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
China's permanent representative to the United Nations Fu Cong on Thursday strongly condemned Japan's colonial atrocities in Taiwan and called for unwavering vigilance against the resurgence of militarism.
At the UN General Assembly high-level plenary meeting to commemorate the first International Day Against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations, Fu said the world has yet to emerge from the shadow of colonialism despite the end of colonial occupation and the collapse of colonial system.
He urged the international community to firmly oppose any words or actions that challenge or seek to subvert the post-war international order.
Fu noted that the International Day Against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations aims to urge the international community to remember the harm of colonialism, accelerate the ongoing decolonization process, and end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.
Reflecting on the history of the World Anti-Fascist War, Fu stressed that peace needs to be striven for and safeguarded.
Following the victory of World War II, the trials of war criminals at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and the International Military Tribunal for the Far East ensured that the principal perpetrators of the war of aggression, whose hands were stained with the blood of people of many nations, received the punishment they deserved. The justice and integrity of the trials are unshakable and beyond challenge, Fu said.
"In history, Japan invaded China, the Korean Peninsula, and Southeast Asia, imposing horrendous colonial rule. Japanese aggressors committed innumerable crimes and atrocities in Taiwan, killing over 650,000 compatriots in Taiwan, forcibly recruiting around 200,000 young people to serve in the military, forcing more than 2,000 Taiwan women to become sexual slavery, or 'Comfort Women', occupying 70 percent of Taiwan's land, and destructively exploiting natural resources, including coal and gold mines. It was the darkest page in Taiwan's history," Fu said.
Fu called on the international community to resolutely defend the victorious outcomes of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and resolutely defend the post-war international order.
"We must never allow any denial or distortion of the history of aggression, never allow the revival of militarism, and never allow the recurrence of historical tragedies," the Chinese envoy said.
Any words or actions that challenge or seek to subvert the post-war international order could create instability in the world and bring immense suffering to humanity as a community with a shared future," Fu said.
"Japan, as a defeated country in World War II, must do deep soul-searching regarding its historical crimes, abide by the political commitments it made on the Taiwan question, immediately stop provocative actions that cross the line, and retract its erroneous remarks," he said.
China condemns Japan's colonial past in Taiwan, urging vigilance against militarism
