Shanghai has issued an action plan to accelerate next-generation smart manufacturing, targeting full AI coverage across smart factories by 2028 and explicitly calling for physically-intelligent equipment such as robots and machine tools with autonomous perception and decision-making, an October 29 AI-daily roundup reported.
The plan positions artificial intelligence not merely as a software layer but as an embedded capability in physical production systems, aligning with the national emphasis on new-quality productive forces and the 'AI+' action.
It follows a series of national and municipal moves - including MIIT's 15th Five-Year industrial-base plan putting AI at the core and a 2026 pilot list adding 34 'Navigator' smart factories - that together sketch a maturing policy posture for AI-driven manufacturing.
For Shanghai's dense industrial base, the 2028 target would make the city a test bed where embodied-AI hardware and AI-controlled production lines move from showcase to standard practice.
Source: Shanghai municipal action plan / AI-daily roundup (paraphrased and translated from Chinese official and technology-media reporting; reprinted for informational purposes with attribution).
