Construction in China: the position of pillar industry is increasingly prominent

China Construction News Author: Song Jian

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that in building a modern industrial system, the focus of economic development should be on the real economy. The National Conference on Housing and Urban-Rural Development held at the beginning of this year emphasized that the construction industry is an important real economy and provides important support for economic and social development. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the construction industry has continued to build a solid industrial development position, serve and improve people's livelihood, shoulder the responsibility of "stabilizing growth" and "promoting employment", and promote China from "building a great country" to "building a powerful country".

This is an affirmation of the construction industry, but also an expectation of the high-quality development of the construction industry in the future.

Mission assumption: continue to play the role of pillar industry

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the development of the construction industry has poured into the warm care and expectations of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and is playing an increasingly important role in the national economy. Especially since the outbreak of the COVID-19, the majority of construction enterprises have resolutely implemented the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, organized their forces efficiently in a short period of time, overcome many difficulties, and vigorously promoted the construction of Huoshen Mountain, Leishen Mountain and other hospitals, providing a strong guarantee for the rapid and effective prevention and control of the epidemic, and making a major contribution to the victory of the national people in the fight against the epidemic.

On the one hand, it reflects the high level of development of the construction industry, on the other hand, it reflects the responsibility of the vast number of builders, and fully demonstrates the political advantage of the leadership of the CPC and the socialist system of our country to concentrate on major events.

The position of pillar industries continued to consolidate. In the past ten years, the total output value of construction enterprises in the country has increased by 8.8% annually, and the proportion of added value to GDP has remained above 6.85%. In 2021, the added value of the construction industry will reach 8.0138 trillion yuan, accounting for 7% of the GDP.

The role of the "main force" in the construction of new urbanization continues to highlight. In the past decade, the construction of traditional infrastructure and new infrastructure has ushered in an explosive period, and the construction industry has played a "ballast stone" role in the development of the national economy. In 2021, the total output value of the construction industry reached a record high of 29.3 trillion yuan, 2.14 times that of 2012; The added value of the construction industry was 2.26 times that of 2012; In 2020, the total tax paid by construction enterprises was 696.883 billion yuan, an increase of 58.8% over 2012.

The industrial advantages of enriching the people continue to emerge. In the past ten years, the number of employment in the construction industry has continued to grow. In 2021, the number of employees in the construction industry was 52.8294 million, an increase of 10.157 million over 2012; The proportion of construction workers in the national employment reached 7.1%, 1.5 percentage points higher than that in 2012, and became a "reservoir" of employment.

The "digital ID card" of housing construction shall strengthen the line of disaster prevention and mitigation. Over the past three years, more than 2.6 million people have participated in the housing and urban and rural construction system, completed the nationwide survey of housing construction and municipal facilities, found out the "family background", and formed massive data reflecting the spatial location of housing buildings (including location coordinates, contour patterns) and physical properties (including building area, height, number of floors, structural type, functional use, completion time, seismic fortification, etc.), The "digital ID card" has been provided for urban and rural housing construction to strengthen the line of disaster prevention and mitigation.

In the first half of this year, the added value of the construction industry reached 355.748 billion yuan, an increase of 2.8% year on year, 0.3 percentage points higher than the growth of GDP; There were more than 129000 construction enterprises with construction activities nationwide, up 12.5% year on year; The number of employees was 41.747 million, up 0.1% year on year. In the new era and new journey, the construction industry will play a more important role in shouldering a new mission.

Science and technology enable "super engineering" to show development strength

With a flying bridge, a new miracle is performed in Lingdingyang. The "super project" Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge technology and beauty fly together, closely connecting Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong Zhuhai; The "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway network has been continuously densified, with a total mileage of 40000 kilometers built in 10 years, accounting for more than 70% of the world's cities with a population of more than 500000, reaching 93%, and weaving a "happy road"; With the participation of more than 130000 builders, the whole line has crossed the the Yarlung Zangbo River for 16 times, opened 47 tunnels, built 121 bridges, opened the first electrified railway in Tibet - Lalin Railway, and the Fuxing No. has driven to the roof of the world. Tibet has "changed the world"

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the construction capacity and level of China's construction industry have improved by leaps and bounds, and a series of representative projects have been completed, continuously polishing the brand of "China Construction".

Over the past decade, China's engineering construction has reached a new level in terms of independent innovation, design level and construction technology. Among the "high, large, difficult, special and new" projects such as super high-rise buildings, high-speed railways, highways, bridges, water conservancy, nuclear power, modern communication and emergency facilities, the technical level has leapt to the forefront of the world. At the same time, China's construction technology level has once again achieved a new leap. The construction technology of high-speed, cold, plateau, heavy-load railway and super-large bridges and tunnels has entered the world's advanced ranks. The key technology of offshore deep-water port construction, the regulation technology of huge estuaries and waterways, and the construction technology of large airports have reached the world's leading level.

It marks the "speed" and "density" of China's projects, and the high-speed railway project represented by the "four vertical and four horizontal" high-speed railway main framework; It marks the "precision" and "span" of Chinese engineering, and the Chinese bridge engineering represented by the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge; The Shanghai center Building, which represents the "height" of Chinese projects, the Yangshan deepwater port terminal, which represents the "depth" of Chinese projects, and the world's first reactor demonstration project of the independently developed third-generation nuclear power technology "Hualong No.1", which represents the "difficulty" of Chinese projects - Fuqing Nuclear Power Station Unit 5; The construction of Thor Mountain and Vulcan Mountain hospitals, which have created the wonders of the world, has demonstrated the strength of China's construction industry.

At the beginning of 2022, the Beijing Winter Olympic Games was held, and a number of venues full of creativity and extreme challenges surprised the world. From "Ice Ribbon", "Ice Cube" to "Snow Flying" and "Snow Ruyi", from looking abroad to leading the world, the whole world has witnessed the power of "Built in China".

Innovation-driven acceleration of optimization and upgrading of "built in China"

As China's economy enters a new era of high-quality development, the transformation of the construction industry to high-quality development is imminent. In 2017, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Promoting the Sustainable and Healthy Development of the Construction Industry" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), which made the top-level design for the reform of the construction industry and created the "China Construction" brand. The transformation and upgrading of the whole industry has been fundamentally followed. In recent years, the reform of the construction industry has been sonorous, and the innovation-driven development has achieved remarkable results.

Towards a new era of industrialization. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has vigorously developed new construction methods oriented towards industrialization, digitalization and greening. In 2021, the newly constructed prefabricated building area in China will reach 740 million square meters, an increase of 18% year on year, accounting for 24.5% of the new building area; A number of independent innovative software have risen, and the level of equipment has been continuously improved. A series of world-class construction projects have become eye-catching signs of "China Construction". The construction industry has developed from the traditional workshop era of on-site mortar mixing and "dusty" to the construction industrialization era of "building houses like cars", and is moving towards the era of digital and intelligent construction.

Enter a new stage of greening. The construction industry is the key industry to achieve the "double carbon" goal in China. Under the guidance of the new concept of "green" development, the construction industry has changed its development mode, development mode and organization mode, and made every effort to evolve to "green"; The industry competent department proposes to promote green construction, focus on the greening of the whole process of engineering construction, and on the one hand, apply new technologies to update and iterate the traditional building materials; On the other hand, we will vigorously promote green buildings, ultra-low energy consumption buildings and intelligent buildings, minimize building energy consumption, make new progress in the exploration of passive buildings and zero-carbon buildings, and significantly accelerate the iteration and updating of green technologies. By the first half of 2022, the proportion of new green buildings in China has exceeded 90%, and the area of new green buildings in China has increased from 4 million square meters in 2012 to 2 billion square meters in 2021.

Create a new intelligent future. In July 2020, 13 departments including the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Coordinated Development of Intelligent Construction and Building Industrialization, which clearly put forward the guiding ideology, basic principles, development objectives, key tasks and safeguard measures for promoting the coordinated development of intelligent construction and building industrialization. Since the issuance of the document, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has actively carried out intelligent construction pilot projects, summarized and printed the first batch of replicable experience and practice lists, collected and selected 124 typical cases of innovative services in five categories, and achieved preliminary results in digital design, intelligent production, intelligent construction and construction industry Internet, construction robots, etc. A few days ago, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued a notice, deciding to carry out intelligent construction pilot projects in 24 cities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Nanjing, Hefei, and Xiong'an New Area in Hebei. It is required to strictly implement the pilot implementation plan, establish and improve the overall planning and coordination mechanism, increase policy support, orderly promote various pilot tasks, ensure the effectiveness of the pilot work, and form a perceptible, quantifiable Evaluatable pilot results.

The integrated development of industrialization, digitalization and greening has laid a foundation for accelerating the optimization and upgrading of "China Construction".

Ni Hong, Minister of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, pointed out that at present, China's construction industry is facing new situations and shouldering new tasks. It is necessary to fully study, grasp and implement the spirit of the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), bear in mind the importance of the country, adhere to the principle of putting the people first, deepen the supply-side structural reform of the construction industry, promote the construction industry from large to strong, and provide high-quality construction products for the whole society.

In the past ten years, tangible achievements have reflected the bright background of high-quality development of the construction industry and interpreted the value pursuit of "people first" in the field of engineering construction; One innovative measure after another shows the spiritual quality of the builders who are determined to work hard, have the courage to shoulder the burden and make new contributions. On the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, the "Build in China" will surely deliver more brilliant answers.