China's manufacturing fuels global tech innovation

The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable Laptop, with its expandable display growing from 14 inches to 16.7 inches at the touch of a button, has become a hot topic of conversation among overseas bloggers and tech enthusiasts, drawing praise as "future" and "spectacular" technology.

The concept product was mass-produced at LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology Co., Ltd., which is Lenovo's flagship manufacturing hub. By integrating intelligent manufacturing, technological breakthroughs, rigorous quality verification and supply chain support -- as well as its digital process platform to link R&D and production data -- the company has boosted the efficiency of turning innovation into market-ready products.

With an annual output of 40 million laptops, LCFC produces one in every eight laptops sold globally. It is both a national model smart factory and one of 201 "lighthouse factories" around the world, more than 80 of which are in China.

"Intelligent manufacturing is the core support of advanced manufacturing, and also the core competitiveness of Gotion High-Tech's 20 production bases worldwide," said Chen Wei, a senior manufacturing executive at leading Chinese battery maker Gotion High-Tech Co., Ltd.

"With standards unified by Chinese headquarters and strictly implemented by bases across the world, China's advanced manufacturing capacity is gaining international recognition," Chen said.

Official data shows that China has built over 35,000 basic-level and more than 230 excellence-level model smart factories.