World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference held in Nanjing

Now in its tenth year, the World Intelligent Manufacturing Conference in Nanjing has become a key platform for China's engagement in global cooperation on intelligent manufacturing, and an important window into Jiangsu's high-quality industrial development.

At the main conference on November 27, a number of major releases were unveiled, including the Pioneering Action Plan Joint Initiative Launched by the First Batch of Pioneering Smart Factories, the World 10 Scientific and Technological Developments in Intelligent Manufacturing and the 2025 Intelligent Manufacturing Blue Book Series. The event brought together experts and scholars from China and abroad, along with representatives from related institutions, universities, research institutes, industry associations, and well-known enterprises.

Zhou Ji, Honorary President of the International Coalition of Intelligent Manufacturing and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Yu Xubo, Chairman and Party Secretary of China General Technology (Group) Holding Co., Ltd., Zhang Wenwu, Deputy Party Secretary, Vice Chairman, and General Manager of CITIC Group; and Uwe Loebel, Executive Vice President of Bosch Group, delivered keynote speeches on emerging trends and strategic directions in intelligent manufacturing.

This year's event featured one main conference, a market-oriented exhibition, 12 themed events, and 16 parallel activities focused on industrial ecosystems, further building an international, high-level, and professional platform for global exchange and cooperation.

The three-day exhibition ran alongside the conference, covering 55,000 square meters and drawing 456 exhibitors from 21 countries and regions, including Germany, the United States, Denmark, Sweden, South Korea, Switzerland, France, and the Netherlands. Four themed halls showcased robotics, smart factories, industrial software and systems solutions, and intelligent equipment. 

During the exhibition, a series of financial roadshows, product launches, technology exchanges, and industry-education cooperation events were also organized to support supply-demand matchmaking across the industrial chain.

Looking ahead, the Conference will remain aligned with Jiangsu's "1650" industrial development framework (namely, 16 advanced manufacturing clusters and 50 key industrial chains), leveraging its role as an international platform for cooperation in intelligent manufacturing. It will continue to drive technological innovation, industrial upgrading, and global collaboration, contributing to the development of a modern industrial system and the growth of new-quality productive forces.