IDC: It is projected that by 2027, the overall IT market investment in China's manufacturing industry will reach nearly 171.9 billion yuan.

On January 17th, IDC stated that under the pressure of industry consolidation, industrial upgrading and going global have become the inevitable choices for most manufacturing companies in China. In the future, the digital market of the Chinese manufacturing industry is expected to continue to grow rapidly. IDC predicts that by 2027, the overall IT market investment scale of the Chinese manufacturing industry will reach 1,718.99 billion RMB, with an average compound annual growth rate of 16.5% from 2022 to 2027. Although this growth rate and total amount are impressive, there is still a gap compared to China's share in the global manufacturing industry, indicating that the market potential for digital transformation in the manufacturing industry is continuously being unleashed. IDC FutureScape 2025's top ten predictions for the Chinese manufacturing market are as follows: Prediction one: GenAI Supply Chain By 2028, 40% of the top Chinese manufacturers will deploy a generative AI platform to integrate data to simulate, evaluate, and predict supply chain risks. Prediction two: Product Quality Automation By 2028, 30% of Chinese manufacturers will use generative AI to achieve automated product quality management, reducing development time and costs by 10%. Prediction three: Industrial DataOps By 2027, one-third of Chinese manufacturers will advance industrial DataOps strategies to support AI use cases and improve operational efficiency. Prediction four: Federated Machine Learning By 2028, 20% of Chinese manufacturers will use federated learning technology to expand industrial AI, reduce data preparation workload under data compliance, and enhance data security. Prediction five: CCS as a Service By 2029, driven by sustainable operational goals, 30% of challenging emission industries in China will adopt CCS as a Service mode, reducing carbon emissions by 60-70% and improving ESG ratings by 10-30%. Prediction six: GenAI Accelerated Training By 2027, 70% of the top Chinese manufacturers will use generative AI to enhance employee productivity and accelerate employee specialization processes. Prediction seven: Supply Chain Eco-Expansion By 2028, 30% of the top Chinese manufacturers will expand the spare parts ecosystem partners within the supply chain to better meet SLAs for repair services and improve customer experience. Prediction eight: Next-Generation APS By 2027, under the pressure of supply chain resilience and technological advancements brought by AI, over 20% of the top Chinese manufacturers will invest in next-generation APS systems to achieve over 95% purchase order execution rates (PO rates). Prediction nine: R&D By 2029, 60% of Chinese manufacturers will share data on innovation, quality, and best practices in the data space to increase product launch cycles by 5 times while reducing overall quality costs. Prediction ten: Future Regulation By 2029, 30% of Chinese manufacturers will use AI and generative AI to achieve compliance automation, reduce manual compliance tasks by 90%, and lower operating costs by 15%.