IFR data: Chinese factories installed 243K+ robots in 2021, up 45% YoY and around 50% of the global total, adapting to a changing workforce and rising wages
Jason Douglas / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @jchengwsj , @andymok , and @kanthan2030 Tweets: Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : China installed almost as many robots in its factories last year as the rest of the world, accelerating a rush to automate and consolidate its manufacturing dominance even as its working-age population shrinks. @wsj_douglasj @TByGraceZhu https://www.wsj.com/... @andymok : Despite trade tensions with the U.S. and increasing Western anxiety over a perceived overreliance on Chinese manufactured goods, China is still the world's factory floor, accounting for 29% of global manufacturing, according to U.N. data. https://www.wsj.com/... S.L. Kanthan / @kanthan2030 : Good article on automation in China. Thanks to industrial robots, Chinese manufacturing sector continues to dominate the global market, even though China's labor force is shrinking. https://www.wsj.com/...