After the concept of Industry 4.0 was put forward, with the development of social economy, China has entered the era of Industry 4.0, in this context, the development of cross‐enterprise and cross‐sector will form a trend. This has prompted the field of automotive industry to enter the intelligent development stage, and in the intelligent development stage, the application of industrial design in which plays an important role in promoting. For this reason, by studying the application of intelligent manufacturing in industry 4.0, the research analyses the application of industry 4.0 in various fields.