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Hangzhou pledges support for emerging industries after business talks
Hangzhou held its third government-business meeting of 2026 on October 10.
Companies working in fields such as embodied intelligence and biomedicine raised challenges with city officials.
A robotics company said it needed more real-world places to test and improve its cleaning robots.
City officials said they would help connect new products with potential users and demonstration sites.
A cell therapy company said drug development takes a long time and requires major investment, and asked for more support.
Officials said state-backed industry funds could provide more patient capital for biotechnology projects.
The city said it would follow up on the requests and report back to each company.
Hangzhou held its third 2026 government-business discussion on October 10, focusing on challenges facing companies in emerging industries.
Representatives from fields including embodied intelligence and biomedicine met with officials from several municipal departments.
A robotics company called for more real-world settings to test its products, and officials said they would improve access to application scenarios.
A cell-therapy company sought more support for innovation, and officials pointed to state-backed industry funds as a source of capital.
Authorities said they would track companies’ requests after the meeting and report back on how they were handled.
- Who
- Hangzhou companies in emerging industries and officials from municipal departments attended.
- What
- They discussed business challenges and possible ways to address them.
- When
- October 10, 2026.
- Where
- Hangzhou, China.
- Why
- Companies raised challenges related to product testing, industry support and access to innovation resources.
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One hundred tests of a robot in a laboratory are not as good as one month of trial use in a real-world setting.
Hangzhou held the third government-business discussion of the year, with companies and municipal officials discussing challenges facing emerging industries.
Officials said companies’ requests would be tracked through a follow-up mechanism and the handling of each request reported to the company.
- Meeting
- Third government-business discussion of 2026
- Date
- October 10, 2026
- Industries represented
- Embodied intelligence and biomedicine
- Robotics company request
- More real-world settings for product trials
- Biomedicine company request
- More support for innovation resources
- Follow-up
- Requests to be tracked and responses reported to companies
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