TMTPOST — The 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing shifted on Thursday to its designated Procurement Day, focusing on supply-demand matchmaking and commercial deployment of robotics technologies. Organizers are hosting procurement negotiations and industrial-chain docking sessions to accelerate real-world applications across manufacturing, logistics and services. Concurrently, the China Electronics Society released the 2026 Humanoid Robot Industry Development Report, stating that Chinese humanoid-robot shipments exceeded 40,000 units in the first half of the year and accounted for 97 percent of the global total. Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area officials outlined plans to reach 100,000-unit annual mass production of embodied-intelligence robots and unveiled a “Beijing Machine Domain” vision for human-robot integrated development. JD.com used the occasion to detail a five-year robotics strategy that includes creating more than 100,000 after-sales engineer positions and building a repair network covering over 100 countries. The five-day event, which opened Wednesday with more than 300 exhibitors and 2,000-plus exhibits, continues through Sunday with developer and public-access days still ahead.