HuaChangDa Group and Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Shanghai Institute of Intelligent Manufacturing have conducted two rounds of high-level mutual visits around in-depth cooperation in the fields of intelligent manufacturing and embodied intelligence, reaching a broad consensus and signing a strategic cooperation framework agreement, laying a solid foundation for strategic collaboration between the two parties in technology research and development, industrial implementation, and the construction of an innovation ecosystem.

Focusing on cutting-edge technology and exploring new paths for cooperation

On December 9, 2025, HuaChangDa Group's Vice Chairman and President, Chen Ze, led a delegation to visit Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Shanghai Institute of Intelligent Manufacturing (hereinafter referred to as "the Institute") and the Shanghai Intelligent Manufacturing Research and Development and Transformation Functional Platform (hereinafter referred to as "the Platform") for research and exchange. The delegation was warmly received by Professor Xi Juntao, the Executive Vice President of the Institute and General Manager of the Platform, and Professor Zheng Yu, the Deputy General Manager of the Platform.

During the symposium, Professor Xi Juntao detailed the Institute's achievements in the development of common technologies in intelligent manufacturing, robot applications, industrial incubation, and international exchanges, covering cutting-edge directions such as industrial vision, human-robot collaboration, intelligent perception, and laser intelligent manufacturing. He emphasized that the Institute's research layout in the field of embodied intelligence is highly compatible with HuaChangDa's deep accumulation in the industrialization of robotic automation equipment, providing a good foundation for cooperation.

Vice Chairman and President of HuaChangDa Group, Chen Ze, introduced HuaChangDa's 25-year technical accumulation and industrialization achievements in the fields of robotic equipment automation, logistics and storage automation, and new energy intelligent equipment. He stated that HuaChangDa is at a critical period of R&D transformation and industrial upgrading, actively deploying emerging directions such as embodied intelligence, humanoid robots, and digital simulation platforms, and looks forward to establishing an efficient coordination mechanism with the Institute in terms of technology transfer, joint research and development, and industrial application, promoting the implementation of embodied intelligence technology in HuaChangDa's global projects.

The two parties also conducted in-depth exchanges on topics such as customized AI industrial applications, talent training, and industrial trends, unanimously believing that embodied intelligence will reshape the technological paradigm of intelligent manufacturing in complex industrial scenarios and has a broad prospect. After the meeting, President Chen Ze and his delegation visited the Institute's enterprise cooperation debugging and delivery area, gaining an in-depth understanding of the actual application scenarios of intelligent manufacturing system integration and technology verification.

Deepening cooperation consensus and promoting the implementation of strategic cooperation

On March 17, 2026, Professor Xi Juntao led a team to return visit HuaChangDa Group headquarters. Professor Zheng Yu, Deputy General Manager of the Platform, and Professor Zhang Weijun, Chief Engineer of the Platform, also visited together. Vice Chairman and President of HuaChangDa Group, Chen Ze, Professor Wu Dianliang, Chief Scientist, and Peng Tao, General Manager of the Financial Center, warmly received them.

Professor Xi Juntao and his team inspected the headquarters of HuaChangDa Group and its subsidiary, Shanghai Demeco, to gain an in-depth understanding of the company's business capabilities and project layout in high-end equipment integration and the implementation of intelligent manufacturing systems. The two parties conducted in-depth discussions on long-term cooperative R&D directions and specific cooperation matters after the recent landing of a new company in embodied intelligence, further clarifying the cooperation path and promotion mechanism.

The two parties unanimously agreed to build a long-term strategic cooperative relationship of "complementary advantages, resource sharing, and mutual benefit and win-win" based on their respective strengths in technology research and development, industrial application, and platform resources. In the future, the two parties will carry out multi-level and multi-form cooperation in key areas such as digital simulation technology and platforms for industrial scenarios integrating embodied intelligence and humanoid robots, application technology of robots, research and application of embodied intelligence and humanoid robots, and new-generation industrial robot control technology, promoting cutting-edge technology from the laboratory to the production line and helping the intelligent manufacturing industry to move towards a new stage of intelligence and autonomy.

Moving forward together, creating the future with wisdom

The two high-level mutual visits mark the entry of HuaChangDa Group and Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Shanghai Institute of Intelligent Manufacturing into a substantive promotion stage in the field of intelligent manufacturing and embodied intelligence. The two parties will take this series of exchanges as an opportunity to implement the strategic cooperation framework agreement signed by both parties, continue to deepen the "industry-university-research-use" collaborative innovation mechanism, promote key technological breakthroughs and industrial application landing, serve the strategic vision of "manufacturing power" and "digital China" together, and inject new momentum into the high-quality development of the intelligent manufacturing industry.