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China aims for robot leadership in new five-year plan China has released a new five-year plan for its industrial robotics industry, aimed at making it a global leader. Already China has the largest number of installed industrial robots (943,200 in 2020) and is the world’s biggest market for robots, with 168,377 new robots being installed in 2020. But most of these (73%) were from non-Chinese manufacturers, with domestic manufacturers accounting for just 27% of the robots shipped – a total of 45,347. The new five-year plan published by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), focuses on promoting...
