{"id":19918,"date":"2026-05-03T09:25:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/from-phones-to-humanoid-robots-chinas-supply-chain-eyes-next-growth-curve\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T09:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:25:39","slug":"from-phones-to-humanoid-robots-chinas-supply-chain-eyes-next-growth-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/from-phones-to-humanoid-robots-chinas-supply-chain-eyes-next-growth-curve\/","title":{"rendered":"From phones to humanoid robots: China\u2019s supply chain eyes next growth curve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/05\/02\/20df7778-158b-46a4-992d-115e51c0d086_e0aee7d5.jpg?itok=GfUmS5Aj&amp;v=1777709470\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China&rsquo;s smartphone and electronics supply chain is adapting its expertise to support the country&rsquo;s fledgling but fast-growing humanoid robotics industry, as component suppliers seek new growth beyond a slowing mobile market.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"10.888888888889\">The sector received a glimpse of that crossover after Honor&rsquo;s humanoid robot D1, a dark-horse entrant from the smartphone maker, won <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Beijing&rsquo;s recent robot half-marathon<\/span>, beating established Chinese robotics names such as Unitree.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Honor entered the humanoid robotics sector only last year. Its robot, Lightning, beat the human world record by more than six minutes. After the race, Honor engineer Yao Bin told Chinese media outlet ThePaper.cn that one reason for the win was the transfer of smartphone cooling technology to robots, which kept the motor cool after running 21km.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1umbx1w e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Major smartphone suppliers including Lingyi iTech, Lens Technology and AAC Technologies supplied structural components for Honor&rsquo;s D1.<\/p>\n<h4 type=\"h4\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-1xqmoxd e1pqa4re0\">A new growth curve<\/h4>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Smartphone and electronics component suppliers are targeting a robotics market that is moving towards mass production and large-scale deployment.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1xd1hm8 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><sub>From phones to humanoid robots: China&rsquo;s supply chain eyes next growth curve<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&rsquo;s smartphone and electronics supply chain is adapting its expertise to support the country&rsquo;s fledgling but fast-growing humanoid robotics industry, as component suppliers seek new growth beyond a slowing mobile market. The sector received a glimpse of that crossover after Honor&rsquo;s humanoid robot D1, a dark-horse entrant from the smartphone maker, won Beijing&rsquo;s recent robot&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/from-phones-to-humanoid-robots-chinas-supply-chain-eyes-next-growth-curve\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;From phones to humanoid robots: China\u2019s supply chain eyes next growth curve&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}