On October 16, UBTECH Robotics (9880.HK), the "first listed company in the humanoid robot industry," won the bid for the "Guangxi Embodied Intelligent Data Acquisition and Testing Center Equipment Procurement and Installation" project, with an order value of 126 million yuan. According to the project plan, the purchase includes UBTECH's latest fully autonomous embodied intelligent humanoid robot, the Walker S2, capable of self-replacing its battery. Delivery is scheduled for 2025 following contract signing. This successful bid marks another significant humanoid robot order exceeding 100 million yuan for UBTECH, following its recent success in securing the world's largest single order of 250 million yuan in September and subsequent orders exceeding tens of millions of yuan. To date, UBTECH's Walker series of humanoid robots alone has secured over 630 million yuan in orders, excluding the marathon-championing, full-scale humanoid robot Tiangong Walker, jointly developed by UBTECH and the Beijing Guodi Embodied Intelligence Innovation Center. UBTECH continues to lead the global humanoid robot commercialization process.
From October 13th to 17th, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) TC65/SC65A MT61508 Working Group meeting, hosted by Hollysys, was successfully held at Hollysys' Northwest Headquarters. The IEC 61508 series of standards, which regulate safety-related electrical, electronic, and programmable electronic systems, has a profound impact on the development of global industrial safety. The meeting focused on the revision and improvement of the third edition of the IEC 61508 series of standards, a core area of functional safety. Senior experts from the global functional safety field engaged in in-depth discussions over five days. The meeting was attended by Liu Yao, Secretary-General of the Secretariat of TC65/SC65A (Industrial Process Measurement, Control, and Automation Systems Subcommittee), SAC/TC124/SC10 (National Technical Committee for Standardization of Industrial Process Measurement, Control, and Automation Systems and Functional Safety Subcommittee), Liu Yao, Director of the Functional Safety Center of the Institute of Instrumentation and Automation; Xiong Wenze, Director of the Product Evaluation and Certification Office of the Institute of Instrumentation and Automation; Lan Wenhua, Deputy General Manager of the Hangzhou and West China Branch; Liu Fenmin, General Manager of the PA Business Product Center of Hollysys; and several members of the IEC International Standards Committee. Hollysys' Sun Xiangdong and Wang Li participated throughout the meeting as SAC/TC124/SC10 members.
Recently, the Ziyang Branch of the Natural Gas Purification Plant of China National Petroleum Corporation Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company (hereinafter referred to as the Ziyang Branch), China's largest and most intelligent single-unit sour natural gas purification plant, was completed and put into operation in Sichuan. As the core control system supplier for the project, Hollysys, leveraging its fully independent and controllable integrated solutions and full lifecycle services, laid a solid technical foundation for the plant's safe and efficient operation, helping the project break multiple industry records and making a significant contribution to my country's progress in achieving independent energy equipment development. As a key project for PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company to build a 50 billion cubic meter annual gas production zone, the Ziyang Branch Plant is designed to process 4 billion cubic meters of raw gas annually, with a single unit processing up to 7.2 million cubic meters per day, setting a new record for similar processing capacity in China. The plant's equipment utilizes a purification process with my country's completely independent intellectual property rights for the first time, achieving a 100% localization rate for key technologies and equipment. The successful commissioning of the plant not only marks a major technological breakthrough in my country's clean processing of deep, high-sulfur, and complex natural gas resources, but also sets a new benchmark for independent and controllable domestic production in the industry through its full-chain localization efforts.
On October 12, ABB Group CEO Ma Teng was invited to attend the 2025 Shanghai Mayor's International Entrepreneurs Advisory Meeting. He joined Shanghai government leaders and international business representatives in discussing "Openness, Innovation, and Inclusion: Shanghai's Development Strategy Towards 2030." In his speech at the meeting, Ma Teng explored the parallel advancements of artificial intelligence and energy transition, shared ABB's practical experience in this area, and offered suggestions for Shanghai to precisely develop its artificial intelligence industry and build a global innovation hub. Maarten Schneider, CEO of ABB Group, said: "ABB's mission and business focus are highly aligned with Shanghai's goal of building a global innovation network hub, particularly in key areas such as the digital economy, artificial intelligence, smart manufacturing, and green transformation. ABB is actively promoting partnerships and is committed to building an innovation ecosystem that promotes international cooperation and open exchanges to better serve Chinese customers, help industries achieve leaner and cleaner operations, and set an example of excellence."
