The second industrial revolution entered the "electrical era" (1840-1950), which led to the rise of heavy industries such as electricity, steel, railways, chemicals and automobiles, and the rapid development of transportation. "
The Second Industrial Revolution entered the "Electric Age" (1840-1950), which led to the rise of heavy industries such as electric power, iron and steel, railroads, chemicals and automobiles, and the emergence of petroleum as a new energy source, and contributed to the rapid development of transportation, more frequent exchanges among countries around the world, and the gradual formation of an international political and economic system of globalization;
The Third Industrial Revolution, which ushered in the "Information Age" (1950-), the global exchange of information and resources has become more rapid, most countries and regions have been involved in the process of globalization, the world's political and economic pattern is further established, and the degree of development of human civilization has reached an unprecedented height.
While the Third Industrial Revolution is still in full swing, we have quietly ushered in the Fourth Industrial Revolution - a brand new technological revolution based on Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, Quantum Information Technology (QIT), Virtual Reality (VR), and Biotechnology (BioTechnology), including, but not limited to, the manufacturing innovation focused on Industry 4.0.
The core of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is the deep integration of networking, informationization and intelligence. While raising productivity levels and enriching material supplies, it will also reshape the forms and requirements of labor combining human and machine power, adding new content and methods to education and industrial policy.
China's industrial structure has changed dramatically
In order to cope with the fourth industrial revolution, China introduced the "Made in China 2025" strategy in 2015 and explicitly proposed that by 2020, it would basically realize the informatization of the manufacturing industry, and make significant progress in the digitization, networking, and intelligence of the manufacturing industry. Obvious progress.
First of all, the fourth industrial revolution has given birth to data analysis, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other emerging industries, software, robotics, Internet and other industries have also entered a rapid development stage. The combination of digital technology and traditional manufacturing technology has created many new products and services. Industries are interpenetrating and integrating with each other, with manufacturing-based companies entering the service field and thus transforming into service providers offering solutions, while information companies are utilizing big data technology to enter the manufacturing field and thus develop new products.
For example, Huawei has become an information and communications solutions provider, and Tencent and Baidu have invested in the development of electric vehicles. In the future, these industries will have relatively higher labor productivity, create more value, and have relatively faster revenue growth, making them an important engine for driving the development of the manufacturing industry and the economy as a whole. Digital technology has also given rise to new occupations such as data analytics engineers, robotics coordinators, and field service engineers, while reducing the need for traditional occupations such as machine operators, logistics and transportation, and equipment maintenance.