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Five key terms for the valve industry in 2025. Key term 1: Intelligent production. Policy basis: The **\"14th Five-Year Plan for Intelligent Manufacturing Development\"** provides clear guidance for the intelligent transformation of the valve industry. The plan emphasizes accelerating the advancement of the manufacturing sector toward intelligence, fostering smart factories, and creating new models for intelligent manufacturing. In the field of manufacturing basic equipment such as valves, enterprises are encouraged to adopt cutting-edge technologies such as the industrial Internet, artificial intelligence, and big data in order to achieve intelligent management and control across the entire production process. The \"Guidance Catalog for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2024 Edition)\” includes intelligent valves such as highly integrated PSA multi-channel rotary control valves among the products that are encouraged, thereby reflecting **support and guidance for the intelligent development of the valve industry. Trend: At present, some leading valve manufacturers have taken the lead in embarking on the path toward intelligence. Technologies such as intelligent robots, the Internet of Things, and big data are applied in the design and production process of valves. However, a large number of small and medium-sized valve manufacturers still operate using traditional production methods; they lack sufficient intelligent equipment and have underdeveloped information systems. They face various challenges such as rising labor costs, unstable product quality, and long production cycles, which constitute obstacles to the overall advancement of intelligence in this industry. Looking ahead to 2025, with the support of relevant policies, the intelligent transformation of valve manufacturers will accelerate significantly. Keyword 2: Rationale for policies to replace high-end products: China is highly dependent on imports of high-end valves; in 2021, such valves accounted for around 20% of the total market share. In 2022, the value of imports of valves and similar devices in China reached 8.26 billion US dollars, indicating substantial potential for replacing these imports with domestic alternatives. On April 9, 2024, seven departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the \"Implementation Plan for Promoting Equipment Upgrades in the Industrial Sector.\" Aiming to advance new-type industrialization, this plan focuses on large-scale equipment upgrades as a means to carry out technological transformation and upgrading in the manufacturing industry. With digital transformation and green development as key priorities, it seeks to promote the high-end, intelligent, and sustainable development of the manufacturing sector. Trend: By 2025, valve manufacturers will intensify their efforts in developing high-end products, improving their performance and quality. They will gradually break the monopoly of foreign brands in the high-end valve market, achieve domestic substitution for such valves, and meet the demand for high-end valves in sectors such as petrochemicals, natural gas, and new energy in China. At the same time, this will enhance the competitiveness of China’s valve industry in the international market. Keyword 3: Policy basis for the upgrading of downstream sectors: The “14th Five-Year Plan” for a modern energy system calls for accelerating the development of shale oil, shale gas, and coalbed methane, as well as improving the construction of oil and gas pipelines. This will increase the demand for valve products in downstream industries such as petrochemicals and natural gas, and it will also drive the valve industry toward higher performance and greater reliability. The \"Guiding Opinions on Promoting High-Quality Development of the Petrochemical Industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan Period\" call for breakthroughs in manufacturing technologies for key equipment and components, thereby facilitating the transformation and upgrading of the petrochemical industry – which in turn creates broad market opportunities for the valve industry. Trend: The upgrading of downstream industries will drive valve manufacturers to continuously optimize their product portfolios, increase the technical level and added value of their products, and develop specialized valve solutions tailored to the needs of various downstream sectors. According to relevant forecasts, China’s valve market size is expected to reach 17.1 billion US dollars by 2025, with a growth rate of 6.21%; the upgrading of downstream industries is a key factor driving this growth. Keyword 4: Basis for sustainable development policies: Against the backdrop of global attention to climate change and the steady progress toward China’s \"dual carbon\" goals, the valve industry is facing unprecedented environmental pressures as well as opportunities for transformation. A series of environmental protection policies and regulations have been introduced, such as the \"Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Establishment of a Green, Low-Carbon, and Circular Economic System,\" which set strict requirements for energy conservation and emission reduction, as well as the comprehensive utilization of resources throughout the entire industrial production process. As a key component in numerous industrial fields, valves naturally become a focus of policy regulation. From the energy consumption standards and pollutant emission limits in the production process to the environmental performance metrics of the products themselves, all are subject to regulation, which forces valve manufacturers to integrate the concept of green development throughout the entire supply chain. Trend: Valve manufacturers will actively pursue the concept of green development, increase investment in environmental protection technologies and the research and development of green products, promote the use of green manufacturing processes and equipment, and reduce the environmental impact during the production process. At the same time, developing efficient and energy-saving valve products helps downstream users achieve their energy conservation and emission reduction goals, thereby promoting the development of the valve industry in a green and sustainable direction. Keyword 5: Policy basis for digital transformation: Policy documents such as the \"Notice from the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the General Office of the Ministry of Finance on Carrying Out Pilot Projects to Provide Financial Support for the Digital Transformation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises\" offer financial support and policy guidance for the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises in the valve industry. These policies encourage valve manufacturers to adopt digital technologies in order to enhance their level of informatization and innovation capabilities. Trend: Valve manufacturers will accelerate their digital transformation, by adopting advanced digital technologies and management systems such as PLM, MES, ERP, etc., to achieve digital management across the entire process—from product development and manufacturing to sales and service—thereby improving operational efficiency and the scientific nature of decision-making. At the same time, digital transformation will also drive innovation in the business models of the valve industry, such as the introduction of new business models like remote operation and maintenance and intelligent services, thereby creating more opportunities for value growth for enterprises.