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一 | 　　今夏全国多地持续高温，全社会用电负荷屡创新高，电力保供、电网升级迎来关键窗口期。随着国内电网投资持续加码、港口绿色岸电全面普及、新能源产业高速扩容，高端电力装备的市场需求持续攀升。

二 | 　　坐落于太湖西岸的宜兴市万石镇，深耕电力装备领域30余年，集聚36家电力装备企业，包含17家规上企业、11家高新技术企业。 The Chips Act is "a pre-cursor to further escalations with China in order to flip this dynamic, knowing that the US will not be able to adequately defend Taiwan,” US-based financial commentator Tom Luongo tells Sputnik, referring to US-Chinese tensions over Taipei, which escalated after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island last week.,"The US will defend Taiwan through a number of hybrid war tactics, including sanctions and tariffs as well as monetary policy, while simultaneously making like they can and will defend Taiwan militarily. For now, Taiwan is important, this bill is saying we need to ensure it is less important. This vulnerability, in my opinion, was deliberately pursued by forces within our government to lead us to this unfolding crisis. We always wanted a casus belli against China. Taiwan is the perfect trip wire for further war," Luongo explains.,He ventured to say that “it may even have been the reason” Pelosi visited Taiwan “to ratchet up the tension and ensure the bill’s passage,” adding that “at this point, things are so murky, trying to divine what anyone’s motivations are on Capitol Hill, other than surviving the mid-terms, is a fool’s errand.”,Earlier this week, US President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill that aims to boost the country’s competitiveness with China by investing $280 billion in domestic semiconductor manufacturing and science research.,Speaking at the signing ceremony outside the White House on Tuesday, Biden claimed that “the future of the chip industry is going to be made in America,” adding, “Today is a day for builders. Today America is delivering.”,Dubbed the Chips and Science Act, the bill includes more than $52 billion for US companies producing computer chips, as well as billions more in tax credits to encourage investment in semiconductor manufacturing.,WorldUS New Chips Law Will Undermine Global Supply Chains: Chinese Foreign MinistryYesterday, 12:00 GMT,The document also stipulates allocating tens of billions of dollars to fund scientific research and development and to spur the innovation and development of other US technology.,"Trade tensions with China and the war hysteria [around] Taiwan will make US susceptible to disruptions in chip availability that can have wide ranging disturbances across industries," says Dr. Sunita Raju, a professor of economics and Chairperson of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. "While the CHIPS Act is an effort to maintain technology leadership position of US, it is also an effort to stem the US lagging behind Taiwan, Korea and China in recent times in chip manufacturing.",The Chips Act is "a clear departure for US industrial policy to provide subsidies and incentives to a specific industry. The compulsion now is driven by geopolitical tensions (US-China trade war, China-Taiwan-US confrontation), strategic significance of chips in manufacturing across industries (particularly post COVID) and its applications for defence and national security concerns," says Dr. Raju.,The professor explains that the purpose is to attact investment from major chip manufacturers and establish semiconductor fabrication plants in the United States.,"The 'Fab less' model that the US followed in the past made US gain a dominant market position in the R&D, IP and design capability of the value chain of semiconductor industry but resulted in less than 12% in wafer fabrication (capital intensive) and 2% in Assembling, Packaging &Testing (Capital & labour intensive) (SIA, 2021). US share in global installed capacity of semiconductor industry is less than 12%, while the global sale of semiconductor sales (Fab less plus IDMs) is 48%. As a result, growth in installed capacity of US was outpaced by Asian countries," Dr. Raju explains.,Modi Vows to Develop India as Chip Hub as Gov't Sets $300Bn Target in Electronics Manufacturing 4 July, 20:01 GMT,Meanwhile, Luongo says that the bill “will have an effect on semiconductor production” in the US, but “the question is whether it is cost-effective to actually do it.”,“It was a strategic mistake to offshore all of our chip production. For everything outside of the bleeding edge in power management – phones, data centers, etc. – older technology is just fine. Remember that most of these big chips are designed here in the US, manufacturing happens overseas. […] The production of most of your iPhone happens here in the US, the assembly of the parts happens in China. This point is lost in all of the noise,” he points out.,Luongo describes the bill as “just a start” in terms of the US’ effort to get the better of China in the race to dominate the high-tech sector.,“The turnaround will take time certainly, there is no easy fix here (…) If the US is serious about gaining real market share and competitiveness in manufacturing, then a lot of roadblocks currently in place will need to end,” the commentator notes.,He went on to argue that the global market for chips currently looks “the way it does because of US technology barriers through trade deals, sanctions and the like.” Luongo adds that US foreign policy “will now hinge on continuing to try and delay and slow down the rise of competition” and that “being pushed out of markets like central Asia and falling behind in Africa, etc. isn’t a good sign.”,According to him, “the real problem now is that the US is going hyper-belligerent to maintain its control when it should have looked inward to solve its internal problems years ago. [Former US President Donald] Trump tried and failed to make meaningful reforms.”。辖区企业在港口岸电设备、特种变压器、输变电钢杆等细分领域占据重要市场地位，产品广泛应用于电网基建、核电、光伏、港口航运等关键领域，凭借过硬智造实力构筑起小众赛道的产业壁垒。　　深耕实业迭代：从乡镇小厂到高端智造升级　　万石电力装备产业起源于上世纪八九十年代的乡镇作坊，历经30余年迭代升级，完成了从人工粗加工到智能化、高精尖、标准化的跨越式转型。　　成立于1992年的兴益特种变压器，是万石本土产业成长的典型代表。企业早年仅生产小型普通变压器，产品附加值低、市场竞争力弱。

三 | 2006年起，企业主动转型升级，聚焦高技术特种变压器赛道。目前，企业产品覆盖电炉、整流、磁性调压器等十余类产品，单台容量最高可达60000kVA，适配核聚变实验、核电、半导体、光伏等高端场景，服务一众行业头部央企。　　高强度研发投入是企业突围的核心底气。兴益特变研发人员占比超15%，持续引进高学历专业人才，与南京大学等高校共建联合实验室，同时依托地方政府技改补贴、高企培育等政策红利，夯实技术优势。依托新能源产业蓬勃发展的红利，企业今年业绩有望实现翻倍增长，海外市场销售占比已突破20%，产品远销欧亚多国。　　攻坚细分赛道：从代工跟随到国标制定引领　　在港口岸电装备这一核心细分领域，万石企业实现了从突围垄断到行业标准引领的跨越，江苏健龙电器便是标杆企业。同样起步于1992年，健龙电器早年为国际品牌代工电气配件外壳，处于产业链低端环节。后瞄准绿色港口发展风口，企业及时转型，深耕高容量船舶岸电连接设备研发生产。　　此前，国内高端岸电设备长期被国外品牌垄断，单台设备售价高达数十万元。健龙电器坚持自主创新，自研产品品质对标国际、价格大幅下探，彻底打破外资品牌长期垄断格局。同时，企业创新研发恒力控制卷缆系统，用变频控制替代传统液力耦合技术，实现水位变化下电缆精准自动收放，运维便利性全面升级。　　凭借深厚的技术积淀，健龙电器成为《高压岸电连接系统》《工业用插头插座耦合器》等多项国家标准的起草单位，稳居行业龙头地位。目前，企业岸电设备国内细分市场占有率超60%，覆盖全国600余个大型码头、50余条大型电动船舶，产品出口20多个国家和地区，今年外贸出口持续稳步增长。　　集群协同破局：从单打独斗到链式发展提质　　历经多年发展，万石电力装备产业曾面临产品同质化、利润收窄等行业痛点。

四 | 对此，当地以差异化发展、集群化升级为核心，推动产业提质增效。　　企业层面，辖区企业加速智能化、数字化改造。银河钢杆打造智能数字化车间，搭建全流程生产管理系统，实现生产工序全程留痕、参数可溯，生产效率提升30%以上；政府层面，万石镇聚焦低碳重型装备、智慧电力能源两大主导产业，精准对接环太湖产业资源，通过专场对接会承接优质产能，推动总投资2亿元的双士科技整体迁建等重点项目落地，持续补链强链。　　当前，万石镇正推动产业发展从“企业单打独斗”向“产业链抱团共赢”转变，持续完善产业配套、优化营商环境，全方位夯实电力装备产业集群优势。