2008年4月,中共山西省委常委会议指出:建设山西新型工业基地首先是新型装备制造基地。山西经济转型、跨越、崛起的关键和难点是振兴装备制造业。要用现代产业链条和集群理念整合和提升装备制造业。要整合资源、引进战略合作伙伴、加强自主创新、提高管理水平和配套能力、创造名牌。 April 2008, the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee pointed out: building a new industrial base in Shanxi is the first new equipment manufacturing base. The key and difficult point of Shanxi’s economic restructuring, leapfrogging and rising is to revitalize the equipment manufacturing industry. To use the modern industrial chain and cluster concepts to integrate and enhance the equipment manufacturing industry. To integrate resources, the introduction of strategic partners, strengthen independent innovation, improve management and supporting capabilities, and create brand names.