In the context of human society entering the era of knowledge economy and rapid development of information technology, instrumentation and its measurement and control technology have been increasingly widely used, which provides a good opportunity for the rapid development of the instrumentation industry. my country's electric power instrumentation has also developed rapidly, and domestic electric power instrumentation has four major advantages.

1. At present, the instrumentation industry is an industry that directly competes with foreign businessmen, and foreign investment in China has entered the third stage. The first stage is dominated by joint ventures and technology export. The second stage is the conversion of joint ventures into holding companies around the 1990s, and now it has entered the third stage, which focuses on sole proprietorship and mergers of outstanding Chinese companies.

2. Some medium and low-end products already have scale advantages and competitiveness in the international market. For example, products such as ordinary digital multimeters account for a large amount of world output, and the production capacity of household watt-hour meters accounts for 50% of the world. At present, China has become a major producer and exporter of thermometers, pressure gauges, water meters, gas meters, watt-hour meters, microscopes, telescopes, optical components and other products. The export of high-end products such as container inspection equipment has also begun to make breakthroughs.

3. China is a developing country, and there is a 10-15 year gap between the instrumentation industry and developed countries. However, among developing countries, China is the country with the largest and most complete instrumentation industry and the strongest comprehensive strength.

4. China has a large demand for instruments and meters, and is one of the fastest growing countries. The growth rate of instrumentation in the world is 3% to 4%. China has achieved an annual growth rate of more than 20% for four consecutive years, and some products have accounted for one-tenth of the world.