Storyline: Smart technology reshapes traditional Chinese medicine production in east China [Voice_over] In China, modern manufacturing is helping revolutionize the ancient system of traditional Chinese medicine, or TCM, by helping drugmakers make better products. At a TCM production workshop in east China's Linyi City, Automated Guided Vehicles, or AGVs, shuttle back and forth, handling tasks like selecting and transporting ingredients. With over 8,000 control points, its fully digital production line has shifted TCM drugmaking from "experience-based brewing" to data-driven precision. [Sound_bite] Zhang Guimin, Chairman and General Manage, Lunan Pharmaceutical Group: "In the past, producing 1.28 million bags of medicine required nearly 160 people. However, accomplishing the same production task now only requires 24 people. With smart manufacturing in place, we have reduced labor costs by 85 percent while increasing production efficiency by sevenfold." [Voice_over] Last year, state funding for TCM reached approximately 3.2 billion U.S. dollars. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]