World Manufacturing Convention 2025 Opens in Hefei: A Global Gathering for Smart Manufacturing

HEFEI, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 19, 2025--

The World Manufacturing Convention 2025 will take place in Hefei, Anhui, from September 20 to 23. With the theme “Intelligent Manufacturing for a Better Future,” the event will draw participants from over 40 countries and regions, including the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. More than half of the attendees will be from overseas, highlighting its role as a leading global platform for manufacturing exchange and cooperation.

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Hosted by the Anhui Provincial People’s Government, the National Advisory Committee on Building a Manufacturing Power, the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, and the Global Alliance of SMEs, the convention has become a stage for presenting China’s major technological equipment, welcoming global manufacturers, and promoting Chinese high-end manufacturing worldwide. Key activities include the 2025 Forum on Building a Manufacturing Power and the release of the Top 500 Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises 2025, the Report on Ten Key Areas for Building a Manufacturing Power, and the 2025 Report on Digital Transformation Capability of Manufacturing Enterprises. These outcomes will contribute “Chinese solutions” and “Chinese wisdom” to global development.

Slovakia will be the Guest Country of Honor, underscoring openness and cooperation. The convention will feature the 2025 International Chamber of Commerce Conference, the International Forum on Intelligent Manufacturing Cooperation, SME global expansion and industrial chain events, the Anhui-Germany SME Cooperation Forum, and the CIIE Foreign Enterprises (Anhui) Matchmaking Conference, fostering deeper trade and investment exchanges.

The exhibition covers 20,000 square meters with ten themed zones, including Major Country Manufacturing, Guest Province, International, Automotive, Intelligent Robotics, and Electronic Information. Market-driven exhibitions such as Robotics and Industrial Automation, Digital Economy, and Machinery & Equipment will also be staged. An interactive All-Domain Unmanned Systems Zone in Luogang Park will allow visitors to experience UAV flights and driverless cars, showcasing the appeal of smart manufacturing.

Anhui has achieved world-class breakthroughs such as the “Artificial Sun” and the “Zuchongzhi III” quantum computer, and it ranks fifth in China’s AI industry. The convention not only highlights Anhui’s innovation but also extends an open invitation to the world—together composing a symphony of human wisdom and machine civilization.

World Manufacturing Convention 2025 Opens in Hefei: A Global Gathering for Smart Manufacturing

NEW YORK (AP) — A surging stock market and a flurry of deal making padded the profits of Wall Street's two big investment banks, which both saw a double-digit jump in profits in the fourth quarter.

Goldman Sachs's net earnings rose 12% from a year earlier, posting a profit of $4.62 billion, or $14.01 a share. Meanwhile Morgan Stanley said it earned $4.4 billion, or $2.68 per share, compared to a profit of $3.71 billion, or $2.22 per share, compared to a year earlier.

Wall Street has been bolstered by the Trump administration's deregulatory policies, which has led corporations to seek out mergers and acquisitions, as well as the surge of investor interest in artificial intelligence companies and those who stand to benefit from the mass adoption of technologies like ChatGPT.

Fourth-quarter investment fee revenues over at Goldman were up 25% year-over-year and Morgan Stanley saw a 47% jump in revenue in its investment banking division. Both banks said their investment fee backlog, which is a signal of how much deal making is still pending that banks are working on, increased significantly in the fourth quarter.

Goldman and Morgan's results reflect the strong earnings out of the other big banks that reported their results this week. JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup all saw jumps in fourth-quarter profits, but their results were dampened by the ongoing tensions that Wall Street is having with the White House over the issue of the independence of the Federal Reserve and President Donald Trump's interest in capping credit card interest rates at 10%.

Along with a strong investment banking performance, Goldman Sachs also agreed to sell off its Apple Card credit card portfolio to JPMorgan Chase last week, effectively exiting its brief experiment in consumer banking. The bank sold the credit card portfolio at a discount to JPMorgan, a sign of how desperately Goldman wanted to exit the business and put the Apple Card behind it.

This story has been corrected to show that Morgan Stanley's investment banking revenues rose 47%, not 22%.

FILE - Electronic signage is shown at Morgan Stanley headquarters, Thursday, March 4, 2021 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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