1. General equipment manufacturing refers to the manufacturing of equipment used in more than one industry. There is a distinction between general equipment and professional equipment. They are distinguished not by the service life, but by the use scale industry.
2. Among the general equipment manufacturing industry, there are nine medium-sized industries belonging to the machinery industry, namely: boiler and prime mover manufacturing, metal processing machinery manufacturing, lifting and transportation equipment manufacturing, pump, valve, compressor and similar machinery manufacturing, bearing, gear, driving parts manufacturing, baking furnace, furnace and electric furnace manufacturing, fan, weighing instrument, packaging equipment and other general equipment manufacturing General parts manufacturing and mechanical repair, metal casting and forging.
3. Generally speaking, equipment used in more than one industry can be classified into general equipment, such as machine tools, motors, air compressors, actuators, cooling equipment, water supply equipment, etc. Equipment that can only be used in one industry is generally classified as special equipment, such as clock equipment, injection molding equipment, mining, agricultural machinery, chemical industry, etc. General equipment may also have two different distinctions, for example, machine tools include ordinary general machine tools and special machine tools for special use.