Source: China Construction News Network

Time flies, and a new year is ushered in. Our country has entered the "14th Five-Year Plan" period and embarked on a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way. In order to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we will strive to march towards the second centenary goal. At this great moment, as a worker committed to promoting the modernization of my country's construction industry, I feel a long way to go and a glorious mission.

"Modernization" is a significant symbol of the development and progress of human civilization, an inevitable process of the evolution of world history, and an important strategic goal for the country's economic and social development. Since the founding of New China, our country’s "modernization" has been continuously working hard to move forward along with the historical process of the country standing up, getting rich, and then becoming stronger. From the first time in the 1950s that clearly proposed the realization of the "four modernizations", to the "three-step" strategy proposed by the 13th National Congress of the Party after the reform and opening up, to the "new three-step" strategy proposed by the 15th National Congress of the Party, In the new era, the 19th National Congress of the Party clearly stated the grand goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way by 2020 and basically realizing a modern socialist country by 2035. It can be said that for a long time, the party and the country's macro system construction and development strategic goals have been directed towards "modernization".

As a pillar industry of my country's national economy, the construction industry is an important part of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. Realizing the modernization of the construction industry and developing from a major construction country to a modernization power of the construction industry is the persistent dream and diligent pursuit of every Chinese construction worker, and it is also an important responsibility and sacred mission given to us by history. Standing at a new starting point for embarking on a new journey and accelerating the pace of modernization, we must clearly see: At present, my country’s construction industry still has "large but not strong, weak industrial foundation, low level of industrial chain coordination, serious industrial fragmentation, and industrial The outstanding problems such as low skill quality of workers, extensive construction methods, and backward organization methods are still far from our country's goal of becoming a socialist modern country and realizing the modernization of the construction industry. How to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the construction industry and achieve high-quality development? How does the road to modernization of the construction industry go? This is an important issue that we need to think carefully about in the new stage of development.

We must clearly realize that although my country has been vigorously promoting the modernization of the construction industry, it has not really entered a sound development track, and the speed of industrial progress and transformation development is relatively slow. Up to now, there are no plans and goals for promoting the modernization of the construction industry. A complete set of policy systems required to promote the rationalization, advancement and modernization of the construction industry has yet to be improved. At the same time, there is no systematic construction industry system as a strong support. On the one hand, this situation shows that my country's construction industry has still largely failed to get rid of its dependence on traditional paths. On the other hand, it also shows that the development of the construction industry has entered an important historical juncture where it must be transformed and upgraded. This requires us to re-examine the shortcomings of the traditional "industry" way of thinking and development paths, and from the perspective of "industrial modernization", we must thoroughly study a series of fundamental understandings and inherent laws of my country's construction industry, which is useful for exploring my country's construction industry. The modernization road has very important practical significance.

The essence and connotation of the modernization of the construction industry is that the construction industry adheres to the new development concept, takes new-type construction industrialization as the core, uses modern information technology as the means, uses modern science and technology and the modern organization of enterprises, through the deep integration of informationization and industrialization, and industrial structure. Optimization and reasonable allocation of factor resources to realize the comprehensive renewal, transformation and upgrade of the traditional construction industry. By improving the basic industrial capacity and the level of the industrial chain, it provides the society with high-quality construction products that meet the people’s needs for a better life, so that the construction industry can The continuous development of the advanced industrial form and the whole process of becoming the world's construction power.

Promoting the modernization of the construction industry is a major change in construction methods and a revolution in production methods. The path of change is to transform from traditional construction methods to new industrialized construction methods. This transformation does not simply refer to technological innovation, but the development strategy, management system, organizational structure, etc. carried out under new technological conditions, deep integration with new technologies , Innovative organizational changes and revolutions in production methods. Just like the structural design of a building, only the internal structure is reasonable, the building's bearing capacity can be large, if the internal structure design is unreasonable, the building will be crushed. Organizational management model innovation supports technological integration innovation, and technological innovation drives organizational changes. The two are inseparable. For this reason, to promote the modernization of the construction industry, technology and management innovation must be driven by two wheels. While vigorously developing new technologies, it is necessary to establish strong organizational capabilities.

Promoting the modernization of the construction industry is an inevitable requirement for adapting to the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation. In recent years, the rapid development of Internet+, digitization and artificial intelligence has provided important means and development opportunities for the transformation and upgrading of the construction industry. However, it must be clearly understood that the construction industry, as the current depression of my country's informatization development, still has deep-seated problems such as a weak foundation for industrialization of construction, insufficient industrial organization capabilities and technical integration capabilities. Without a solid industrial foundation, it is unrealistic to imagine "artificial intelligence" to achieve corner overtaking. "Intelligence" is not "omnipotent", and the development of "artificial intelligence" construction methods must not ignore the shortcomings of weak industrial basic capabilities. In the Internet era, only by optimizing the organizational structure of the enterprise and rationalizing the logic of operation and management, can the sharing of information and data within the enterprise be realized, and the efficiency of enterprise operation and management can be improved; only by realizing the interconnection and cross-border integration of the industry can the information with the society be realized. Only by sharing data can industry development keep up with the development of the information society. To this end, we must be down-to-earth, respect the objective laws of the development of things, and implement overall policies, systematic advancement, and coordinated development in order to accelerate the informatization, digitization, and intelligence process of the construction industry, and to fully grasp the dividends brought by technological progress. And then radiate new vitality and new kinetic energy for the construction industry to move towards high-quality development.

Promoting the modernization of the construction industry is an important way for the integration of traditional construction industry and related industries to form a modern construction industry system. In recent years, the state has clearly proposed the development of multi-industry integration, deepening business linkages, chain extensions, and technology penetration, exploring new business forms, new models, and new paths, and promoting the integration and co-existence of related industries. Therefore, when promoting the modernization of the construction industry, it is necessary to strengthen overall planning, adhere to the combination of market leadership and government guidance, accelerate industrial structure adjustment, encourage intensive production and operation of enterprises, and strengthen the leading role of leading enterprises in the industrial chain; support the integration and optimization of core enterprises Various enterprises and resources in the industrial chain, under vigorously implementing the general contracting management model of the project, cultivate a group of leading enterprises that are at the top of the value chain and have the appeal of the entire industrial chain and international influence; Continue to innovate and make breakthroughs in technology, products, services and other fields, deepen collaboration with related supporting industries and enterprises, and lead the deep integration of the construction industry chain. It is necessary to guide and encourage small and medium construction enterprises to transform into specialized design and subcontracting enterprises. Through mergers and reorganizations, industrial chain integration, and industrial cluster construction, the independent and loose branches of the construction industry chain are integrated into a complete and organic industrial chain system, forming a division of labor, benign interaction, complementary advantages, and synergy in the industrial chain. Efficient new development pattern.

There is no doubt that in the context of the overall strategy of building a modern socialist country, the realization of the modernization of the construction industry is not shifted by human will. It is an inevitable requirement for high-quality development in the new stage and is related to the transformation, upgrading and innovation of the construction industry. The fundamental direction and key of development. For this reason, the construction industry must proceed from the overall development of the party and the country, put the modernization of the construction industry in a more important position, keep up with the pace of development of the times, and earnestly assume the mission and responsibilities of development, and further clarify the development direction, goals and objectives. The task is to aim at the world’s most advanced level of development, to make unremitting efforts to achieve the goal of modernization of the construction industry, and to make due contributions to the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country and the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

(The author is the Secretary-General of the Construction Industry Modernization Development Committee of the Architectural Society of China)