The press conference for the "2025 World Robot Contest - The First Embodied Intelligence Robot Sports Games" was held in Wuxi.

The new green has just emerged, and the breath of spring is growing stronger. On the afternoon of March 24th, the press conference for the "2025 World Robot Contest - The First Embodied Intelligence Robot Sports Games" was held in Wuxi. Li Yang, the Secretary - General of the World Robot Contest Organizing Committee, and Liu Feng, the Chairman of Wuxi Huishan State - owned Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd., attended the press conference, introduced the relevant situation, and answered questions from reporters.

The scene of the press conference for the "2025 World Robot Contest - The First Embodied Intelligence Robot Sports Games"

The "2025 World Robot Contest - The First Embodied Intelligence Robot Sports Games" (hereinafter referred to as the "Sports Games") is hosted by the Chinese Institute of Electronics and co - hosted by Wuxi Huishan State - owned Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. and the China Humanoid Robot Hundred - Person Association. It will be held in Huishan District, Wuxi from April 24th to 26th, 2025. This is the first comprehensive sports games for embodied intelligence and humanoid robots in China. It consists of competition exhibitions, carnival activities, and theme conferences. With innovative forms and diverse contents, it will showcase scientific and technological innovation achievements and ignite the engine of national innovation.

Li Yang gave a detailed introduction to the event at the press conference. Competition Exhibition: It will set up three parts of exhibition contents, namely competitive display, application scenario, and human - robot interaction, to demonstrate the achievements and comprehensive capabilities of embodied intelligence technology from multiple dimensions. Meanwhile, relevant awards and prizes will be set up around technological innovation and scenario applications. Carnival Activities: Through various means such as scenario displays and game interactions, the public will be able to interact with robots up close, experience the charm of scientific and technological innovation, and promote the popularization and development of technological products. During the same period, the Theme Conference of the "China Humanoid Robot Hundred - Person Association Forum and the In - depth Tour of Artificial Intelligence Empowering New - type Industrialization (Wuxi Station)" will be held. Many academicians, experts, and industry leaders in the field of embodied intelligence will gather together to conduct in - depth discussions on topics such as the pain points, difficulties, and future development trends of embodied intelligence technology and industrial development. In addition, several policy documents on the development of artificial intelligence and embodied intelligence in Wuxi, typical scenario cases of "embodied intelligence +", application scenario demand lists, and procurement intention orders will be released.

The World Robot Contest has been successfully held for 10 sessions, attracting more than 500,000 contestants from over 20 countries around the world. It has promoted the exchange and integration of robot technologies and inspired countless teenagers' love and pursuit of scientific and technological innovation. It is widely praised by mainstream media as the "Olympics" in the robot industry. In 2025, the World Robot Contest plans to hold more than 200 city - level selection competitions, nearly 100 provincial - level selection competitions, more than 30 international championships, multiple domestic championships, and one final, totaling more than 300 competitions at all levels. The participants will cover all age groups, and the estimated number of participants throughout the year is expected to exceed 250,000 person - times.

Li Yang said that the reason for choosing Wuxi as the venue for this event is that as a key city in Jiangsu Province to "take the lead and set an example in developing new - quality productivity", Wuxi has rapidly formed an industrial cluster in new fields such as artificial intelligence, third - generation semiconductors, low - altitude economy, commercial spaceflight, and humanoid robots. It has made remarkable achievements in scientific and technological innovation and industrial development. Especially in the field of robots and intelligent manufacturing, it has formed a certain industrial scale and agglomeration effect, providing a solid industrial foundation and a good development environment for the sports games. In addition, Wuxi has actively coordinated various resources and provided strong support and guarantee for the preparation work.

Liu Feng introduced that Huishan District has a profound foundation in the upstream and downstream fields of robots. It has incubated a number of high - quality robot enterprises and has a group of leading enterprises in bearings, casings, wiring harnesses, and processing machine tools that support the robot industry. In the future, it will further build a high - end platform for industry - university - research cooperation and achievement transformation. Huishan State - owned Investment Holding Group closely follows the industrial plan of "Three New, Four Strong, and Five Futures" in Huishan District, builds the Wuxi (Huishan) Humanoid Robot Industrial Park, promotes the opening of various robot application scenarios, and creates an example of "pioneering and testing first" for future industries. As the co - host of this sports games, Huishan State - owned Investment Holding Group will provide all - round guarantee and high - quality services to ensure the successful completion of the event and jointly promote the innovative development of the robot industry.

The purpose of this sports games is to seize the major opportunities in the development of embodied intelligence and humanoid robots. By gathering projects, talents, technologies, and capital, it aims to build an industrial high - ground with distinctiveness and leadership, inject more original impetus into scientific and technological innovation, provide strong impetus for the high - quality development of the regional economy, promote the in - depth integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and write a new chapter in high - quality development in the new era.