The construction of Yitai Ili Energy Co., Ltd.’s smart factory project, with a total investment of around 21.043 billion yuan, has commenced

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On the morning of January 30, 2026, the kick-off meeting for the smart factory project of Yitai Yili Energy Co., Ltd. was held in the Yinan Industrial Park in Yili, Xinjiang. The core teams from Itai Yili Energy, China Tianchen Engineering Co., Ltd., and Zhongkong Technology Co., Ltd. attended the meeting, marking the official entry of the project into the construction and implementation phase. It is understood that this meeting approved the overall project implementation plan, the detailed design plan, and the project construction schedule. It set the milestones of completing the work by October 30, 2026, and achieving full operation by March 2027. The three parties signed cooperation agreements and safety responsibility documents, established a weekly meeting mechanism to strictly control quality and safety, and ensured that progress kept pace with that of the main project. This project is a supporting facility for the Yitai Ili 1 million tons per year coal-to-oil demonstration project, with a total investment of 1.28 billion yuan (which is included within the total investment of 21.043 billion yuan for the coal-to-oil project). China Tianchen serves as the EPC general contractor, while Zhongkong Technology acts as the general contractor for the intelligent systems. The project is located within the Yitai Ili Coal-to-Oil Plant in the Yinan Industrial Park, Chabuchar Xibe Autonomous County, Xinjiang, and is intended to serve as a model benchmark for **-level intelligent coal chemical factories. It is understood that the core components of this project include the deployment of the supOS factory operating system, as well as the establishment of an intelligent management platform that covers six management areas: production, equipment, safety, environmental protection, energy, and quality ； Deep \"mechanism + AI\" optimization is applied to the four core units of coal gasification, purification, oil product synthesis, and hydroprocessing; the first AI-based decision-making control system for coal chemical processing is installed ； Create a 1:1 digital twin of the entire facility to enable integrated process simulation, predictive equipment maintenance, emergency drills, and remote diagnosis ； Facilities such as AI-based video analysis, intelligent monitoring of toxic gases, and smart inspection robots are deployed, along with unattended coal storage areas, intelligent multi-level warehouses, and AGV automated guided vehicle systems, to enable full-process tracking and automated handling. The project features prominent technical advantages: the core control system, smart instruments, and industrial software are all 100% domestically produced. It introduces a decision-making model driven by both mechanism-based approaches and AI, while its digital twin system covers the entire lifecycle from design to construction to operation and maintenance. It is understood that as of February 4, 2026, 65% of the project’s basic design has been completed. Tendering has been carried out for the core smart meters, AI controllers, and digital twin servers. The civil engineering work for the 2,000㎡ smart central control room has begun, with the construction of infrastructure such as pipeline trays and communication networks proceeding simultaneously. The basic design review is scheduled to be completed by the end of March 2026, core equipment installation is planned for April, and the completion of the central control room is set for June. Once operational, the smart factory project of Yitai Ili Energy Co., Ltd. is expected to generate an annual cost savings of 320 million yuan, increase labor productivity by 40%, reduce the production cost per ton of oil by 8%, cut unplanned downtime by 40%, lower the incidence of safety accidents by 60%, and reduce pollutant emissions by 15%. It will establish standards for building smart coal chemical factories that can be replicated and applied elsewhere, thereby promoting the integrated use of coal in a clean and efficient manner along with the development of intelligent manufacturing technologies. The 1 million tons per year coal-to-oil demonstration project of Yitai Yili Energy Co., Ltd. has a total investment of approximately 21.043 billion yuan, and it is located in the Yinan Industrial Park of Chabuchar Xibe Autonomous County in Xinjiang. The project is scheduled to be completed and put into operation in June 2028, with an annual production capacity of 1.0582 million tons of products such as alkylbenzenes, high-carbon alcohols, high-quality light hydrocarbons, FTO waxes, n-C10-14 compounds, white oils, liquid paraffins, and liquefied petroleum gas; meanwhile, by-products such as mixed alcohols and sulfur will also be produced. The main plant facilities include production units such as air separation, coal gasification, purification, oil synthesis, exhaust gas hydrogen production, and oil processing. Complementary facilities include thermal power stations, water treatment plants, circulating water systems and other auxiliary engineering projects; storage and transportation facilities such as coal silos and storage tanks; as well as environmental protection projects like wastewater treatment and reuse systems.