China moving up the industrial value chain with high-value exports

China’s push to move up the industrial value chain continues to gain momentum, with exports of high-value products such as robots, EVs and advanced manufacturing equipment expanding rapidly across major global markets, as Beijing navigates a global energy transition and an intensifying technological rivalry with the US. The country’s quadruped robots now account for nearly 70 per cent of global sales. Additionally, over 400 humanoid robot models have been developed domestically, representing...