Guangdong strives to produce more than 80,000 humanoid robots annually by 2028

China News Service, Guangzhou, October 9 (Reporter Cheng Jingwei) The Guangdong Province Advanced Manufacturing Conference was held in Guangzhou on the 9th. Wu Hong, a first-level inspector of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, said in an interview with reporters that Guangdong strives to achieve a penetration rate of artificial intelligence technology application in manufacturing enterprises above designated size of more than 50% by 2028, and an annual output of humanoid robots exceeding 80,000 units, striving to create a highland for the development of the global embodied intelligence industry.

At the same time, Guangdong strives to build more than 1,000 advanced, excellent, and pilot-level smart factories and 1,000 green factories by 2028.

Wu Hong said that Guangdong will deepen the development of intelligent, green and integrated manufacturing, promote new generation intelligent manufacturing, deepen the "smart transformation" of the manufacturing industry, improve the artificial intelligence development ecosystem, build and make good use of the "Guangdong Intelligent Endowment" platform, use artificial intelligence as the engine to fully empower the development of the manufacturing industry, promote the greening of the industry, accelerate the integration of advanced manufacturing and modern service industries, focus on the standardization of industrial parks and the construction of high-standard digital parks, and continue to expand and strengthen advanced manufacturing.

Currently, Guangdong's industrial robot output accounts for more than 40% of China's, and its service robot output accounts for more than 80% of China's. It is expected that humanoid robot output will account for about one-third of China's in 2026. The number of humanoid robots entering factories in Guangdong this year is expected to exceed 3,000.

At this conference, Zhou Jian, founder and chairman of the board of directors of Shenzhen Youbi Technology Co., Ltd., said that humanoid robots are becoming an important carrier of "artificial intelligence + manufacturing". Guangdong's manufacturing industry is large in size, has a wide range of categories, and has many scenarios. The development of humanoid robots is not a pursuit of the trend, but a practical need to improve the level of independent control of the industrial chain and create new advantages in high-end manufacturing.

"The value of humanoid robots does not lie in their appearance, but in their ability to walk into a factory, pick up tools, and complete real tasks." Zhou Jian proposed that robots should be able to create value in real production lines, targeting the fields of automobiles, 3C, precision assembly, quality inspection, logistics and handling, etc., with priority given to repetitive, high-intensity tasks such as handling and sorting. Job entry, solving high-value pain points such as flexible production, multi-variety and small batches, and human-machine collaboration, and promoting the transition from single-point demonstration to large-scale application; through "robots + industry", "robots + health care", "robots + special operations", etc., we will expand new service-oriented manufacturing models to help revitalize traditional industries and grow emerging industries.