On December 11th, the "Robot+ Innovation Demand List" release and project 
capital matchmaking event, co-hosted by Hebei's Industry and Information 
Technology Department and the Tangshan Municipal Government, was held in 
Tangshan City.

At the event, Zhang Zhijie, the director of Hebei Development and Research 
Institute of Industry and Information Technology, unveiled the "Robot+" 
Innovation Demand List for the Province. CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd., China 
Petroleum Pipeline Coating Engineering Co., Ltd., Hebei Provincial People's 
Hospital, and JingTang Intelligent Equipment Technology Co., Ltd., each 
presented their specific "Robot+" application scenarios. Hebei Telecom, Hebei 
Mobile, Hebei Unicom, HBIS Industrial Technology Service Co., Ltd, CITIC HIC 
Kaicheng Intelligence Equipment Co., Ltd. and Hebei Boxline Intelligent 
Equipment Technology Co., Ltd., each conducted "Robot+" innovative application 
technology releases and product roadshows.

An official of Hebei Provincial Industry and Information Technology Department 
stated that the province highly values the development of the robot industry. 
To drive innovation of Hebei's robot industry and promote the in-depth 
development of "Robot+" applications, the department has called for, collected 
and selected 45 urgently needed, innovative and valuable "Robot+" application 
demands from across the province. These demands have been released 
province-wide, inviting robot companies to take up the challenge and 
collaborate with users to solve technical problems.

An official of Tangshan Municipal Government said that Tangshan City is seizing 
the great opportunity presented by the new wave of artificial intelligence 
development. It threw itself fully behind the projects, R&D, application 
expansion and other key works of the robot industry. As a result, the city has 
formed a robot industry underpinned by industrial robots, characterized by 
special robots, and with service robots as a new growth point. It has built the 
National Torch Tangshan Robot Industry Base, boosting the construction of a new 
industrial base in the Bohai Economic Rim.

Source: Hebei Provincial Industry and Information Technology Department