The wire and cable industry is an important basic industry of the national economy. It is widely used in various sectors of the national economy to provide important supporting facilities for various industries, national defense construction and major construction projects. It is the basic guarantee for the normal operation of the modern economy and society. An indispensable product for life. Therefore, the quality of wire and cable products is directly related to economic and social development and the vital interests of the people. At present, with the joint efforts of the entire industry, the national wire and cable quality improvement work has achieved remarkable results. However, while we have made achievements, we should also clearly realize that the quality situation of wires and cables is still not optimistic, and there is still a long way to go to improve the quality.
After long-term efforts, my country's cable industry has exceeded one trillion yuan in output value and has become the second largest industry after the automobile industry. Its annual productivity surpasses that of the United States and ranks as the world's largest cable producer. The current achievements are naturally inseparable from the joint efforts of relevant industries across the country with the support of the government during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period. In the past 15 years, with the rise of the economies of countries such as Asia centered on China, the large demand in the cable market has led to an increase in the production scale of wire and cable. Judging from the current development of the same industry in China, as of the spring of 2015, my country's cable industry is still in a state of large output but low quality. The cost of independent research and development is low, and more than 95% of them are small and medium-sized enterprises. The products of state-owned and large enterprises only account for less than 15% of the market. The low rate of industry integration has become an imminent problem.
The total amount of copper used in the domestic wire and cable industry has an average annual growth of 15.3%, far exceeding the growth of GDP. What is even more exaggerated is that in 2012, my country's total copper consumption accounted for about 1/3 of the world's total. Only one wind power station will use 4 million pounds (1800 tons) to 15 million pounds (6800 tons) of copper, and copper core wires and cables are the nerves and blood vessels of ships, which are directly related to the safety and reliability of ships. , advanced and combat capabilities, which put forward high requirements for the technology of marine cables, and the upgrading of marine cables will be accelerated. In fact, the use environment of wires and cables is different, and the requirements for cables are also different. All have different advantages.
Some experts predict that China's wire and cable industry will develop faster than the national economy in the next few years, and it is expected to exceed 10%. It is not difficult to predict that China's power grid construction is about to enter a golden age, which will be a new round of development opportunities brought by the entire wire and cable industry, especially the industry's backbone enterprises. However, as China's economy enters the era of liberalization, many wire and cable manufacturers will strive to gain market interests, thereby reducing or even giving up independent research and development technologies and products, resulting in serious homogenization of China's wire and cable industry. In the face of this series of factors that are not conducive to the development of China's cable industry, the national level has repeatedly made clear policies and regulations. The wire and cable industry has received special attention from the government in recent years, which has created more development space and opportunities for wire and cable. On the other hand, it has also put forward higher requirements and deployment for the quality of wire and cable.
