AI Adoption in China's Manufacturing Hits 34.2% in Key Scenarios

At the 2026 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, Anhui Province, a report released by China's National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center shows that in the first half of this year, AI adoption in key manufacturing scenarios in China reached 34.2%, up 5.5 percentage points from last year.

The report notes that China's integration level of informatization and industrialization reached 67.1, entering a new stage of coordinated digital, networked, and intelligent development. The proportion of enterprises achieving digitalization in R&D design, production, and management reached 86.3%, 69.5%, and 81.4% respectively.

In terms of networked collaboration, nearly 50% of Chinese enterprises have adopted networked coordination, with new models like digital twins and chain-network collaboration emerging rapidly. For intelligent applications, 10.6% of large-scale manufacturing enterprises are using AI large models to drive business innovation.