China's institute of information and communications establishes over 70 embodied intelligence training sites

According to a report published by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, more than 70 embodied intelligence training sites have been established and put into operation across China by June of this year. Additionally, 46 sites are currently under construction or in the planning phase. These training sites are critical infrastructure designed to support the development and application of embodied intelligence by enabling data production, model training, system validation, and iterative optimization within real physical environments. The report highlights that the construction of these training sites has expanded to cover over half of China's provincial administrative regions, forming three major clusters centered around the Yangtze River Delta, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and the Pearl River Delta. This development marks a shift from traditional patterns of concentrating artificial intelligence infrastructure in major cities to a more distributed model that includes tertiary, quaternary, and even quintary cities. The report notes that this change reflects a transition in site selection strategies from being driven by talent and capital to being guided by real-world scenarios, data availability, and operational efficiency. The report emphasizes that the construction of these training sites is application-driven, aiming to enhance comprehensive capabilities across various industries such as industrial manufacturing, home services, commercial retail, healthcare and elderly care, and special emergency response. Industrial manufacturing remains the most represented sector, accounting for 86% of the training sites. The report predicts that as embodied intelligence technology matures and its applications deepen, training sites will continue to evolve in terms of scenarios, data, services, operations, and standardization, transitioning from a construction boom phase to a phase focused on capability consolidation.