Recently,the reporter learned from the Longkou City Bureau of Industry and Information Technology that the Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology recently announced list of the sixth batch of provincial-level industrial design centers along with the list of the first five batches of provincial-level industrial design centers that previously passed the review.Two corporate design centers of Shandong Nanshan Zhishang Technology Co.,Ltd.and Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co.,Ltd.successfully passed the review.

Provincial industrial design center refers to an industrial design center or an industrial design enterprise that is recognized by the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology and has strong industrial design innovation capabilities,standardized management,and outstanding performance.Carrying out the identification of provincial industrial design centers is an important means to guide enterprises to focus on design innovation and promote the transformation and upgrading of industrial enterprises.It is an effective way for enterprises to create their own brands,improve product quality,and promote the extension of the product value chain to the high-end.It is also the objective requirement to promote the structural reforms at supply side and continuously meet of consumers’material and cultural needs.

Nanshan has long focused on corporate innovation and design,based on technology research and development,relying on technological innovation to increase the high added value of products,enhance the core competitiveness of the company,and improve product quality through refined and standardized production management,thereby continuously promote the development of the company,becoming a leader in the same industry both domestically and internationally.

It is understood that the industrial design center of Shandong Nanshan Zhishang Technology Co.,Ltd.was formally established in 2010 with the approval of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Shandong Province,as one in the first batch of industrial design centers in Shandong Province.The Industrial Design Center of Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co.,Ltd.was approved to be established in 2018 as one in the fifth batch of industrial design centers in Shandong Province.The Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology reviews the approved enterprise design centers every two years.The successfully passing review of Nanshan Zhishang Industrial Design Center and Nanshan Aluminum Industrial Design Center is not only the high recognition of the enterprises by the provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology and other government departments,but also a strong proof of the level of scientific research and innovation of the enterprises.

Innovation drives development and science&technology leads the future.The national“14th Five-Year Plan”clearly sets“strengthening the national strategic scientific and technological capabilities”as the primary task.In the future development,Nanshan will,under the call and leadership of the Party Central Committee,the State Council and governments at all levels,adhere to the enterprise’s“integration,optimization,innovation,breakthrough,and development”five-word policy,further attach importance to and increase investment in scientific and technological innovation,strengthen the role of industrial design in the aspects such as“leading enterprises to drive innovation,increasing product added value,and promoting industrial transformation and upgrading”,continuously accelerate the conversion of new and old kinetic energy and high-quality development of enterprises,rely on their own strong corporate strength to actively perform social responsibilities,and make its due contribution to the local economy development.