# Xinhua Silk Road: National Robot Test and Assessment Center (Headquarters) establishes branch in Jinan Start-up Area

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- Published: 2026-10-21T16:56:00+07:00
- Author: PR Newswire

BEIJING, Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Yellow River Basin Center of the National
Robot Test and Assessment Center (Headquarters) was officially inaugurated in Jinan
Start-up Area for Growth Drivers Transformation in Shandong Province on October 
16, addressing gaps in public services for the robotics industry across the region.

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The National Robot Test and Assessment Center is a nationally authorized testing
and certification institution in China’s robotics sector, serving as a key pillar
of the country’s robot testing and certification system.

The newly-established Yellow River Basin Center, serving Shandong and the region
across the Yellow River Basin, will establish an integrated platform that combines
innovation and R&D, pilot-scale testing and smart manufacturing, data collection
and training, data services, testing and certification, and industrial development
for complete robots, core components, and embodied AI products.

The center will advance standardization for robots used in specialized and emergency-
response applications, while seeking to establish a national-level standardization
platform in the Jinan Start-up Area.

It will develop an integrated testing platform capable of handling heavy loads, 
explosion-proof requirements, strong electromagnetic interference, and extreme environmental
conditions, with its testing capabilities covering a full range of products, from
micro and small robots to large-scale robotic systems and low-altitude aircraft.
It will primarily serve companies developing specialized robots for industries such
as mining, petrochemicals, electric power, and metallurgy.

With growing convergence of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), the center
will also develop capabilities for trustworthy AI evaluation, strengthening its 
capacity to test software security, information security, and AI models. It will
focus on serving companies engaged in embodied AI, data services, and model training.

The operation of the center is expected to reduce costs associated with R&D, testing,
pilot-scale testing, and commercialization, while accelerating time to market.

The Jinan Start-up Area has identified robotics and AI as priority industries for
development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). It has designated
the robotics industry as a key driver for fostering new quality productive forces
and is making full use of existing industrial facilities to build a comprehensive
robotics ecosystem covering the entire industrial value chain.

The area has already established several industrial platforms, such as the Shandong(
Jinan) Embodied Intelligence Harbor. It is accelerating efforts to open up real-
world application scenarios in automobile manufacturing, construction, medical care,
elderly care, and emergency rescue.

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