industry associations. , formulate standards, launch models.

Industrial 4.0 has just started. Kong Hanning believes that Shenyang can deepen the connection between Chinese manufacturing 2025 and German Industry 4.0. On the one hand, it can improve the level of urban manufacturing, and on the other hand it can seize the commanding heights of future development. Kong Hanning said that now Shenyang is striving for China to manufacture the 2025 National Demonstration Zone, which shows that Shenyang has the initiative in Industry 4.0. The future of Shenyang will be very promising