GLOBALink | Digital & intelligent technologies fuel industrial transformation in NE China's Heilongjiang

HARBIN, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Harbin, located in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, one of China's traditional industrial bases, has been harnessing digital and intelligent technologies as a key pathway to upgrade its traditional industries in recent years.

From 2021 to 2025, the city has invested a total of 500 million yuan (about 69 million U.S. dollars) to support local enterprises to carry out technological transformation, with an average 20 percent annual growth in such investment.

This drone photo shows a smart workshop of a coil factory in Harbin Electric Machinery Company Ltd. in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 4, 2025. (Photo by Liu Yang/Xinhua)

This drone photo shows a smart workshop of a coil factory in Harbin Electric Machinery Company Ltd. in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 4, 2025. (Photo by Liu Yang/Xinhua)

A worker is pictured at a workshop of Harbin Dongan Auto Engine Co., Ltd. in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

Intelligent manufacturing equipment processes and assembles products at a workshop of Harbin Dongan Auto Engine Co., Ltd. in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

Workers use AI-powered detection for flaw inspection at a pipe factory of Harbin Boiler Co., Ltd. in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 26, 2025.(Xinhua/Wang Song)

A worker operates intelligent numerical control device at a smart workshop of a coil factory in Harbin Electric Machinery Company Ltd. in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

A robot is pictured on the production line at a workshop of Harbin Dongan Auto Engine Co., Ltd. in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

This photo taken on July 25, 2025 show an automated production line for single-phase electricity meters at an electrical measuring instruments factory in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

This photo taken on Feb. 26, 2025 shows a robotic arm on an intelligent production line for small and medium-sized blades at a blade factory of Harbin Turbine Co., Ltd. in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Song)