The facility for manufacturing Baidu's Xiaodu smart speaker begins trial production recently. [Photo by Zheng Mingjing for China Daily]

The first phase of an intelligent terminal production project with an annual output of 10 million was recently put into production in the Tuolingtou Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Park in the city of Yangquan.

The project was invested and constructed by Shanxi Jonter Intelligent Technology Co, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan ($155.10 million).

It includes four production lines for surface mounting technology and 19 finished product assembly lines. 

One finished product assembly line has already been completed, and the workers have completed their studies and returned to Yangquan for practical operation, mainly responsible for assembling speakers and headphones.

Next, the company will extend the upstream and downstream industrial chain and focus on the research and development, production, sale, and services for smart wearable products such as speakers, headphones smart watches, and smart bracelets to create a complete industrial cluster in Yangquan.

Shanxi Jonter Intelligent Technology Co is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shenzhen Jonter Digital Group. The group has been focusing on smart wearables and smart home appliance products, providing production services and technical support for well-known brands such as Baidu and Edifier.