Do you know? The major projects of these countries all share a common name: the "Fuxing" high-speed train, the C919 aircraft, the ultra-high voltage power grid, and the large-scale shield machine. This common name is - "the first of its kind".
Let's have a brief explanation first: What exactly is "first-of-its-kind"?
Through original innovation, integrated innovation or the re-innovation of imported technologies after digestion and absorption, significant innovations in principles, structures, and performances have been achieved domestically. These products possess remarkable features such as energy conservation, material saving, and environmental protection, and they are equipped with independent intellectual property rights and own brands, including complete sets or single machines of equipment.
The term "first-of-its-kind" has three key elements: first, it represents a major innovation achieved domestically on a pioneering basis; second, it involves possessing independent intellectual property rights and a self-owned brand; third, it features significant characteristics such as energy conservation, material saving, and environmental protection.
In 2023, the key areas supported by the "first-of-its-kind" policy in Shandong Province included:
Key core basic components for industries such as industrial machinery, agricultural machinery equipment, construction machinery, robots, ships and offshore engineering equipment, rail transit equipment, electrical and energy equipment, hydrogen and fuel cells, energy conservation and environmental protection equipment, medical equipment, safety and emergency equipment, instruments and meters, petrochemical equipment, intelligent manufacturing equipment, and new energy vehicles.
Shandong, as the only province in China that possesses all 41 major industrial categories and has a glorious manufacturing history, has placed the high-quality development of high-end equipment manufacturing at a prominent position in its efforts to build an advanced manufacturing powerhouse. Equipment manufacturing is the "backbone" of the manufacturing industry, and the high-end equipment manufacturing capabilities that are led by high technologies and located at the high end of the value chain and the core of the industrial chain determine the comprehensive competitiveness of the industrial chain.
"First-of-a-kind" refers to the top performers in the field of high-end equipment manufacturing.
The equipment independently developed and produced by Caiju Electronic Technology has been selected as one of the first-generation products in Shandong Province this time, and it has been selected for three consecutive years. The following pictures are from the official website of the Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology.


The two previous selections were:
In 2021, the automated packaging equipment for semiconductor power devices was recognized as a "first-of-its-kind" product in Shandong Province.
In 2022, the automatic film-joining machine was recognized as the "first of its kind" in Shandong Province.