Wuxi manufacturing goes high-tech

Leaders plan to retain industry dominance by focusing on IoT, big data, Chen Hong reports from Wuxi.

The government of Wuxi, a long-time manufacturing hub in East China's Jiangsu province, has encouraged local manufacturers to improve their efficiency by upgrading with internet of things technologies.

"Manufacturing was important in the history of Wuxi, which turned a small farming county into a metropolis. Now, our strategy is to keep the dominance of the industry as an impetus to drive forward the economic development of the city," said Li Xiaomin, Party chief of Wuxi, during a new-generation manufacturing conference in June.