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Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-09-03

Engineer Liu Has a Resounding Nickname in the Industry: "Iron Abacus"

刘高工在业内有个响当当的名号:“铁算盘”

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“铁算盘”刘高工 ■孙幸 解放军报记者 贾启龙 插图:方汉 大漠戈壁,骄阳似火。 发射指令下达后,某型装备射击产生的冲击波掀起漫天黄沙。“试验指标达到预期!”观测员传回报告。 靶场硝烟尚未散尽,会议室里的观点碰撞就开始了。 “这次技术摸底试验数据显示,新装备性能上去了,成本自然也增加了。”研讨会上,承制该装备的某军工企业总师率先发言。该企业财务处长接过话茬:“根据新装备的成本数据,我们最多将价格涨幅控制在50%左右。” 制造工艺明显进步,装备性能大幅提升,价格上涨在情理之中。因此,不少与会人员对厂方代表的话表示认同。 角落里,一个声音突然传来:“价格不用涨这么多。”会场瞬间安静下来,大家不约而同地把目光投向陆军研究院某所刘高工的席位。 刘高工在装备价格论证领域深耕17年,虽然不直接参与核心技术指标制订,也不牵头关键技术攻坚,但她兼具一线研发和价格论证的工作经验,在业内有个响当当的名号——“铁算盘”。 “我们有能力拿出让军队和企业都满意的价格方案。”刘高工现场表态。 接下来的一个月,从试验场到生产线,刘高工仔细核对工艺方案,逐项梳理新旧生产流程差异,对比国内外同类装备各项数据,拿出一套价格方案。上级机关根据该方案组织谈判,军地双方很快达成一致。最终,该型装备核心性能提升一倍,批量订购价格仅小幅上涨。 项目尘埃落定,通令表彰名单上,没有刘高工的名字;科研团队合影留念,也不见她的身影。当大家沉浸在顺利完成项目的喜悦中时,这位“铁算盘”已经投入下一个项目的价格论证。 “在从事装备研发采购行业的很多人眼里,价格论证岗位是个‘冷板凳’。”刘高工说,不可能所有岗位都在聚光灯下,有些“冷板凳”总要有人去坐。 当年,刘高工所在研究所体制编制调整,装备价格论证岗位出现人才缺口。因为技术研发经验丰富、综合能力素质过硬,刘高工成为研究所领导眼中的合适人选。接到领导电话后,正在休产假的刘高工二话没说当即应允。 得知这个消息,战友替她惋惜:论业务能力,她留在技术团队,完全可以取得亮眼成绩;家人劝她三思:孩子刚出生,大江南北来回奔波,不仅顾不了家,身体也难堪重负。 “说内心毫无波澜那是不可能的,但作为军人,服从命令是天职。”刘高工坦言,继续从事关键技术攻关,当然更容易出彩,可各项工作都得有人干。价格论证岗位虽不显眼,却直接关系到部队能否列装经济适用、好用实用的新装备。 刘高工说服了亲友,从此在装备价格论证岗位扎下了根。 “装备价格论证工作主要是提前精算装备经费,对装备的研制、生产、采购、使用、维护进行全周期评估。”谈及岗位职责,刘高工说,她的任务就是确保从源头上提高军费使用效益。 从事装备价格论证工作,需具备研发、财务等多个专业方面的知识储备,既要了解各类原材料、元器件的基本知识,熟悉机械、电子等各类产品的基本性能,还要清楚掌握武器装备论证、研发的全过程。只有这样,才能提出合理的采购价格。十几年来,刘高工在与各大军工企业的对接中,练出了一身真本事。 一次某型关键配套装备价格评审会上,承制该装备的军工企业工作人员表示,他们的工艺特殊,成本没有任何压缩空间。刘高工没有急于反驳,而是一边听一边记,直到对方介绍完毕。 “这型装备是训练易耗品,过度追求制造工艺必然带来产品溢价。制造训练装备不是进行技术展示,必须在性能提升的基础上,确保部队用得起、耗得起。”刘高工翻开随身携带的“记账本”,逐条指出该企业加工制造过程中的冗余工序、高估损耗等问题。 刘高工语速平稳、逻辑缜密,每项质疑、每条建议都有扎实数据支撑。最终,该军工企业采纳刘高工的建议,决定优化生产工艺并降价接单。签字确认那天,该企业负责人专门找到刘高工,连连感慨:“您可真是个‘铁算盘’,我们服气!” 这些年,刘高工梳理总结的装备价格论证方法、评审标准,被上级推广应用,推动多个装备项目顺利完成。 “我的职责就是为部队节约经费,让装备性能提得上、价格控得住。”最近,刘高工正在深研智能装备的计价方法,打算提出一套精准高效的价格测算模型,助力好用实用适用的智能装备加速列装。 视点 坐热“冷板凳” 干出“真业绩” ■周俊冰 新型装备问世,科研人员功不可没;做好装备价格论证工作,让部队买得起、用得起,刘高工这样的“铁算盘”不可或缺。 对军人而言,何为正确政绩观?不是追热度、争名利、计较个人得失,而是扎根岗位、精武强能、为胜战打赢服务。当年,面对战友和家人的劝说,刘高工毅然服从组织安排。17年来,她手中的“记账本”,记的是研发流程、工艺特点、材料成本;心中的“铁算盘”,算的是惠及部队、助力强军的大账。坐热“冷板凳”、干出“真业绩”,这份取舍与担当,正是对树立和践行正确政绩观的生动注解。 强军新征程上,每名官兵都应学习发扬把“冷板凳”坐热的精神,时刻保持一颗火热的心,无论身居何位、身处何职,都满怀热情地为强军奋斗、为胜战冲锋,真正做到干一行、爱一行,钻一行、精一行,为把人民军队全面建成世界一流军队贡献力量。

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A senior engineer (高工) at an institute under the Army Research Institute, identified only as Engineer Liu, has spent 17 years in equipment price argumentation (装备价格论证) — the PLA's internal discipline for calculating procurement costs and conducting full-lifecycle assessments of weapons programs — negotiating down vendor pricing on multiple systems, including one case where core performance doubled while bulk-order price rose only marginally. The article documents a specific institutional function that sits between the defense industrial base and the procurement bureaucracy, staffed by personnel with hybrid R&D and finance expertise, whose work shapes what equipment the force can actually afford to field at scale. The accompanying commentary frames Liu's career choice explicitly as a model of correct "view of performance and achievement" (正确政绩观), pointing to an ongoing PLA effort to valorize unglamorous support roles as a retention and assignment-compliance message directed at junior officers.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "刘高工在业内有个响当当的名号:“铁算盘”." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-09-03. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16483189.html.

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