The Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology has officially released the "Shenzhen 'AI+' Advanced Manufacturing Action Plan (2026-2027)." The plan aims to anchor the strategic goal of achieving new industrialization by accelerating the integration of artificial intelligence into the manufacturing sector. It will promote AI's penetration into all aspects of manufacturing, including R&D, production management, operations, and supply chain management, fostering the intelligent development of all manufacturing elements.
By 2027, the plan targets the establishment of a national AI application pilot base for consumer mobile terminals, the creation of an industrial intelligent agent innovation center, and the formation of an industrial knowledge alliance. It also aims to open up hundreds of application scenarios, develop hundreds of vertical industry models and industrial intelligent agents, and promote hundreds of demonstration applications. This initiative seeks to create a development pattern characterized by "one base, one center, one alliance, a hundred scenarios, and multiple applications," thereby revitalizing traditional industries and propelling emerging sectors to a leading position.
Specifically, the Action Plan highlights the empowerment of key industrial clusters, including electronic information manufacturing, semiconductors and integrated circuits, automotive manufacturing, robotics, high-performance materials, the low-altitude economy, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, and traditional advantageous industries. It focuses on driving innovation and upgrades in terminal products by supporting the R&D of key items such as AI phones, AI glasses, AI-powered smart toys, and AI smart screens. The plan also aims to strengthen the semiconductor industry by developing high-performance, high-efficiency specialized SoC master chips for various AI terminals, supporting new architecture processors like computing-in-memory.
Furthermore, the plan includes launching pilot applications for "vehicle-road-cloud integration" in smart connected vehicles and enhancing AI empowerment across the entire automotive industry chain. It supports the R&D of multimodal interaction technologies, such as world models and VTLA, to build embodied intelligent foundation models with interactive, predictive, and decision-making capabilities. Support will also be provided for establishing embodied intelligent technology testbeds, opening specific industrial scenarios like welding and assembly for practical application, and improving intelligent operations in hazardous environments.
For the low-altitude economy, the plan involves creating an autonomous capability evolution system for drones, building smart simulation platforms, and developing low-altitude digital twin systems. In pharmaceuticals and medical devices, it aims to accelerate innovation and commercialization in drug development and precision medicine by advancing AI technologies in key areas like target discovery and drug design.
To ensure implementation, the Action Plan emphasizes strengthened policy support and increased funding for "AI+" advanced manufacturing. It also calls for greater openness in application scenarios and enhanced supply-demand matching, encouraging leading enterprises to open typical industrial production scenarios and supporting collaboration between solution providers and key industry players to overcome AI application challenges.