The 2025 Summer Davos forum which is about to start in north China's Tianjin Municipality on Tuesday will pay special attention to innovative developments, with dedicated sessions to be organized to facilitate in-depth exchange of insights.
The Summer Davos is a major gathering of global business leaders and is an annual event organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
This year's event, also the 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2025, runs from Tuesday to Thursday, attracting the attendance of more than 1,800 guests from over 90 countries and regions across the world.
The forum to be held in Tianjin’s National Convention and Exhibition Center will witness insights being delivered by business, political, media, and academic representatives as well as those from social and international organizations in the coming days.
Nearly 200 sub-forums will be organized at this year's event, mainly focusing on outlook on China, investing in people and planet, new energy and materials, industries disrupted, and deciphering the world economy.
Mirek Dusek, managing director of WEF, highlighted the event's increasing attention to emerging innovative achievements, saying the forum will hold special sessions to encourage in-depth insight exchanges on related topics.
"And particularly we are going to be zeroing in this year on the AI innovation eco-system and the energy innovation eco-system. There has been a lot of curiosity, particularly recently, around how the Chinese AI eco-system and the Chinese energy eco-system are developing. So, we have dedicated sessions in the official program but also a lot of other sessions that go even deeper," he said.
Some representatives attending this year's forum said they came to learn about the latest technological developments in AI and in emerging sectors like the new energy vehicle (NEV) industry and the medical industry.
"I use it (AI) every single day whether it's in helping to make better decisions, thinking about problems. [It's] like having a partner beside me," said Kelly, a representative at the forum.
Christina, another representative from a Latin American country, said she hopes the event will serve as a channel to introduce the latest technologies into Latin America.
"I came here with the purpose of getting to know all these new technologies and maybe find possible pathways to import [them] to Latin American countries," she said.
2025 Summer Davos forum highlights innovative developments
From cutting-edge technology exhibitions to retail stores thousands of kilometers away from Europe and Southeast Asia, China-made robot vacuum cleaners are increasingly becoming a popular choice among consumers worldwide.
At electronics retailers in Berlin, Germany, Chinese brands such as Roborock and Dreame occupy prominent positions in dedicated robot vacuum sections, offering a wide range of products priced between 200 and 2,000 euros.
Many local consumers said that when purchasing smart home appliances including robot vacuum cleaners, they tend to give priority to Chinese-made products.
"It's a good price and good quality. It's also the innovation. I have a feeling that the European brands are not innovating enough," said one customer.
"I think they're always on top of the other technologies. They are getting them out faster. A lot of us are switching to the Chinese technology," another consumer said.
Germany is one of the most important overseas markets for China's floor-cleaning robots.
According to data from market research firm GfK, from January to November 2025, more than six out of 10 robot vacuum cleaners sold in Western Europe were Chinese brands.
Industry data also point to a strong global momentum.
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), global shipments of smart robot vacuum cleaners reached 17.424 million units in the first three quarters of 2025, representing a year-on-year increase of 18.7 percent.
Chinese brands including Roborock, Ecovacs, Dreame, Xiaomi and Narwal ranked among the world's top five in terms of shipment volume, with a combined share of nearly 70 percent of the global market.
At a robot vacuum cleaner manufacturing plant in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province, workers were seen stepping up production of newly launched models that recently debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show in the United States, which concluded Friday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The factory adjusted its production lines as early as December 2025 and stocked inventory in advance for overseas markets to ensure that new products could be delivered to global consumers at the earliest possible time.
"In 2025, Roborock's global shipments exceeded 7.2 million units. Since 2024, overseas revenue has accounted for more than 50 percent of our total revenue. Our products have now been sold to more than 170 countries and regions, serving more than 20 million households worldwide," said Quan Gang, president of Roborock.
At another robot vacuum cleaner manufacturing facility in Dongguan, Guangdong, rising overseas orders have prompted the company to upgrade its production lines with intelligent technologies to further boost capacity. The factory is currently operating at full load to meet a growing demand.
"For 2026, we have already obtained overseas orders worth at least 300 million to 400 million yuan (around 43 million to 57.3 million U.S. dollars). In addition, we've engaged in strategic cooperation with European home appliance group Cebos Group, and our total confirmed orders have exceeded 600 million yuan (around 86 million U.S. dollars)," said Zhang Junbin, founder and CEO of Narwal Robotics.
Chinese robot vacuum brands gain strong global traction
