China's first intelligent factory for the production of offshore gas and oil extraction equipment was put into operation on Sunday, marking a breakthrough in pivoting the industry for smart manufacturing. 

Covering an area of about 575,000 square meters, the factory has three intelligent production centers, seven auxiliary workshops and eight assembly stations.

It has annual production capacity of 84,000 tonnes and is equipped with a dock able to harbor various large offshore engineering ships, including floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.