Which of the top 10 cities with the most potential for the development of China's robotics industry do you pick?

• Anhui-Wuhu

In 2022, Wuhu achieved a GDP of 60.991 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.2% at constant prices. Among them, Wuhu's industrial added value above designated size increased by 12% year-on-year in 2022, 5.4 percentage points higher than Wuhu City. The industrial output value above designated size increased by 23.1%. Among the leading industries, the contribution rate of new energy industry to the growth of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 118%, driving the industrial output value above designated size to increase by 27.3 percentage points.

As a new city card created by Wuhu, Wuhu's robot and intelligent equipment industry has gathered more than 140 key upstream and downstream enterprises, and has built a relatively complete robot and intelligent equipment industry chain, with companies such as Efort, Coolwa Robot, Longshen Robot, Ruka Robot, and Aoyi Precision Machinery .

• Zhejiang-Hangzhou

In 2022, there were 4,143 high-tech enterprises (manufacturing) above the designated size in Hangzhou, with an added value of 296.1 billion yuan, accounting for 70.5% of the above-designated industries, more than 70%.

In the field of artificial intelligence, Hangzhou has gradually formed a dual-core multi-point industrial layout with the West Science and Technology Innovation Corridor and Hangzhou High-tech Zone (Binjiang) as the core, and Xiaoshan Information Port, Xiaoshan Robot Town and other artificial intelligence characteristic towns co-developed. In the field of complete robot , Hangzhou has gathered industrial robot companies such as Qianjiang Robot, Siasun Robot, Kelda, and Staubli, as well as special robot and service robot companies such as Shenhao Technology and Guozi Robot.

In the field of key components , there are servo motor manufacturers such as Lianyi Motor and Hechuan Technology, and in the field of system integration applications , there are a large number of engineering service companies such as Houda Intelligent and Sunny Optical Intelligent; in the field of mobile robots , there are Hikvision Robotics, Huarui Technology, Jiazhi Technology, Hangcha Intelligent, and BlueCore Technology. In addition, certain competitive advantages have been formed in the field of robot peripherals such as visual sensors, bearings, gears, and fixtures.

• Hubei-Wuhan

In 2022, the added value of Wuhan's industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 5.0% over the previous year, of which the mining industry increased by 64.8% and the manufacturing industry increased by 5.1%. The added value of high-tech manufacturing enterprises above designated size increased by 16.3%, 11.3 percentage points faster than the city's industrial enterprises above designated size; the added value accounted for 17.1% of the city's industrial enterprises above designated size, an increase of 1.0 percentage point over the previous year.

In recent years, Wuhan has been deeply promoting the development of the robot industry. It has a certain industrial chain foundation and has attracted a large number of potential enterprises to settle in. Representative enterprises in the intelligent control system include Huazhong CNC, Fenjin Intelligent, Tongli Intelligent, and Youlike; representative enterprises in the servo motor field include Huazhong CNC, Maxim Electric, Sine Electric, Yifeng Electric, Ligong Tongyu, and Hekang Power; in the field of body and system integration , representative enterprises include Fenjin Intelligent, Huazhong CNC, Haimo Robot, Guozi Robot, Farlanda, Prolog, etc. In addition, there are companies such as Coopert and Zhidongli.

• Sichuan-Chengdu

In 2022, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size in Chengdu increased by 5.6% over the previous year ; fixed asset investment increased by 5.0% over the previous year.

As an important city in the southwest, Chengdu has a solid manufacturing base. The five major modern manufacturing industries (electronic information industry, food and beverage industry, equipment manufacturing industry, advanced materials industry and energy and chemical industry) are its pillar industries, providing a rich industrial soil for the application of robots.

After several years of development, Chengdu's robot industry chain has become increasingly complete, and has successfully attracted a number of leading manufacturers to settle in (layout), and is committed to building a robot full industry chain ecosystem represented by Estun, Canopus, Chenghan Baoma, Hanyan Technology, Huahao Kunpeng, Fude Robot, and Hangfa Robot. Focusing on the integration of the industrial chain, value chain, innovation chain, and talent chain, we will create a robot industry innovation highland with national influence.

• Chongqing

In 2022, Chongqing's GDP reached 2912.903 billion yuan, up 2.6% from the previous year. Among them, the primary industry achieved an added value of 201.205 billion yuan, up 4%; the secondary industry achieved an added value of 1169.386 billion yuan, up 3.3%; the tertiary industry achieved an added value of 1542.312 billion yuan, up 1.9%.

Chongqing is known as an industrial powerhouse. Since 2021, it has vigorously implemented an innovation-driven development strategy action plan led by big data intelligence, promoting the transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing to intelligence, stimulating huge demand for robots from enterprises, and providing rich scenarios for robot applications. Chongqing has become the city with the largest demand for robots in the country.

In 2021, Chongqing produced 3,288 sets of intelligent industrial robots, a year-on-year increase of 10.3%, with an output value of 30 billion yuan. At present, the city has formed a complete industrial chain integrating research and development, complete machine manufacturing, etc., and has gathered more than 300 robot companies and R&D institutions in Liangjiang New District, Beibei District, Yongchuan District and other places.

Driven by leading enterprises in the industry chain such as Guangsu, Huasu , Kawasaki, Kuka, ABB, and FANUC , six series of industrial robot complete machine products with more than 100 specifications, including welding, grinding, spraying, assembly, testing, and warehousing and logistics, have been formed , and the intelligent industrial robot industry cluster has basically taken shape.

As major cities tilt their support policies towards the robot industry, competition will only become more and more intense, and there will inevitably be differentiation between the east, west, south, north and center. Whoever can build a nest to attract the phoenix with a good creation environment and generous support policies will have the opportunity to grab the first place!