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　　According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on August 5, eight government agencies, including the MIIT, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, have jointly issued the Implementation Plan for the Digital Transformation of the Machinery Industry (2025–2030) (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”) recently, aimed at promoting the industry’s digital transformation and intelligent upgrading.

　　A related official from the MIIT noted that as cutting-edge digital and intelligent technologies, particularly next-generation artificial intelligence, advance rapidly, and the integration of the digital and real economies accelerates, the machinery industry must drive its digital and intelligent transformation toward broader scale, deeper integration, and higher-level development. Meanwhile, the machinery industry spans a broad range of sub-sectors, which vary significantly in terms of scale and size, production and organization models, and stages of digital transformation. This highlights the urgent need for the introduction of the Plan, which introduces a dual approach that focuses on both the digital transformation within the machinery industry and its ability to support the digital transformation of other sectors, and implements a variety of measures, thus speeding up the digital transformation and intelligent upgrading of the machinery industry.

　　The Plan outlines that by 2027, digital and intelligent technologies will be extensively applied throughout product R&D and design, production and manufacturing, business management, and operations and maintenance; 50% of manufacturing enterprises will achieve a maturity level of 2 or above in intelligent manufacturing capabilities; at least 200 excellence-level smart factories will be built; a cohort of system solution providers skilled in both industry expertise and digital technologies will be cultivated; and no fewer than 200 high-quality scenario-based solutions will be developed, significantly enhancing service capabilities. By 2030, enterprises above the designated size in the machinery industry are expected to have essentially completed a full cycle of digital transformation; 60% of manufacturing enterprises will achieve a maturity level 2 or higher in intelligent manufacturing capabilities; at least 500 excellence-level smart factories will be established, and a comprehensive, secure, and controllable system for product and service supply will be largely in place, significantly elevating the industry’s overall digitalization and intelligence.

　　The Plan introduces a dual approach, emphasizing both the machinery industry’s digital transformation and its role in empowering the digital transformation of other sectors. Centered on “three key areas”—intelligent equipment, intelligent manufacturing, and smart services—it outlines “four major initiatives” and defines 12 key tasks. With intelligent manufacturing as the primary focus and the deep integration of equipment technology and next-generation information technology as the central thread, it highlights product intelligence, digital and intelligent production, and smart services as key drivers, and addresses the needs of enterprise development and industrial transformation and upgrading, while adhering to the principles of innovation-driven development, security and controllability, scenario-based applications, and a problem-oriented approach. The Plan aims to develop a portfolio of intelligent equipment, build a number of smart factories, and expand smart services, thereby advancing the machinery industry toward high-end, intelligent, and green development and providing strong technical and equipment support for accelerating new-type industrialization.