Recently, the list of the fourth batch of key industrial chain upstream and downstream enterprise communities in Ningbo City was published. Four industrial chain upstream and downstream enterprise communities leading the enterprises in Beilun District, including Ningbo Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Ningbo Orient Wires & Cables Co., Ltd., Ningbo Spey Technology Co., Ltd. and Ningbo Jifeng Auto Parts Co., Ltd., were on the list, respectively.

The upstream and downstream enterprise communities in the industrial chain is led by leading enterprises or key link leading enterprises in the industrial chain, collaborating upstream and downstream of the joint industrial chain, horizontal ling connecting similar enterprises, research institutes and universities to optimize the division of labor and collaboration among enterprises in the industrial chain and carry out all-round cooperation around supply chain stability and industrial chain security, so as to improve the abilities of industrial collaborative innovation, industrial chain leadership, smooth supply chain and  market expansion to achieve the independent and controllable, safe and efficient goal of key technologies in the industrial chains.

In recent years, Beilun District has adhered to demand orientation, strengthened reasonable division of labor and close cooperation in key links of the industrial chains, and promoted the stability and competitiveness construction jointly of key industrial chains in the whole city. So far, 25 upstream and downstream enterprise communities in Beilun District have been formed, and the total number ranks the top in the whole city, covering various fields including new materials and automobiles, etc.

Since this year on, Beilun District has steadily advanced the endogenous growth mechanism of innovation entities and the construction of the innovation community system, making every efforts to attract more relevant upstream and downstream enterprises to participate in, thereby realizing complementary advantages among enterprises, effective docking of departments, consolidating the self-sufficient foundation in key links including precision equipment, etc., and enhancing the ductility of the industrial chains. For example, Ningbo L.K. Machinery Co., Ltd. has been devoting major efforts to developing high-end equipment manufacturing characterized by efficiency, intelligent, integration, and networking, and currently, it holds 43 patents and works, and has participated in the formulation of 16 national, industry, or group standards, with a strong development momentum. (Reporter Mao Feiying, and correspondent Ren Dong)