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MIIT Guidance on Humanoid Robot Innovation and Development (2023)
MIIT issued its humanoid-robot development guidance under document 193 of 2023. It sets development objectives for 2025 and 2027 and calls for standards, testing and safety-governance work. Those dates describe policy targets.
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- Type
- Guidance
- Status
- Adopted
- Effective date
- Not stated
Definition
No covered-robot definition recorded in the sources we opened.
Scope
Humanoid technology, components, products, industrial development and applications. Section VI calls for standards covering common foundations, system evaluation, safety/trustworthiness and applications, plus testing methods and functional, network, data and ethical safety work.
Exemptions
No exemptions recorded. This does not establish that none exist.
Timeline
MIIT published the issuance notice.
First development-objective horizon stated in the guidance; attainment is not established here.
Further development-objective horizon stated in the guidance.
Explicitly listed robots and companies
Only entities named in the instrument or an official notice are shown. Manufacturer headquarters do not establish applicability.
No individual catalog robot or company is explicitly listed in this record. This does not establish unrestricted market access.
What it means for buyers
The document describes industry-development and standardization objectives. It does not identify a conformity certificate or market-access approval for an individual robot.
General information, not legal advice.
Check the official instrument and seek advice for your product, jurisdiction and transaction.
Evidence
Sources
- [s1] MIIT notice issuing Guidance on Humanoid Robot Innovation and Development, document 193 (2023) ↗
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology · official · published Nov 2, 2023 · accessed Oct 13, 2026
- [s2] Guidance on Humanoid Robot Innovation and Development — official attachment ↗
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology · official · accessed Oct 13, 2026