The output of China's industrial robots was up 33.2 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2026, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said at a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday.
"In the first quarter of 2026, the applications of artificial intelligence and other new technologies in electronics and consumer goods expanded faster, with ever richer end products like drones and AI glasses. The output of industrial robots and integrated circuits rose by 33.2 percent and 24.3 percent year on year, respectively," said Zhang Yunming, vice minister of industry and information technology.
The press conference was held by the State Council Information Office on China's development of industry and information technology in the January-March period.
China's industrial robots' output up 33.2 pct in Q1
Russia announced on Monday strikes on Ukraine national defense industry, while Ukraine reported strikes on Russian troops and oil refinery facilities.
According to a report from the Russian Defense Ministry on Monday, the Russian forces attacked Ukrainian national defense industry facilities and traffic infrastructure with long-range high-precision weapons and drones in the past 24 hours.
Over the same period, Russian air defense systems destroyed 274 drones and four guided aerial bombs of Ukraine.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on the same day that 206 engagements took place along the frontline over the past day, with Ukrainian air forces, missile forces and artilleries carrying out attacks on Russian troops.
Ukrainian forces also struck an oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai early Monday morning.
Separately, the Russian Defense Ministry announced a scheduled flight of the Russian Aerospace Forces Tu-22M3 long-range bombers over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea.
The flight lasted for over four hours and was escorted by Su-35 fighters.
Russian long-range aviation crews regularly conduct flights over neutral waters of the Arctic, the Northern Atlantic, and the Pacific oceans, as well as Black and Baltic seas. All flights of the Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft are carried out in strict compliance with international rules on the use of airspace over international waters, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
Russia, Ukraine update battle reports
