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President Trump’s upcoming summit in Zhuhai, China, will focus on securing Chinese investment to modernize American manufacturing, but a CBS News visit to Gree’s massive “dark factory” illustrates how rapidly automation is reshaping the industry. The AI‑controlled plant runs 24/7 with hundreds of robotic arms assembling 4,000 air‑conditioning components every ten seconds, requiring only about 1,000 staff—most of them engineers—rather than the 10,000 workers a traditional factory would need. With 60 % of Gree’s output exported and China already responsible for roughly 30 % of global manufacturing (projected to near 50 % in four years), the facility exemplifies the future of “intelligent factories” that replace manual labor with sophisticated robots, while creating new demand for highly skilled technical workers. The article asks whether the United States can keep pace with this shift as it seeks to revive blue‑collar jobs through foreign investment.
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As Trump visits China, will he seek investment to build American "dark factories" of the future?
A Chinese manufacturing giant tells CBS News how its sprawling factory runs with a fraction of the human workforce previously required.