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...

Cheng Hao is founder and chief executive of Booster Robotics, a maker of humanoid robots. Last year the company’s T1 robot placed first in a...

Tao Kong led robotics research at tech giant Bytedance — which owns TikTok — from 2019 until earlier this year. He was the team lead...

Li Mingyang, born in 1981, is chairman of Jaka Robotics, a maker of so-called ‘cobots’ or collaborative robots, which are designed to work alongside humans...

Wei Hongxing, 51, is chairman of Aubo Robotics. The company controls around a quarter of the Chinese market for collaborative robots, more than any other...

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