This Action Plan has been formulated to earnestly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, thoroughly advance the digital transformation strategy, accelerate the high-end, intelligent, and green development of the manufacturing sector, and support the construction of a city strong in manufacturing and digital technology.

I. General Requirements

(1) Guiding Principles

Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will fully implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress, actively integrate into the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, and thoroughly implement the digital transformation strategy. We will emphasize the leading, catalytic, and empowering roles of digitalization, focusing on the “nine major clusters” and 15 key industrial chains that our city is striving to cultivate and develop. Taking the integration of next-generation information technology with manufacturing as the main thread,we will advance the digital transformation of manufacturing through a categorized approach targeting enterprises, industries, and regions. We will vigorously develop high-end, intelligent, and green manufacturing, continuously improve industrial chains, and enhance value chains to achieve the coordinated development of industrial digitization and the digitalization of industries, thereby providing strong support for accelerating the construction of a manufacturing powerhouse and a digital powerhouse.

(2) Main Objectives

By 2025, the integration of next-generation information technologies—such as 5G, big data, and artificial intelligence—with the manufacturing sector will become a key pillar of our city’s status as a manufacturing powerhouse, with full coverage of smart application scenarios achieved among manufacturing enterprises above designated size in key industries.The adoption rate of digital R&D and design tools among manufacturing enterprises above a certain scale will reach over 85%, the digitization rate of production equipment will reach over 54%, and the CNC utilization rate for key processes will reach over 58%. The city’s manufacturing digital transformation efforts will be elevated to a new level, and the development of high-end, intelligent, and green manufacturing will be significantly enhanced.

II. Main Tasks

(1) Implement the Digital Transformation Strategy

1. Accelerate Digital Empowerment of Enterprises. Encourage leading enterprises and platform companies to accelerate the collection and integrated application of all-element data, and to pursue business innovations such as platform-based design, intelligent manufacturing, networked collaboration, personalized customization, service extension, and digital management. This will comprehensively enhance the effectiveness of transformation in terms of cost, quality, efficiency, environmental sustainability, and safety. Advanced technologies and application scenarios will be opened up to the industry to foster “Digital Pioneers.”Continue to carry out the “Enterprises on Cloud and Platforms” initiative, encouraging digital service providers to offer comprehensive services such as transformation consulting, diagnostic assessments, equipment upgrades, and software applications. Promote the adoption of lightweight, easy-to-deploy cloud-based software products and solutions among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and accelerate the migration of business systems—including R&D, design, production, and management—to the cloud.For SMEs of varying industries and sizes, identify and cultivate manufacturing enterprises with strong technical capabilities, optimal business models, innovative management philosophies, and high quality and efficiency as benchmarks for digital transformation. Transform digital transformation experiences into standardized solutions to be disseminated to upstream and downstream enterprises along the industrial chain. By 2025, strive to cultivate and establish 2 “Digital Pioneers” and create 15 SME digital transformation benchmarks.(Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, and the People’s Governments and Administrative Committees of all counties and districts. All subsequent tasks must be implemented by the People’s Governments and Administrative Committees of all counties and districts and will not be listed separately.)

2. Enhance Industry Digitalization Levels. Focusing on the “Nine Major Clusters” and 15 key industrial chains that our city is actively cultivating and developing, we will adhere to the principle of “one strategy per chain” to drive the digital upgrade of key industrial chains. We will encourage “chain-leading” enterprises and digital service providers to build digital platforms based on the common needs of industrial, supply, and value chains, aggregating resources such as equipment,production capacity, products, and supply channels, break down information silos between upstream and downstream sectors and among collaborative entities, and implement applications such as collaborative design, procurement, manufacturing, and distribution to improve industrial chain collaboration efficiency and supply chain integration.Establish digital industrial chain maps and supply chain maps to identify key upstream and downstream nodes, leading enterprises, and key R&D institutions, thereby supporting efforts to extend, supplement, and strengthen industrial chains. This will drive the construction of a new industrial network characterized by high-efficiency collaboration, security and stability, autonomy and controllability, as well as resilience and flexibility. By 2025, achieve full coverage of digital platforms for industrial chains in key sectors. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Communications Administration Office)

3. Advance Regional Digital Transformation. Encourage provincial-level advanced manufacturing development zones to collaborate with digital service providers to formulate comprehensive digital transformation plans based on the principle of “one zone, one industry, one model.” Build digital public service platforms to integrate data chains, innovation chains, and industrial chains. Provide government departments with services such as “dual carbon” monitoring, safety supervision, enterprise profiling, and targeted investment promotion, while offering enterprises digital solutions including resource sharing, collaborative manufacturing, and joint scenario development.Encourage enterprises to integrate and apply next-generation information technologies and intelligent technologies across one or multiple stages of R&D, production, management, and sales. Develop intelligent application scenarios that deeply integrate next-generation information technologies—such as 5G, artificial intelligence, and big data—with manufacturing, thereby generating industry-wide and regional spillover effects. Aligned with the leading industries of development zones, foster new models including central factories, collaborative manufacturing, shared manufacturing, production capacity cooperation, crowdsourcing and crowd-creation, and centralized procurement and sales to enhance the level of sharing and collaboration among regional manufacturing and innovation resources.By 2025, with a focus on provincial-level advanced manufacturing development zones, we aim to establish approximately two digital transformation demonstration zones. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Development and Reform Commission)

(2) Promoting the Upgrading of the Manufacturing Sector

1. Promote the high-end development of key technologies. Identify weak links in leading industrial chains, integrate various innovation resources, and tackle challenges in generic production technologies and system integration technologies to establish a seamless innovation chain spanning technology development, transfer, diffusion, and industrial application.Encourage enterprises to collaborate with universities, research institutions, and digital service providers to achieve breakthroughs in common production technologies—such as multidimensional intelligent sensing in industrial settings, lean control of production processes based on human-machine collaboration, online precision quality inspection, equipment fault diagnosis and predictive maintenance, dynamic production planning and scheduling in complex environments, and supply chain collaborative optimization—as well as in the application of new technologies like 5G, artificial intelligence,big data, and edge computing in areas such as process design, product design, production operations, quality control, equipment management, and supply chain management within typical industries. Focusing on manufacturing entities such as equipment, units, workshops, and factories, we will establish data dictionaries and information models for manufacturing equipment and production processes, and develop technologies for the integration of general production data as well as cross-platform and cross-domain business interconnection.Focusing on key industrial chains and supply chains, we will develop technologies for cross-enterprise, multi-source information exchange and full-chain collaborative optimization. By 2025, we aim to achieve breakthroughs and establish a range of innovative application scenarios for key core technologies, continuously enhancing innovation effectiveness. (Responsible Units: Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Development and Reform Commission)

2. Promote the Upgrading of the Product Value Chain toward High-End Segments. With a focus on advancing product R&D and quality improvement, continuously enhance the industry’s and enterprises’ leadership in product variety, competitiveness in quality, and brand influence. Centered on key industries such as next-generation information technology, automobiles and components, equipment manufacturing, and new materials, address weak links in basic components, basic parts, basic materials, basic software, and basic processes to achieve breakthroughs in a number of important foundational products.Support enterprises in establishing collaborative R&D platforms to integrate demand analysis, architectural design, conceptual design, detailed design, and simulation verification, thereby enhancing end-to-end R&D management capabilities; utilize digital marketing networks and data mining and analysis tools to build user profiles and demand forecasting models, rapidly and accurately respond to market demands, and launch more innovative products aligned with the trend of consumption upgrading. Encourage enterprises to establish product quality management systems and implement digital quality assessment, quality control, quality inspections, and quality improvement to achieve refined quality management;Establish product quality traceability systems to strengthen digital traceability across raw materials, production, and marketing stages, thereby achieving collaborative quality control throughout the entire product lifecycle. By 2025, we aim to significantly enhance the capacity of next-generation information technologies to support product innovation and quality improvement, and effectively improve the alignment of product supply with market demand. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Science and Technology Bureau)

3. Promote the Upgrading and Integration of the Manufacturing Industry Chain. Guided by end-market demand, drive the expansion of the manufacturing sector into upstream and downstream segments of the industry chain, and extend the industry chain toward both ends of the “smile curve.” Encourage enterprises to establish systems for customer demand analysis, digital development and design, flexible and intelligent production, precision delivery services, and virtual simulation, thereby promoting the intelligent and flexible transformation of manufacturing systems;Build shared manufacturing platforms to integrate dispersed and idle resources across all stages and sectors of production, enabling flexible allocation and dynamic sharing with demand-side entities, and developing flexible services such as time-sharing, piecework, and value-based pricing. Support enterprises in collaborating with universities to establish inspection and testing service platforms, share inspection and testing resources, and develop quality enhancement services covering the entire process from R&D, manufacturing, and delivery to maintenance.Encourage enterprises to build supply chain collaboration platforms to promote the standardization, intelligentization, collaboration, and greening of supply chains; establish digital platforms for the full product lifecycle and product digital twins to develop end-to-end services spanning R&D and design, production and manufacturing, installation and commissioning, delivery and use, as well as condition monitoring, fault diagnosis, maintenance and repair, and recycling; and build integrated “hardware + software + platform + service” systems to provide comprehensive solutions across the entire industrial chain.By 2025, we aim to cultivate 5 demonstration enterprises (platforms) in service-oriented manufacturing. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Development and Reform Commission)

(3) Promoting the Intelligent Transformation of Manufacturing

1. Build smart application scenarios. Focusing on key stages such as “product R&D, manufacturing, marketing management, and after-sales service,” support enterprises in building smart application scenarios. In the product R&D stage, support enterprises in achieving data-driven product development through design modeling, simulation optimization, and testing and validation, thereby improving design efficiency and shortening R&D cycles.In the production and manufacturing phase, support enterprises in achieving intelligent production operations and refined production control through lean production management, optimization of process control, flexible production line configuration, and coordinated equipment operations, thereby improving production efficiency and reducing production costs. In the marketing and management phase, support enterprises in optimizing sales plans through market trend forecasting, user demand analysis, and data analytics to achieve demand-driven precision marketing, thereby improving marketing efficiency and reducing marketing costs.In the after-sales service phase, support enterprises in achieving precise responses to personalized service needs through service demand mining, proactive service push notifications, and remote product operation and maintenance services, thereby continuously improving the product experience and enhancing customer loyalty. By 2025, achieve full coverage of smart application scenarios across manufacturing enterprises of a certain scale in key industries. (Responsible Unit: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology)

2. Building Smart Workshops. Focusing on the construction of “equipment application, material distribution, production control, information traceability, energy consumption, and safety and environmental protection,” support enterprises in building smart workshops that serve as strong demonstration models and deliver significant comprehensive benefits. Promote the comprehensive application of smart equipment, supporting enterprises in fully adopting smart equipment in processing, testing, warehousing, and distribution to achieve integrated production data, flexible manufacturing, and intelligent management.Promote precise distribution of production materials by supporting enterprises in using technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID) and smart sensors to automate material warehousing and retrieval, and by applying integrated vision/laser navigation, indoor positioning, and machine learning to achieve dynamic and automated distribution along with route optimization. Promote real-time control of production processes by supporting enterprises in the real-time collection, visual presentation, and intelligent analysis and decision-making regarding information on resource allocation and processing procedures, enabling continuous scheduling and dynamic optimization of workshop operations.Promote production information tracking and traceability, supporting enterprises in using IoT and 5G technologies to track individual items or batches of workshop materials and perform error-proofing verification, thereby enabling online product quality inspection, automatic interpretation, and trend analysis. Promote intelligent energy consumption management, supporting enterprises in establishing production-consumption prediction models, statistically analyzing energy consumption data from high-energy-consumption equipment, and achieving optimized energy scheduling and balance forecasting.Promote intelligent safety and environmental management, supporting enterprises in adopting advanced safe production processes, intelligent equipment, and protective devices to achieve automatic monitoring, adjustment, and alarm systems for industrial environments. By 2025, strive to establish a cumulative total of 40 smart workshops. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Communications Administration Office)

3. Foster the development of smart factories. Focusing on the principles of “interconnected equipment, interoperable systems, and shared data,” we will build smart factories that cover the entire production process, all aspects of management, and the full product lifecycle.Promote high-level interconnection of equipment by supporting enterprises in establishing internal networks to connect production equipment, sensors, control systems, and management systems; utilize technologies such as IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) to achieve interconnection between internal and external networks as well as across design, production, management, and service stages, thereby enabling business collaboration between internal and external networks. Promote high-level interoperability of systems by supporting enterprises in establishing management systems for manufacturing execution, resource planning, product data, test data, and quality information, and facilitating the integration and interoperability of these systems.Promote high-level data sharing by supporting enterprises in establishing production process data collection and analysis systems to enable automatic upload and visual management of on-site production data. Facilitate the sharing of diverse and heterogeneous data across management systems, establish data security protection frameworks, and enhance information security safeguards. By 2025, strive to establish a cumulative total of 18 smart factories. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Communications Administration Office)

(IV) Promoting Green Development in Manufacturing

1. Promote the integration of green design and digitalization. Utilize digital technologies to digitize R&D and design, collaboratively develop new low-carbon technologies and products, and promote energy conservation and carbon reduction at the source of production.Increase efforts in R&D and innovation for common green design technologies, integrate digital technologies throughout the entire R&D and design process, conduct in-depth analysis of massive process data, and improve R&D, design, and production efficiency. Relying on digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, strengthen the R&D of new carbon-reduction technologies, accelerate breakthroughs in technologies for deep decarbonization of production processes and the recovery and recycling of carbon dioxide, and support the R&D and demonstration application of energy-saving and carbon-reduction technologies.Innovatively apply new digital technologies to strengthen the R&D of low-carbon products, and develop and promote green products with characteristics such as non-toxicity, energy efficiency, environmental friendliness, high reliability, long service life, and ease of recycling. By 2025, strive to cultivate three green design products and energy- and water-saving technology and equipment products. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Commerce Bureau, Municipal Finance Bureau)

2. Promote Digital Empowerment of Green Manufacturing. Advance the deep integration of digital technologies with production equipment and process flows to empower energy conservation and emissions reduction in production processes. Support manufacturing enterprises in establishing digital energy and carbon management centers, focusing on typical scenarios such as energy management, energy and carbon reduction, and low-carbon capabilities. Implement intelligent energy consumption management for production equipment, promote standardized “Industrial Internet + Green and Low-Carbon” solutions, and improve energy efficiency.Strengthen digital supervision of pollutant emissions, using digital tools to enhance synergies between pollution reduction and carbon reduction at the production end, ensuring that major pollutants meet emission standards and total emission control requirements. Vigorously cultivate green factories, supporting enterprises in leveraging digital technologies to enable production process reengineering, cross-industry coupling, cross-regional collaboration, and cross-sectoral resource allocation, thereby continuously advancing the green and low-carbon transformation of industry. By 2025, strive to cultivate 25 green factories.(Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau)

3. Foster Digital Green Supply Chains. Focusing on the circulation and sharing of green manufacturing data among upstream and downstream enterprises, we will promote the coordinated greening and upgrading of supply chains. We will leverage the leading role of “chain-leading” enterprises in key industrial sectors in areas such as supply chain integration and innovative low-carbon management. By utilizing technologies such as cloud computing and big data to build digital supply networks, we will drive the transformation and upgrading of traditional linear, sequential supply chains and establish an interconnected, high-frequency, and efficient intelligent green supply network system.Cultivate green supply chain management enterprises and encourage companies to establish green supply chain management information platforms that facilitate data sharing and the dynamic, optimized allocation of resources, thereby enabling the transmission and green control of data on resource and energy consumption, pollutant emissions, and resource utilization efficiency. By 2025, strive to cultivate 4 green supply chain management enterprises. (Responsible Units: Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology)

(5) Enhancing Digital Support Capabilities

1. Promote Key Breakthroughs in Industrial Software. Vigorously develop industrial software and foundational software; encourage leading enterprises to tackle technical challenges, conduct product R&D, and integrate solutions for industrial software; and support the development of an open-source ecosystem for industrial software. Accelerate the cultivation of first-edition software; develop foundational software platforms for new smart terminals and intelligent equipment, as well as major integrated application platforms for various industries; and achieve breakthroughs in industrial software products such as industrial operating systems and industrial big data management systems.Encourage software enterprises to establish full-lifecycle quality assurance mechanisms for products, promote technological innovation and product iteration, and accelerate large-scale application in key sectors. Cultivate software industrial parks, promote the improvement of supporting service functions within these parks, and strive to establish provincial-level software industrial parks. By 2025, the goal is to foster two first-edition software products and establish one software industrial park. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Municipal Development and Reform Commission)

2. Accelerate the development of intelligent equipment. Leverage the role of enterprises as the main drivers of innovation and the collaborative innovation capabilities of industry, academia, research institutions, and end-users to tackle common technological challenges such as intelligent sensing, high-performance control, precision machining, human-machine collaboration, lean management, and supply chain coordination. Promote the R&D and application of innovative first-of-a-kind major technical equipment, continue to carry out demonstration projects for “replacing humans with machines,” and drive an overall improvement in the level of intelligent equipment.Implement the deep integration of advanced processes, information technology, and intelligent equipment. Through the construction of smart factories and digital workshops, enhance the high-end and digital capabilities of existing equipment, and drive the iterative upgrading and widespread adoption of general-purpose and specialized intelligent equipment. By 2025, strive to cultivate 2 first-of-a-kind major technical equipment sets and implement 3 “machine-replacing-labor” demonstration projects. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Municipal Development and Reform Commission)

3. Cultivate digital solution providers. Focusing on key areas of digital transformation in manufacturing, we will adhere to the principle of “market access in exchange for technology and industry,” attracting outstanding digital service providers to establish branches in the city. These providers will offer enterprises comprehensive services including transformation consulting, diagnostic assessments, equipment retrofitting, and software applications, developing products and solutions that are compact, rapid, lightweight, and precise to drive innovation in products, services, and solutions.Leverage the role of financial service platforms to bring together a group of digital transformation service providers and financial institutions. Analyze enterprises’ needs for transformation and financing to provide new financial service models that are “accessible, affordable, and effective” for small and medium-sized enterprises. Encourage leading enterprises to spin off their information technology departments and establish independent legal entities to provide specialized, large-scale services to the industry.Encourage collaboration among manufacturing enterprises, universities, research institutes, basic telecommunications operators, and digital service providers to establish manufacturing digital empowerment centers and build a comprehensive service system spanning technological innovation, industrial incubation, and application promotion. By 2025, strive to attract and cultivate three leading provincial digital service providers and establish two manufacturing digital empowerment centers. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Financial Work Bureau, Municipal Communications Administration Office)

(6) Accelerate Digital Infrastructure Development

1. Optimize and upgrade network infrastructure. Promote telecom operators to optimize and upgrade network infrastructure, and accelerate the deep coverage and application promotion of 5G, gigabit fiber, and other networks.Support enterprises in upgrading the network connectivity capabilities of “dumb devices” in industrial production processes to meet application needs related to internal resource integration, product lifecycle management, industrial chain and supply chain coordination, and industrial data processing and analysis. Utilize new network technologies and advanced applicable technologies to build enterprise intranets. Through device interconnection and real-time data collection, comprehensively support the widespread interconnection of production factors such as production equipment, data collection devices, and production management systems, thereby creating benchmarks for enterprise intranet upgrades.Encourage qualified leading enterprises to establish new Level 2 nodes within the Industrial Internet Identifier Resolution System, accelerate the application and promotion of these Level 2 nodes in industries such as food, equipment, electronics and information technology, and pharmaceuticals, and develop innovative application services based on identifier resolution, including supply chain management, product quality traceability, product lifecycle management, and predictive equipment maintenance. By 2025, strive to establish 9 benchmark projects for enterprise intranet upgrades and cultivate 1 Industrial Internet Identifier Resolution Level 2 node.(Responsible Units: Municipal Communications Management Office, Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology)

2. Foster and Build Industrial Internet Platforms. Support leading enterprises in leveraging their technological and resource advantages to accelerate the development of industry-specific industrial internet platforms. Promote vertical integration of industry resources and horizontal cross-sector empowerment, aggregating resources such as industrial big data, industrial apps, and digital transformation solutions to continuously enhance capabilities in equipment connectivity, knowledge accumulation, and application development.Leveraging the development of comprehensive industrial internet platforms, we will promote interconnectivity among various platforms to create a “smart brain” for the manufacturing sector, providing scientific basis and robust support for decision-making and analysis. We will launch initiatives to integrate industrial internet solutions into industrial parks to accelerate the adoption and promotion of these platforms. By 2025, we aim to foster two industrial internet platforms and establish a platform ecosystem covering manufacturing sub-sectors and key areas. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Communications Administration Office)

3. Intensify the promotion and application of standards. Encourage enterprises to implement the upgraded version of the IT-manufacturing integration management system standards. Guide enterprises to use standard compliance assessments and benchmarking diagnostics as leverage to establish systematic operational management mechanisms, and explore methods and pathways for integrating the IT-manufacturing integration management system with multiple other systems, such as internal control, quality, and environmental management.Support enterprises in implementing the Data Management Capability Maturity Model (DCMM), helping them apply advanced data management concepts and methods to establish and evaluate their own data management capabilities, and continuously improve data management organizations, procedures, and systems.Encourage manufacturing enterprises, universities, research institutions, and industry associations to participate in the formulation of national, industry, local, and voluntary standards related to the digital transformation of manufacturing. By 2025, strive to facilitate the upgraded version of the IT-Industrial Integration Management System certification for 50 enterprises, the upgraded version of benchmarking diagnostics for 500 enterprises, and the Data Management Capability Maturity Model (DCMM) certification for 6 enterprises. (Responsible Unit: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology)

(7) Implement the Digital Capability Enhancement Initiative

1. Enhance entrepreneurs’ digital literacy. Regularly collaborate with renowned universities and training institutions to organize specialized training on digital transformation. Organize activities such as study tours and job shadowing for entrepreneurs to deeply study the advanced concepts and transformation models of developed regions and leading enterprises, thereby enhancing entrepreneurs’ digital leadership and fostering a digital mindset. Leverage the roles of enterprise federations, entrepreneurs’ associations, and entrepreneurs’ alliances to guide complementary collaboration among entrepreneurs.Focusing on the weak links in the development of the entrepreneurial workforce for manufacturing digital transformation, and guided by the spirit of entrepreneurship and craftsmanship, we will accelerate the improvement of mechanisms for the cultivation, selection, incentive, supervision, and service of entrepreneurs that meet the requirements of a market economy, and concentrate efforts on overcoming challenges in areas such as entrepreneur training and incentives. By 2025, we aim to build a modern entrepreneurial workforce equipped with modern management concepts, an international perspective, and core competitiveness. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce)

2. Strengthen the Recruitment and Cultivation of High-Level Talent. Centering on the needs of digital transformation in manufacturing, we will innovate flexible mechanisms for attracting and retaining talent, flexibly recruiting “high-end, specialized, and cutting-edge” talent in short supply who are urgently needed for major project advancement and key technological breakthroughs.Implement the Top Talent Breakthrough Initiative and the Leading Talent Aggregation Initiative. Leveraging platforms such as the “Zhongyuan Talent Plan” and the China·Henan Talent Recruitment and Innovation Development Conference, attract and cultivate leading talents and innovation teams that have made outstanding contributions to the industrialization of key core technologies, major product R&D, and innovative business management models. Promote the establishment of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) system in enterprises, strengthen top-level design for digital transformation, and foster corporate digital productivity.Organize “Digital Technology Empowering Cities” initiatives to enhance the digital management capabilities of corporate executives. By 2025, we aim to attract and cultivate a cohort of leading talents in the field of digital transformation, ensuring that key enterprises along priority industrial chains have established Chief Data Officer mechanisms with clearly defined responsibilities and efficient operations. (Responsible Units: Municipal Party Committee Organization Department, Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau)

3. Strengthen the cultivation of digital skills talent. Deepen the implementation of the “Certification for All, Skilled Henan” initiative. Support enterprises in elevating digital skills talent development to a strategic priority, and widely organize pre-employment, on-the-job, and career transition training for digital skills to enhance the digital competency of industrial workers and foster a corporate digital culture. Implement the Digital Technology Engineer Cultivation Project to establish a model featuring standardized training, standardized evaluation, and diversified development pathways.Promote the integration of career development pathways for high-skilled digital talent and professional technical personnel, fostering composite “digital craftsmen” who possess both professional expertise in their respective fields and digital skills. Encourage universities to establish practical training bases for the integration and innovation of next-generation information technology, and to jointly formulate talent development objectives with enterprises to ensure that talent cultivation aligns with corporate needs. By 2025, strive to initially establish a high-quality skilled workforce that meets the demands of the digital transformation of the manufacturing sector.(Responsible Units: Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Municipal Education Bureau, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau)

III. Support Measures

(1) Strengthen Organizational Leadership. Leverage the coordinating role of the Municipal Leading Group for Building a Strong Manufacturing City to study and resolve major issues in advancing the digital transformation of manufacturing, plan and deploy key tasks, and oversee the implementation of important matters. All counties and districts shall, based on local conditions, formulate action plans and supporting policies for the digital transformation of manufacturing, improve implementation mechanisms, refine work measures, assign responsibilities through task lists, and implement closed-loop management to ensure that all key tasks are effectively carried out.

(2) Conduct Diagnostic Services. Integrate resources from digital service providers both within and outside the city, establish a pool of technical experts for diagnostic services, and improve the city-county collaborative mechanism. Through holding sector-specific and regional diagnostic service matching sessions and organizing experts to conduct on-site enterprise diagnostics, carry out a comprehensive digital transformation diagnostic service campaign targeting all manufacturing enterprises above a certain scale. Provide enterprises with specialized, customized “online + offline” diagnostic services, and use diagnostic reports as a basis to help enterprises design digital transformation plans,scientifically formulate development goals and overall plans, and drive enterprises to progress step-by-step from mechanization and automation toward digitalization, networking, and intelligentization. We encourage localities to support the provision of diagnostic services through measures such as government procurement of services and fiscal subsidies.

(3) Strengthen Project Development. Adhering to the principle that “projects are paramount,” we will improve the three-tier (provincial, municipal, and county/district) database of key projects, promptly identify and include eligible projects in the database, and ensure dynamic management and follow-up services.Leveraging the “10,000 Officials Assisting 10,000 Enterprises” initiative, we will strengthen the supply of key resources such as capital, land, human resources, and data, and coordinate efforts to resolve difficulties and issues encountered during project construction. We will identify key milestones in the digital transformation of manufacturing, launch initiatives to upgrade enterprise technology, and plan a batch of high-quality, large-scale, and innovative projects. By using project construction to drive the aggregation of resources and the development of supporting industries, we will accelerate the implementation and effectiveness of these projects.

(4) Increase Policy Support. Enterprises (projects, platforms) recognized at the national level for pilot demonstrations in industrial internet and the integrated development of next-generation information technology with manufacturing will receive a one-time reward of 500,000 yuan; enterprises (projects, platforms) recognized at the provincial level for pilot demonstrations in smart factories, smart workshops, and service-oriented manufacturing will receive one-time rewards of 200,000 yuan, 100,000 yuan, and 100,000 yuan, respectively;For construction entities of provincial-level industrial internet platforms, upon completion of project acceptance, provide matching support equivalent to 50% of the provincial fiscal subsidy funds. Actively seek national and provincial fiscal funds to increase support for demonstration projects such as new-type information consumption, big data industry development, industrial internet identifier resolution secondary nodes, smart application scenarios, and “machine substitution for labor,” while encouraging enterprises in key industrial chains to research, develop, and apply first-of-their-kind major technical equipment, first-batch materials, and first-version software products.

(5) Foster a favorable environment. Compile exemplary cases of digital transformation in manufacturing and intensify the promotion of outstanding digital transformation service providers, solutions, and model enterprises to create a positive atmosphere where exemplary cases lead the way and others follow suit.Organize specialized training, study tours, and observation exchanges for key decision-makers in government departments and leading enterprises to help foster a digital mindset and enhance leadership capabilities. Host professional, high-level events such as conferences, forums, exhibitions, supply-demand matching sessions, and technical seminars on manufacturing digital transformation to facilitate exchanges and cooperation in technological innovation, product demonstrations, supply-demand matching, and application promotion.

(6) Strict Supervision and Evaluation. Establish a mechanism of “monthly reports, quarterly coordination meetings, mid-year site visits, and year-end evaluations.” Report on the progress of key indicators in various regions monthly; convene quarterly coordination meetings to summarize and evaluate the work of all regions and departments; organize mid-year on-site observation activities to urge regions to benchmark against advanced practices and improve their capabilities; and conduct year-end evaluations of the work carried out in various regions. Include key tasks related to the digital transformation of manufacturing in the municipal government’s supervision agenda and conduct regular supervisory inspections.