"The international financial turmoil is likely to last for a long time, and the world economy is likely to experience a long period of low speed and adjustment.We must fully recognize the seriousness of the situation, gain confidence in the face of difficulties, seize opportunities in the face of challenges and seek development in the face of adversity.This is the opening speech by jia chengbing, chairman of China foundry association, at the seminar on "international financial crisis and China foundry industry".

According to the preliminary survey of 60 casting enterprises in henan, chongqing and other regions conducted by China casting association, most of them have reduced production to varying degrees due to the impact of the financial crisis, and many of them are on the edge of slight profit or loss, among which the automobile casting enterprises are the most affected.Foreign orders plummeted, the collection is not free, many enterprises have financial difficulties.

Grasp the opportunity to swim against the current

Although the current industry situation is difficult, but it also contains opportunities.

First, it is conducive to promoting industrial restructuring.China is a veritable casting country, casting output since 2000 has been the world's first.There are about 30,000 casting enterprises in China with more than 1.5 million employees, but the average casting output of each enterprise in China is far lower than the world average.A large number of enterprises with small scale and backward technology and equipment produce a large number of low-end casting products, which not only wastes a lot of energy and resources, but also disturbs the market order. This situation determines that China's casting industry is large but not strong.In a sense, this financial crisis is a good opportunity for China's foundry industry to adjust its industrial structure. It is a time to accelerate the elimination of backward industries and promote the transformation of traditional industrial structure by means of market and economic laws.After the big wave, the elite will be left, which will bring a bigger and more standardized market and better development environment.

Second, it is conducive to the transfer of international equipment manufacturing industry to China and the upgrading of foundry products.As a result of the financial crisis, some companies in industrial developed countries are facing difficulties or even going bankrupt. This virtually gives Chinese enterprises the opportunity to take shares in or acquire companies with core technologies and advanced technologies at a lower price.Our country is in the middle stage of industrialization, take a new road to industrialization and regional economic development imbalance, makes our country's industrialization process is relatively long, development space is broad, is not only beneficial to the international industrial transfer, and conducive to the domestic regional industry transfer, conditional enterprises can make full use of the opportunity of international industrial structure adjustment and transfer, actively introduce advanced technology, and with the introduction of technology as a starting point for technology innovation, product upgrades, to build international brands with independent intellectual property rights, promotion of high-end products manufacturing capacity, improve product quality and service quality, and stronger foundry industry.

Third, it is conducive to technological transformation and energy conservation and emission reduction.In the ten measures adopted by the state council to cope with the international financial crisis, the state council has clearly put forward "strengthening ecological environment construction" and "supporting the construction of key energy conservation and emission reduction projects".Foundry industry is a large energy consumption and pollution, need to increase technical transformation efforts, the elimination of backward production capacity.At the same time, the transformation of value-added tax from production-oriented to consumption-oriented also provides favorable conditions for enterprises to upgrade technologies, purchase new equipment and expand investment. Key enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises with advantages should take the lead in the transformation of energy-saving and emission reduction technologies to create conditions for the transformation of development mode.

Fourth, it is conducive to the introduction of high-quality talents.Casting is a labor-intensive industry with difficult working conditions and low pay, and it is difficult to cultivate, attract and retain talents.The shortage of talents, especially engineering and technical talents, operation and management talents and high-level technical talents, has long been the bottleneck restricting the development and improvement of the industry.After the outbreak of the financial crisis, foundry enterprises in developed countries laid off workers, which brought opportunities for high-level talents to flow and find jobs. The domestic employment situation was grim, which created good opportunities for the foundry industry to attract specialized talents.

In addition, the implementation of national policies to stimulate domestic demand and the implementation of a large number of construction projects have also provided new growth space for the foundry industry.

Jia stressed that the current situation for the foundry industry, in general, is an organic crisis, opportunities than challenges.The key is that the opportunity is fleeting, only those who are prepared to patron-opportunity, only firm confidence, pay close attention to economic development and government policies, take the initiative to grasp the opportunity, the boat against the current, change to win.

Practice hard to build a strong body

Jia chengbing believes that there are indeed a number of enterprises can not hold, can not pass this obstacle, this is a normal phenomenon.At the same time, a new round of joint reorganization, integration and acquisition will kick off.These industries are also a "bubble" process.The failure of low, small, weak, weak and scattered enterprises with speculative purposes means the birth of new industries.Only by focusing on the development of the main industry, innovation, and constantly promote industrial upgrading can enterprises survive and develop. This process of survival of the fittest will greatly improve the competitiveness of the industry.He hopes that enterprises should do the following in the face of crisis:

-- producing diversified products and exploring diversified markets.

At present, export-oriented enterprises are directly impacted. These enterprises should make efforts to develop the domestic market, take the domestic and international markets as the support, and promote market diversification with product diversification.Enterprises should be good at studying the market and exploring the market. They should carefully study the investment orientation encouraged by the state and strive to diversify the product structure so that "the west is not bright while the east is bright".In addition, also want to realize diversification on market area.China is already the world's manufacturing base, and this position will not change much in the next few years. However, if we simply position the market to some western developed countries and only produce a single product, our anti-risk ability will be very fragile.It may be useful to shift the focus of our work to actively explore the domestic market and the markets of South America, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, asean and other countries and regions, where there is a relatively large potential demand for castings, casting materials and other products.

Accelerate the optimization of industrial structure and develop toward industrial cluster.

It can be predicted that the international financial crisis will accelerate the industrial restructuring of the casting industry, casting industry will experience an unprecedented comprehensive reshuffle.The main direction of industrial structure optimization will be: implement the foundry industry access system, accelerate the elimination of backward production capacity;Take the road of industrial cluster to realize large-scale production;Backbone and advantageous enterprises extend to the upper and lower reaches of the industrial chain, form industrial groups, and encourage capable and qualified enterprises to go abroad.

It is expected that by 2020, China's foundry enterprises will be reduced from the current more than 30,000 10,000, or even less, and the comprehensive strength of enterprises will be greatly enhanced.

-- strengthening technological transformation, actively promoting energy conservation and emission reduction, and promoting sustainable development of the foundry industry.

At present, the economic growth is slowing down, which is a rare period for the foundry industry to recuperate and debug.At the same time, we must have a deep understanding that development must be scientific and sustainable, and we must give full consideration to the sustainability of resources and the environment.We should make full use of relevant national policies, actively carry out technological transformation of energy conservation and emission reduction, and intensify work on energy conservation and emission reduction, so as to accumulate abundant power for the vigorous development after the "severe winter".

-- -- improve the management level, practice internal strength, and enhance the ability to resist risks.

When the external environment is severe and facing difficulties, it is also a good time to force enterprises to practice their internal skills.The first is to establish a systematic risk prevention mechanism, pay great attention to the return of funds, avoid risky investment, to ensure that the capital chain.Second, we need to improve the various production and operation systems of enterprises, including business model, operation and management mode, organizational model and view update.Make it more reasonable and scientific, more concise and effective.For industries such as foundry where technological change is slow, organizational and institutional innovation is more important and is an important part of training.The third is to carry out technical training, technical training, training an outstanding professional team.

Only by constantly improving and innovating management through continuous practice and upgrading the "software" in the enterprise's productivity can the enterprise's competitiveness be continuously enhanced, break through the difficulties caused by the international financial crisis, and stand firm in the face of fierce market competition.