According to the newly printed and released work plan (2025-2027) for developing 5G factories, Qingdao will by 2027 strive to see the building of 5G factories pivot towards large-scale replication and application in a phased manner, guide citywide enterprises in building 10 national level outstanding cases for 5G factories, 30 national level 5G factories with distinctive characteristics and 180 national level highly enabling 5G factories, and become a demonstration area for the integration and application of “5G factories”.

According to the plan, Qingdao will support enterprises in building 5G factories of different types based on varied scenarios, ranging from production lines, workshops to plants, and prioritize network infrastructure construction, renewal and upgrading of manufacturing equipment, and integrated innovation to help accelerate the construction of 5G factories and digitally enabled upgrading of the manufacturing sector in Qingdao. With emphasis places on such key sectors as equipment, automobile, household appliances, electronic engineering and light industry as well as major fields like electric power and port business, Qingdao will not only assist the construction of 5G factories, but also continue to diversify scenarios for 5G technological application, create a number of high-quality 5G factory featured application and signature projects and sustain efforts to have these practices transferred elsewhere.  (Sun Xin)

Haier Qingdao interconnected washing machine factory, the world’s first demonstration lighthouse factory for 5.5G application.