Beijing targets humanoid robots as priority industry

The push also extends to manufacturing. Officials said that Beijing is accelerating the industry's scaled production and advancing coordination within the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Among the cases is LY iTech's Beijing Embodied Intelligence Super Factory, which provides a full range of manufacturing services for embodied AI robots. It covers the entire production chain from precision components to assembly and testing, and aims to produce 10,000 embodied AI robots by 2026.

Jin said that the 199 innovative robot products have been used in 134 scenarios across Beijing, including healthcare, household services, logistics sorting, catering, and retail. The capital is pushing for more robots to enter real-world settings as it seeks to build a global benchmark city for robot deployment, he said.