Shanxi has recently released a plan to develop itself into a manufacturing center for central and west China by the end of 2020 through transforming its local manufacturing industry into an intelligent, green and service-oriented industry.

According to the plan by Shanxi Provincial Commission of Economy and Information Technology, Shanxi set four goals for upgrading its manufacturing industry, involving innovation, quality and benefits, digitization and environmental protection.

By 2020, R&D expenditure for manufacturing companies above designated size will account for 1.3 percent of their revenues. The number of effective invention patents per 100 million yuan ($15.83 million) of main business revenues in the manufacturing industry above designated size is expected to reach 0.8.

The added value of the manufacturing industry will extend to 38 percent of industrial value above designated size, with labor productivity increasing 6.5 percent annually on average.

As for digitization, digital R&D tools will account for 68 percent of all tools and the digitization rate of key processes in manufacturing will reach 48 percent.

When it comes to green manufacturing, energy consumption per 10,000 yuan of the added value of industrial companies above designated size in 2020 will decrease 18 percent compared with that of 2015. The comprehensive utilization ratio of industrial solid waste in bulk will be 70 percent.

Shanxi will focus on boosting advanced equipment manufacturing industries, such as rail transit equipment, new energy vehicles, and coal chemical equipment, as well as furthering integration of the new generation IT industry and manufacturing industry, so as to turn itself into a vital national equipment manufacturing base.