But now, at Dalian Guangyang Science & Technology Engineering Co Ltd, research and development engineers are testing their homegrown computer-controlled machine tools, Yu Dehai, general manager of the company, told China Daily.

Yu said they are testing their inventions with experts from the China Machine Tool & Tool Builders Association.

"When we put our results into production, we will end our country's reliance on imported high-grade machine tools," Yu said.

Guangyang started producing the CNC system five years ago and became a machine tool provider for partners in United Kingdom, Germany and Japan.

Yu set up an R&D centre with 110 engineers focusing on the CNC system and hardware manufacturing technologies.

Guangyang's first-generation products narrowed the gap between it and foreign producers of CNC machine tool technology, Yu said.

Meanwhile, a multi-tasking machine tool has been put into operation at the Dalian Machine Tool Group (DMTG), the country's top machine tool manufacturer.

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