CCTV News: Recently, Beijing released a three-year action plan for smart smarts, striving to cultivate a trillion-level industrial cluster. Zhejiang, Guangdong and other provinces and cities have also issued policy plans to support embodied intelligent/humanoid robots. Industry insiders said that as an emerging industry, embodied intelligent/humanoid robots will become an important force in the construction of a modern industrial system with technological breakthroughs and the improvement of the industrial ecology, and will also accelerate the entry into more application scenarios including families.

Beijing speeds up embodied intelligence and will cultivate a trillion-level industrial cluster

Recently, the "Beijing Embodied Intelligent Technology Innovation and Industry Cultivation Action Plan (2025-2027)" was officially released. It is expected that by the end of 2027, Beijing will exceed more than 10 key technologies and produce no less than 10 internationally leading software and hardware products; strive to promote the implementation of 10,000 embodied intelligent robots and cultivate a trillion-level industrial cluster. In addition, the world's first personal robot half marathon will be held in Beijing on April 13. The human robot will start at the same time as the athletes at the starting point and run the same route.

Zhejiang accelerates the layout of new industries and new business forms such as humanoid robots

Zhejiang proposed forward-looking layout and accelerated the innovation and development of the humanoid robot industry as early as September last year. This year's Zhejiang Provincial Government Work Report also proposed to "lay out and build future industries, deepen the 'artificial intelligence+' action, and accelerate the layout of new industries and new business forms such as humanoid robots and quantum information" to seize the commanding heights of future competition. Guangdong proposes to vigorously develop embodied intelligent robots such as humanoid robots, and introduce and cultivate 3-5 unicorn companies and technology-based leading enterprises. Data shows that Guangdong's annual production of industrial robots exceeded 240,000 units in 2024, ranking first in the country for five consecutive years. More than ten provinces and cities including Shanghai, Shandong, Chongqing have also successively issued policies to support the development of the embodied intelligent/humanoid robot industry, and used it as an important means to promote high-quality economic development and industrial upgrading.

China has become the world's leading producer of humanoid robots

At present, China has become the world's leading producer of humanoid robots. Data shows that the market size of China's humanoid robots will reach about 2.76 billion yuan in 2024, and is expected to grow into a 100 billion yuan market by 2030. The government work report submitted to the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress on the 5th proposed to establish a mechanism for future industrial investment growth and cultivate future industries such as biomanufacturing, quantum technology, embodied intelligence, and 6G. Industry insiders said that as an emerging industry, embodied intelligent/humanoid robots will become an important force in the construction of a modern industrial system with technological breakthroughs and the improvement of the industrial ecology, and will also accelerate the entry into more application scenarios including families.