The intelligent manufacturing is a key development direction to realize manufacturing upgrading, and also one of the main competitive fields of industrial modernization around the world. However, the intelligent manufacturing of advanced composite materials is still in the exploration stage due to its particularity of manufacturing technology. In the present paper, the ideal of moderate intelligence for composite production line is proposed based on the state-of-the-art technology of intelligent manufacturing and the characteristics of the prepreg-autoclave processing, and explorations and practices on the intelligent manufacturing of composite materials are discussed from the perspectives of the intelligent production line model, the intelligent manufacturing standard system of composite materials, industry 4.0-enabling technologies. The present research can be used as guidance for the application of intelligent manufacturing of composite materials.