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Jul 20, 2026
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China expects embodied AI robot output to exceed 100,000 units in 2026, MIIT says

China's industry ministry said on July 20, 2026 that more than 230 companies have released over 400 embodied AI robot models and that full-year output of complete machines is expected to exceed 100,000 units. Official data show industrial robot output rose 28% in the first half and 29.0% to 729,352 sets in the first eight months, as Beijing pushes humanoids into real factories through a joint programme with the state asset regulator.

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Jun 8, 2026
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China orders every province and central state firm to put humanoids to work in real sites, targeting 100 use cases and 10,000-unit deployment capacity by end-2026

China's industry ministry and its state-asset regulator have launched a 2026 special action that requires each provincial region to open at least 20 real-world training scenes and each central state-owned enterprise at least 10. The notice, dated June 3 and published June 8, sets a year-end goal of more than 100 high-value application scenarios and the ability to deploy humanoid and embodied AI robots at a scale of tens of thousands of units.

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Mar 13, 2026
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China writes embodied AI into its 15th Five-Year Plan as industrial robot output climbs 28% to 773,000 units

China's legislature approved the 2026 to 2030 development outline on March 12, naming embodied AI a future industry and calling for national training grounds, integrated brain-and-cerebellum robot models and faster humanoid deployment. Official data show industrial robot output rose 28.0% to 773,074 sets in 2025 and 33.2% in the first quarter of 2026.

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Feb 28, 2026
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China publishes its first national standard framework for humanoid robots and embodied AI, with Unitree, AgiBot and UBTech at the table

A standards committee set up under China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the Humanoid Robot and Embodied Intelligence Standard System (2026 Edition) in Beijing on 28 February 2026. The six-part framework runs from AI "brains" and computing to joints, complete robots, applications and safety, and came with a first list of priority standard projects drafted with more than 70 leading companies.

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Nov 27, 2025
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China's top planner warns of a humanoid robot bubble as more than 150 makers crowd the market

The National Development and Reform Commission said on November 27, 2025 that China now has more than 150 humanoid robot companies, over half of them start-ups or entrants from other industries, and that it must guard against near-identical products flooding the market. The agency said it will build industry standards plus entry and exit rules for embodied AI, even as listed and private robot makers raised billions in the same weeks.

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Mar 5, 2025
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China writes embodied AI into its Government Work Report for the first time, naming it a future industry

Premier Li Qiang's 2025 Government Work Report, delivered to the National People's Congress on March 5, lists embodied AI alongside biomanufacturing, quantum technology and 6G as future industries Beijing will cultivate, and pledges a funding growth mechanism for them. The same report calls for intelligent robots as a new generation of smart terminals, a year after the 2024 report made no mention of embodied AI.

4 sourcesUBTECH RoboticsUnitree RoboticsAgiBotRobot Foundation Models