Strengthening industrial infrastructure is of utmost importance in building a manufacturing powerhouse. Enhancing industrial infrastructure capabilities is the only way to win the battle against advanced industrial infrastructure and an important guarantee for achieving the construction of a manufacturing and quality powerhouse. Intelligent manufacturing is the main direction of building a manufacturing powerhouse in China. Starting from 2022, the "Science and Technology Innovation China" Leading Technology List of the China Association for Science and Technology has included industrial foundation in the collection field for two consecutive years, selecting basic components and components with high stability, high reliability, and high environmental adaptability, basic materials, basic manufacturing processes and equipment, industrial basic software, and industrial technology foundation. How can China's manufacturing industry promote the upgrading of its industrial foundation and modernization of its industrial chain, and take intelligent manufacturing as the starting point to embark on a "large and resilient" high-quality development path? Regarding the above issues, recently Xinhua Science and Technology Channel conducted an exclusive interview with Qu Xianming, a member of the National Manufacturing Strong Country Construction Strategy Advisory Committee, Honorary Director of the National Intelligent Manufacturing Expert Committee, Deputy Director of the National Industrial Basic Expert Committee, and Honorary Director of the China Society of Mechanical Engineering. "As early as 2011, China's manufacturing industry had already ranked first in the world in terms of total scale, but its industrial foundation was still relatively weak. The saying at that time was' big but not strong '," said Qu Xianming. "China's manufacturing industry ranks among the top in terms of total scale, is it because we only produce low-end products? That's not the case," said Qu Xianming. According to the comparative analysis data of 26 manufacturing industries by the Chinese Academy of Engineering at home and abroad, currently, China's manufacturing industry has 5 world leading industries and 7 world advanced industries, with its industrial added value accounting for 41.31% of China's manufacturing industry added value. The manufacturing industry is moving from the low-end to the high-end, forming a product structure where low, medium, and high coexist, and the proportion of high-end products is gradually increasing, with a considerable volume. At the same time, China's manufacturing industry has achieved a dual increase in innovation input and output. According to data from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, from 2015 to 2020, the R&D investment intensity in China's manufacturing industry increased from 0.97% to 1.54%; The R&D investment intensity in instrumentation, ships, aerospace equipment, rail transit equipment, and pharmaceutical manufacturing industry exceeds 3%. The number of R&D personnel per million employees increased by 4% in 2020 compared to 2015. The global number of invention patent authorizations per unit of manufacturing value added increased from 5.97 in 2015 to 7.7 in 2020. In addition, China has a group of Fortune Global 500 companies, specialized and innovative small giant enterprises, and individual champion enterprises. These enterprises have strong technological innovation and output capabilities, as well as product and capital output capabilities, and have a certain say in the global market. China's small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises are also very active in innovation, and their level of specialization continues to improve. "In the past, China's manufacturing industry was large but not strong. Now, it seems that China's manufacturing industry has shown sufficient resilience and has changed the phenomenon of being 'big but not strong' and become larger and more resilient." Qu Xianming said. Qu Xianming pointed out that although China's manufacturing industry ranks among the top in terms of total scale, we need to strengthen the industrial foundation and promote the reconstruction of the industrial foundation,