IP-QUADRATURE Recently, according to media reports, the comprehensive survey report of Chinese enterprises shows that in response to the challenge of rapidly rising labor costs, enterprises have accelerated the intelligent upgrading of production, and robots are playing an increasingly important role in production activities.

IP-QUADRATURE According to the report, the share of robots in the corporate workforce increased from 12% in 2008 to 37% in 2017, indicating that about 40% of China’s manufacturing workforce has been potentially affected by the use of robots.

The proportion of enterprises using robots increased from 8.1% in 2015 to 13.4% in 2017, and the average annual growth rate of robot investment in three years was as high as 57%.

From the perspective of substitution, the use of robots replaced 9.4% of the employees in middle school and below, while the number of employees in college and above increased by 3.6%.

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IP-QUADRATURE The report shows that there is a clear structural difference in the impact of robots on different work tasks, with robots replacing 3.3% of routine operational tasks with repetitive movement and physical demands, while also increasing the demand for non-routine cognitive tasks by 2.7%.

At the business end, intelligence is reflected in its impact on decision-making. The survey found that companies are making extensive use of all types of data to drive decision-making, with 43.2% of respondents relying heavily or completely on data-driven decision-making.

IP-QUADRATURE At the same time, 70.5% of enterprises use data to make decisions on a daily basis, and 23.7% use data to make decisions at least weekly or monthly.

The report shows that with the continuous improvement of patent and brand awareness, innovation input and output continue to increase, Chinese enterprises are moving towards an innovation-driven transformation process.