Tech gains in Shanxi set pace for steady future(3)

Super-thin steel foil rolls off the production line at Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group. SUN RONGXIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY

The Global Lighthouse Network initiative, put forward by the WEF and McKinsey &Company, represents the pinnacle of intelligent manufacturing and digitization in today's global manufacturing sector.

Taiyuan Heavy Industry Transit Equipment is a comprehensive research and development and manufacturing base for wheels, axles, gearboxes and wheel sets for rail transit. By advancing intelligent development, the company has garnered accolades at home and abroad.

As an industry trailblazer, the company has integrated cutting-edge technologies into production, outlining a blueprint for artificial intelligence solutions to enhance production efficiency, problem-solving capabilities and innovation, according to company executives.

Another example of Shanxi's prowess in innovation is the full-size test line project of the ultrahigh-speed low-vacuum tube magnetic levitation transportation system completed in Yanggao county in the northern Shanxi city of Datong.

The system, also known as maglev or "high-speed flying train" in China, with a maximum travel speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour, completed a successful test on the Yanggao test line in August.

The test line was built by the Datong high-speed flying train project unit of China Railway Sixth Bureau Group. It is the first phase of a laboratory jointly developed by Shanxi and China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. The inauguration of the lab and groundbreaking of the test line took place in May 2021. The purpose of the lab is to provide a key test platform for maglev technology.