On June 16, the 2026 Zhangjiang Embodied Intelligent Supply Chain Conference opened grandly at the Zhangjiang Science Hall in Pudong.
At the opening ceremony, a series of projects for the industrialization of embodied intelligent robots were successfully signed. A number of new companies enthusiastically joined the Zhangjiang Robot Valley Ecological Alliance. At the same time, a number of new products from Robot Valley companies were also released.
The latest statistics show that Zhangjiang has gathered nearly 150 companies related to embodied intelligence, among which the Robot Valley has gathered nearly 100 industrial chain companies, with an output value of robot-specific industries of approximately 13 billion yuan.
With the launch of a series of measures to strengthen and replenish the chain, facing embodied intelligence, a new track that combines software and hardware, has a long chain, and has obvious scene traction, Zhangjiang’s role is further extended from the ‘source of innovation’ to an ‘industry carrier’ and ‘ecological organizer’.
‘What we are currently maturely implementing is the robotic arm form.
In addition, wheel-arm robots are also being developed at an accelerated pace.
’ As the “new force” of Pudong’s embodied intelligence, Qinglan Huidong Company just moved into Zhangjiang Robot Valley this year. The company’s founder and CEO Xia Jing said frankly that not long after the company was established, the road to connecting with industrialized resources with technology was not smooth. This is also a bottleneck encountered by many start-up companies in their development.
However, the emergence of Zhang Jiangnan’s embodied intelligent supply chain platform allows scientific and technological enterprises such as Qinglan Huidong to avoid detours.
‘We originally needed to explore on our own, but now the communication link is very short.
’ Xia Jing said.
The evolution of embodied intelligent robots from prototypes to applications is inseparable from the efficient connection between research and development needs, manufacturing capabilities, parts matching and scene resources.
As the country’s first one-stop supply chain service platform covering “design-manufacturing-verification-development-service” in the field of embodied intelligence, Zhangjiangnan Embodied Intelligent Supply Chain Platform can provide full-process services from rapid assembly of complete machines, small and medium-scale trials, core component support to professional maintenance.
‘At present, we can help innovative robot companies achieve “one day of matching, three days of proofing, and one week of trial production.” Compared with the traditional embodied intelligent processing and manufacturing process, we can help companies shorten the time to one-third.
’ He Hongjun, CTO of Zhangjiang Embodied Intelligent Robot Co., Ltd., said, ‘We have integrated the core corporate resources of nearly 8,000 embodied intelligent robots in the supply chain.
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As innovation resources, manufacturing resources, testing resources and service resources are further concentrated in Zhangjiang, the embodied intelligence industry in Pudong has realized the transformation from ‘enterprises searching individually’ to ‘accurate platform matching’.
At the conference site, a batch of orders for the Zhangjiangnan Embodied Intelligent Supply Chain Platform were officially signed. The contracting parties include companies such as Yuanqi Intelligent Body, Kepler Robotics, and Xiaoshan Technology. Through the platform approach, companies will find supporting capabilities for their research and development needs more quickly.
The reporter learned that the current coverage of Zhangjiang’s industrial chain segment has exceeded 70%, with the upstream covering core components, the midstream layout of embodied models, motion control, operating systems and multi-modal data sets, and the downstream mass production of complete machines and system integration.
In welcoming the global wave of embodied intelligence industry, Zhangjiang will continue to rely on its comprehensive advantages such as innovative sources, industrial agglomeration, supply chain collaboration and open scenarios to accelerate the construction of a full-chain embodied intelligence service system, promote embodied intelligence from ‘technically visible’ to ‘application accessible’, and create an embodied intelligence high-end manufacturing ecosystem with Zhangjiang as the core and a radius of 150 kilometers.
‘This manufacturing circle is not a static concept. We will accelerate its expansion, connect more upstream and downstream resources in the industry chain, and promote the commercialization of embodied intelligence.
’ said Wang Lei, deputy general manager of Zhangjiang Group.
At the scene, a signing ceremony for the cooperation intention between Zhangjiang Group, Zhiyuan and MiFeng was held. The Humanoid Robot Innovation Center co-constructed by the state and local government released the “Robot Full Life Cycle Demonstration Application Zone” project, and the “Avatar Project” to promote the deep integration of cutting-edge scientific research and industrial applications was also released on the scene. It further expands the supporting dimensions of Zhangjiang’s robot industry ecology from leading enterprise collaboration, public verification services, and future human-machine collaboration.
At present, Zhangjiang has formed a ‘dual-core drive’ pattern in which the AI Innovation Town and Zhangjiang Robot Valley are jointly deployed.
The AI Innovation Town focuses on end-side chips, embodied models and scenario applications, while the Zhangjiang Robot Valley focuses on intelligent manufacturing, system integration and platform construction.
The two functional blocks support each other, allowing Zhangjiang to simultaneously undertake key links such as model algorithms, hardware manufacturing, system integration and scenario applications.
Jiang Lei, chief scientist of the Humanoid Robot Innovation Center co-constructed by the State and the Mainland, revealed that a 14,000-square-meter demonstration field will be opened in Zhangjiang Robot Valley in the second half of this year to centralize data collection, pilot testing and other functions.
‘In the future, we hope to expand the scope of the robot’s full life cycle demonstration application area to the entire Zhangjiang AI Innovation Town, and even the entire Pudong area, to become a demonstration area for real-life training and break through the boundaries of the wall.
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From platform orders to ecological alliances, from product releases to demonstration applications, a series of interlocking project implementations and releases together form an important support for Zhangjiang to promote the industrialization of embodied intelligent robots.
