Robots sorting parcels and serving fried chicken enthralled visitors at a robotics expo in Beijing on Wednesday, where hundreds of companies set out their pitches for a future labor market transformed by artificial intelligence. The Chinese government has embraced robotics as a strategic industry, and local firms have ploughed resources into the development of embodied AI. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Robots sorting parcels and serving fried chicken enthralled visitors at a robotics expo in Beijing on Wednesday, where hundreds of companies set out their pitches for a future labor market transformed by artificial intelligence.S1

• The Chinese government has embraced robotics as a strategic industry, and local firms have ploughed resources into the development of embodied AI.S2