Hangzhou forges ahead with industrial internet

The industrial internet is giving new impetus to industrial transformation and upgrading, and Xiaoshan district in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province is among the areas riding the wave of change it creates.

The 2019 China Industrial Data Conference Qiantang Summit opened in Xiaoshan on May 7, gathering around 1,200 experts and bigwigs in industrial internet, big data and intelligent manufacturing.

The industrial internet refers to a network of combined, advanced machines with Internet-connected sensors and big-data analytics. It is designed to boost the productivity, efficiency and reliability of industrial production.

The China (Hangzhou) Industrial Internet Park was unveiled at the conference.

Covering an area of 3.8 hectares, the park will focus on four major sectors involving industrial internet networks, platforms, security and services.

The new park serves as a platform that cultivates industrial internet talents, fosters R&D innovation and transforms scientific and technological achievements, and is also a key growth engine for the digital economy, according to an official from Xiaoshan district.

Within five to 10 years, the park is expected to be built into a budding highland of the industrial internet where professional talents, clustering innovative startups and industrial leading enterprises.

As a major player in the manufacturing sector in Zhejiang province, Xiaoshan over the years has vigorously promoted the digital transformation of traditional industries.

Xiaoshan will embrace the new wave of digital economy and the industrial internet, and make big data a driving force of intelligent manufacturing and innovative development, according to Tong Jiali, Party secretary of the district.

An innovative industrial internet laboratory was also unveiled at the conference.