Published by Kunming Information Port, the piece traces the shift across a wide spectrum of manufacturers — from century-old factories to recently founded startups — and across sectors ranging from optoelectronics to specialty steel. It asks how digital technology is altering each step of industrial production, and how smart manufacturing is activating new productive forces in one of China's major industrial provinces.
As a concrete example, the report visits the FiberHome Communication Optical Cable Digital Manufacturing Industrial Park in Wuhan, Hubei, where data-driven processes are being integrated into optical cable and fiber production lines.










