Legacy of "Made in China 2025" Wow!
Logo Map Courtesy of Asiabits.com
“Development is the only hard truth,” said Deng Xiaoping in 1992, China’s visionary leader
who made Shenzhen and the China Miracle happen.
Robotics R&D Infrastructure 2018-2024
What exactly is the legacy of Made in China 2025? After looking at asiabits logo map [CLICK TO ENLARGE] of Chinese robotics companies, it got me to thinking about and searching for what’s under all those logos? Lifting up the amazing logo map, revealed an astounding array of National Innovation Centers, Research Institutes, Training Centers, Incubators, and Industrial Parks…all built 2018-2024. Not to mention the go-to-market robot companies springing into being between 2015-2025. Seems China had a “plan”.
Every country should have a similar plan…real soon!!
NATIONAL INNOVATION CENTERS (2018-2024)
National Robot Innovation Center, Shenyang — 2018 (joint initiative with Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology)
Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center — November 2023 (upgraded to National-Local Co-built Embodied Intelligence Robot Innovation Center, October 2024)
Shanghai Humanoid Robot Innovation Center — December 2023 (became National-Local Co-built center, May 2024)
Zhejiang Humanoid Robot Innovation Center — 2024 (funded by SUPCON)
Sichuan Humanoid Robot Innovation Center — 2024
Anhui Humanoid Robot Innovation Center — 2024
TRAINING FACILITIES
Shanghai Humanoid Robot Kylin Training Ground — February 2025 (53,800 sq ft, trains 100+ humanoids simultaneously)
AgiBot Data Acquisition Center, Shanghai — 2024 (3,000 sqm training facility
INDUSTRIAL PARKS & INCUBATORS
XbotPark (Songshan Lake International Robot Industry Base), Dongguan — 2014 (Li Zexiang/HKUST; 60+ companies incubated, 400+ robot companies in cluster)
Xiaoshan Robot Town, Zhejiang — 2015 (ABB, Siemens, Yaskawa)
Guangdong Intelligent Robotics Institute (GIRI), Songshan Lake — August 2015
Shenzhen Nanshan Robot Industry Park — post-2015
Shenzhen “Robot Valley” (Nanshan District) — emerging 2020s
Beijing Medical Robotics Industry Innovation Center — 2017
Changsha Intelligent Driving Institute — October 2017
Hunan Industrial Robot Industry Park (Yuhua District) — 10B+ yuan revenue by 2019
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Estun Robotics AI Research Institute, Nanjing — 2018
Ecovacs Innovation Model Research Institute — 2022
Huawei Cloud Developer Village, Songshan Lake — April 2022
Robot Developers Launched During "Made in China 2025" Decade
Agibot (2023)
AgileX (2016)
Astribot (2022)
AutoX (2016)
CloudMinds (2015)
Deep Robotics (2017)
DeepRoute.ai (2019)
Dobot (2015)
Dreame (2015)
Eavision (2017)
Elephant Robotics (2016)
Elite Robot (2014)
Engine AI (2023)
ForwardX (2016)
Fourier Intelligence (2015)
Galbot (2023)
Gaussian Robotics (2015)
Geek+ (2015)
Hai Robotics (2016)
Keenon (2010)
Kepler (2022)
Leju Robot (2016)
LimX Dynamics (2022)
Mammotion (2020)
Mushiny (2015)
Narwal (2016)
Neolix (2018)
OrionStar (2016)
Pudu Robotics (2016)
QYSEA (2016)
Robot Era (2023)
Roborock (2014)
Seer (2016)
Standard Robots (2016)
Sublue (2016)
TMiRob (2015)
Unitree (2016)
XYZ Robotics (2018)
Yarbo (2020)
Youibot (2017)
Yunji Tech (2014)