Effective immediately: Hangzhou enacts legislation for embodied intelligent robots

On May 1, the country’s first local regulation in the field of embodied intelligent robots—the Hangzhou Regulations on Promoting the Development of the Embodied Intelligent Robot Industry—was officially put into effect. According to data, Hangzhou has already attracted more than 700 companies related to the robotics industry, and in 2025 the output value of the embodied-intelligent-industry cluster will reach 1068 billion yuan. Innovation is the primary driving force for development, but innovative activities are naturally accompanied by unknown risks. Promoting specialized legislation for the embodied intelligent robot industry provides high-quality rule-of-law support to safeguard technological innovation, turning the “key variables” of scientific and technological innovation into the “largest increment” for driving high-quality development. (Hangzhou Release)