Employees toil at the Jiangsu Rugao High Voltage Electric Apparatus Co factory in Rugao on March 11. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

Manufacturing plants of four companies in Rugao, Nantong were honored as "demonstration smart plants of Jiangsu province" in 2020 and three won titles at the Nantong municipal level, local media outlets reported.

A robot arm swings into action at the Jiangsu Rugao High Voltage Electric Apparatus Co plant in Rugao on March 11. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

To date, more than 10 plants in Rugao have won provincial and municipal-level titles for intelligent manufacturing, which reportedly was the result of the local municipal government's efforts to push forward industrial transformation and upgrading and to boost the city's capacity for technological research and development.