BEIJING: The world’s second largest economy has become biggest market of robots as China took this crown for the second consecutive year.
According to Xinhua, the sales of robots in China increased by 54.6 percent in 2014 to around 57,000 units for 25 percent of world’s total. Data shows that nearly 17,000 units were made in China with a value approaching 3 billion yuan (about 474 million US dollars),or an increase of 60 percent from 2013. CRIA predicted that the total number of robots used in China’s manufacturing industry in 2015 will keep growing rapidly. Under the national plan “Made in China 2025”, designed to make China a world manufacturing power, robot industry has become one of the hottest.
