This photo taken on December 4, 2025 shows employees working on a Neolix X3 vehicle production line at a factory of Chinese autonomous delivery vehicle maker Neolix in Yancheng, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers calibrated its cameras, typical of the incremental automation being adopted even across smaller factories in the world's manufacturing powerhouse. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'CHINA-ECONOMY-MANUFACTURING-TECHNOLOGY-AI, FOCUS' by Jing Xuan TENG

This photo taken on December 4, 2025 shows employees working on a Neolix X3 vehicle production line at a factory of Chinese autonomous delivery vehicle maker Neolix in Yancheng, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers calibrated its cameras, typical of the incremental automation being adopted even across smaller factories in the world's manufacturing powerhouse. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'CHINA-ECONOMY-MANUFACTURING-TECHNOLOGY-AI, FOCUS' by Jing Xuan TENG

This photo taken on December 4, 2025 shows employees working on a Neolix X3 vehicle production line at a factory of Chinese autonomous delivery vehicle maker Neolix in Yancheng, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers calibrated its cameras, typical of the incremental automation being adopted even across smaller factories in the world's manufacturing powerhouse. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'CHINA-ECONOMY-MANUFACTURING-TECHNOLOGY-AI, FOCUS' by Jing Xuan TENG

This photo taken on December 4, 2025 shows employees working on a Neolix X3 vehicle production line at a factory of Chinese autonomous delivery vehicle maker Neolix in Yancheng, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers calibrated its cameras, typical of the incremental automation being adopted even across smaller factories in the world's manufacturing powerhouse. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'CHINA-ECONOMY-MANUFACTURING-TECHNOLOGY-AI, FOCUS' by Jing Xuan TENG

This photo taken on December 4, 2025 shows employees working on a Neolix X3 vehicle production line at a factory of Chinese autonomous delivery vehicle maker Neolix in Yancheng, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers calibrated its cameras, typical of the incremental automation being adopted even across smaller factories in the world's manufacturing powerhouse. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'CHINA-ECONOMY-MANUFACTURING-TECHNOLOGY-AI, FOCUS' by Jing Xuan TENG

This photo taken on December 4, 2025 shows employees working on a Neolix X3 vehicle production line at a factory of Chinese autonomous delivery vehicle maker Neolix in Yancheng, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers calibrated its cameras, typical of the incremental automation being adopted even across smaller factories in the world's manufacturing powerhouse. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'CHINA-ECONOMY-MANUFACTURING-TECHNOLOGY-AI, FOCUS' by Jing Xuan TENG

This photo taken on December 3, 2025 shows an employee checking products at a printing factory of Far East Precision Printing Company in Jiaxing, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers calibrated its cameras, typical of the incremental automation being adopted even across smaller factories in the world's manufacturing powerhouse. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'CHINA-ECONOMY-MANUFACTURING-TECHNOLOGY-AI, FOCUS' by Jing Xuan TENG

This photo taken on December 3, 2025 shows an employee working at a printing factory of Far East Precision Printing Company in Jiaxing, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers calibrated its cameras, typical of the incremental automation being adopted even across smaller factories in the world's manufacturing powerhouse. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with 'CHINA-ECONOMY-MANUFACTURING-TECHNOLOGY-AI, FOCUS' by Jing Xuan TENG