Now ranked 22nd among Chinese Advanced Manufacturing Cities, Zhuhai has seen the National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone (Tangjiawan) place 43rd among Chinese Strong Advanced Manufacturing Industrial Parks.

The Research Center of Intelligent Equipment Industry of CCID Consulting released the listings last week at the 8th Advanced Manufacturing Conference in Shanghai, which placed first. Besides Zhuhai in Guangdong Province, Shenzhen placed second and Guangzhou fourth. The lists were compiled from the 2020 Development Index of the Chinese Advanced Manufacturing Industry. 

Advanced manufacturing in Zhuhai [Photo courtesy Guanhai App]

The think tank has published the index annually since 2018. It assesses the innovation capability, multi-field integration, economic driving effect, brand quality, and green intensive development of domestic cities and national industrial parks. It analyses strengths and weaknesses developing advanced manufacturing and makes suggestions for high-quality development.

Zhuhai was ranked 29th in 2018 and 27th in 2019. The transition from "Zhuhai Manufacturing" to "Zhuhai Smart Manufacturing" has fast-tracked under leading enterprises Gree Electric Appliances, Seine Technology, and Ninestar and emerging companies Yunzhou-Tech, Orbita Aerospace Science & Technology, and Innoscience.

From intelligent equipment and integrated circuits to electronic information and unmanned systems, the city has explored a growth path of high-quality development. The 2020 Zhuhai government report proposes to vigorously develop advanced manufacturing and emerging industries.

Specifically, five 100-billion-yuan ($15-billion) emerging industrial clusters related to integrated circuits, biomedicine, new materials, new energy, and high-end printing equipment will take form. Meanwhile, a group of leading enterprises will be brought in and cultivated to advance the local modern industrial system.