Shanghai has set a target of putting 8,000 humanoid robots to work in factories by 2028 under an action plan issued by the city’s Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization on Oct. 27. The document, dated Oct. 22, is part of a broader program to expand AI use in manufacturing.
The plan also targets an industrial-robot density of 600 units per 10,000 employees and 500 advanced smart factories. It calls for more than 2,000 AI manufacturing applications and 300 industrial agents by 2028.
The action plan also sets a goal of exceeding 2 trillion yuan in output for AI-enabled intelligent-manufacturing equipment and 1 trillion yuan for smart-manufacturing systems integration. These are policy targets for 2028, not reported current deployments.