Shenzhen leads in innovation, automation

Electronic powerhouse in South China shifts focus to high value-added industries such as IT, biotechnology

Producing a Redmi smartphone requires hundreds of steps but it takes just a brief moment for its circuit board to be glued, soldered and packaged at Shenzhen Zowee Technology Co Ltd, a major electronics manufacturer for smartphone vendors including Xiaomi Corp, Huawei Technologies Co and Oppo.

By applying its own cutting-edge robotics and technology, over 50 percent of the manufacturing process for Redmi's handsets is now performed without human participation.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic still affecting supply chains for all industries worldwide, more than 50,000 Redmi smartphones are being produced on average each day in a single workshop at Zowee.