Zhejiang Province is going to provide support for corporations in key areas to start modern technological transformation and carry out 100 demonstration projects of “Substituting Robot for Human” and “Products Upgrading”, based on the corporation’s own feature. In details, it is to build technical transformation demonstration bases in 10 regional industries, and promote the projects to cover gradually massive enterprises. 10 provincial developing bases for strategic emerging industries will be built to lead development of the emerging industry.

The purpose of “Substituting Robot for Human”, as Zhejiang Government indicates, is  to double the investment above norm on technological transformation in 5 years, within which the investment should increase annually over 20% in 2015. Every enterprise above designated size should carry out averagely one technological transformation project above norm within 5 years. By promoting the technological transformation of relative enterprises, it is possible to achieve the goal that the labor productivity of enterprises above designated size should exceed 270 thousand CNY per person, when optimizing the investment structure of industrial technological transformation as well.

The Economic & Information Commission of Zhejiang Province indicates that during the period from January to June this year, the productivity per worker of industry above designated size has been increased by 7.9%, comparing with the corresponding period. The industrial added value is 5% up, and profit, 7.87% up. The number of workers involved in industrial value-added line has decreased by 7.4%.