( June 8, 2026, 08:55 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: China's industry ministry and state-asset regulator launched a joint campaign to promote humanoid robots and embodied artificial intelligence across industrial sectors, targeting enterprises in 10 provinces and municipalities as well as centrally administered state-owned enterprises. The initiative aims to develop more than 100 use cases and deploy over 10,000 robots by year-end in industries including manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and emergency response. It also assigns responsibilities across the ecosystem, requiring users to provide training and deployment environments while robot makers, suppliers and research institutes support product development and commercialization.Statement follows (in Chinese). ...
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