The 2026 World Robot Conference will be held in Beijing in August, with the first-ever creation of a robot consumer street.

The picture shows the news conference of the 2026 World Robot Conference. Provided by the organizers

China News Service, Beijing, July 6 (Reporter Chen Hang) On July 6, the reporter learned at the news conference of the 2026 World Robot Conference that the 2026 World Robot Conference will be held from August 19 to 23 in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area. The theme is “Human-robot symbiosis, integrated production and demand.” For the first time at the event, a robot consumer street will be built on-site, bringing audiences an immersive consumption experience of “technology + food + cultural and creative products.”

Zhao Yunfeng, vice chairman and secretary-general of the China Electronics Society, introduced that the event’s scale and specifications have been upgraded again. The conference has received support from nearly 30 international institutions; the share of international guests at the main forum has reached 30%; the expo has more than 300 participating enterprises, an increase of 36% over last year; the exhibition items are expected to exceed 2000; more than 150 new products will be unveiled for the first time; and the number of concurrent events will be doubled compared with last year, reaching more than 60.

Zhao Yunfeng said the conference will break new ground in innovation leadership. On-site, the conference will launch the “Global Robot Application Exploration Plan,” recruiting mass-produced products to be matched with outstanding global innovation teams for free trial. The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council will also announce at the conference the establishment of a central SOE robot innovation consortium, to build an innovation ecosystem of “joint technology R&D, shared scenarios, and shared results.”

All preparations for the conference are being steadily advanced. The concurrent World Robot Expo will set up four exhibition areas: the Smart Innovation Hall, the Intelligent Partnership Hall, the Intelligent Manufacturing Hall, and the Smart Fun Hall. The central SOE exhibition groups will make their first concentrated appearance, showcasing the overall layout and application achievements of central enterprises in the robot field; humanoid robot full-machine manufacturers will actively participate, letting visitors get a one-stop view of frontier new products; “robots + application scenarios” will highlight robots’ applications and solutions in scenarios such as production and manufacturing, catering and retail, medical health and elderly care, and emergency rescue; core component enterprises covering the entire robot industrial chain will also appear at the expo.

There will be more than 60 concurrent events, focusing on four major directions: “frontier-led innovation and technological breakthroughs,” “application-driven scenario enablement,” “ecology cultivation and full-chain coordination,” and “international cooperation and open integration.” The 2026 World Robot Competition’s general final will also be held in parallel with the conference. A total of more than 10k contestants from over 20 countries and more than 6,000 teams will compete on the same stage.

The registration channels for conference forum attendees, expo visitors, and the media have officially opened on July 6. This year’s conference continues the public-benefit and people-benefiting arrangements, with people under 18 and those aged 60 and above able to register for free to visit the exhibition. (End)

(Editor: Wen Jing)

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