Manufacturing individual championship certification is an important measure implemented by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology since 2016. The purpose is to guide manufacturing enterprises to focus on innovation and quality improvement, enhance the international competitiveness of my country's manufacturing industry, and promote my country's industry as a whole to move towards the middle and high end of the global value chain. According to the regulations of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the individual champions of the manufacturing industry include two categories: single champion demonstration enterprises and single champion products. The shortlisted conditions are manufacturing enterprises or products with annual operating income of more than 0.4 billion yuan, outstanding leading industries, top three global share, and internationally leading key technology level.

In order to help companies interested in applying to better understand and prepare for the manufacturing championship certification, this article specially invites experts from Shangpu Consulting Group to provide companies with some professional opinions and suggestions from the following aspects.

1. clarify the declaration categories and key areas

According to their own conditions, enterprises can choose one of the individual champion demonstration enterprises and individual champion products to declare. If you declare a single champion demonstration enterprise, the sales income of the corresponding product must account for more than 70% of the enterprise's main business income; if you declare a single champion product, you can only declare one product. Therefore, enterprises should choose the most suitable declaration category according to their own core competitiveness and market advantages.

In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announces the key areas for the cultivation and selection of individual champions every year, which are not only the key directions of the national industrial development strategy, but also the hot areas of market demand and technological innovation. For enterprises and products in key areas, especially those that make up for shortcomings in key areas, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will give priority to recommend. Therefore, enterprises should pay attention to the list of key areas issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and combine their own product characteristics and market positioning to choose the key areas that are most conducive to their outstanding advantages.

2. prepare perfect declaration materials

Application materials are an important basis for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to assess whether an enterprise meets the conditions of a single champion. According to the requirements of the "Application for Manufacturing Individual Champions" issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, "Application for Review of Manufacturing Individual Champions" 4 and other documents, enterprises need to provide the following types of materials:

Describe the material. Including the basic situation of enterprises, leading industries or products, market share and ranking, innovation ability, quality and efficiency, etc. These contents require enterprises to explain with data and facts, and provide relevant proof or supporting materials, such as market research reports, patent certificates, technical standards, financial statements, etc.

Declaration form. Including "Manufacturing Single Champion Application" or "Manufacturing Single Champion Review Application", and "Manufacturing Single Champion Declaration Product List", etc. These forms require enterprises to fill in the prescribed format and content and affix their official seals.

Other materials. It includes legal documents such as business license of enterprise legal person, organization code certificate, tax registration certificate, etc., as well as management system documents such as financial affairs, intellectual property rights, technical standards, quality assurance and production safety of the enterprise.

When preparing the application materials, enterprises should pay attention to the following points:

The materials should be true, accurate and complete, and there should be no falsehood, exaggeration or omission, otherwise it will affect the credibility and effect of the declaration.

The materials should be concise, clear and standardized, and there should be no redundancy, ambiguity or typos, otherwise it will affect the quality and efficiency of the declaration.

The materials must meet the requirements and standards of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and there must be no inconsistencies, inapplicability, or unreasonable situations, otherwise it will affect the compliance and credibility of the declaration.

3. master the correct declaration process and time

The application process is a specific step for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to organize the selection and review of individual champions. According to the notice on the cultivation, selection, review and evaluation of individual manufacturing champion enterprises (products) in 2022 issued by the Ministry of industry and information technology, and the notice on organizing the recommend of the sixth batch of manufacturing individual champions and the review of the third batch of manufacturing individual champions, the application process mainly includes the following links:

Online reporting. The enterprise shall fill in and upload relevant materials online and submit them after being reviewed by the organization unit. Online through the manufacturing single champion online submission system (dgb.cfie.org.cn) unified declaration.

Paper submission. The enterprise shall submit the paper materials in duplicate, together with the official submission documents, to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the China Federation of Industrial Economics (the relevant materials shall be collected by the latter).

The first trial argument. Local departments in charge of industry and information technology or central enterprises shall conduct preliminary demonstration and merit-based recommend on the declared enterprises (products), and report the recommend list and relevant materials to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Expert review. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organizes experts to review the list of recommend, and organizes experts to go to some enterprises for on-site verification.

Public announcement. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will publicize the evaluation results, and determine the final list according to the publicity and publish it.

While mastering the declaration process, enterprises should also pay attention to the declaration time. Every year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will issue a notice on the selection and review and evaluation of the training of individual champions in the manufacturing industry that year. The notice will specify the deadline for each link. For example, the deadline for online filing for the selection and review of the 2022 manufacturing championship is May 8, 2022. Therefore, enterprises should pay close attention to the notice issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and complete the tasks of each link on time.

In short, the manufacturing industry single champion certification is a special action carried out by the country to cultivate high-quality manufacturing enterprises, which aims to promote the improvement of industrial basic capabilities and the modernization of the industrial chain. If an enterprise wants to declare successfully, it needs to clarify the declaration category and key areas, prepare perfect declaration materials, and master the correct declaration process and time. This article invited experts from Shangpu Consulting Group to provide some professional views and suggestions for enterprises from these aspects, hoping to help enterprises improve the success rate and efficiency of declaration.