Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi's smart factory in Yizhuang, Beijing has been completed and put into production, according to Lei Jun, founder and CEO of Xiaomi, during the company's 10th anniversary event on Tuesday.

In the keynote speech, Lei unveiled Mi 10 Ultra, the first premium smartphone model with a transparent rear cover assembled in Xiaomi's new smart factory. Covering an area of 18,600 square meters, the factory is equipped with a fully automated production line spanning processes from production management to machine processing, packaging and storage, according to the company.

With an annual production capacity of over 1 million units, the factory undertakes the production for some of Xiaomi's flagship smartphones and the preresearch for new processes, materials and technologies, as well as R&D in smart equipment and fully automated production lines.

And new one coming

Xiaomi Corp is building a next-generation, completely-unmanned automated factory that can make over 10 million smartphones every year, to make further inroads into the high-end market and hone its smart manufacturing capabilities, according to a top company official.

Lei Jun, founder and CEO of the fourth-largest smartphone maker in the world, told China Daily that the new target has been fixed after Xiaomi's first smart factory completed six months of operations in Yizhuang, an economic and technological development area in Beijing. Spread over an area of 18,600 square meters, the facility has an autonomous production line that can make 1 million premium smartphones every year.

Lei, however, did not disclose the location or the investment of the new factory.