"Good software is made by use." After a pause, Lei Haishen, technical chief of the industrial software team of the Fifth Institute of Electronics of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, continued to put forward his views, "Application is precisely the difficulty of software development."
At the Sichuan Software and Information Service Industry (Industrial Software) Supply and Demand Matching Conference held on June 10, these words immediately resonated with entrepreneurs and industry experts present.
Industrial software is a key element of the "smart transformation and digital transformation" of the manufacturing industry and a shining "pearl" of industrial production. However, problems such as information asymmetry between supply and demand and insufficient integration and adaptation
capabilities of domestic software have led to difficulties such as "not daring to use" and "not willing to use" for enterprises.
Chengdu is one of the first comprehensive Chinese software cities in the country, and the Chengdu Software and Information Service Cluster has been selected as a national advanced manufacturing cluster... When industrial software is "dusted" due to supply and demand mismatch, how can Sichuan,
which has strong "soft" strength, polish this "pearl"?
Industrial software is "autonomous and controllable" and urgent
Application and promotion problems need to be solved
Analyzing the deformation of cars after collisions, the electronic compatibility of intelligent networked car equipment, and functional design and verification of ultra-large-scale integrated circuit chips... Industrial software enables these tasks to be completed in a computer window.
Industrial software, that is, software used in the industrial field, is applied to various production and manufacturing links such as R&D, design, production, and collaboration, including R&D design, operation management and other software.
Li Bin, dean and professor of the School of Electronic Science and Engineering of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, introduced that at present, R&D and design industrial software represented by computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), and electronic
design automation (EDA) are still monopolized by a few foreign giants.
However, the use of industrial software from overseas by enterprises is not only costly, but also "unsuitable" during use, which is not conducive to the security and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain.
Therefore, it is increasingly important for industrial software to be "autonomous and controllable". The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee emphasized that we should speed up the creation of an independent and controllable industrial chain and supply chain, improve and strengthen
the development system and mechanism of key industrial chains such as industrial software, and promote technological breakthroughs and application of results throughout the chain.
"In recent years, innovative achievements in industrial software in the fields of R&D, design, production, manufacturing, and operation management in our province have continued to emerge, and some key links of "stuck necks" have accelerated breakthroughs, and high-quality solutions in key areas such
as semiconductors, rail transit, and energy equipment have been implemented one after another." Tang Min, a second-level inspector of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, said. The Yaoguang electromagnetic industrial software developed by Li Bin's team has been
comparable to similar foreign products in many indicators.
Looking at the whole province, industrial software has also developed well. Data shows that in 2024, the software and information service industry in Sichuan Province will achieve software business revenue of 606 billion yuan, of which the industrial software field will achieve business revenue of 18.39 billion
yuan, with a compound annual growth rate of 36.2% in the past three years.
"The industrial software industry chain is long, and it requires repeated polishing and verification by multiple parties in production, education and research, and continuous improvement. In this process, the phenomenon of disconnection between supply and demand still exists." The relevant person in
charge of the Sichuan Tianfu Fluid Big Data Research Center gave an example. The underlying layer of industrial software is mathematical equations. Manufacturing companies are very troubled by this kind of basic research. At the same time, it is difficult to find good software, and universities, industrial
software companies and service providers do not understand the specific needs in the production and manufacturing process, resulting in "mismatch".
Promoting the "hand-in-hand" between the supply and demand sides of industrial software, "bridge building" is urgent.
Build a supply and demand docking platform
Drive industrial development with demand
The "bridge" has taken shape. Opening the "Sichuan Province Accelerates the Digital Transformation of Intelligent Manufacturing (2024-2027)" issued in 2024, an important direction for building a public service platform for digital transformation is industrial software.
At the event, the Sichuan Software and Information Service Industry Public Service Platform and the Industrial Software Supply List and the Manufacturing Enterprise Demand List were officially released.
Among them, the Sichuan Software and Information Service Industry Public Service Platform integrates policy services, supply and demand docking, resource sharing, and industry ecosystem construction. It is a comprehensive service platform that will provide all-round, one-stop public services for software
and information technology service companies across the province, helping companies to improve their capabilities and enhance their competitiveness.
"The 130 supply lists are a practical guide for industrial enterprises to promote 'smart transformation and digital transformation', and the 100 demand lists will open up more market opportunities and development space for software companies." Deng Xiaohua, Secretary-General of the Sichuan Software
Industry Association, introduced that the list was compiled after in-depth research, extensive collection and careful screening. With the help of the docking platform built by the government and the industry, both supply and demand parties can communicate and cooperate to accelerate the promotion and
application of products.
At the scene, more than a dozen representative companies signed contracts and planned to carry out cooperation in the procurement of related products and services and the upgrading and transformation of production and operation processes. The Sichuan Tianfu Fluid Big Data Research Center will
cooperate with leading companies in the energy industry to develop a high-precision wind power system with independent intellectual property rights for the wind power field.
"Sichuan is rich in wind energy resources, but the terrain is complex and development is difficult, which provides a 'training ground' for the development and application of industrial software in the wind power field." In the view of the relevant person in charge of the Sichuan Tianfu Fluid Big Data Research
Center, Sichuan, which has all 41 industrial categories, provides a broad market space and rich application scenarios for the high-quality development of industrial software. It is even more necessary to open up the entire chain of production, education and research, and drive industrial development with
demand.
Tang Min said that in the future, the construction of a strong manufacturing province will continue to be organically combined with the development of the digital economy and industrial informatization, focusing on the core research of industrial software, vigorously supporting the development of industrial
software companies, and building a high-quality supply capacity for the "smart transformation and digital transformation" of the manufacturing industry.
One of the important directions is to seize the policy opportunities such as "smart transformation and digital transformation", "double heavy" and "two new" to promote the application and promotion of more high-quality domestic industrial software products, and effectively improve the resilience and
security level of the industrial chain and supply chain.
