Shan Lianyu: The cumulative number of visitors to Xiaomi’s Wuhan smart factory exceeded 20,000, and it received 354 overseas tourists

IT House reported on August 22 that Shan Lianyu, general manager of Xiaomi Group’s Home Appliances Department, published a blog post today (August 22), revealing that the number of visitors to Xiaomi’s Wuhan smart factory officially exceeded 20,000 yesterday (August 21) afternoon. IT Home attached the following Weibo content: Yesterday afternoon, the number of visitors to Xiaomi’s Wuhan smart factory officially exceeded 20,000. The 20000th visitor is a student from Belarus - Maria Antonina. She and her classmates from Wuhan University’s Eurasian Youth Culture Training Camp came to the factory for a study tour. Since the factory was put into operation, it has received a total of 354 overseas tourists from 13 countries. Our industrial tourism is also constantly polishing details and optimizing the visiting experience, and welcomes more friends to visit. Xiaomi's Wuhan smart home appliance factory was officially announced to be open to the public on March 18, 2026. Visitors can immerse themselves in Xiaomi's full-link smart home appliance manufacturing system and explore the complete process from research and development to production. Further reading Xiaomi’s smart home appliance factory was officially put into operation on October 28, 2025. It is Xiaomi’s first self-built smart home appliance factory and the third smart production base after the Beijing Xiaomi Automobile Super Factory and the Beijing Mobile Phone Smart Factory. The first phase of the factory has a total investment of 2.5 billion yuan, and its products cover a full range of smart home appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators, and washing machines. The current phase one mainly produces air conditioners, with a peak production capacity of 7 million units per year and a total production value of nearly 14 billion yuan. On average, one high-end air conditioner can be rolled off the production line every 6.5 seconds, and the one-time product qualification rate has stably exceeded 99%. The factory is equipped with Xiaomi's self-developed Pengpai intelligent manufacturing platform. Each device has an independent thinking "brain" and realizes autonomous perception, decision-making and execution through digital twins and AI technology. More than 130 sets of artificial intelligence visual inspection equipment have been deployed in the factory to conduct 100% AI visual inspection of key components. The logistics transmission system uses high-speed rail magnetic levitation technology to replace traditional conveyor belts, and the finished product warehouse is designed as a giant honeycomb structure.