Beijing is placing embodied intelligent robots among its priority industries for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30), as the city works to accelerate their real-world applications.

Jin Wei, Beijing's vice-mayor, said that the capital has gathered more than 30 humanoid robot makers, ranking it among the highest in the country, and has formed an ecosystem covering core technology research, complete-machine manufacturing, and scenario-based applications.

Embodied intelligent robots are among the fields that already have an industrial base, and are expected to see faster product iteration and scaled applications in the coming years, according to Jiang Guangzhi, director general of the Beijing Bureau of Economy and Information Technology.

That ambition is visible in sites where robots are being trained, tested, displayed, sold, and manufactured.

The Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics, or X-Humanoid, is building a massive Embodied Artificial Intelligence Robot Data and Training Base, which now includes more than 120 robots operating across over 30 scenarios in the fields of home, retail, industry, office, medicine, and health and elderly care. Capable of generating more than 500 hours of data output daily, it has delivered nearly 20,000 hours of high-quality data, with a data qualification rate exceeding 95 percent.

Xia Hualin, operations director of the center's data and training base, said the facility now serves research institutions, schools, and industrial scenarios. Home applications, he suggested, will take longer. "We will first move into specific scenarios, then industry, and finally the home," Xia said.

The center is also developing the Embodied Tien Kung robot platform and the Wise Kaiwu embodied intelligence platform, with a pilot production platform extending small-batch prototyping to large-scale production. Wang Haihua, the center's deputy general manager, said that the center aims to serve as a R&D platform and a public service platform for the industry.

Beijing is also trying to connect robots with users and markets. Robot World in E-town, the world's first 4S store for embodied AI robots, offers sales, spare parts, and surveys, as well as customized development, leasing, and other services. Cooperating with more than 70 robot companies, the store features more than 150 advanced robot products for industrial, medical, and household use.

"It's the first time that I've actually seen the humanoid robots and learned their uses in different applications," said Ananth Krishnan, an Indian reporter who visited the store on Friday. "It was quite interesting in terms of robots caring for older people, as this is a big problem for China."

"We want to build a platform that bridges the market, robotics companies, and research institutions," said Li Tianlei, deputy director of commercial operations at Beijing E-Town Robot Technology Industry Development Co, which operates Robot World. The store's sales have already topped 30 million yuan ($4.44 million) since last August, Li said.

The push also extends to manufacturing. Officials said that Beijing is accelerating the industry's scaled production and advancing coordination within the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Among the cases is LY iTech's Beijing Embodied Intelligence Super Factory, which provides a full range of manufacturing services for embodied AI robots. It covers the entire production chain from precision components to assembly and testing, and aims to produce 10,000 embodied AI robots by 2026.

Jin said that the 199 innovative robot products have been used in 134 scenarios across Beijing, including healthcare, household services, logistics sorting, catering, and retail. The capital is pushing for more robots to enter real-world settings as it seeks to build a global benchmark city for robot deployment, he said.