Since the start of this year, China has made the cultivation of interdisciplinary "AI + machinery" talent a core pillar supporting the industry's transformation and upgrading, and has fully launched a talent-training initiative based on industry-education collaboration across the entire industrial chain. Experts note that as artificial intelligence accelerates its empowerment of the manufacturing sector, a structural mismatch in talent has emerged: professionals who understand AI technology are not familiar with industrial business processes, while skilled workers well-versed in mechanical processes lack the ability to apply AI.