In recent years, green factories and smart factories in the pharmaceutical industry will enter a period of accelerated development driven by policies and integrated with technology. Under the background of the dual carbon goals, future green factories will focus on the advanced treatment and resource utilization of wastewater, with low-consumption processes such as MBR and advanced oxidation becoming mainstream. Relying on the digital and intelligent transformation policy, smart factories promote the application of GXP-compliant intelligent equipment and industrial software. However, in the mean while, the industry still faces many challenges, mainly focusing on the tightening of environmental protection standards and the pressure of transformation costs. The implementation of the new water pollutant discharge standards in 2026 has increased the difficulty of treating characteristic pollutants, small and medium-sized enterprises have insufficient funds and technological reserves for digital transformation.
In the future, green factory certification will accelerate its popularization, and leading enterprises are expected to achieve near-zero emissions. Smart factories promote the quality improvement and efficiency enhancement of the entire industrial chain through digital twins and data collaboration. Policy dividends and technological innovation will solve the transformation problems and help the industry move towards sustainable and high-quality development.
The“3rd Pharmaceutical Factory Planning and Construction Summit” will be held in Shanghai on November 25, 2026. During the event, it will gather relevant leaders from factory, production, and EHS of domestic and foreign pharmaceutical factories, architectural engineering design companies, and leading technical solution providers to jointly discuss innovation and high-quality development in the pharmaceutical industry, share the practices of green and smart factory construction in pharmaceutical enterprises, exchange the latest technological applications so as to find the best business partners.


Christina Xu
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