The wave of a new round of industrial revolution represented by “industry 4.0” has swept the world. As a “flower of industry”, the aviation industry is actively practicing the concept of intelligent manufacturing, and the construction of aviation intelligent plants is in full swing. Based on the interpretation of the theory of intelligent manufacturing and intelligent factory, this paper summarizes and extracts the construction trend of intelligent factories in civil aviation and looks forward to the construction of COMAC’s intelligent factory, with a view to inspiring.