Four major highlights ahead! What signals will be released at the 2026 Shanghai New Generation Intelligent Manufacturing Development Forum

On the afternoon of October 12th, the 2026 Shanghai New Generation Intelligent Manufacturing Development Forum will be held at the Silk Road Hall of the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai). The forum agenda has been basically ready recently, with authoritative voices, heavyweight releases, benchmark practices, and roundtable dialogues interconnected. What are the highlights of this forum? What signals will be released? The reporter conducted a preliminary review.

　　Highlight 1: Authoritative voices, how to guide the direction of development accurately

The new generation of intelligent manufacturing is a key deployment for the development of the manufacturing industry during the 15th Five Year Plan period. Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping issued important instructions on the development of advanced manufacturing industry, emphasizing the direction of adhering to intelligence, greenness, and integration; The National Advanced Manufacturing Conference has clearly proposed to focus on the new generation of intelligent manufacturing and carry out the "Artificial Intelligence+Manufacturing" action in depth. How to understand the direction and grasp the path? At the forum, relevant leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Shanghai City and the National Intelligent Manufacturing Expert Committee will make speeches successively. Academicians of the CAE Member will make keynote speeches around the new generation of intelligent manufacturing. Experts of the National Intelligent Manufacturing Expert Committee and the China Electronics Information Industry Development Research Institute will also make keynote speeches around the development direction and trend of the new generation of intelligent manufacturing. The national strategic orientation, top-level design ideas and industrial evolution trend are expected to be systematically explained.

　　Highlight 2: Heavy Release, How Local Areas Explore Ahead

How to make a good start in the new generation of intelligent manufacturing has attracted much attention from local practices. On the forum, the overall considerations for accelerating the development of new generation intelligent manufacturing in Shanghai will be interpreted with authority, and the direction of ideas and key tasks will be systematically clarified; We will release the relevant action plan for the construction of Baoshan District as a leading area for intelligent manufacturing in Shanghai; Key enterprises such as Shanghai Electric and Shanghai Mobile will sign strategic memorandums of understanding; A group of key enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region will also jointly release an initiative for the coordinated development of intelligent manufacturing. Policy interpretation, regional plans, cooperation agreements, and regional initiatives are launched in a hierarchical manner, forming a "combination punch" for local exploration.

　　Highlight 3: Benchmark Practice,New generation intelligent manufacturinghowGive full play to effectiveness

Whether the technology is good or not depends on its implementation. The forum invites the heads of six representative enterprises on the demand side and supply side to take the stage and share their frontline practices from factory workshops: Shanghai Electric, Baosteel Co., Ltd., Rockwell Automation, Huichuan Technology, China Mobile Shanghai Industry Research Institute, and JiekarobotCovering key areas such as high-end equipment, steel new materials, industrial automation, industrial control, collaborative robots, and digital infrastructure. From predictive manufacturing to industrial intelligent agents, from single point applications to system autonomy, practitioners have the most say in how the new generation of intelligent manufacturing can take root, replicate and promote on the production line.

　　Highlight 4: Roundtable Discussion on How to Build a Positive Cycle of Industrial Ecology Together

The new generation of intelligent manufacturing has just begun, and there are still many practical issues to be solved: how to reconstruct core elements, how to break through technological bottlenecks, how to promote pilot experience, and how various entities can collaborate? The forum will set up a high-level roundtable dialogue, inviting five representatives from the fields of intelligent manufacturing functional platforms, industrial robots, industrial software, consumer electronics manufacturing, industrial automation, etc. to participate in in-depth exchanges on topics such as "new elements, new technologies, and new models of new generation intelligent manufacturing", "problems that need to be solved by concentrated efforts", and "how to build a healthy development ecosystem". We look forward to both ideological exchanges and practical suggestions.

This forum is a new starting point for Shanghai to accelerate the development of the new generation of intelligent manufacturing. With the support of the China International Industry Expo, a national platform, the forum will continue to create channels for policy transmission, stages for ideological collision, and bridges for supply and demand docking. On October 12th, at the Silk Road Hall of the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai), it is worth looking forward to.