According to statistics, in 2003 China's total imports of various cutting tool products, 233.64 million, an increase of 63.56% over the previous year; Import tool purchase expense as much as $285.16 million, an increase of 87.46% over the previous year. These figures shows that domestic tool far behind the pace of the development of the host machine tool, has caused the situation of domestic and imported machine tool cutting tools.

How to change this situation as soon as possible, the tool group, a senior expert Mr Shen commented on his views are put forward. First, he thought, to play a good tool material in China advantageous resources and human resources advantages, changing tool for the enterprise the management idea, earnestly strengthen services, to meet the needs of the manufacturing industry in the first place. Secondly also play tools in our country enterprise character, foster strengths and circumvent weaknesses, to the road of small but specialized, small but good.

Since entering the new century, as the mass transfer to China's manufacturing in the developed countries, at the same time, domestic manufacturing also accelerated the pace of technological transformation, and home-made numerical control machine began a lot into the manufacturing sector. With a sharp contradiction quickly emerged, advanced CNC machine tools, with less than the advanced domestic knives, shall not import tool. China's tool industry for decades, the structure of products, in the new period of development finally exposed serious defects, for the modernization of manufacturing.

So how to solve this problem? Recommend the following several aspects of the measures.

Good one, with two advantages

Tools and advanced tool of multinational enterprises in China, from the capital, technology, equipment and management level is a big gap, seems can't find any advantage. However, there are at least two advantages is valuable to the development of China's tool industry conditions. That is: natural resources and human resources. It's a pity that the two have not been very good use of all resources and grasping, lost a lot of opportunities for development.

Tool material resources advantageous in our country. In 2003 China's production of 60000 tons of high speed steel, cemented carbide, 12500 tons, has accounted for about 40% of the world total. However, in the same year sales of tools in our country, less than 6% of global sales tool, the huge contrast is shocking. The tools in our country products, low added value. A waste of valuable resources. In today's global natural resources increasingly scarce, this phenomenon can no longer go on.

In human resources aspect, our country tool industry for decades, developed the character of a good worker team. Although the influence of China's industrial base level, obsolete knowledge, need to be updated and improved. But it is not hard to catch up with the step. Many foreign companies from China tool enterprise hired a large number of personnel, trained and can quickly adapt to the modern tools of production, marketing and service work, performance is very good, proves that the team consists of ability. But as a result of our tool enterprises long-term production of the same standard products, the development potential and the potential of this team without waste, this is a great pity.

So, how to give full play to the advantage of our resources and manpower advantage, the tool for the development of industry to a new level? First of all should start from changing ideas to strengthen services. Tool for enterprises to thoroughly lost for decades to develop machine-made, have what sell what old habits, to meet the needs of manufacturing in the first place. Set up the guiding ideology and development policy, even without a lot of modern equipment, can produce a good product users welcome. With this guiding ideology, churning out waste of resources, waste of talent of rut, will be greatly reduced. In recent years, China's tool industry have begun to emerge tools to solve modern subject, strengthen the service consciousness and improve the level of service is a top priority, the urgency of far more than the improvement of the equipment. We have had a lot of hard lesson, some companies pay big money to introduce the foreign advanced equipment, but the old ideas have not changed, still produce the same standard cutting tool, the result is not popular with the market, end up a lost lady and the fate of the fold.

Second, the characteristics of foster strengths and circumvent weaknesses

Modern tools manufacturing industry in today's developed countries, through mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, and improving since the 1980 s, presents the "high starting point, large investment, scale, internationalization" of the feature and concentration trend.

Ten of the largest multinational tools group, two-thirds of the international tools market. Our tools enterprises, by contrast, no matter in product development, process development, equipment development ability and marketing service levels is a big gap. It must be admitted that the gap is not going to catch up. Tool industry, after all, is a traditional industry, and high-tech development rule is not the same.

Technical services is very broad, it can permeate almost every field of manufacturing, there is no clear industry boundaries. It is to have the service characteristics of small businesses to create a good environment for development. Cutting tool in the world market scale, the 2003 Numbers probably around $13 billion. This is the tool manufacturers association statistics. Tool industry in China in recent years of reform and development, also began to notice according to their own conditions, accurate positioning, choose reasonable model of development. Many large and medium-sized enterprises, have abandoned "instead of", "conveniently small" model of development, began to show their own characteristics, this is a very welcome phenomenon. It's not big enough, but the proportion of specialty products and services, the transformation of speed is not fast enough. Show a sense of urgency is not strong, not completely get rid of the influence of the traditional system, so to speed up the pace of reform.

Third, build norms and orderly market environment

Under the condition of market economy, the enterprise is the main part of the competition, it must be responsible for its own survival and development. So, the tool for the development of industry in our country, cannot meet the needs of the manufacturing industry, the first thing to find reasons from the enterprise itself, to come up with a solution. But on the other hand, must see that the development of market economy in our country history is very short, market operation, there are many non-standard imperfect places on affected the healthy development of the enterprise, sometimes this influence is very serious. Must be political, corporate communication, consensus, by a government body to solve. Impede the healthy development of the tool industry for many years, for example, the inferior low-cost products vicious competition "and" unfair investment guide ". The two big problems, and the government behavior has a direct relationship.

Earlier mentioned, our production accounted for 40% of the world's tool materials, but sales of tools manufactured goods is less than 6% of the world, this amazing resource waste anyone would feel terrible. A waste of resources caused inferior the vicious competition of low priced products also.

Over the years in tool industry is also regulated by the "unfair investment guide". The phenomenon of "the host, form a complete set of light", is a systemic problem, to correct as soon as possible. Correct way is not to the government "heavy light fittings, host" in reverse, this to the same question. But wants the government to return the investment decision-making power to enterprises, let the market to determine the rational allocation of resources, for the spare parts, including tools industry, the development of the industry, to create a fair competition environment for investment. A batch of technology-based private enterprises, are developed in this way, their growth at a faster rate than the strength of the state-owned enterprises, worthy of attention.