When domestic aircraft carriers are developing by leaps and bounds, when domestic high-speed railways are competing for orders from the world, when domestic large aircraft are unveiled Landmark domestic high-end equipment is constantly emerging, which makes the whole world look with new eyes. However, in the face of brilliant achievements, Zhizhi also put forward higher expectations and deeper worries for made in China. On the afternoon of January 4, 2016, Premier Li Keqiang presided over a forum on resolving overcapacity and realizing development of iron and steel coal industry in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. At the meeting, Li Keqiang said, "we do not have the ability to produce die steel, including the" beads "on the ball point pen head. At present, we still need to import them. We need to adjust the structure. " Since then, people suddenly found that there is such a seemingly ordinary but not easy "NIB problem" hidden in life. A small ballpoint pen inadvertently shows the big gap between the made in China and the world's excellent players, and it is also the epitome of the problems faced by China's manufacturing industry.

     The premier's question originated from a letter written to the premier by Wang Shuqin, chairman of China pen making Association in 2015. According to CCTV, after a long-term investigation, Wang Shuqin wanted to "take the opportunity of the general manager to ask about China's pen making industry. I think we should also face up to the current situation of the industry and know our own shortcomings and problems, so as to lay a foundation for the future transformation and upgrading." In July 2010, the CPPCC National Committee on education, science, culture, health and sports formed an investigation group to investigate in Zhejiang and Shanghai. Xu Xiaolan, one of the members of the research group and vice president of China Institute of electronic information industry development at that time, recalled: "a pen costs more than one yuan, and I don't think this pen has much core competitiveness. Later, when I was investigating, I was really surprised, that is, more than 90% of the pens are imported." According to industry data, "China has occupied 80% of the global ballpoint pen market, with an annual output of 38 billion ballpoint pens. If we fully realize the independent production, the overall cost will be reduced by more than one billion!" The "NIB problem" is not a small problem.

     China is a big country in pen making. Since the new century, Chinese pen making enterprises have gradually replaced South Korea and Taiwan as the main suppliers of low-end ballpoint pens in the international market, and gradually moved towards the middle end products. With the development of more than ten years, Chinese people have firmly occupied the position of low-end products in the global market, and squeezed out Korean and Taiwan enterprises in the international market. However, it is not a powerful country in pen making. Many pen making enterprises in China focus on the low end of the pen holder production and assembly industry chain, while key components such as pen ink, especially precision pen making machinery and other key equipment rely on imports.