09,22,2026 22 views
Analysis of the Survival Status of China's Instrument Industry:
*Since then, imported testing instruments have been occupying the main market in China, distributed in national, provincial, and municipal laboratories, as well as universities and related enterprises. Li Yueguang, Vice Chairman of the China Instrument and Meter Industry Association, introduced that in recent years, there has been a trade deficit between domestically produced instruments and imported instruments. From 2012 to 2014, the trade deficits were $17 billion, $16.6 billion, and $17.7 billion, respectively. According to national data, in 2014, there were a total of 4116 large-scale enterprises in China's instrumentation industry, with nearly 1100 major enterprises being members of the Instrumentation Association. The industry is small in scale, with scattered specialties. 95% of enterprises have annual revenue of less than 100 million yuan, and there are no enterprises that have exceeded 1 billion yuan. The vast majority of enterprises' products are concentrated in the low-end and are still in the stage of 'satisfying themselves to live a small life', "said Yan Zengxu, Secretary General of the China Instrument and Meter Industry Association.
In the field of testing instruments, foreign-funded enterprises such as Thermo Fisher, Shimadzu, and Agilent have occupied the Chinese market. Laboratory testing instruments with almost identical functions and parameters are imported at a price nearly 50% higher than domestically produced ones, but they still become the preferred choice for customers. Regarding this, Deng Bo, a former professor of chemistry at Tsinghua University, believes that "spending money is about buying practicality, not performance indicators. Currently, there is almost no difference between domestically produced and imported testing equipment in the mid-range, which can meet the needs of use
However, the fact is that although domestic instruments have developed rapidly, the current situation of domestic testing instruments is still awkward due to factors such as low-end homogeneous competition, exclusion from bidding, and hidden technical barriers from foreign countries.
Where is the path for domestic instruments? It is understood that in the past decade, the gap between domestic testing instruments and foreign products in terms of price, quality, and performance has been continuously narrowing. The new instrument is close to the highest level in terms of technology, design, innovation, and performance.
According to the "Development Analysis and Investment Potential Research Report on China's Instrument Parts Industry from 2015 to 2020", about one-third of high-end instruments still rely on imports; Another one-third of the instruments are at a level comparable to domestic and imported products. Improving the overall competitiveness of the industry and continuing to narrow the gap between China's instrument technology and advanced technology level requires government coordination and support.
Government coordinated planning. Domestic scientific instruments are under the centralized management of government departments, with overall planning and support for backbone enterprises to establish national level technology centers that combine production, learning, research, and application. The focus is on solving major issues such as manufacturing processes, key components, precision machining, software development, and industry standards, and improving the technical level and application capabilities of existing products.
Relevant policy support. Encourage the use of domestically produced instruments and establish demonstration projects based on actual needs. Exploring joint bidding between domestic and foreign enterprises, and matching domestic instruments with foreign technology to achieve the effect of "market for technology". Relevant government departments should give domestic testing instruments sufficient voice and provide a platform for promotion and display.
With the support of policies, the development of domestic instruments is bound to be even more rapid. The sharp edge of the sword is sharpened, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold. We believe that this thorny path of development in the cracks will become the driving force for the takeoff of domestic instruments.
