The 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games (WHRG), which will take place in Beijing from August 15 to 17, opened for registration on Friday.
The WHRG, the world's first multi-sport competition for humanoid robots, will be held at the National Stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest", and the National Speed Skating Oval, dubbed the "Ice Ribbon", featuring both main and peripheral events.
The main events comprise three categories: competitive events, exhibition matches, and scenario-based events, covering a total of 19 disciplines. They will test the athletic and functional skills of robots in track and field, soccer, dance, material handling, and medical sorting.
Peripheral events such as badminton, table tennis, and basketball will emphasize entertainment and audience interaction.
The Games are open for registration to Chinese and international enterprises, universities, research institutes, innovation teams, clubs, and other organizations through the official website. Each team may enter multiple categories and use different robots for various events, but robot substitutions during events are prohibited.
The WHRG will be co-hosted by the People's Government of Beijing Municipality and China Media Group (CMG), with CMG Beijing Station serving as a co-organizer.
Registration for World Humanoid Robot Games opens
The sixth China-Russia Media Forum, which was held in Beijing on Tuesday, discussed promoting friendship between and supporting development of the two countries through media cooperation.
Li Shulei, who is a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended the forum and delivered a keynote speech.
Attendees said that under the strategic guidance of heads of the two countries, China-Russia relations have maintained stable, healthy and high-level development, creating a model for a new type of international relations and relations between neighboring major countries.
In May this year, the heads of state of the two countries signed and issued a joint statement on further deepening the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era, explicitly proposing deepened cooperation in the media sector between the two countries.
The media sectors of China and Russia should fully implement the important consensus reached between the heads of state, adhere consistently to the general direction of the China-Russia friendship, and foster a positive public opinion atmosphere for the common development of China and Russia, attendees said.
They also said that the media of the two countries should focus on major issues such as the alignment of China's 15th Five-Year Plan with Russia's economic and social development strategies, and report in depth on achievements of mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields.
They noted that the media should build bridges of people-to-people connectivity, promote exchange and mutual learning between the Chinese and Russian civilizations, join hands to address the challenges of digital and intelligent transformation, and work together to enhance the influence of the media.
The forum was hosted by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Russian Presidential Executive Office, and organized by China's Xinhua News Agency and Russia's TASS News Agency.
Approximately 140 officials and media representatives from both countries attended the forum. During the event, the two sides signed 11 documents on deepening media cooperation between China and Russia.
6th China-Russia Media Forum eyes supporting development of both countries
