In recent years, Baoan District in Shenzhen has been accelerating the advancement of the embodied intelligence industry, concentrating on the dual-wheel drive and bidirectional integration of artificial intelligence and robotics sectors. It promotes benchmark demonstrations, industrial synergy, and ecosystem development. Key core technologies in embodied intelligence continue to achieve breakthroughs, industrial application scenarios are persistently deepening, and a multitude of innovative products have successfully reached commercial deployment, gradually establishing a comprehensive development model that spans from foundational technologies to practical applications.
“Baoan District is actively guiding various production factors to converge in new tracks such as embodied intelligence, which lead industrial upgrades and future development, fostering and developing new quality productive forces, and building a modern industrial system with Baoan’s characteristics and advantages,” stated Shu Yumin, Secretary of the Baoan District Committee. Focusing on industrial needs, Baoan continuously deepens reforms in the business environment, strengthens the role of enterprises as innovation entities, accelerates the construction of innovation carriers, and enhances the application of artificial intelligence technologies across various industries, creating a favorable ecosystem that encourages exploration and supports innovation.
- The Industrial Foundation
This year, Baoan District’s embodied intelligence industry has reported a series of remarkable achievements: Shenzhen Zhaowei Mechanical & Electrical Co., Ltd. globally launched a new generation of bionic dexterous hands; Daimeng (Shenzhen) Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. introduced the world’s first multi-dimensional visual-tactile sensor; Luming Robot Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.’s full-size humanoid robot won the runner-up position in the group dance competition at the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games…
“Baoan’s profound manufacturing foundation provides a first-mover advantage for the development of embodied intelligence,” said Shen Yan, Director of the Baoan District Science, Technology and Innovation Bureau. In recent years, Baoan has been accelerating the deep integration of technological innovation and advanced manufacturing, driven by both “technological innovation” and “scenario application,” to create an embodied intelligence industry cluster.
The innovation level in Baoan District continues to rise, currently boasting 7,397 national high-tech enterprises, 277 national-level “little giant” specialized and sophisticated SMEs, and 3,396 specialized and sophisticated SMEs. The number of national high-tech enterprises has ranked first at the county level in China for eight consecutive years.
Simultaneously, Baoan District promotes benchmark demonstrations, industrial collaboration, and ecosystem construction in a stratified and categorized manner, building an AI application system characterized by “benchmark leadership, scenario penetration, and全域 empowerment,” and deepening the expansion of application scenarios. Yin Peng, founder of Jinpeng Robot (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., stated that Baoan has a solid manufacturing base with numerous industrial application scenarios such as electronics information and equipment manufacturing, providing a testing ground for the implementation of embodied intelligence technology. Baoan has gathered many artificial intelligence enterprises, with initial cluster effects that can attract more companies and talent, forming a virtuous cycle.
Driven by innovation, Baoan District’s artificial intelligence industry has achieved breakthrough progress in the foundational and technological layers: the South China Data Valley Intelligent Computing Center (Yingshuo Group) has been included in the national hub node of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area; Shenzhen Leopard Cloud Intelligent Co., Ltd. launched the first domestic high-performance general-purpose programmable DPU chip, overcoming key technologies in data center computing power scheduling; the intelligent software and hardware development platform built by Shenzhen Xisu Technology Co., Ltd. has achieved large-scale applications in AI vision, auditory perception, and AIoT fields. On June 27 this year, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology announced the list of 2025 Guangdong Provincial Characteristic Industrial Clusters for SMEs, and Baoan District’s artificial intelligence machine vision industrial cluster was recognized as a provincial-level cluster.
Over 80% of artificial intelligence enterprises in Baoan District focus on innovative development at the application layer, contributing about 90% of the district’s artificial intelligence output value. In sub-sectors such as “AI+advanced manufacturing,” “AI+terminals,” “AI+robotics,” and “AI+scientific research,” a batch of cutting-edge innovative achievements and innovative enterprises have emerged, gradually forming a new trend of full-chain embodied intelligence development.
Jinpeng Robot Company has achieved multiple core results in the field of intelligent exoskeleton robots. “Through self-developed algorithms, we have achieved efficient coordination of sensor data such as vision and force sensing, improving the recognition accuracy of exoskeleton robots for complex assembly environments by 30%; we have innovatively launched exoskeleton products with ‘adaptive compliant control’ functions,” Yin Peng stated. The company will focus on breaking through cognitive decision-making technologies, aiming to increase the proportion of autonomous operations in target scenarios to over 90%.
Yijiahe (Shenzhen) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. has applied for over 600 patents cumulatively, building an embodied intelligence robot industry platform covering multiple fields. Dong Deping, Vice General Manager of Yijiahe Company, said that in the power industry, the company’s self-developed world’s first live-working robot has transformed high-voltage live operations that previously relied on manual labor into precise machine operations; in the smart property management field, commercial cleaning robots have been exported to multiple countries and ranked first in market share in Japan in 2024; in the medical field, medical surgical robots have achieved commercial use, and the “force perception and force feedback technology” was selected for the national key research and development plan.
“2025 is a crucial year for the mass production and commercialization of humanoid robots, and the embodied intelligence industry will move towards a key stage of multi-scenario applications. As a core component of humanoid robots, breakthroughs and widespread application of dexterous hand technology are of great significance for accelerating the deployment of humanoid robots, enhancing intelligent manufacturing levels, and cultivating new quality productive forces,” said Chen Yidong, Deputy General Manager and Chief Expert of Zhaowei Mechanical & Electrical Company. The newly released bionic dexterous hand has achieved advanced performance and ensures full-chain system design and reliability from hardware to algorithms.
- Platform Support
With technology and scenarios in place, how can we gather scattered efforts to form an industrial synergistic effect of “1+1>2”? Baoan District’s answer is: using platform construction as a link to promote a virtuous cycle of “technology-industry-market” and build an industrial ecosystem with full-factor coordination.
On June 16, the Huawei Cloud Embodied Intelligence Industry Joint Innovation Center, jointly established by the Administration Bureau of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, the People’s Government of Baoan District, and Huawei Cloud Technology Co., Ltd., was officially inaugurated. This embodied intelligence industry joint innovation center will integrate industry resources, build basic laboratories, and carry out key core technology research in the field of embodied intelligence.
Currently, the innovation center has successfully attracted and nurtured 9 enterprises to establish subsidiaries in the embodied intelligence sector. Shenzhen Daohe Tongtai Robot Co., Ltd. is one of them. Du Ruoyang, General Manager of Daohe Tongtai Company, stated that in recent years, the company has independently developed three vertical domain models: “embodied intelligence + business + multimodal,” achieving full-chain algorithm capabilities from environmental perception and task decision-making to cross-modal collaboration. It has launched an “air-ground integrated cluster intelligent solution,” enabling real-time data interaction between aerial drone clusters and ground robots, forming a collaborative operation闭环 of “high-altitude rapid coverage—ground execution,” which has achieved initial deployment in scenarios such as inspection in industries like oil fields, power, and transportation.
“Baoan District’s complete robot and intelligent manufacturing industry chain and favorable business environment provide important industrial foundation and policy support for Daohe Tongtai’s establishment,” Du Ruoyang expressed. The company will accelerate integration into Baoan District’s embodied intelligence industry ecosystem with partners, achieve strategic resonance relying on municipal and district platforms, and first establish itself in energy and transportation scenarios to verify the feasibility of “air-ground collaborative autonomous operations” technology, forming reusable paradigms for future generalization across various industries, making autonomous cluster operations a core engine of productivity.
Currently, including the Huawei Cloud Embodied Intelligence Industry Joint Innovation Center, Baoan District has planned and constructed industrial space carriers such as the Tencent Headquarters Park and the Intelligent Robot Dexterous Hand Industrial Park in the Dachan Bay area, deploying carrier platforms like the Greater Bay Area Industrial Internet Public Technology Service Platform and the Baoan Low-Altitude Economy Industrial Public Service Center. By gathering various innovation elements such as technology, research and development, data, talent, capital, and public services, it provides support for embodied intelligence industry innovation.
Shen Yan stated that this area will leverage the location advantages of Qianhai to attract teams and talents from the global embodied intelligence field to invest and start businesses, connect with surrounding innovation resources such as the Shiyan Intelligent Manufacturing City and the Airport Exhibition area, and promote the high-quality development of Shenzhen’s embodied intelligence industry.
- Policy Empowerment
It must also be recognized that as a future-oriented emerging industry, the development of embodied intelligence still faces many challenges, including difficulties in key core technology breakthroughs, weak algorithm generalization capabilities, unstable performance in complex scenarios, shortage of high-end talent, difficulties in commercial落地, and insufficient R&D funding for enterprises.
Shen Yan mentioned that Baoan District has identified 30 key tasks to help platform empowerment and technology攻关 enhance enterprise innovation “efficiency,” systematically carry out eight major enterprise services to “improve quality” in industrial development, and optimize the supply of elements such as talent, finance, and space to “increase quantity” in the economy.
To this end, in terms of space support, Baoan District has launched a batch of “worry-free spaces,” providing office support with zero rent for 3 to 12 months for start-ups in the artificial intelligence and robotics fields. In areas such as the Qianhai Bay and Xili-Shiyan artificial intelligence clusters, it is creating characteristic artificial intelligence industrial parks and professional buildings to foster an ecosystem. With “digital economy chain leaders” and “embodied intelligence chain leaders” as the core, it integrates upstream and downstream resources to form more technologically leading细分领域链主s. It guides small and medium-sized enterprises to align with large链主s and细分链主s, building a complementary and mutually beneficial ecosystem.
In enterprise services, it has established a “one enterprise, one policy” service mechanism to help enterprises solve problems related to talent, land use, customs clearance, and more. In talent保障, it has launched the “Intelligent Talent Plan,” providing up to 10 million yuan in settlement subsidies for high-level teams, and has introduced 38 experts in the embodied intelligence field this year. In market expansion, it actively organizes enterprises to participate in various international exhibitions, assisting them in obtaining overseas orders.
To further enhance the level of artificial intelligence innovation and application, the local government released the “Baoan District Action Plan for Creating an Artificial Intelligence Innovation Application Cluster (2025-2026).” Based on Baoan District’s industrial development foundations in mechatronics, software and information services, intelligent sensors, and intelligent terminals, it promotes AI industrialization and industrial AIization. The goal is to attract and nurture 3 to 5 industry-leading enterprises by 2026 and form over 50 in-depth artificial intelligence application projects.
“Currently, Baoan District’s embodied intelligence industry is ushering in a golden period of development, and a series of policy measures provide strong support for enterprises to resolve operational difficulties,” Dong Deping stated. Baoan District’s complete infrastructure, convenient transportation system, and world-class industrial clusters have become a solid backing for Yijiahe’s expansion into international business. In such an industrial environment, the company has achieved a new development pattern from power robots to embodied intelligence robot platforms, and from the domestic market to global layout.
The embodied intelligence sector in Baoan is poised for continued growth, with ongoing investments in research, talent development, and international collaboration. As more enterprises join this ecosystem, the district aims to solidify its position as a global leader in embodied intelligence and embodied robot technologies, driving innovation and economic progress for years to come.