The World Intelligence Expo 2026 kicked off on Thursday in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, bringing together over 700 exhibitors to showcase cutting-edge technologies, products, and application scenarios in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).
Themed “Intelligence: Extensive Development Space, Sustainable Growth Driver,” the four-day event features seven exhibition zones covering embodied AI, core AI technologies, low-altitude economy and commercial space exploration, with a total area of 130,000 square meters.
Inside the venue, various types of intelligent robots are on display, showcasing the application scenarios of embodied intelligent technology in industrial production, public services, special operations and other fields, and demonstrating the vast possibilities that cutting-edge technology brings to future life.
People watch humanoid robots of Unitree Robotics boxing at the World Intelligence Expo 2026 in Tianjin, north China, May 28, 2026. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)A humanoid robot of PaXini, a haptic technology and humanoid robotics company, demonstrates its package gripping ability at the World Intelligence Expo 2026 in Tianjin, north China, May 28, 2026. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)Visitors interact with a humanoid robot of PaXini, a haptic technology and humanoid robotics company, at the World Intelligence Expo 2026 in Tianjin, north China, May 28, 2026. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)Robots stage a performance at the World Intelligence Expo 2026 in Tianjin, north China, May 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Ran)A quadruped robot demonstrates its climbing ability at the World Intelligence Expo 2026 in Tianjin, north China, May 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)A giant humanoid robot is pictured at the World Intelligence Expo 2026 in Tianjin, north China, May 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Ran)People watch an embodied AI robot doing push-ups at the World Intelligence Expo 2026 in Tianjin, north China, May 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)Visitors interact with an embodied AI robot at the World Intelligence Expo 2026 in Tianjin, north China, May 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)Visitors interact with an embodied AI robot at the World Intelligence Expo 2026 in Tianjin, north China, May 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)A staff member operates a quadruped robot of Galileo (Tianjin) Technology Co., Ltd. at the World Intelligence Expo 2026 in Tianjin, north China, May 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Ran)
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
