On February 5th, Guangdong held its annual High-Quality Development Conference, where the province's industrial "inventory" was revealed for the first time. The conference proposed eight major actions to build a modern industrial system, emphasizing the consolidation of traditional advantageous industries while accelerating the cultivation of emerging and future industries. Special focus was placed on artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, to create new industrial pillars that are high-tech, high-growth, and large-scale.

At the sub-forum on "The Development of Strategic Emerging Industries," Xu Bin, Deputy Director of the Innovation-Driven Development Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, noted that the new round of technological revolution is reshaping the global economy. For future industry development, it is crucial to focus on the early layout of funding, talent, and regulation. He believes that the AI economic era will drive the scaling up of services, such as AI doctors, AI nutritionists, and humanoid robots. Innovative management will determine the extent of their adoption.

Liu Wei, Chairman of PCI Tech, emphasized, "Looking to the future, core technologies must be independently controllable. We need to reduce dependence on foreign technologies, especially in high-performance computing, deep learning frameworks, and AI chips."

Humanoid robots became a focal point at the conference. The "Li Dian D1" displayed by Guangzhou Ligong Industry Co., Ltd., attracted much attention. Li Weichong, the company's president, introduced that 38% of the global supply chain enterprises for humanoid robots are in China, with 57% of them located in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). 

Leng Xiaokun, Chairman of Leju (Shenzhen) Robotics, mentioned that the first large-size humanoid robot developed by the company in 2018 had a cost of 3 million yuan, with key components entirely imported. Now, the domestication rate has reached 90%, and the price has dropped to a few hundred thousand yuan. He attributed this change to the rapid development of the robot industry chain in Guangdong and across the country.

Wu Hong, Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Guangdong Province, revealed that in 2024, Guangdong's industrial robot output reached 246,800 units, a year-on-year increase of 31.2%, accounting for 44% of the national total. Moving forward, Guangdong will accelerate the construction of innovation platforms for embodied intelligent robots and promote the deep integration of AI with manufacturing.

Source: Lingnan on the Cloud

聚焦人工智能与机器人，广东产业发展谋“远”向“新”

2月5日，广东全省高质量发展大会召开，首次公布全省产业“家底”，并提出建设现代化产业体系的八大行动，强调巩固传统优势产业，同时加快培育新兴和未来产业，重点发展人工智能与机器人领域，打造高技术、高成长、大体量的产业新支柱。

在“发展战略性新兴产业”分论坛上，国家发展改革委创新驱动发展中心副主任徐彬指出，新一轮科技革命正重塑全球经济，未来产业发展需重视资金、人才和监管的“早期”布局。他认为，人工智能经济时代将推动服务规模化，如AI医生、AI营养师和人形机器人等应用，而管理创新将决定其普及程度。

佳都科技董事长刘伟强调：“面向未来，核心技术必须自主可控，要减少对国外技术依赖，特别是在高性能计算、深度学习框架和AI芯片等领域。”

人形机器人成为大会关注焦点，广州里工实业有限公司展示的“里掂D1”吸引了众多目光。公司总裁李卫铳介绍：“全球38%的人形机器人供应链企业在中国，而其中57%位于大湾区。”

乐聚（深圳）机器人董事长冷晓琨表示，2018年公司研发的第一台大尺寸人形机器人成本高达300万元，核心零部件依赖进口，如今国产化率已达90%，售价降至几十万元。他认为，这一变化得益于广东及全国机器人产业链的快速发展。   

广东省工业和信息化厅副厅长吴红透露，2024年广东工业机器人产量达24.68万台，同比增长31.2%，占全国44%。未来，广东将加快具身智能机器人创新平台建设，推动人工智能与制造业深度融合。

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