On March 15, 2023, the final of the "Hengda Cup" Textile Intelligent Design Grand Prix was held in Xinchang, Zhejiang Province.

The competition was sponsored by the China Textile Machinery Association, hosted by Wuxi Hengda Motor Co., Ltd., Beijing Zhongren Zhijie Technology Development Co., Ltd. and the National Textile Machinery Quality Inspection and Testing Center, and was strongly supported by Textile Equipment and Textile Machinery.

Gu Ping, president of China Textile Machinery Association, Lv Honggang, senior consultant, Xing Hongxing, deputy general manager of Wuxi Hengda Motor Co., Ltd., and Qiu Lifeng, executive director and general manager of Shaanxi Textile Equipment Research Institute Co., Ltd., and other industry leaders and enterprise representatives attended the event. The meeting was hosted by Mei Baolong, China Textile Machinery Association.

Gu Ping, president of China Textile Machinery Association, said in his speech that intelligent manufacturing is the deep integration of advanced manufacturing technology and new generation of information technology, and is an important way for us to transform from a big textile country to a powerful textile country. Industry enterprises need to innovate and develop in the direction of informatization and automation to improve their core competitiveness. At present, since the first session of the Textile Intelligent Design Grand Prix, the "seed" of intelligence has been planted, and it will certainly make achievements in scientific and technological innovation and industrial upgrading with the participation and support of enterprises. I believe that the products that stand out in this grand prix will be applied in the industry and create greater value.

Xing Hongxing, deputy general manager of Wuxi Hengda Motor Co., Ltd., said that Wuxi Hengda specialized in motor manufacturing, accumulated rich experience in motor manufacturing, and established the escort technology iteration of Wuxi Hengda Motor Co., Ltd. Technical Research Institute. We hope to take the Hengda Cup as an opportunity to strengthen the cooperation between upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain in the field of intelligence, provide customers with more valuable production solutions, and jointly contribute to the construction of a powerful textile country.

Members of the expert group include: Zhu Xianmin, member of the National Intelligent Manufacturing Expert Committee and senior consultant of the China Textile Machinery Association, Professor Hu Xudong, president of the Xinchang Research Institute of Zhejiang University of Technology, Wang Haiping, chief engineer of Zhejiang Fangzheng Light Textile Machinery Testing Center Co., Ltd., Professor Liang Huijiang, technical director of Zhejiang Kangli Automatic Control Technology Co., Ltd Liu Guangxi, General Manager of Beijing Zhongren Zhijie Technology Development Co., Ltd. The representatives at the meeting unanimously agreed that Zhu Gaogong would be the leader of the expert group, and Professor Hu would be the deputy leader.