Jia Yonghua, born in 1977, is chairman of state-owned Hikrobot. The Hangzhou-based firm was founded as a spinoff of surveillance equipment company Hikvision in 2016,...

Zheng, 45, is founder and chief executive at Geek+, which claims to be the global market leader for so-called autonomous mobile robots used in warehouses....

Wu Bo, born in 1954, is the billionaire founder and chairman of Estun Automation, a maker of industrial robots and other machines that automate manufacturing....

Xu Lijin, 49, is the former chairman of Efort Intelligence Equipment, a maker of industrial robots. The Anhui-based firm was spun out of automaker Chery...

Ji Defa, 73, is founder of Shanghai STEP Electric Corporation. He founded the firm in 1995 as a manufacturer of elevator control systems and expanded...

Jia Tinggang, born in 1973, is vice president at state-owned industrial equipment giant Shanghai Electric. The company has listed shares on the mainland and in...

Zhu Xingming, 58, is the founder and chairman of Inovance Technology, a maker of industrial robots that competes with the likes of Siemens and ABB....

Cai Yinpeng, who is around 40, is founder and chief executive of Inspire Robots. The Beijing-based company specializes in components for robots, with a focus...

Wang Shiquan, born in 1988, is founder and chief executive of Flexiv, a maker of industrial robots. The Shanghai-based firm claims to have created the...

Sun Kai, 40, is chief scientist at Hesai Technology. The Shanghai-based company makes laser systems known as Lidar that can help robots and self-driving cars...

Bill Huang, born in 1962, is chief executive of Dataa Robotics, a maker of cloud software for robotics firms. The company, then known as Cloudminds,...

Felix Zhang, 40, is founder and chief executive of Pudu Robotics, a maker of service robots. The company says it has sold more than 100,000...