A major event designed to boost its digital transformation was held on May 13 in Hefei city – capital of East China's Anhui province.

It was the first time the event – called Taste New Economy – was held and it attracted over 30 top enterprises nationwide to share their experience about digital transformation and to explore future trends.

The event aimed to provide a platform for new economy enterprises to strengthen communications and boost business.

"I hope that manufacturing enterprises can find partners and promote the high-end, intelligent and green development of the manufacturing industry," said Pan Feng, chief economist of the provincial economic and information department.

At the event, a number of representative industrial internet enterprises shared their ideas on hot topics such as equipment intelligent operations and maintenance, smart factories and the industrial internet.

An impressive view of the Hefei National High-tech Industry Development Zone. [Photo/WeChat ID: hefeigaoxinfabu]

Hefei National High-tech Industry Development Zone enterprise Anhui Ronds Science & Technology Incorporated Company, or RONDS, was one of the first enterprises in China to enter the field of intelligent equipment operations and maintenance.

The intelligent operations and maintenance – or O&M – platform devised by RONDS now has nearly 120,000 online monitoring service devices and it has formed 15,000 closed-loop cases for equipment failure.

"Intelligent O&M can achieve 5,000 devices per capita and drive O&M business transformation such as equipment maintenance, life predictions and inventory management through digital technology – helping customers achieve less employees, lower costs and improved efficiency, as well as safe production," said Li Xingxing, director of RONDS's partner development department.