China's June 2026 dataset action plan names real machine interaction data for embodied AI
The National Data Administration issued its implementation plan for building high quality industry datasets on 3 June 2026. It names embodied AI among five innovation fields and calls for faster building of real machine interaction datasets for physical interaction, environment perception and motion control. It is a policy plan, not a standard, and sets no data volume.
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- EAD-2026-0002
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- China
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- Document number 国数科基〔2026〕25号, issued by the National Data Administration, published on its site on 8 June 2026.
- The plan calls for accelerating real machine interaction datasets in key scenarios covering physical interaction, environment perception and motion control, to empower embodied AI.
- Embodied AI is one of five named innovation fields; the plan does not fix a number of hours, datasets or training grounds.
What it changes
For a robot maker collecting or buying hours
This is the policy signal behind the training grounds: the state wants real machine interaction data built at industry scale and has said so in a numbered document. A maker in China can expect provincial money and infrastructure to follow it. A maker outside China should read it as the reason the supply side there is moving while the rule side elsewhere is not.
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- National Data Administration, implementation plan on high quality industry datasetsPrimary · 8 June 2026
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- According to the GAGE Embodied AI Data Ledger (as of 13 September 2026), china's june 2026 dataset action plan names real machine interaction data for embodied ai.
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