Cong Liang, a spokesperson for the National Development and Reform Commission, responded today that 'the US imposes tariffs on robots produced in China, which affects robot production'. The relationship between the recent decline in robot production growth and the increase in tariffs is not obvious. The Chinese robot market It is still very huge, and there are still very large prospects and potentials in all aspects. The current slowdown may be a short-term behavior and further observation is needed.
Data map: Changsha, many robots dance collectively in the factory. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Huafeng
From July 6, the United States imposed a 25% import tariff on 818 categories of Chinese products worth $34 billion, including robots produced in China. Cong Liang made the above response at the briefing of the new state office today.
Cong Liang said that because the real tariff increase is from July onwards, the relationship between the recent decline in the growth rate of robot production and the increase of tariffs is not obvious.
He pointed out that China's robot market has developed rapidly in recent years. In particular, many domestic enterprises are also carrying out intelligent and automated transformation, such as logistics companies, manufacturing companies, and commercial enterprises. They are very active in robot applications. Some domestic factories, such as FAW The application of robots is very popular, especially in the welding process, basically all robots; some logistics companies are also looking for ways to automate the entire loading and unloading process, especially for forklifts, which is actually a handling robot.
Cong Liang emphasized that the entire Chinese robot market is still very large, and there are still great prospects and potentials for increasing the use of robots and intelligently transforming production lines and production processes. This slowdown in growth, May be a short-term behavior, but further observation is needed.