Machinery / Industrial Parts & Tools

Guo Shougang, Deputy Director of the First Equipment Industry Division of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at the press conference themed "Vigorously develop high-end equipment manufacturing industry" held on September 6 that the scale of China's robot industry has grown rapidly, and the total operating revenue of the robot industry in 2021 will exceed 130 billion yuan. Among them, the output of industrial robots reached 366,000 sets, 10 times higher than that in 2015, and it is the largest international trade market of industrial robots in the world.

The international trade data shows that the scale of China's robot industry is growing rapidly. Among them, industrial robot applications cover 60 industry categories and 168 industry categories in the national economy. According to the statistics of international trade by relevant institutions, the density of robots in China's manufacturing industry will reach more than 300 per 10000 people in 2021, an increase of about 13 times over 2012.

In addition, service robots are widely used in catering, education, medical care, logistics and other international trade fields. For example, at the 2022 China International Trade in Services Fair, which recently closed, Meituan displayed automatic distribution vehicles and distribution drones, which realized automatic distribution through intelligent scheduling, further improving the logistics efficiency. According to Tianyan data, up to now, there are more than 439000 service robot related enterprises in China, including more than 79000 newly registered enterprises from January to August 2022.