WUXI, China, May 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 13, during CIBF 2026 in Shenzhen, Lead Intelligent, a global leader in intelligent manufacturing solutions for new energy industries, officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, China's national-level embodied intelligence innovation platform.
Leveraging LEAD's deep expertise in industrial intelligent manufacturing and the Innovation Center's cutting-edge embodied intelligence technologies, the two parties will jointly accelerate the large-scale deployment of humanoid robots from laboratories to real world industrial production lines, reshaping the future of new energy and advanced manufacturing industries.
Mr. Wang Lei, CEO of LEAD Group, and Mr. Xue Ming, CMO of the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, attended the signing ceremony alongside company representatives.
As global intelligent manufacturing enters a new phase of transformation, embodied intelligence and human-machine collaboration are emerging as key directions of next-generation industrial upgrades. Traditional manufacturing is rapidly evolving toward greater intelligence and flexibility, while the new energy industry—with its complex processes and demanding operating environments—faces increasing demand for highly adaptable intelligent systems capable of replacing repetitive and high-risk manual tasks. With their human-like mobility and operational flexibility, humanoid robots are becoming a critical breakthrough technology for addressing these challenges.
With years of experience in advanced manufacturing for the new energy industry, Lead Intelligent has built comprehensive expertise across the entire industrial chain, including equipment technologies, integrated process experience, and large-scale industrial application scenarios. The company possesses strong capabilities in production line integration and large-scale delivery, with deep insights into real-world manufacturing pain points.
Founded in November 2023, the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center was officially designated in October 2024 by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the People's Government of Beijing Municipality as the "National and Local Co-Built Embodied Intelligence Robot Innovation Center." As China's first innovation center focused on embodied intelligent robotics, it possesses industry-leading capabilities of humanoid robots, underlying hardware and software architectures, and full-stack core technologies of the embodied large models.
With highly complementary strengths and closely aligned strategic visions, the partnership marks the beginning of a new era of "Intelligent Equipment + Humanoid Robots." Moving forward, the two sides will focus on deep collaboration in four key areas:
1. Scenario Integration to Accelerate Industrial Deployment
The partnership will focus on real-world new energy manufacturing scenarios, developing integrated "advanced equipment + humanoid robot" solutions to bring embodied intelligence onto production lines and expand its applications across advanced manufacturing. This includes enabling human-robot collaboration throughout production logistics, equipment operation, and maintenance processes.
2. Digital Intelligence Infrastructure to Strengthen the Industrial Foundation
The two parties will jointly establish industrial data collection centers and intelligent iteration systems tailored for general industrial and new energy applications. By leveraging massive on-site process action databases together with embodied large models and machine vision technologies, humanoid robots will be trained through imitation learning and generalized training to meet stringent industrial requirements for precision, cycle time, and stability.
3. Standardization Leadership to Build an Industry Ecosystem
The collaboration will also promote the joint development of industry standards for humanoid robot software and hardware, helping close existing standardization gaps while establishing platforms for technological innovation and industrial services. Together, the two parties aim to drive the standardized, scalable, and ecosystem-oriented development of the embodied intelligence industry.
4. Advanced Equipment Empowerment to Accelerate Mass Production
Leveraging Lead Intelligent's strengths in advanced turnkey equipment and intelligent manufacturing systems, the partnership will accelerate the mass production and commercialization of humanoid robots and their core components, using industrial manufacturing capabilities to further empower the development of embodied intelligence industry.
Looking ahead, Lead Intelligent and the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center will continue pushing the boundaries between intelligent manufacturing and embodied intelligence through technological innovation. Together, they aim to equip every advanced production line with a "smart brain" and "dexterous hands," opening a new era of human-robot collaboration and intelligent co-existence in advanced new energy manufacturing.
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Lead Intelligent and Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center Forge Strategic Partnership to Pioneer a New Era of Human-Robot Collaboration in Advanced Manufacturing
Intelligent Manufacturing for Green Growth
WUXI, China, May 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 28, Lead Intelligent (hereinafter referred to as LEAD) officially released its 2025 Annual ESG Report. This is the first report compiled by LEAD aligning with both the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's "Sustainability Report Guidance" and the Hong Kong Exchange's "ESG Reporting Code" after its A+H dual listing. It also marks LEAD's sixth consecutive year of proactively disclosing its sustainable practices.
Over the past year, LEAD has shown an overall upgrade in ESG management levels, winning multiple authoritative ratings and honors both domestically and internationally. Its S&P Global ESG score increased to 48, earning it a spot in the Sustainability Yearbook 2025 (China Edition). It achieved an "A" rating in CDP's Supplier Engagement Assessment for the first time, and an "AA" rating in the Wind ESG Assessment. The company also won a silver medal in EcoVadis Social Responsibility Assessment, ranking among the top 15% globally. Besides, LEAD has been awarded the highest "A" rating in information disclosure by Shenzhen Stock Exchange for the seventh consecutive year, and simultaneously received prestigious honors, such as Forbes China 50 Most Innovative Companies, Global New Energy ESG Top 100 Award, Wuxi City Tax Payer Top 100, and LinkedIn's Global Talent Attraction Employer.
As the first company in China's new energy intelligent equipment sector to publish a carbon neutrality target, LEAD is moving from system improvement to value realization, and transforming ESG from a management framework into a core capability driving long-term growth through more transparent and systematic sustainable practices.
Intelligence for Green
Focusing on "carbon neutrality at the core operational level by 2035," LEAD has integrated green development into its manufacturing system, promoting coordinated optimization of energy structure and resource efficiency.
In 2025, the company's grid-connected rooftop photovoltaics reached 4.62 MW, cumulatively reducing carbon emissions by 1,170 tons and making a 14.77% green electricity usage. Through process optimization and energy-saving renovation, the company has made significant advances in both energy consumption and emissions, with the year-on-year reductions of natural gas consumption per unit revenue, hazardous waste disposal volume, and pollutant emission volume all exceeding 30%. In terms of recycling, the company started with source design to promote continuous improvement in resource utilization efficiency — the average usage of packaging wood and vacuum bags per unit equipment decreased by 25% and 60% respectively compared to the previous year, marking its green manufacturing transition from "reduction" to "system optimization."
At the same time, its Wuxi Plant 2 has passed the ISO 14068 carbon neutrality certification for two consecutive years, achieving carbon neutrality in operations. This signifies that the company's zero-carbon practice has upgraded from phased results to stable operation.
People-Centered Philosophy
The company has adhered to people-centered principles, fully ensuring employee occupational health and career development. In 2025, the employee training reached 570,000 hours, with a 100% coverage. All of its Chinese production bases have obtained ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management system certification, and front-line safety training and full-staff emergency drills have been fully covered, consolidating the bottom line for production safety and development.
Moreover, LEAD has been expanding the boundaries of social responsibility. By establishing the Warm Light Public Welfare Fund with a total of 30 million yuan, the company has transformed its public welfare model from scattered assistance to systematic empowerment. In addition, the company cumulatively donated 6.08 million yuan in charity throughout the year, and contributed 769 hours of volunteer service, linking corporate and social values over a broader range.
Governance Foundation
During the reporting period, the company has optimized its governance system. On the board, independent directors account for 42.86% of the total, and female directors, 28.57%, showing a balanced and diverse governance structure. The company has disclosed 175 announcement documents throughout the year, and participated in and conducted more than 120 domestic and foreign roadshows and exchanges, improving information transparency and market communication efficiency.
In terms of risk and compliance management, the company has strengthened the "three lines of defense" for risk governance framework and internal control compliance management system. The signing rate of the "Employee Integrity Commitment Letter" and the "Supplier Integrity Notice" has reached 100%. The business ethics training has achieved full coverage.
Innovation-Driven Development
Taking technological innovation as the core engine, LEAD has continued to increase R&D investment, with 1,605 million yuan invested in R&D in 2025, or 11.11% of its revenue. 778 authorized patents were added throughout the year, with a total of 3,592 patents secured. The company has furthermore established comprehensive smart manufacturing solutions in fields of lithium-ion batteries, all-solid-state batteries, energy storage, photovoltaics, and hydrogen energy.
Multiple breakthroughs have been made in core technologies, with significant implementation results:
- The dry electrode mixing and coating equipment for solid-state battery has been verified through actual production, saving over 35% energy and over 15% cost;
- The AI-empowered quality inspection system shows a 90% efficiency increase and reduces the false alarm rate to one in a million;
- The AI predictive maintenance system is over 25% more accurate than conventional methods in fault prediction;
- The intelligent solution for large-scale energy storage manufacturing secures an OEE of over 75%, a first-time yield of over 93%, and a comprehensive yield of over 96%;
From single technological breakthroughs to systematic capability building, LEAD has been strengthening its global competitiveness in new energy intelligent manufacturing.
Amid the accelerating global energy transition, ESG is no longer a bonus question, but an underlying logic supporting corporate development. Looking forward, LEAD will continue to deepen its ESG system construction, leveraging intelligent manufacturing with global partners for a better global green and low-carbon transition.
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LEAD Intelligent Releases 2025 Annual ESG Report
