Nearly 100 Taiwan-invested enterprises in east China's Xiamen City have participated in the city's digital transformation scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises, which significantly boosted production efficiency for the companies.
Xiamen is one of the inaugural cities in the country piloting the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Taiwan-invested companies that signed up for digital upgrades covered a wide range of industries including electronic devices, power transmission and distribution and medical instruments.
In the production workshop of a Taiwan-funded circuit board company, digital screens display real-time operations, intelligent robots transport materials, and automatic pickers can quickly match the missing raw materials in the production process. A seven-step production line requires only four technicians.
"They guided us in the digital system construction, process transformation, and some intelligent analysis. Our production efficiency has improved by about 10 percent to 15 percent," said Yang Zhijian, factory director of Junling Electronics (Xiamen) Company.
Some Taiwan-funded enterprises are also actively promoting the digital transformation of the industrial chain and supply chain.
"We have assisted more than 30 enterprises to complete digital assessment, and more than 20 enterprises to finish special transformation, effectively helping enterprises to solve the problems of low production efficiency and quality control," said Li Yong, consulting director of Youda Zhihui Intelligent Manufacturing (Xiamen) Company.
According to statistics, the average production cost after the transformation is reduced by 15 percent, and the management efficiency is also greatly improved.
"We are also encouraging these [digital] service providers to go global and take advantage of cross-strait exchanges and BRICS relations to help companies go overseas. We will also specifically organize supply and demand matching meetings between service providers and Taiwan-funded enterprises," said Song Luwen, director of Department of Small and Medium Enterprises under Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology.
Taiwan enterprises benefit from mainland's digital transformation
Taiwan enterprises benefit from mainland's digital transformation
Coastal areas of eastern China have taken various precautionary measures to mitigate the potential impact of Typhoon Saudel, which is approaching the coastlines of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces.
Saudel, the 18th typhoon of the year, is forecast to make landfall in China between late Thursday night and Friday morning, according to the National Meteorological Center (NMC).
The center on Tuesday upgraded its typhoon alert from yellow to orange, the second-highest in its four-tier system.
In Zhejiang, all 146 water conservancy projects along the coast had been paused as of Wednesday morning, with 527 construction vessels having sailed to safe anchorages.
Meanwhile, all 162 ferry routes across Zhejiang had suspended operations by 14:00 Wednesday.
The Zhejiang Maritime Safety Administration has issued more than 105,000 early-warning messages, examined 35,000 ships, and deployed eight large-horsepower tugboats to stand by for emergencies.
Since Tuesday night, the maritime authorities in Ningbo and Zhoushan cities of Zhejiang have activated Level II emergency response for typhoon.
So far, 2,358 fishing vessels have returned to harbors in Xiangshan County, Ningbo, while more than 1,800 fishing boats have taken shelter in Zhoushan.
In Ningbo, all ferry routes have suspended services, all cargo ships have halted loading and unloading operations and moved away from piers orderly, and all workers of water projects have been evacuated to safe areas.
"We have demanded that all boats at the dock to fasten their mooring lines. Considering the tidal fluctuations in the Fenghua River, we must make sure the boats are still tightly berthed when the tide rises or upstream reservoirs discharge water," said Yu Huaihai, deputy director of the Yinfeng maritime safety administration in Ningbo.
In Fujian, the provincial maritime safety administration has carried out early-warning and emergency response operations, while guiding vessels to safe areas.
As of Wednesday noon, 57 ferry routes and 110 passenger vessels had suspended services along Fujian's coast, and 118 offshore construction projects have been halted, with 178 construction vessels evacuated.
All towing operations, sea trials, scientific expeditions, and wind farm maintenance work along the coast have also stopped.
The maritime safety administration in south China's Guangdong Province issued a traffic control notice on Monday, and has since dissuaded 38 vessels from continuing their voyages to the north.
The authorities in eastern Guangdong have deployed two rescue ships, 25 large-horsepower tugboats, and 10 waste cleaning boats for possible emergencies.
In east China's Jiangxi Province, torrential rains hit the central and southern areas on Tuesday, forcing local railway operators to upgrade flood emergency response to Level III and dynamically adjust train schedules.
Eastern China prepare for Typhoon Saudel
