# Beyond China’s humanoid robots, a quieter machine revolution is unfolding

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/beyond-chinas-humanoid-robots-a-quieter-machine-revolution-is-unfolding/
- Published: 2026-08-24T22:13:20+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-25T00:31:17+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC World (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62m4zn1q6mo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Asia, Celebrity, Entertainment, World

## Key points

- China now has over two million factory robots, more than any nation
- Xi Jinping's $20bn plan aims to lead global robotics and AI
- Vocational schools are training workers to operate alongside robots

## Summary

China is rapidly expanding industrial automation, with more than two million robots now working in its factories—more than any other country—while simultaneously training a new generation of workers to operate alongside them. This forms part of President Xi Jinping's $20bn (£14.7bn) strategy to position China at the forefront of technological innovation and in direct competition with the US, raising unanswered questions about the impact on China's human workforce in a country where information is tightly controlled.

The BBC visited vocational schools such as the Hangzhou Technician Institute, where students learn to programme industrial robots and develop robotic medical equipment, and factories such as CRP Technology in Chengdu, where human workers assemble robotic arms alongside engineers developing prototypes designed to build other robots. China already manufactures more than half of the world's industrial robots, and the coverage follows the country's hosting of the second World Humanoid Games, where robots competed in events including boxing and sprinting.

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