Recently, the Industry Department of the National Development and Reform Commission revised and released the "Guiding Catalogue for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2024 Edition)", which will come into effect on February 1, 2024. The catalog has a total of 1005 entries in 2024, including 352 encouraged categories, 231 restricted categories, and 422 eliminated categories.
Compared with the previous version, the encouraged category has added industry categories such as "intelligent manufacturing," "agricultural machinery and equipment," "CNC machine tools," and "network security," which are conducive to industrial optimization and upgrading. The restricted and eliminated categories have added industry categories such as "fire protection," "construction," and related fields that do not meet the requirements of green development and safety production.
As a fundamental and comprehensive industrial policy, the Catalogue involves multiple industries and covers a wide range of fields. Since its publication, it has played an important role in strengthening and improving macroeconomic regulation, guiding the flow of social resources, promoting industrial structure adjustment and optimization upgrading.
All directions related to 3D printing (additive manufacturing) have been included in the encouraged category. In the "Catalogue (2024 Edition)" intelligent manufacturing category, it is explicitly proposed to encourage additive manufacturing equipment and special materials: metal additive manufacturing equipment and special materials, non-metal additive manufacturing equipment and special materials, biological additive manufacturing equipment and special materials, key components such as lasers, electron guns, scanning galvanometers, and additive manufacturing special software, Comprehensive solutions and production services for additive manufacturing.
In addition, 3D printing is involved in multiple industries such as building materials, pharmaceuticals, and machinery. The following is a specific introduction:
9、 Nonferrous metals
4. New materials: (3) Transportation, high-end manufacturing, and other fields. High end manufacturing light alloy materials, copper nickel metal materials, rare earth metal materials, precious metal materials, composite metal materials, metal ceramic materials, auxiliary materials, biomedical materials, catalytic materials, 3D printing materials, high-performance hard alloy materials and tools, including aerospace, marine engineering, CNC machine tools, rail transit, nuclear engineering, new energy, advanced medical equipment, environmental protection and energy-saving equipment.
12、 Building materials
10. High temperature co fired ceramics (HTCC) and supporting slurries and related materials; Ultraviolet grade calcium fluoride crystal material; Production, application, and technical equipment development and application of high-purity nanoscale spherical silicon micro powder and hollow spherical silicon micro powder; Fine ceramic powders, ceramic precursors suitable for additive manufacturing, ceramic short cut fibers, silicon carbide fibers, ceramic whiskers; Precision formed ceramic components such as ceramic balls, ceramic valves, ceramic screws, etc
13、 Medicine
4. Innovative development of high-end medical devices: new gene, protein, and cell diagnostic equipment, new medical diagnostic equipment and reagents, high-performance medical imaging equipment, high-end radiation therapy equipment, critical and critical life support equipment, artificial intelligence assisted medical equipment, mobile and remote diagnosis and treatment equipment, high-end rehabilitation assistive devices, high-end implanted intervention products, surgical robots and other high-end surgical equipment and consumables, biomedical materials Development and application of additive manufacturing technology.
14、 Mechanical
4. Casting equipment: High compactness clay sand casting complete equipment, efficient self hardening sand casting complete equipment, lost foam/V-method/full mold casting process and equipment, shell mold casting, precision core modeling, silica sol investment casting precision casting process and equipment, sand mold 3D printing/cutting rapid prototyping process and equipment, light alloy high pressure/low pressure/extrusion/differential pressure/semi-solid casting process and equipment
16、 Automobiles
2. Lightweight material applications: ultra-high strength steel, high-strength toughness low-density steel, ADI cast iron, high-strength aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, powder metallurgy, high-strength composite plastics, composite fibers, and bio based composite materials; Application of advanced forming technology: expanded application of 3D printing forming and laser welded blanks, internal high-pressure forming, and hot forming of ultra-high strength steel plates (strength ≥ 980MPa, strength plastic product 20-50GPa ·%)
It is reported that the policy guidance for this round of revision has four aspects. Including promoting the high-end, intelligent, and green manufacturing industry; Consolidate the position of advantageous industries; Accelerate the filling of gaps in the field of relationship security development; Build a new system of high-quality and efficient service industry.
It is reported that the policy guidance for this round of revision has four aspects. Including promoting the high-end, intelligent, and green manufacturing industry; Consolidate the position of advantageous industries; Accelerate the filling of gaps in the field of relationship security development; Build a new system of high-quality and efficient service industry. Additive manufacturing is one of the main directions for implementing the strategy of building a strong manufacturing country and an important component of intelligent manufacturing. Previously, Made in China 2025 had explicitly included additive manufacturing as a key area for developing intelligent manufacturing equipment and products, promoting intelligent manufacturing processes, and accelerating key technology and equipment research and development.
In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and eight other departments recently jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Transformation and Upgrading of Traditional Manufacturing Industry, proposing that by 2027, the level of high-end, intelligent, green, and integrated development of China's traditional manufacturing industry will significantly improve. The application of 3D printing technology is becoming one of the key factors in the transformation of traditional manufacturing towards intelligent manufacturing. According to the "Development Status and Trends of China's Additive Manufacturing Industry", it is expected that the size of China's 3D printing market will increase from 40 billion to 100 billion from 2023 to 2027.
In 2024, closely following national policies, the 3D printing industry will enter a new stage, achieving a leap from quantity to quality.