Robotics industry creates new "calling card" for China's foreign trade

China's growing production capacity for robots, along with their expanding range of applications, is increasingly turning robotic exports into a new business "calling card" for the nation's foreign trade.

According to customs data, the country's exports of robots, listed under separate categories, totaled 11.32 billion yuan (about 1.66 billion US dollars) in Q1 of this year, with products reaching 148 countries and regions worldwide.

Among them, cleaning robots led the momentum. In Q1, cleaning robots exported 7.75 billion yuan (about 1.14 billion US dollars), accounting for nearly 70 percent of total robot exports. Industrial robots also performed robustly, with exports reaching 3.16 billion yuan (about 464 million US dollars), up 42 percent year on year.

In Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province - home to the country's first national-level robot industrial clustering zone - robot dogs are finding practical overseas use. One such four-legged robot can carry up to five kilograms, offers up to two hours of continuous operation, and supports night lighting. Its ability to access narrow areas that are difficult for people to reach makes it useful for property management and security patrol inspections at overseas residential compounds and factory sites.

"Our humanoid robots and robot dogs have already been exported to more than 30 countries and regions. For example, in Europe, we sell in the United Kingdom, Poland, and Italy, and in these markets we have achieved batch deliveries," said Shen Xiantian, Overseas Sales Director of AiMOGA Robotics.

Industry data shows that by the end of 2024, China had more than 450,000 enterprises involved in the intelligent robotics sector. The country has become a net exporter of industrial robots and remains the world's largest robot producer.

"China's robots going abroad is, at its core, the export of China's manufacturing capability. Behind it is the rise of the entire Chinese robotics industrial chain," said Zhang Wei, sales director of Efort Intelligent Equipment Co.,Ltd.

Robotics industry creates new "calling card" for China's foreign trade

China is willing to work with Uzbekistan to promote the in-depth development of mutually beneficial cooperation and continuously enrich the connotation of the China-Uzbekistan community with a shared future for better benefits to the two peoples, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong said on Thursday.

Liu, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met with Uzbekistan's Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov and they co-chaired the eighth meeting of the China-Uzbekistan Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee held in Beijing.

Liu said China is willing to work with Uzbekistan in accordance with the grand blueprint drawn by the two heads of state, give full play to the guiding and coordinating role of the committee, firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests, deepen high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, strengthen exchanges in fields such as economy and trade, energy, transportation, agriculture, science and technology, people-to-people and cultural exchanges, security and poverty reduction.

Aripov said Uzbekistan has always regarded China as a long-term and reliable strategic partner, and is willing to maintain close high-level exchanges with China, deepen political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation in various fields, and continuously elevate Uzbekistan-China relations to a new level.

Aripov reaffirmed Uzbekistan's adherence to the one-China principle, adding that Uzbekistan stands ready to jointly implement the China-proposed four global initiatives, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for humanity.

China, Uzbekistan vow to promote mutually beneficial cooperation