The World Robot Conference, or WRC, is China’s flagship annual robotics event and one of the world’s most comprehensive platforms for the robotics industry. It is organised by leading national and municipal institutions, including the China Electronics Society, the World Robot Cooperation Organisation, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, and the Beijing E-Town Administrative Committee.
Previous editions have attracted more than 2,240 conference guests, 1,240 exhibiting companies, over 1.3 million visitors, 100,000 media reports, and more than 150,000 competition participants. The event brings together a high-level conference, a major robotics exhibition, and an international robot competition, covering the full robotics value chain.
Why Participate
WRC offers international companies unrivalled access to China’s rapidly growing robotics, humanoid robot, and embodied intelligence ecosystem. For UK and global businesses, it provides a strategic platform to showcase advanced technologies, meet Chinese original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, research institutes, industrial parks, and government-backed innovation platforms.
The conference is particularly relevant for companies working in industrial robotics, service robotics, AI, embodied intelligence,automation, smart manufacturing, sensors, components, and robotics software. Italso offers opportunities to explore technology partnerships, licensing models,manufacturing cooperation, and market-entry pathways in China.
Programme Highlights
The conference typically features an opening ceremony attended by seniorBeijing municipal leaders and representatives from national science,technology, and industry bodies.
Key components include:
· Main Forum - High-level keynote speeches andpanel discussions with global robotics leaders, policymakers, academics, andindustry experts
· World Robot Expo - A large-scale exhibitionfeaturing over 1,000 companies across industrial robots, service robots,humanoid robots, and embodied intelligence
· World Robot Contest - Competitions covering the Tri-Co Robot Challenge, BCI Brain-Controlled Robot Contest, Robot ApplicationContest, Youth Robot Design Contest, and embodied robot categories
