Wuhan, capital city of Central China’s Hubei province, was ranked sixth among Chinese cities in intelligent manufacturing, according to the 2019 China Intelligent Manufacturing Index Report released by the 21st Century Industry Research Institute on Jan 17.
Wuhan, being one of the major cities in central China, has been at the forefront of intelligent manufacturing with key enterprises settling in the city including Wuhan Heavy Duty Machine Tool Group, Wuhan Huazhong Numerical Control Co and Wuhan Huagong Laser Engineering Co.
The companies operate in a number of intelligent core industries, such as Huazhong CNC system, which has new fiber preparation technology and equipment.
Established in 2012, the Lenovo Wuhan Industrial Base was completed, and the plant started production in 2013.
It is a mobile internet industry facility integrating R&D, manufacturing and sales, as well as Lenovo's largest and most advanced factory in the world.
The plant now boasts more than 30 surface mounted technology work lines, more than 50 test lines and assembly lines and more than 40 packaging lines. In addition to Lenovo and Motorola brand smartphones, tablets, and portable computers, it also produces innovative smart devices such as smart speakers, smart watches and smart headphones.
The total mobile phone production at the Wuhan facility accounts for 60 percent of Lenovo Group’s annual mobile phone production of 40 million units.
The mobile phones produced at the Wuhan plant are exported to more than 60 countries and regions around the world. Additionally, mobile phone components produced by the Wuhan plant are delivered to Lenovo's factories in Brazil, India and Argentina and assembled there for global sales.
In 2018, the export value of the Wuhan plant reached 5.3 billion yuan ($772 million), accounting for 15.5 percent of Hubei’s total exports and 27.3 percent of Wuhan’s exports and ranking it first in Hubei province.
In 2019, Lenovo Group established the Data Intelligence Business Group in cooperation with Wuhan Industrial Center, to provide support for transformation and upgrade of Wuhan-based large-scale manufacturers.
