The development of switchgear in recent years is very rapid, whether it is high voltage cabinet series products or low voltage cabinet products, the relevant departments of the state are very concerned about the development of intelligent switchgear components.

During the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, the switching industry should take the comprehensive construction of a strong smart grid as an opportunity, rely on UHV AC and DC transmission projects, enhance independent innovation capabilities, improve the intelligent level of switching equipment, and promote environmental protection, energy saving and emission reduction equipment; We should take UHV transmission technology and advanced electrical equipment and integration technology as the key development areas, carry out in-depth research on 1000kV UHV transmission and key equipment and core technology, and accelerate the complete localization of AC and DC high voltage equipment. Through the preliminary research of advanced electrical equipment and integration technology, we strive to make key breakthroughs in the key technology of superconducting power equipment. Strive to promote the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure, further enhance the overall technical level and international competitiveness of the industry, and strive to achieve the transformation of the high-voltage switch industry from large to strong.

The replacement of electrical products is very frequent, often in a short period of time, you can eliminate a lot of old product series. At the same time that the electrical components are intelligent, the high voltage switch is also constantly advancing in the direction of intelligence. At present, the high-voltage switchgear products in the leading position in the world have the functions of tripping circuit break monitoring, action time detection, contact component detection, energy storage time detection of the spring, etc. The integration of these functions constitutes an intelligent high-voltage switch.

During the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, large backbone enterprises in the switching industry further carried out technical research on the core technology and key components of UHV switching equipment, and realized the goal of UHV equipment based on domestic, independent research and development, and fully realizing localization. Combined with the construction of smart grid, digital substation, distribution network automation, and so on, vigorously promote the intelligent switchgear. Because the intelligent technology of switching equipment is still a weak point in the industry, it is suggested to develop the easy first and then the difficult.