China Unveils Robotics Industry Development Plan
MIIT, 4/27/16
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and Ministry of Finance (MOF) recently released a new robotics industry development plan for the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020).
The plan sets several development goals for the 13th Five-Year Plan which are outlined below:
1. Realize major technological breakthroughs in key robotics components and high-end technologies to develop a complete robotics industry.
2. Produce 100,000 Chinese-branded industrial robots annually by 2020, reach annual production of 50,000 industrial robots with at least six-axis movement or greater, and reach robotic density of 150 robots per 10,000 employees.
3. Reach RMB 30 bln in sales of robots in the service industry.
4. Achieve small-scale mass-production of robots for senior and handicapped care and medical rehabilitation.
5. Develop at least three industry-leading enterprises and create at least five robotics-related industry clusters.
The plan puts forward the following requirements for the development of China's robotics industry over the next five years:
1. Promote breakthroughs in a variety of robotics fields, including industrial robots for mid- to high-end products. Priority will be given to developing welding robots, vacuum cleaning robots, self-programming smart industrial robots, human-machine cooperation robots, dual-armed robots, and heavy lifting automated guided vehicle (AGV) robots. There will also be a focus on expanding robotics to the service industry and creating firefighting and rescue robots, surgery robots, smart public service robots, and smart nursing robots.
2. Develop key robotics components, which includes upgrading the quality, stability, and mass-production capabilities for high-precision decelerators and high-performance robot servo motors, drivers, high-speed high-performance controllers, sensors, and end effectors.
3. Strengthen industrial innovation capabilities by establishing robotics innovation platforms and centers aimed at the entire industry. There will also be a push to strengthen the development of robotics standards and establish a robot testing and certification system.
4. Promote robot sub-sector applications, such as supporting robotics solutions providers, and use outsourcing enterprises and a robotics leasing business model to fill gaps in the service robot and industrial robot industries.
5. Cultivate leading enterprises by supporting the close cooperation between Internet enterprises and traditional robot enterprises. China also looks to accelerate the development of leading enterprises and create internationally recognized robot brands through mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and cross-sector funding.
Keywords: government policy hardware Ministry of Finance MIIT NDRC robot
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