In the capital China industrial robot [-4.32% Research Report] forum, City Economic and Informatization Commission deputy director Wu Lei said at the meeting, the industrial robot has been listed as the priority among prioritiesShanghai strategic emerging industry development, Shanghai will focus on the robot, intelligent manufacturing and other emerging industries.

Wu Lei said, Shanghai industrial development, industrial development should not be too care about the amount of how much, how many, the proportion in the national development speed is higher, but in how to take the lead in innovation transformation, leading, undertake more national strategic task fornational service, the Yangtze River delta.

Wu Lei said, Shanghai is currently the largest robot industrial agglomeration,industrial robot industry scale (including manufacturing, integration andservice) nearly 10 billion yuan, with the international well-known brands. ABB,Fanaco, Ke Ma, KUKA, Yaskawa robots giant with offices in Shanghai, where ABB put global robotics division as well as one of the two major productionbase in Shanghai, KUKA has started construction of a new factory inSongjiang. Domestic enterprises such as the SIASUN robot, Wordieequipment, step [-2.77% Funds Research Report] Electric has beenmanufacturing in R & D Shanghai layout or have already begun robot.

Wu Lei said, Shanghai actively implement the national strategy, have alsoestablished Shanghai robot industry alliance, Shanghai robot industry association, the industrial robot has been listed as the priority among prioritiesShanghai strategic emerging industry development, the municipal Party committee, City Hall very seriously, leading many meetings, listen to thedevelopment of industries and enterprises.

According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) data, 2005-2012years, the average annual sales growth rate for the world industrial robots 9%;over the same period China industrial robots, the average annual sales growthrate reached 25%. By the end of 2012, China surpass Korea become the world's second largest robot market after Japan, accounting for 15% of the global market.