Miao Wei, a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Deputy Director of its Economic Committee, and former Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), emphasized in a People's Daily article the imperative to define clear pathways for intelligent transformation and upgrading. He advocated for expanding smart manufacturing and factory demonstrations, fostering AI-enabled industrial supply chain collaboration, and enhancing supply-demand alignment. Furthermore, he stressed the need to popularize AI-driven production process optimization, thereby positioning manufacturing as the central battleground for merging AI technological innovation with industrial advancement. Additionally, he called for facilitating synergies between government-guided funds and private capital, establishing specialized sub-funds targeting hard-core technologies and early-stage ventures, and incentivizing leading firms to acquire and integrate innovative resources.