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According to Sinochem New Network, recently, six departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the **Development and Reform Commission, and the **Data Bureau jointly announced the list of \"excellent\" smart factories for 2025. The \"Smart Coal-to-Oil Factory driven by digitalization and efficient conversion\" operated by the Coal-to-Oil Branch of Ningxia Coal Industry Company, part of the Energy Group, within the Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base (hereinafter referred to as the Ningdong Base), was successfully selected. This achievement marked the first time that the Ningdong Base has had a smart factory of \"excellent level,\" setting a new benchmark for leveraging digital technologies to promote high-quality development in the chemical industry. According to a responsible official from the Ningdong Base Management Committee, this achievement is a direct reflection of the systematic efforts made by the Ningdong Base in recent years to develop intelligent factories step by step. In accordance with documents such as the \"Action Plan for Gradual Development of Smart Factories\" and the \"Action Plan for Digital Transformation in the Manufacturing Sector\", jointly issued by six departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ningdong base actively encourages enterprises to undertake digital transformation, and establishes and implements a progressive development framework that moves from the \"basic level\" and \"advanced level\" to the \"excellent level\" and \"leadership level\". In this year’s development efforts, the Ningdong facility identified 17 new \"basic-level\" smart factories, and helped 7 factories, including Ningxia Weiyuan New Energy Co., Ltd.’s \"smart factory for the annual production of 25,000 tons of povidone and its vinylated derivatives,\" to be rated as \"advanced-level\" smart factories. In the end, the project of the Coal-to-Oil Division of Ningxia Coal Industry Company, part of the Energy Group, stood out and was awarded the “Excellence Level” rating. It is reported that the company focuses on three main goals: improving safety, increasing efficiency, and enhancing management, and it advances its digitalization efforts in a systematic manner. Through the comprehensive deployment of systems such as MES, security management, and integrated production operation control, and after three years of exploration and practice, an intelligent framework has been developed. This framework is supported by the intelligent transformation of equipment, centered on process optimization control, guided by business collaboration management, and features big data model applications as pilot projects. It creates an intelligent chemical production system driven by data elements; technologies such as APC and PID tuning are used to enhance the automation level and energy efficiency of the facilities. Moreover, a unified data platform is utilized to facilitate process reengineering and business integration, thereby effectively improving intelligent operation and decision-making capabilities. This provides a model for transformation that can be used as a reference for enterprises in the Ningdong facility. In response, a responsible official from the Ningdong Base Management Committee said that in the next step, the Ningdong Base will continue to promote the adoption of advanced technologies, expand typical application scenarios, and optimize the digital services ecosystem. It will also guide and support more enterprises based there to actively participate in initiatives aimed at digital transformation and upgrading, thereby further consolidating and expanding the achievements made in developing smart factories.