Nation to focus on top-end products for industrial edge

China aims to make breakthroughs in high value-added products like the next-generation numerical control machines, large passenger jets, sensors and industrial software, to improve its capability in key manufacturing technologies so as to compete with established global rivals, said senior officials on Friday.

Xin Guobin, vice-minister of industry and information technology, said there are some core links missing in the country's industrial chain, such as integrated circuit and industrial system solutions.

These missing links have kept China's manufacturing sector from reaching high-end production.