Yaqing Liang

Yaqing Liang

Oct. 30, 2026

Smart manufacturing,

Against the backdrop of rising labor costs and declining traditional cost advantages in China’s manufacturing industry, smart manufacturing has become a core driving force for industrial upgrading and a key approach to helping domestic enterprises break through the middle-income trap. This paper first defines the connotation, core technologies and advantages of smart manufacturing, and expounds the relationship between smart manufacturing and corporate strategic layout. On this basis, a SWOT analysis is conducted to summarize the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats faced by Chinese enterprises in the process of intelligent transformation, and corresponding SO, ST, WO and WT strategies are proposed. Taking Huawei and Xiaomi as typical cases, this paper compares their different development models, strategic layouts and practical dilemmas in smart manufacturing.

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