Xiaomi's new smart factory can operate 24/7 without human intervention

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced on Weibo that the company's new generation smartphone production factory in Changping, Beijing will soon be operational.

The factory is designed to be a "dark factory," capable of running 24 hours a day without human presence.

The facility features self-sustaining machines that can collaborate with each other and maintain a dust-free environment using micron-level dust removal technology. Production quality is managed by Xiaomi's self-developed intelligent machines, capable of producing one smartphone unit every second.

Xiaomi has invested 2.4 billion yuan into this factory, which spans 81,000 square meters and is certified as a "national smart manufacturing benchmark enterprise" with an annual capacity of 10 million flagship smartphones. This facility will handle the production of upcoming models like the Xiaomi MIX Fold 4 and Xiaomi MIX Flip.

Xiaomi has a history of using automation, with its first smart factory in Yizhuang, Beijing, operational since 2019, producing models like the Xiaomi Mix Fold.