Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Cultivate a number of manufacturing digital transformation promotion centers specializing in different industries and regions.

From August 27th to 29th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a training session on digital transformation of the manufacturing industry in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Xing Guobin, member of the Party Group of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Vice Minister, emphasized that the near future is a critical stage for China's manufacturing industry to shift from "benchmark leading" to "large-scale promotion" in digital transformation, and from "digital empowerment" to "intelligent application". It is necessary to adhere to the principles of industry-specific measures, enterprise-led, supply-demand linkage, and gradual promotion, accelerate the comprehensive digital transformation, build a number of smart factories, digital supply chains, and high-standard digital parks, promote the construction and application of new information infrastructure, and lay a solid foundation for networked and intelligent upgrades. It is important to speed up the improvement of service support systems, cultivate manufacturing industry digital transformation promotion centers that specialize in specific industries in different regions, and cultivate service providers who understand both the industry and digitalization. It is necessary to increase policy and factor support, coordinate and use policies such as new technology transformation in manufacturing industry and equipment updates in the industrial field to enhance the sense of accomplishment of enterprises. It is essential to further improve the work system for promoting digital transformation, promote data interoperability, platform connectivity, mechanism integration, and business integration, and form an integrated approach to the work.