WEDZ steps up efforts to build future workshops

A smart workshop owned by Dongfeng. [Photo provided to en.whkfq.gov.cn]

A provincial meeting on the 5G workshop application scenario promotion was held in Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone (WEDZ), Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province on Oct 20.

A total of 30 provincial-level 5G workshops were revealed at the event, including those established by six enterprises owned by major Chinese automaker Dongfeng.

The report to the 20th National Congress pointed out that the nation will set up a modern industrial system by shifting its focus on the real economy, advance new industrialization progress, and make China internationally-competitive in digital economy, manufacturing and cyberspace.

WEDZ in recent years has unswervingly implemented an innovation-driven development strategy, and promoted the fusion of digital economy and real economy.

VOYAH – Dongfeng's high-end electric vehicle brand – has successfully built its world-class 4.0 version of the digital workshop, which can achieve the management of all the production factors, and is capable of monitoring workers, output capacity, energy consumption and logistics in real time via the internet of things, big data, artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies.

VOYAH currently is working with China Unicom and Huawei to achieve smart manufacturing, and all of its industrial parks and workshops have 5G coverage.

Lotus' global intelligent factory, which is also based in WEDZ, boasts a highly-flexible and eco-friendly automobile production line.

So far, the zone has established 1,230 5G base stations as a part of its new infrastructure construction plan.