According to China's administrative and geographical zoning, combined with the foundation and characteristics of the field development of the robot industry, the Chinese Society of Electronics divided the national robot market into six regions: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Yangtze River Delta region, Pearl River Delta region, northeast China, central and western regions.
Among them, the Yangtze River Delta region is still in a leading position in the development of China's robotics industry. The robot application market in the Pearl River Delta region is relatively mature, and the independent innovation ability of intelligent robots in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region continues to strengthen. The strong performance of leading enterprises in the Northeast China drives the continuous increase of regional industrial agglomeration, while the central region focuses on introducing spillover resources from other regions' robotics industry, The scale and quality of the robot industry in the western region have achieved significant achievements, with huge potential for latecomers.
So, which region is the strongest in terms of the current development status, resources, and environment comparison of the robot industry in China's six major regions? Let's take a look together.
1.Yangtze River Delta region: With a comprehensive strength far ahead, Shanghai has one fifth of the country's robot output value
The Yangtze River Delta is one of the most economically developed regions and an important advanced manufacturing base in China . The vigorous development of the Yangtze River Delta region's economy provides important technological, talent, financial, information and other industrial resource support and application expansion fields for the robot and intelligent manufacturing equipment industry.
As the core region of the Yangtze River Delta robot industry chain, Shanghai has one fifth of China's robot output value. According to the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee's Foreign Affairs Office, the density of robots in Shanghai is 260 units/10000 people, more than twice the international average (126 units/10000 people). The total industrial output value has increased from 3383.4 billion yuan in 2011 to 4201.4 billion yuan in 2021, breaking the 4 trillion yuan mark, and the comprehensive strength has reached a new level.
2、 The Pearl River Delta region: Application demand drives the continuous expansion of industrial scale, and key industrial agglomeration areas rank among the top
The Pearl River Delta region is one of the most active regions in the development of the robotics industry in China, with Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Foshan having obvious advantages in the robotics industry. At present, the robot industry in these cities is developing towards intelligence, high-end, and integration. By continuously promoting the demonstration and application of industrial robots in high-end manufacturing and traditional pillar industries, we deeply cultivate the commercial service robot track and rank at the forefront of the national robot industry key agglomeration areas.
3、 The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region: The development quality and added value of the robot industry are relatively high, and the pattern of industrial coordinated development is constantly deepening
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region is not the region with the largest scale of the domestic robot industry, but the development quality and added value of the robot industry are relatively high. With the support of the local new generation information technology industry, it is gradually climbing towards the mid to high end of the value chain. At the same time, Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei are actively preparing to build distinctive robot industry parks and innovation bases, forming a pattern of complementary and differentiated development. Beijing has leading advantages in fields such as medical robots, logistics and unmanned delivery robots, and collaborative robots. Tianjin focuses on the development of industrial robots, hybrid robots, underwater robots, light collaborative robots, and industrial drones. Hebei deeply cultivates parallel robots, mobile robots, and special robots, actively promoting the development of characteristic industrial clusters such as Tangshan and Langfang.
4、 Northeast China: Top enterprises have shown strong performance, and the concentration level of talent, capital, and innovation factors still needs to be improved
As one of the most important old industrial bases in China, with good resource location advantages, a foundation for manufacturing development, and a relatively complete equipment manufacturing industry system, the three provinces in Northeast China focus on building industrial parks and manufacturing bases that integrate whole machine manufacturing, component research and development production, and application system integration through the integration and agglomeration capabilities of leading enterprises in the industrial chain. With the mutual support of leading enterprises and local parks, it will continue to expand and strengthen the industrial robot industry cluster in the region, and promote the upgrading of the manufacturing industry in Northeast China.
5、 Central region: The agglomeration degree of the robot industry has increased, and national policies promote the rapid development of the robot industry
As a rising star in the development of the robotics industry, the central region has introduced industry measures and guidance to accelerate the development of the robotics and intelligent equipment industry, which has promoted the rapid development of the robotics industry in the region. There is a gap between the central region and the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta in terms of industrial scale efficiency, economic development, and talent attraction. The total number of scientific research institutions is relatively small, but the robot industry has developed well and has basically formed an industrial chain development trend that integrates research and development, key components, ontology, and integration. The agglomeration degree of the robot industry has increased, with a focus on the integration of robot systems, ontology manufacturing, and solution innovation in areas such as catering processing, textiles, equipment, manufacturing, and biomedicine. Anhui promotes the application of industrial robots, while Hubei accelerates breakthroughs in key technologies such as complete machines, components, and integrated applications, promoting demonstration of industry application scenarios.
6、 Western Region: Based on the advantages of industrial backwardness, regional characteristics, and national policy guidance, the industry continues to improve
In the western region, there is a shortage of talents and a relatively small number of scientific research institutions. Overall, it still lags behind other regions, but it has significantly improved compared to previous years. Based on the advantage of industrial backwardness, we will gradually build a robot industry chain that integrates research and development, production, system integration, component matching, intelligent transformation, and teaching and training, with a focus on laying out innovation parks and research bases within the region. Based on resource endowment, achieve single point breakthroughs and gradually leverage the agglomeration effect of industrial scale by introducing leading enterprises and constructing industrial parks. Chongqing has now formed a robot industry chain that integrates research and development, complete machine manufacturing, testing, system integration, component matching, talent training, and application services. Sichuan has utilized its geographical advantages to become a "strong magnetic field" that attracts enterprises, and has gathered a group of distinctive robot enterprises in Chengdu, Deyang, Meishan, Mianyang and other places.