China holds 190,000 robot patents, two-thirds of global total

At the opening of the 2024 World Robot Conference on August 21, Xin Guobin, Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology, announced that China holds over 190,000 valid patents related to robotics, representing approximately two-thirds of the global total. Xin highlighted that China has been the world's largest industrial robot market for 11 consecutive years, with more than half of global new installations in the past three years. The robot density in manufacturing has reached 470 units per 10,000 workers, a nearly 19-fold increase over the past decade. Xin outlined that China will focus on advancing fundamental research in robotics, tackling core technologies, improving the "robot+" application system, and promoting high-quality development in the robotics industry.