Digital transformation has become an unavoidable trend for manufacturers, warning that companies that fail to adapt proactively risk being pushed out of the market, said Zhang Yaohua, Executive Director and President of EVA Precision Industrial Holdings Limited on Tuesday.

Speaking at a closed-door forum on embodied intelligence and industrial chain innovation during the 2025 T-EDGE, Zhang said EVA Precision Industrial's overseas and domestic operations are currently at very different stages of development.

"Our most advanced production capacity is concentrated overseas, while our factories in China are still undergoing upgrades and iteration," he said.

To meet increasingly stringent customer requirements on delivery and quality, Zhang said the company must organize production around Huawei's ‘three transformations and one platform' model and fully integrate digital technologies across its operations. "Without digital capabilities, companies may struggle even to secure high-quality orders," he added.

Zhang also shared observations from the company's overseas manufacturing layout, noting that in markets such as Vietnam, Mexico, and India, the fiercest competition faced by Chinese companies still comes from other Chinese peers expanding abroad.

By contrast, he said competitors from Europe and North America are generally less competitive than Chinese firms operating overseas.