According to statistics, there are currently 2503 printing enterprises in our province. Among them, there are 272 publication printing enterprises and 223 1 packaging, decoration and other printed matter printing enterprises. Among the 272 publication printing enterprises, there are 4 national designated enterprises/kloc-0, 47 provincial designated enterprises and 2 licensed enterprises1/kloc-0. The above enterprises are located in 18 cities and counties in the province. The printing industry in the culturally developed areas such as Zhengzhou, Kaifeng and Luoyang, the provincial capital, has begun to take shape, forming a printing industry base that radiates the whole province. The first and second Xinhua printing plants in Henan Province and a number of large and medium-sized backbone enterprises of various economic types developed in recent years have continuously expanded their production capacity and rapidly enhanced their comprehensive strength, and our province has entered the ranks of major printing provinces in China.
To adapt to the development and change of market economy, the printing industry structure and product structure in our province are becoming more and more reasonable. Its main characteristics are: taking large state-owned backbone enterprises as the core, large, medium and small enterprises coexist, complement each other's advantages, compete with each other and develop together; Complete categories, clear professional division of labor, each with its own characteristics; The production process within the industry is gradually separated, and the professional division of labor between typesetting, plate making, printing and post-press processing is increasingly socialized; The production capacity of fine products has been greatly improved, and the proportion has increased year by year. These changes and characteristics have made the printing industry in our province form a brand-new pattern, showing a good momentum of healthy, stable and prosperous development.
The fierce competition in the printing market and the sound quality supervision and management system have promoted the printing quality of various printing products in our province to improve year by year. According to relevant statistics, the pass rates of batch products of primary and secondary school textbooks in our province from 1996 to 1999 are 87.75%, 9 1.5%, 9 1.7 1% and 96% respectively. 12 The pass rates of batch products from 1997 to 1999 are 77.2%, 90.7 1% and 95. 1% respectively. Since 1993, Henan edition books, which have been recognized as high-quality products by the General Administration of Press and Publication, have been ranked among the top five in the country in terms of varieties and the number of printed sheets. At the end of 1999, the General Administration of Press and Publication organized personnel to conduct spot checks on the printing quality of books published by our province 10 publishing units this year. * * * 54 varieties were randomly selected, 1600 copies. After testing, 53 species were qualified, and the qualified rate was 98. 1%, ranking first among the six randomly selected provinces in China. The provincial press and publication bureau has won the gold and silver awards for printing quality management issued by the General Administration of Press and Publication for six consecutive years; The provincial primary and secondary school textbook publishing center won the national textbook printing quality gold medal for five consecutive years. These achievements indicate that the printing quality of printed matter in our province has been promoted to a new height.
Looking forward to the future, Henan printing industry has a broad and beautiful development prospect, and we will work hard for it. The basic development idea is to further deepen enterprise reform, adhere to market orientation, guide various printing enterprises to change their operating mechanisms, and promote fair competition and common development. Large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises should implement the reform of company system and gradually develop in the direction of intensification and scale. On this basis, in Zhengzhou and other economically and culturally developed areas, a number of different types of printing enterprise groups have been established; We should intensify the adjustment of industrial structure and product structure. Through classified guidance, printing enterprises of different scales and types can form their own specialized production capacity. It is necessary to further improve the production level of high-quality and sophisticated books and periodicals products and change the problem of overcapacity of general books and periodicals products; It is necessary to speed up the technological transformation and upgrading of enterprises. 10, 2 1 century ago, large and medium-sized enterprises should be "prepress digital and networked; Multi-color printing, high efficiency; Post-press diversity and automation; The development goal of "high quality and serialization of equipment" has achieved phased results; Improving printing quality has always been the theme of printing industry in our province. On the basis of greatly improving the qualified rate of batch products, we will produce more high-quality products, so that the printing quality of products will continue to maintain the leading level in the same industry in China. In a word, we will face the future, forge ahead, work hard, speed up development and realize a more brilliant tomorrow for Henan printing industry.