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China: Physical AI Governance Atlas
China carries 6 records on the Physical AI Governance Atlas as of September 2026: 5 verified at a primary source, 1 reported, 0 announced with no document yet, 0 searched and absent, and 0 open questions. By kind: standard 3, guidance 1, program or strategy 2.
Standard
3 records
China announced a national standard system for humanoid robots and embodied AI, and the ministry's page could not be reached
China · verified 16 September 2026
Xinhua's Beijing dispatch of 1 March 2026 says the system was released on Saturday, which is 28 February 2026, at the HEIS annual meeting in Beijing.
China is drafting a five part humanoid robot safety standard, and the first robot control architecture standard took effect in 2026
China · verified 16 September 2026
Plan numbers 20261658-T-604, 20261657-T-604 and 20261653-T-604, issued 31 March 2026, cover general safety, the industrial field and personal and household service, all at drafting stage on 16 September 2026.
China gave humanoid robots and embodied AI their own standards committee, with safety written into its remit
China · verified 15 September 2026
The announcement is 中华人民共和国工业和信息化部公告(2025年第44号), written 25 December 2025 and published 31 December 2025.
Guidance
1 record
China's humanoid robot policy is a 2023 MIIT document with dated milestones and a governance line inside it
China · verified 15 September 2026
The notice carries document number 工信部科〔2023〕193号, written 20 October 2023 and published 2 November 2023 by the MIIT science and technology department.
Program or strategy
2 records
China's 2026 work report names embodied intelligence a future industry and prints robot output growth
China · verified 16 September 2026
The report calls for mechanisms for investment growth and risk sharing in future industries, and names embodied intelligence among them.
Beijing and Shanghai each published an embodied AI industry plan, with targets and money attached
China · verified 16 September 2026
The Beijing plan is 京科信发〔2025〕36号 from the municipal science and technology commission and Zhongguancun administration with the development and reform commission and the economy and information bureau, dated 28 February 2025.
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What standard serves as evidence in China?
China announced a national standard system for humanoid robots and embodied AI, and the ministry's page could not be reached (reported, primary not reached); China is drafting a five part humanoid robot safety standard, and the first robot control architecture standard took effect in 2026 (verified); China gave humanoid robots and embodied AI their own standards committee, with safety written into its remit (verified). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for a robot maker or a deployer.
What do regulators and agencies advise in China?
China's humanoid robot policy is a 2023 MIIT document with dated milestones and a governance line inside it (verified). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for a robot maker or a deployer.
What is the state funding or planning in China?
China's 2026 work report names embodied intelligence a future industry and prints robot output growth (verified); Beijing and Shanghai each published an embodied AI industry plan, with targets and money attached (verified). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for a robot maker or a deployer.
What has nobody settled in China?
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