Guangzhou's Baiyun district has unveiled new policies offering incentives of up to 10 million yuan ($1.4 million) per project to accelerate the development of its robotics industry.

These measures aim to capture emerging opportunities in robotics and align with Guangzhou's broader modern industrial strategy, focusing on strengthening industrial clustering, technological innovation, application scenarios, and policy support across the entire robotics supply chain.

Under the plan, Baiyun will use a challenge-based mechanism to attract leading enterprises in robot manufacturing, embodied intelligence, multimodal AI systems, motion-control algorithms, robotics chips, sensors, and autonomous driving technologies. Companies that complete designated projects will be eligible for grants of up to 10 million yuan.

LiDian D1: A humanoid robot developed by Li-Gong company. [Photo/WeChat account: gz_baiyunfabu]

To encourage innovation, the district will subsidize research and development spending; firms investing more than 2 million yuan in R&D can receive support covering 20 percent of their expenditure, with funding capped at 10 million yuan. Authorities are also planning to establish an embodied intelligence innovation center to promote breakthroughs in fields such as multimodal perception and intelligent control.

A hydrogen-powered robot dog is equipped with Yuntao Hydrogen's self-developed system. [Photo/WeChat account: gz_baiyunfabu]

The district is simultaneously pushing for broader real-world applications of robotics in manufacturing, healthcare, education, eldercare, and urban management, enabling companies selling robotics products to receive subsidies worth up to 20 percent of their sales.

Officials expect the robotics sector in Baiyun to exceed 13 billion yuan in output by 2027, with annual growth averaging more than 50 percent.