Nowadays the deployment of intelligent manufacturing policy is a global topic all over the world. Chinese intelligent manufacturing policy is defined as “Made in China 2025”

in which the construction of smart factory for aircraft engine manufacturing is one of the key tasks. This paper introduces the current situation of the foreign commercial aircraft engine companies in intelligent manufacturing

and summaries the key issues of building a smart factory forcom-marcial aircraft engine. The key issues include establishing the industrial standards

developing smart products or making changes to the current products

formulating an intelligent production organization through digital and network tools.