Chinese companies shipped 87% of the 13,317 humanoid robots sold globally in 2025, Unitree alone did 5,500 units.
AGIBOT did 5,168, Tesla, Figure AI, and Agility Robotics combined moved about 450.
Now, China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) jointly launched a nationwide 2026 - real-scenario training program for humanoid robots, targeting the deployment of 10,000 units by the end of 2026
Mandating SOEs and local governments to find applications in manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare, This is what happened with EVs.
State demand, volume production, cost collapse through scale, then export
Average humanoid robot prices dropped from $85,000 in 2023 to $25,000 in 2025. Unitree G1 is listed on Amazon for $17,990. Gross margins improved while prices fell 70%.
China can do this because humanoid subsystems, motors, harmonic drives, batteries, sensors, all sit inside its existing EV supply chain. It holds 90% of global permanent magnet processing and 40% of precision bearings.
US still treats these robots as a research problem, China treats them as a manufacturing product. Cost curves do not care about intention.
China is not waiting for humanoid robots to work perfectly before deploying them. Chinese MIIT directive requires SOEs to submit implementation plans by end of June and progress reports by November.
Regulators are also pushing a Robot as a Service model where companies pay per task or lease rather than buy. This is how China builds industries.
Force deployment at scale, accept the early failures, use real world data to improve the product, and compress ten years of iteration into three. Perfection is not the starting point. Volume is.
As an Investor, I will suggest search Robotics if yu want to explore ETF in china but yu have to do some research :)
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