The density of Chinese robots is significantly lower than that of developed countries such as Germany and Japan. There is a huge gap in the demand and supply of the Chinese robot market. The market space is huge in the future, which will provide a strong driving force for China to concentrate resources and develop the domestic robot industry. It is estimated that China's industrial robot sales will exceed 150,000 units in 2018, when China's robot possession will surpass Japan to rank first in the world.

 

The Chinese robot market is developing rapidly, and industry insiders point out that China has been the world's largest industrial robot market for two consecutive years, driven by the wave of “machine substitution”. According to the statistics of the China Internet Industry Robot Industry Business Model Innovation and Investment Opportunity In-depth Research Report, as of the end of December 2015, the number of domestic robot enterprises reached 1,026. Among them, the number of robot manufacturers gathered in Guangdong Province reached 285, followed by 156 in Zhejiang Province, ranking second.

 

1. The robot industry has risen to the national strategic level.

 

Developed countries such as the United States, Europe, Japan, and South Korea have attached great importance to the development of the robot industry for a long time, and have launched national strategic plans for the development of the robot industry. China is currently in the decisive stage of building an innovative country, and must rely more on technological innovation to lead and support economic development. Therefore, with science and technology innovation as the core and vigorously developing the Chinese national brand robot industry, it is imperative for China's economic development model and industrial structure adjustment. In June 2014, Xi Jinping pointed out at the conferences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering that robots are the “pearl of the top of the manufacturing industry” and an important indicator for measuring the level of technological innovation and high-end manufacturing in a country. The "robot revolution" is affecting the global manufacturing landscape, which undoubtedly pushes the development of the robot industry to the national strategic level.

 

Second, the new manufacturing model under Industry 4.0

 

The theme of Industry 4.0 is intelligent manufacturing and smart factory. The core of it is to build an information physics system, realize the exchange and interaction of data and objects between objects and objects, machines and machines, machines and people through the Internet of Things and the Internet, that is, equipment, production lines, products, Factories, suppliers, and customers are closely linked to build smart factories and achieve intelligent production. Germany proposed "Industry 4.0" and the "Industrial Internet" launched by the United States is a manifestation of the integration of "industrialization and informationization." In the future society, countless machines, factory workshops and people are connected by a large network, through the analysis of big data technology, and vigorously reduce the loss of manufacturing. "Industry 4.0" will promote the global wave of intelligent manufacturing upgrades and realize the transformation of many industry manufacturing models.

 

Third, China's manufacturing 2025" to the industrial powers blueprint

 

In his government work report, Premier Li Keqiang clearly stated that the implementation of "Made in China 2025", adhere to innovation-driven, intelligent transformation, strengthen the foundation, green development, and accelerate the shift from a manufacturing power to a manufacturing power. The core of the plan is to promote the deep integration of industrialization and informatization, develop and utilize technologies such as networking, digitization, and intelligence, and strive to seize opportunities and achieve breakthroughs in key areas to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing. For the first time in the plan, the "Internet" action plan was proposed. For the first time, the concept of "Industrial Internet" appeared, promoting the integration of mobile Internet, cloud computing, big data, and Internet of Things with modern manufacturing. The entry point of the plan is to seize the commanding heights of the new round of industrial revolution by intelligent manufacturing.

 

Fourth, the development potential of China's robot industry is huge

 

With the structural shortage of labor and the sharp rise of labor costs, China's labor dividend era is coming to an end, facing the urgent need for industrial transformation and upgrading, which has ushered in the spring of great development in the domestic robot industry. After China became the world's largest robot market in 2013, the sales volume of robots reached a new high in 2014. It is expected that the number of industrial robots in 2017 is expected to reach the top in the world.