A world robot competition featuring cutting-edge concepts, innovative designs, and youth development is shining at the 2025 World Robot Conference, which is being held in Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, the capital city's innovation hub.
Running from Aug 8 to 12, the 2025 World Robot Competition Beijing Championship has gathered more than 10,000 contestants of more than 6,000 teams from nearly 20 countries and regions around the world.
Focusing on the technology industry and comprehensive quality categories, the 2025 World Robot Contest Beijing Championship sets tri-co (coexisting-cooperative-cognitive) robot challenge, BCI controlled robot contest, space robot contest, embodied artificial intelligence robot games, robot application contest, and youth robot design contest.
Specifically, the tri-co challenge and the BCI contest highlight innovative applications of high-end technologies and build a platform for verifying scientific research results through competition. Meanwhile, the youth contest examines contestants' understanding of robotics technology, hands-on skills and collaborative abilities.
The 2025 World Robot Competition launched its preliminary competitions in April this year. More than 500 competitions at all levels will be held around the world throughout the year, and the number of contestants is expected to exceed 350,000 for the first time.
Widely acclaimed as the "Olympic Games" in the robotics field, the World Robot Competition has been held annually since 2015.
2025 Beijing World Robot Competition features high-end techs, active participation
2025 Beijing World Robot Competition features high-end techs, active participation
Bilateral relations between China and Seychelles are entering a new phase of expansion, driven by rising trade volumes and growing collaboration in private sector, as well as emerging cooperation in the blue economy and digital innovation.
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng is paying a visit to Seychelles and two other African countries of Kenya and South Africa from March 22 to 30.
The year of 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Seychelles.
In 1976, Seychelles became a sovereign nation. China was among the first nations to officially recognize the archipelago country's independence from British rule, marking the beginning of a long friendship that has later transformed the small island state in the Indian Ocean.
"This 50th anniversary will allow us to take stock of what we have achieved in different fields, education, health, infrastructure, economy, culture, environment and other areas," Vincent Meriton, former vice president of Seychelles, said in an interview via video link.
In 2024, at the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the relations between the two countries hit a new peak as the ties were officially elevated to a strategic partnership.
Available data showed that bilateral trade between the two countries has maintained a strong momentum, reaching 84 million U.S. dollars in 2024. China mainly exports high-tech products such as smart phones, high-end camera systems, and mechanical and electric products, among others. Seychelles primarily exports seafood.
The future development of the bilateral ties is now turning offshore as both nations are looking toward blue economy. They are working together on sustainable fisheries and protection for the very ocean that feeds Seychelles.
Chinese vice president's visit to Seychelles to further enhance bilateral ties
