WS has a state level Technology Center, the National Academician Work Center for Hi-end Ship and Ocean Engineering Equipment, and has been appraised as the Top Ten Enterprises in Innovation Capacity in China’s Ship Industry, the National High Technology Enterprise, and the National Model in Technical Innovation. In 2014, WS ranked third in among the enterprise technology centers of national level in China’s ship industry.
I. State-level innovation platforms
| No. |
Platform name |
Approved by |
Attached to |
| 1 |
Enterprise technology center |
National Development and Reform Commission |
Headquarters of WS |
| 2 |
National Technological Innovation Demonstration Enterprise |
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology |
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| 3 |
National Demonstration Enterprise in Intellectual Property Rights |
State Intellectual Property Office |
|
| 4 |
National Superior Enterprise in Intellectual Property Rights |
State Intellectual Property Office |
|
| 5 |
Wuhan National Industrialization Base for High and New Technology of High-End Ships and Marine Equipment |
Ministry of Science and Technology |
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| 6 |
Military calibration and test laboratory |
General Armament Department |
Measurement Company |
| 7 |
CNAS accredited laboratory |
China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment |
II. Innovation platform of provincial or city level
| No. |
Platform name |
Approved by |
Attached to |
| 1 |
High-tech enterprise |
Provincial Science Technology Department, Provincial Department of Finance, Provincial State Administration of Taxation, and Provincial Local Taxation Bureau |
Headquarters of WS, Ship Design Company, Module Company, Heavy Equipment Company, Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, Hubei Marine Engineering Equipment Research Institute, Shuangliu Wuchuan (new) |
| 2 |
Provincial enterprise technology center |
Provincial Development and Reform Commission |
Module Company, Heavy Industry Company, Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry, Hubei Marine Engineering Equipment Research Institute (new) |
| 3 |
Hubei Academician Work Center for Ship and Marine Engineering Equipment |
Hubei Office of National Defense |
Headquarters of WS |
| 4 |
Hubei Academicians and Experts Service Liaison Base |
Hubei Association for Science and Technology |
Headquarters of WS |
| 5 |
Hubei Center for the Engineering Research and Development of Marine Equipment |
Provincial Development and Reform Commission |
Headquarters of WS |
| 6 |
Hubei Center for the Research of the Engineering Technology for the Research and Development of High-Tech Ships |
Provincial Department of Science and Technology |
Headquarters of WS |
| 7 |
Hubei Model Organization for Intelligent Manufacturing |
Hubei Economy and Information Technology Commission |
Headquarters of WS |
| 8 |
Superior Enterprise in Intellectual Property Rights in Wuhan |
Wuhan Intellectual Property Bureau |
Headquarters of WS |
| 9 |
Wuhan Enterprise Research and Development Center |
Wuhan Science and Technology Bureau |
Headquarters of WS |
| 10 |
Qingdao Center for the Research of Ship and Marine Equipment Engineering |
Qingdao Science and Technology Bureau |
Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry |
The Enterprise Information Space Engineering and computer-aided full three-dimensional production design system have been established in WS; WS can conduct simulation, modeling and comprehensive arrangement of the whole ship with 3D technology; Thus the Company takes the lead in informatization of design, manufacture and management, and the largest military industry measuring station and material & structure testing center in central China are established in the Company. The Company boasts advanced test technology, precision test instruments and comprehensive test approaches.
WS has a military trade design institute and several independent design companies; With a series of technical standards and process codes established in the major product field, the Company boasts all-round strength from design and detailing to production design for ship programs, and many excellent ship types with independent intellectual properties. WS cooperates with the general design institutes, the performance institutes and the equipment institutes of CSIC in China and works with reputable leading design companies in the world market for joint design. WS plays a leading role in technology research and development in this industry, and has been awarded with nearly a hundred prizes in technical achievement of national, provincial or department level, and many of the technologies by WS reach advanced international standards.
WS takes account of the demand on standardization from the long-term development, and implements pilot programs for the standardized management of its key products; it plans the standards for which it enjoys an advantage and strives to win support from the authority for the company’s standard research projects. The company has prepared or revised 68 standards of the industry or higher level and completed 12 standardization research projects. Among them, 5 national standards and 45 industrial standards are edited or co-edited by the company. The technical standard system has been basically established. Total 1,200 technical standards have been prepared or revised to basically cover the design, production, inspection, and test of ship products, and gradually meet the company’s requirements for high-quality development.
