2018年CRI Imports of high-tech products can be increased properly: researchers

 

Several Chinese researchers have said that the volume of imports of high-tech¹ products from overseas can continue to grow alongside efforts to boost domestic innovation.

They say that this kind of dual-track approach can improve the quality of economic development, while also meeting the needs of domestic consumers and local manufacturers.

China has seen substantial continuing advancement² in the domestic development of high-tech products, thanks to its growing capacity for domestic innovation.

However, there is still a gap in some areas in terms of the quality and complexity³ of products built in China compared to what is available in overseas markets.

Qu Xianming, an official with the Chinese Academy of Engineering, explains that there is still a gap between the quality of the machine tools produced by Chinese enterprises compared with the products available from German manufacturers.

"Germany has great advantages when it comes to producing highly-accurate advanced machine tools, as their products have a high level of reliability⁴ and can maintain a high degree of precision. Although China can produce machine tools, they have less stability and reliability, and their level of accuracy is lower," says Qu.

Liu Zhiqiang, the owner of a Beijing-based high-tech firm, says that Chinese enterprises will need to continue to purchase advanced technologies from overseas if their development outpaces the improvements in products that are available locally.

"It's not necessarily that you can successfully produce something advanced right after you invest heavily in it. There's also the possibility that, although you invest heavily and eventually produce it, the product might already be out of date, as there's an upgraded version of the product every year, and it's often difficult for you to keep pace with developments. So, if there are already advanced technologies available, we can try to purchase them," says Liu.

Bai Ming, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, believes that increasing the imports of high-tech products and services can help to meet the growing demands for advanced products in the domestic market.

"In the past, people's livelihood⁵ did not improve, and our foreign exchange reserves were insufficient⁶, which meant our abilities fell short of our wishes. But now, our economic strength has been increased significantly, and we have the ability to expand our imports to meet increasing domestic demand," says Bai.

He adds that increasing imports of high-tech products from abroad is also favorable for the development of China's domestic industries.

"With imports being expanded and more advanced products from overseas being introduced, there will be much more competition among our domestic industries. Many of those industries may set targets to produce something with the same quality and character as these imports. Because of this, there will be good interaction and competition between our domestic markets and the advanced imports," says Bai.

1 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

2 advancement   

n.前进，促进，提升

参考例句：

• His new contribution to the advancement of physiology was well appreciated.他对生理学发展的新贡献获得高度赞赏。
• The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning.大学的目标应是促进学术。

3 complexity   

n.复杂(性)，复杂的事物

参考例句：

• Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
• The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。

4 reliability   

n.可靠性，确实性

参考例句：

• We mustn't presume too much upon the reliability of such sources.我们不应过分指望这类消息来源的可靠性。
• I can assure you of the reliability of the information.我向你保证这消息可靠。

5 livelihood   

n.生计，谋生之道

参考例句：

• Appropriate arrangements will be made for their work and livelihood.他们的工作和生活会得到妥善安排。
• My father gained a bare livelihood of family by his own hands.父亲靠自己的双手勉强维持家计。

6 insufficient   

adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的

参考例句：

• There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
• In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。