China Accelerates Artificial Intelligence Applications in Advanced Manufacturing

People's Daily reported that guidelines issued by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council call for building a sound ecosystem integrating scientific and industrial innovation. Integrating artificial intelligence into advanced manufacturing production sites serves as a key measure to accelerate new quality productive forces, utilizing the country's manufacturing scale to expand scenario cultivation. Localities across China are releasing scenario lists, identifying industrial demands, and selecting solutions to foster reproducible deployments. For instance, Huangpu District in Guangzhou compiles application scenarios across automotive electronics and equipment manufacturing to collect technical solutions and address practical corporate needs. Zhejiang implements a collaborative innovation model connecting enterprises, government, platforms, workshops, and markets to link manufacturing firms with artificial intelligence resources. The province organizes typical scenarios for clusters such as Yongkang hardware, aligning vertical industrial models and intelligent equipment with production requirements. Chongqing systematically organizes scenarios around key industrial clusters, including intelligent connected new energy vehicles, electronic information, and advanced materials. Utilizing leading firms such as Seres and Changan, the municipality establishes specialized working groups and task-list mechanisms to advance technical verification and drive iterations in vehicle models, visual inspection, and predictive maintenance.

Anchor enterprises opening scenarios such as supply chain collaboration, testing, and industrial design provide pathways for industrial agents and software to expand into large-scale use. This involvement enables specialized firms, software developers, and research institutes to jointly generate modular, lightweight, and low-cost intelligent solutions across industrial clusters.