Industry experts, famous equipment and solution suppliers and users in the manufacturing industry at the Innovation Technology Forum 2013. PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY

Since 2011 when the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) was carried out and the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, energy conservation, environmental protection and ecological civilization construction have been highlighted with energy conservation and environmental protection ranking top among seven strategic emerging industries.

They have become a new pillar industry in the national economy and ecological civilization has been also considered as part of the “five-in-one” national policy in parallel with economy, politics, culture and society.

Experts said this indicates that the central government has attached great importance to environmental protection, but energy shortage has also led to the rise of energy price which has imposed enormous cost pressure on manufacturing enterprises.

As everyone knows, energy consumption in China’s industry has accounted for 70 percent of the total energy consumed by the society. Therefore, Chinese manufacturing enterprises are required to reduce their energy consumption for environmental protection, but they still meet the challenge to increase industrial output value.

“It is an urgent task facing them,” said experts, adding that they should solve problems of how to improve their working efficiency through innovative design of products, how to maximize energy efficiency in the process of production, how to reduce energy consumption when improving their output value and how to minimize the environmental pollution and contribute to the sustainable development.

Therefore, enterprises which are undergoing transformation and upgrading technologies are trying to find more energy-saving products, more intelligent systems and more efficient driving modes. With them, they can improve their core competitiveness and blaze a trail for future development.

The technologies to be displayed at PTC ASIA include innovative air compression, mechanical and electrical integration, electrohydraulic control, electrical integration, centralized lubrication, life cycle management and application of various new materials, which will provide enterprises with access to integrated solutions to energy conservation, environmental protection, efficient driving and improvement of industry chain value.

This forum will focus on energy conservation, environmental protection and efficient driving with industry experts, famous equipment and solution suppliers in relevant fields and users in the manufacturing industry invited to discuss energy-saving potential in power sources, driving systems and executive components, and share feasible solutions to energy conservation and environmental protection.

A peak dialogue session will be held, giving users, experts and suppliers an opportunity for passionate interaction and brainstorming. Organizers believe that discussions will be surely beneficial for the effort manufacturing enterprises are making to take an innovation-driven path for energy conservation and environmental protection.