NARI Group: Improve resource-sharing business models such as integrated energy services and edge data centers

China Energy Storage Network News: Leng Jun, Chairman and Party Secretary of NARI Group Co., Ltd.

Digitalization has become a key force driving my country's economic development, and it is also an inevitable choice to adapt to the trend of integration and advancement of the energy revolution and the digital revolution. This year's government work report clearly proposed to accelerate digital development, create new advantages in the digital economy, coordinate the promotion of digital industrialization and industrial digital transformation, accelerate the pace of digital social construction, improve the level of digital government construction, create a good digital ecology, and build a digital China. State Grid Corporation of China focuses on the main business of the power grid, and around the four aspects of green development, intelligent empowerment, security, and value creation, it has formed an overall layout of "one industry as the main, four wings flying together, and all factors exerting force", which has pointed out the direction for the high-quality development of our industry during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. Faced with new situations and new challenges, it is timely and appropriate for NARI Group Co., Ltd. to vigorously promote digital transformation.

Digitalization is a powerful engine for cultivating new growth points. The company is vigorously promoting the digital transformation of all businesses and links. NARI Group adheres to the goal of pursuing international leadership, deepens the application of technologies such as big cloud, Internet of Things, mobile, and intelligent chain, comprehensively improves planning and design capabilities, application research and development capabilities, and data service capabilities, and accelerates the company's digital transformation.

Focus on improving planning and design capabilities, and help build the "four beams and eight pillars" of digital transformation. NARI Group has leveraged its advantages in all aspects of the power grid, established a flexible support team, strengthened "group operations" and "corps operations", and improved overall planning capabilities. In 2020, NARI Group undertook a total of 40 research and design tasks, including smart IoT systems and 5G construction and applications, to support the company in forming an overall framework and development priorities. It took the lead in completing the company's top-level design of smart IoT systems, forming 13 core design results and 12 corporate standards. It took the lead in completing the company's 5G key technology research framework and other program preparations, laying a solid foundation for the demonstration and application of 5G in the power grid.

Focus on improving application research and development capabilities to help consolidate the foundation of digital development. Digital transformation is a highly innovative, complex and long-term system project. NARI Group highlights the characteristics of group operation and strong driving force, accelerates the innovation and breakthrough of core technologies in the fields of equipment intelligent perception and edge artificial intelligence, and allows more NARI original products such as the Internet of Things management platform and power-specific network security protection devices to "go global". NARI Group has supported the construction of 14 data center cloud platforms of the company and completed the online application of the power grid resource business platform. 6 typical cases of artificial intelligence applications were selected into the company's "Power Artificial Intelligence White Paper".

Focus on improving data service capabilities and accelerating the expansion of digital industrialization. NARI Group takes "platform + ecology" as the main line, integrates core operating scenarios, technical resources, brand resources, etc. to form agglomeration advantages, improves resource sharing business models such as integrated energy services and edge data centers, and cooperates with relevant provincial power companies to create a "model room" for the company's digital ecology. NARI Group actively supports the operation of the online State Grid APP, has built a total of 2,740 types of labels, and completed the development of 19 typical application scenarios. Support the launch of 66 data value-added service products such as power viewing people's livelihood, power viewing economy, and corporate credit evaluation in various units of the company.

Digital transformation is the only way for enterprises to transform their old and new driving forces. NARI Group has embedded digital thinking into the "14th Five-Year Plan" development strategy, connecting all aspects of production and operation with data value, empowering industrial expansion with digital capabilities, providing smarter technologies, products and services for the transformation and development of power grids and energy, promoting innovation-driven and business transformation, and continuously moving towards the high end of the industrial value chain.

Promote the construction of the "digital base" and improve the digital level of enterprise operations. NARI Group will follow the principles of overall design, local priority, rapid iteration, and strive for effectiveness, and carry out digital platform construction in stages to achieve data integration and sharing and efficient business collaboration, laying the foundation for building an "end-to-end" business process. Build a digital system for the group's technical capabilities, optimize and improve the co-construction and sharing of data at the enterprise level in all links, smooth the links from product research and development to product delivery, accelerate the precipitation and integration of technology, data, and services, and achieve "seamless connection" and "full-time online" between front-line personnel and rear teams. Build a protection system for network security, data asset security, etc., improve security protection measures, and build a solid safety bottom line.

Promote the deep integration of digital technology and products, and strengthen and optimize emerging industries. NARI Group will adopt the dual-track model of "independent control of core technology + introduction of excellent technology market" to strengthen the scene integration application of digital technology in traditional industries and the ecological innovation application in emerging industries, and enhance the collaborative control, online decision-making and intelligent analysis capabilities of NARI products. Strengthen cooperation with leading Internet companies and scientific research institutes, link upstream and downstream industrial chains, expand data applications in government affairs and people's livelihood services such as information forecasting, strategic decision-making, and information interconnection, expand the breadth and depth of NARI Group's industries in emerging fields, and accelerate the construction of an emerging industry development pattern driven by innovation, forward-looking breakthroughs, and vitality.

Promote the cultivation of digital thinking and talent training to ensure the implementation and effectiveness of digital transformation. NARI Group will accurately grasp the connotation and essence of the company's digital transformation, strengthen cultural cultivation and value shaping, and cultivate digital thinking. Strengthen the introduction of digital technology and management talents, build a professional team of digital management, technology, marketing and engineering services, and accelerate the formation of a digital transformation atmosphere of "wanting to transform, daring to transform, and knowing how to transform". Adopt the method of first pilot and then promotion, first local and then overall, to continuously promote management and organizational changes, and strive to achieve practical results in digital transformation.

In the future, NARI Group will resolutely implement the decisions and arrangements of the company’s party committee, based on the new development stage, practice the new development concept, serve the new development pattern, and in accordance with the company’s requirements of "five unshakable" and "four coordinated", fully integrate into and serve the overall layout of "one industry as the main, four wings flying together, and all factors exerting force". With high-quality development as the main line and all-round support and service for the development of the company and power grid as its mission, it will always face the forefront of world energy technology, focus on the needs of energy Internet construction, and strive to create a new engine for NARI Group's "14th Five-Year Plan" high-quality development, seize the opportunity to open a new situation, forge ahead and do a good job, and write a new chapter in supporting the new journey of supporting the implementation of the company's strategy.