M’sian exporters urged to leverage on ‘made in China 2025’ policy
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian exporters have been urged to leverage on the “Made in China 2025,” policy to export more products for manufacturing in the country.
The policy is aimed at among others, upgrading China into a manufacturing power house and from being a manufacturer of quantity to one of quality.
In making the call, the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation’s (Matrade) Trade Commissioner in Beijing Kua Kiat Chye said in a statement that, Malaysian exporters should seize opportunities in this sector and boost their exports of components and related materials.
He said under the plan, nine tasks have been identified as priorities, namely, improving manufacturing innovation, integrating information technology and in-
The others are, enforcing green manufacturing, promoting breakthrough in ten key sectors, advancing restructuring of the manufacturing sector, promoting service-oriented manufacturing and manufacturing-related service industries, and internationalising manufacturing.
Kua Kiat Chye, Matrade Trade Commissioner in Beijing
dustry, strengthening the industrial base and fostering Chinese brands.
“The others are, enforcing green manufacturing, promoting breakthrough in ten key sectors, advancing restructuring of the manufacturing sector, promoting service-oriented manufacturing and manufacturing-related service industries, and internationalising manufacturing,” he added.
The ten key sectors are new information technology, numerical control tools and robotics, aerospace equipment, ocean engineering equipment and high-tech ships, railway equipment, energy saving and new energy vehicles, power equipment, new materials, biological medicine and medical devices, and agricultural machinery.
One of the key bottlenecks the industry faces is, the manufacture of high-end microchips, Kua said. — Bernama