{"id":21231,"date":"2026-06-01T09:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/unitree-clears-shanghai-ipo-hurdle-as-chinas-humanoid-robot-wave-gathers-pace\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T09:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:29:30","slug":"unitree-clears-shanghai-ipo-hurdle-as-chinas-humanoid-robot-wave-gathers-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/unitree-clears-shanghai-ipo-hurdle-as-chinas-humanoid-robot-wave-gathers-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Unitree clears Shanghai IPO hurdle as China\u2019s humanoid robot wave gathers pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"10.50643776824\">Unitree Robotics, one of the leading forces in mainland China&rsquo;s <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">booming humanoid robot sector<\/span>, has cleared a major hurdle for its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) after passing a listing committee hearing on Monday.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Hangzhou-based company filed to list on Shanghai&rsquo;s Star Market on March 20. Following two rounds of regulatory inquiries and an on-site inspection, the hearing approval opens the door for the IPO to proceed to registration and issuance.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Unitree said it aimed to raise 4.2 billion yuan (US$621 million) by offering at least 40.4 million shares, representing a minimum 10 per cent stake.<\/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\">The company joins competitors in a rush to public markets. Dobot, already listed in Hong Kong, is pursuing a dual listing on Shenzhen&rsquo;s ChiNext board, while Leju Robotics and Deep Robotics are also advancing towards IPOs in Shenzhen and Shanghai, respectively.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;The humanoid IPO wave will raise market interest in robotics equities,&rdquo; said Zhong Sheng, head of China industrials research at Morgan Stanley.<\/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 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 datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">As a bellwether for the sector, Unitree&rsquo;s listing is being closely watched by investors. Last year, the firm generated 1.7 billion yuan in revenue &ndash; trailing Hong Kong-listed UBTech&rsquo;s 2 billion yuan &ndash; but posted the highest net profit among peers at 590.8 million yuan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">Unitree robots perform kung fu moves at an exhibition in Hong Kong in April. Photo: Eugene Lee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Unitree clears Shanghai IPO hurdle as China&rsquo;s humanoid robot wave gathers pace<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unitree Robotics, one of the leading forces in mainland China&rsquo;s booming humanoid robot sector, has cleared a major hurdle for its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) after passing a listing committee hearing on Monday. The Hangzhou-based company filed to list on Shanghai&rsquo;s Star Market on March 20. Following two rounds of regulatory inquiries and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/unitree-clears-shanghai-ipo-hurdle-as-chinas-humanoid-robot-wave-gathers-pace\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Unitree clears Shanghai IPO hurdle as China\u2019s humanoid robot wave gathers pace&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21231","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\/21231","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=21231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}