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Research On Innovation Strategy For China Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry

Posted on:2008-01-29Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:C Y ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:1119360212992577Subject:Management Science and Engineering
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One key policy for China to implement the strategy as an innovative country is to insist on "self-innovation, key-point breakthrough, supporting development, leading future", and make enhancement of self-innovation ability as the strategic basis for developing science and technology, thus driving leap-forward development of science and technology. The issue and implementation of the state Mid-term and Long-term Railway Network Development Program indicates that China Railway is entering into a new period of extensive construction and great development. Through rapid expansion of railway transport capacity and fast improvement of technical equipment, CR will achieve modernization basically and main technical equipment will reach advanced level by 2020. Modernization of technical equipment serves as the important basis to improve comprehensive transport capacity and efficiency, the key link to ensure transport safety and improve service, and the important icon for modernization of railway. Technological leap for locomotive & rolling stock becomes one of the key and major links for CR to realize modernization of technical equipment. China locomotive & rolling stock industry needs urgently to further position itself and solve a series of problems in the aspects of target and routes of technical innovation.Against such a background, the paper researches on technical innovation and its strategy for China locomotive & rolling stock industry in the following aspects: sort out and classify technological development history and current situation of China locomotive & rolling stock industry, summarize the main problems and obstacles in technological leap; analyze systematically organization mode, target and route of technological leap, as well as key fields for breakthrough in the industry, construct the technical innovation mode for the industry; center on the target of technological leap, put forward 4-dimenional mode for the innovation of China locomotive & rolling stock industry.The research is made from many aspects such as analysis on current situation and problems, study on market potential and target positioning, explanation of technological leap mode, selection of key link and basic route, design of self innovative strategy mode. Firstly, the paper summarizes relative theories of technical innovation; through combining systematical analysis on development process and practices of technical innovation in China locomotive & rolling stock industry, the paper identifies the problems, constraint factors and the reasons in the development of China locomotive & rolling stock industry. Secondly, based on the thought sequence as objective requirements of self innovation and technological leap, progress mode and competence mode of technological leap, targets and routes of technological leap, it clarifies the leap point and basic route, and puts forward multidimensional strategic mode that could promote self innovation of China locomotive & rolling stock industry, including: enhancement of technological storage, construction of innovative platform, improvement of technical standard and optimization of policies. In the aspect of research methods, on the basis of comparative analysis, the methods of combination of theoretical research and demonstrative analysis, as well as combination of single case and systematic summary are used. Then the paper combines static analysis and dynamic analysis, also combines microcosmic analysis and macroscopic analysis, trying to grasp the soul of technical innovation strategy for China locomotive & rolling stock industry exactly. The study conclusion is as follows:In view of the driving force of Mid and Long-Term Railway Network Development Program and favorable technical and economic environments, especially the transport needs of running high-speed train on passenger-dedicated line , it is necessary for China locomotive & rolling stock industry to make technological leap based on self innovation, make overall and effective arrangement to overcome a number of problems (namely, the general technical capability is low, the technical introduction, digestion and re-innovative ability is low, new technical innovation platform is not perfect, technical standards is low in level). The characteristics of innovative mode in China locomotive & rolling stock industry is embodied as organic harmonization between manufacturers and MOR in regard of technical level, industrial development and market environment. The current mode of technical innovation process is mainly manifested as innovative mode pulled by market under government management, and then by the mode pushed by technology. MOR and relevant government authorities play an important role in the technical innovation strategy for locomotive & rolling stock industry.In order to promote the rapid development of locomotive & rolling stock technologies in China, emphasis must be placed on the optimization and coordination of three crucial aspects, i.e. the breakthrough of expertise on certain subjects, improvement of integration competence and introduction of key technologies. Optimization of technology could only be accomplished by perfectly combining the above three aspects. The technological leap point for locomotive and rolling stock, after considering the joint influence of the government, technology, industry, market and resources, is defined to obtain the complete set of technologies for 350 km/h EMU. Self-innovation of China locomotive and rolling stock should follow such an essential route: by systematical planning, first define the key projects; then import overseas advanced technologies, focus on digestion and absorption, and allocate efficiently the competitive resources at home and abroad to realize the breakthrough of certain single technology and innovation of system integration; assisted by basic study, improve sustainable innovative competence and digestion & absorption ability; push forward the standardization, series, modularization and informationalization of the new generation locomotive and rolling stock products so as to realize modernization of locomotive and rolling stock equipments.The four-dimensional strategic mode of self innovation, which is combined with the design and implementation of "enhancement of technological storage, construction of innovative platform, improvement of technical standard and optimization of policies", is the inevitable choice for the technological leap in China locomotive & rolling stock industry. The "internal-external integrated mode" is the most basic way for technological reserve of China locomotive & rolling stock industry, and the self-innovative ability can only be advanced by self-innovative practice of products. The innovation platform for China locomotive & rolling stock industry aims at setting up a strong and top decision-making organization, emphasizing on overall planning and integrated layout, making an efficient connection among authorities in charge, innovation bodies as well as predominant resources related through combined links among governments, manufacturers, universities and research institutions. In order to further improve technological standard system of China locomotive & rolling stock, it is necessary to build a integrative system regarding advanced and perfect design, techniques, production ,quality, experiment and maintenance, etc. targeting at high-speed and heavy-haul transportation. And as for the technological standard, the approach of "stage by stage breakthrough, step by step progress" needs to be adopted in the aspects of management system and internationalization. The specific policies and measures for the innovative development of China locomotive & rolling stock industry are: to make a suitable industrial development policy; to form unified and coordinated special plan for national strategic and technological development in locomotive & rolling stock industry; to provide a sound environment for the establishment of innovation platform; to further improve the incentive policy system for scientific and technological innovation; to push forward the structural optimization of China locomotive & rolling stock industry; to fully exert the support function to technical innovation of government procurement of locomotive & rolling stock; to intensify intellectual property and standardization strategy; to create an environment suitable for talents; and to strengthen international communication and cooperation.
Keywords/Search Tags:Locomotive & rolling stock, Innovation, Strategy, High-speed train
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