The work meeting on the Index Survey of Manufacturing Industry Informatization in North China was held to update on the current development in the area based on latest statistics. The meeting also discussed experience gained and problems discovered during the survey, and put forward valuable suggestions for future work.

So far, more than 10 thousand sample data from enterprises and thousands of sample data on the industrial environment had been collected. These data cover major divisions of domestic manufacturing industries, drawing a general picture of the overall demands, development features and existing problems of domestic manufacturing industry informatization. The statistics also guaranteed the top-level design of major technological projects in the manufacturing industry.