In recent years, domestic instrument technology research and product development have achieved results, and some high-end instruments have been localized. However, due to the weak R & D foundation of instruments, the relative lack of technology accumulation, the weak ability of independent R & D of high-end new products, the "hollowing" of key components and other reasons, the problem of high dependence on the import of high-end instruments has not been effectively resolved, and there is still a certain gap between the R & D and manufacturing of domestic instruments and the international advanced level.

In the road from a large instrument manufacturing country to a powerful instrument manufacturing country, how to improve the localization level of high-end instruments as soon as possible and how to accelerate the development of high-end instruments with independent intellectual property rights have become an important problem that can not be ignored and urgently needs to be solved in the instrument industry. Statistics show that there are only about 10 instrument manufacturing enterprises in China with a main business of more than 1 billion yuan.

Taking electronic measuring instruments as an example, there is only one enterprise with annual sales of more than 1 billion yuan nationwide, and there are only a few enterprises with annual sales of more than 100 million yuan. Although under the guidance and support of relevant national policies, China's high-end instrument industry has developed rapidly.

However, on the whole, China's high-end instrument industry still lags behind the international advanced level. The lack of core technology, the serious dependence on imports of high-precision and sophisticated products, the serious homogenization of instrument products, backward production technology, weak R & D ability and low precision have brought severe challenges to the development of the industry. In 2019, the output of domestic high-end instruments accounted for about 20%, reaching 2.2 million units.

Energy conservation, environmental protection, food safety and other requirements release the needs of the industry

With the sustained and stable development of China's economy and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, people have higher and higher requirements for the quality of life. However, the problems of global food safety and environmental pollution are becoming more and more prominent. Therefore, government agencies of various countries have higher and higher requirements in the fields of food safety inspection, air pollution control, environmental monitoring and so on.

China has promulgated a number of policies and regulations to standardize product standards. On the one hand, many consumer goods manufacturers, especially Chinese enterprises as consumer goods manufacturing bases, must ensure that their products meet national requirements through accurate analysis and testing; On the other hand, government quality management departments, environmental protection, customs and other supervision institutions must also carry out full market supervision with the help of advanced experimental and analytical instruments.

Experimental and analytical instrument manufacturers and related industries need to constantly develop new products and technologies to meet the diversified and high standard needs of the market. Therefore, the huge development potential of downstream industries will promote the release of market demand for experimental and analytical instruments and related industries.

Stable factors affecting the operation of high-end instrument industry

The development of experimental analytical instruments in China started late, but after years of development, China has made rapid progress in the R & D and manufacturing technology of related products.

Especially in recent years, some domestic advanced instrument and equipment manufacturers have begun to develop and master some core technologies, such as multi-channel fully automatic solid phase extraction technology and fully automatic on-line processing technology, which has greatly improved the domestic sample pretreatment technology, improved the overall performance of products, and laid a good foundation for the further development of experimental analysis instruments.

Adverse factors affecting the operation of high-end instrument industry

With the adjustment of China's economic structure and industrial transformation and upgrading, as well as the society's increasing attention to environmental protection, food safety, energy conservation and efficiency, the domestic market demand is increasing, and the international advanced large-scale analytical instrument manufacturers have strengthened the development of the Chinese market.

After long-term development, these multinational enterprises have formed their own excellent brand image with advanced technology, rich production management and operation and relatively mature production process. Although domestic enterprises have developed rapidly in recent years, compared with foreign advanced manufacturers, there is still a certain gap in both technical level and scale strength. Therefore, the entry of foreign enterprises further intensifies the competition pattern of domestic industry.

Opportunities for the development of China's high-end instrument industry

China's scientific instrument market has great potential and strong demand for instruments, which has become a strong driving force for the growth of instruments in the world. According to incomplete statistics, the purchase cost of instruments and equipment accounts for about 60% of the investment in fixed assets for scientific research in China, and the purchase cost of instruments accounts for about 25% of the investment in scientific research funds. According to the relevant statistics of the customs, the cost of importing instruments from abroad is about 80 billion yuan every year, and increases year by year.

Facing the huge market demand and development space, China will focus on cultivating the world's influential cutting-edge instrument enterprises.

Relevant national scientific research plans shall be used intensively, limited funds and scientific research investment shall be concentrated, the construction of basic guarantee conditions shall be strengthened, a national instrument R & D center and a national instrument large-scale mass production base shall be established, and in accordance with the requirements of the national development strategy of "cultivating a number of cutting-edge scientific instrument manufacturing enterprises", Focus on cultivating world-famous large-scale comprehensive instrument enterprises and distinctive small and medium-sized instrument enterprises, and create world-famous instrument brands.

Analysis on market status and development prospect of China's optical microscope industry in 2021 China is the global optical microscope manufacturing center

At present, China has become a global optical microscope manufacturing center. At the same time, benefiting from the steady development of downstream markets such as scientific research institutions and medical and health care, China's optical microscope has been developing continuously in recent years.

Although the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020 has a certain impact on China's optical microscope, because optical microscope is of great significance in the fields of scientific research, medical treatment, industrial production and pedagogy, these industries are the key industries that the country continues to promote development, and it is expected to further expand the market scale of China's optical microscope industry in the future.

China is the global optical microscope manufacturing center

As early as the 1970s and 1980s, the global optical microscope production was gradually transferred from Japan to China. At present, China has been able to produce 95% of educational and universal microscopes, and has become a global optical microscope processing and manufacturing center.

The epidemic situation has a certain impact on the demand for optical microscopy

In recent years, benefiting from the steady development of downstream markets such as scientific research institutions and medical and health care, China's optical microscope market has been expanding, reaching 1.5 billion yuan in 2015 and 2.5 billion yuan in 2019. The global epidemic broke out in 2020, and the demand for optical microscope in the world and China declined.

According to reportlinker data, in 2020, China's optical microscope market accounted for about 9.91% of the global optical microscope market. Combined with the global optical microscope market scale data (US $3.9 billion in 2020), it can be estimated that the Chinese optical microscope market scale in 2020 is about 2.4 billion yuan (converted at the exchange rate of 6.7).

Ningbo produces 80% of the country's optical microscopes

At present, China's optical microscope manufacturers are mainly concentrated in East China. According to the statistical data of "enterprise inspection cat", as of the end of February 2021, in China's instrument manufacturing industry, the enterprises involved in optical microscope manufacturing are concentrated in East China, with about 165 enterprises, accounting for about 78%, followed by South China, mainly in Guangdong Province, accounting for about 8%.

Note: the above data are as of the end of February 2021.

Ningbo, located in East China, is the largest and most powerful industrial base of optical microscope in China. According to the information disclosed in the 33rd ISO / tc172 / SC5 International Standardization Conference on microscope and endoscope held in Ningbo in November 2019, the output of optical microscope in Ningbo accounted for more than 80% of the country and became the largest optical microscope production base in China. In 2019, the output of optical instruments in Ningbo was 3.4304 million.

Optical and electronic industry is one of the "electronic information" industries in the "24.6 trillion" industrial cluster cultivated by Ningbo, which has the characteristics of high scientific and technological content and high manufacturing accuracy requirements; A complete industrial chain from basic materials such as machinery and electronics to design, processing and integration has been formed, and leading enterprises such as Yongxin optics and Shunyu group have emerged. Among them, Yongxin optics has also led the formulation of the international standard iso9345 for optical microscope, becoming the first enterprise in this field to formulate the international standard led by Chinese enterprises.

The market scale is expected to reach 4.6 billion yuan

Optical microscope is of great significance in the fields of scientific research, medical treatment, industrial production and pedagogy. For example, the discovery of genes related to human development through microscope clearly proves their importance in life science.

In the future, with the continuous improvement of China's national economy and education level and the progress of scientific research, medical treatment and industrial production, the demand for optical microscope will expand. At the same time, the continuous development of China's optical microscope technology and the development of software technology will also promote the demand for optical microscope. It is expected that in 2026, China's optical microscope market is expected to reach 4.6 billion yuan.