The reporter saw in the production workshop of Junhe Pump Co., Ltd. in Jiushigang Town that more than a dozen old assembly lines were in sharp contrast with the 20 new automatic assembly lines: the former had 20 people and the latter had only 4 people. “The demand for labor has decreased, the output has increased by 50%, and the pass rate of products has been close to 100%.” Zhou Hongwen, the relevant person in charge of the company, said. “Junhe Pump Industry” is just a microcosm of “machine substitution” in the industrial enterprises of Jiushigang Town.

　　In Jiushigang Town, the proportion of labor-intensive industries is relatively large. The industries of plastics, auto parts and textiles and textiles were once subject to problems such as insufficient equipment investment and labor shortage, resulting in low output per mu. With the rising cost of raw materials, “difficulties in recruiting workers” have become the norm, and the transformation and upgrading of enterprises is imminent.

　　To this end, Jiushigang Town has made good use of subsidy policies at the two levels of the city and district, and actively guided the transformation and upgrading of enterprises to increase the output per mu. This year, through the project-driven, typical promotion, and policy promotion, the pace of “machine substitution” in Jiushigang Township enterprises has been accelerated: 18 key technical upgrading projects with an investment of more than 5 million yuan, and technologies below 5 million yuan. There are 22 reform projects, and the total investment amounted to nearly 1 billion yuan. “'Southern Mould' invested 14.5 million yuan, introduced 12 sets of automation equipment, saved 35 people, added 40 million yuan of new benefits, and increased output value by more than 60%; 'Junhe Pump Industry' invested more than 600 million yuan to transform intelligent assembly line, output value Increased by 30%; 'Hexin Glass' further reduced the labor demand by popularizing the automated production line...” Speaking of the benefits of “machine substitution”, Wu Yunpeng, director of the Jishui Port Office, is a few. There are also a number of high-tech enterprises in Jiushigang Town actively participating in the research and development of robots (automation equipment). Among them, the “Mide Robot” under the “Bodi Wheel” has started mass production since September. Up to now, the town's technological transformation investment has completed more than 80% of the annual plan.