At a shop called Red Sun Technology in Yiwu's Global Digital Trade Center, a Middle Eastern buyer told a palm-sized pendant robot to say congratulations in Arabic, and it answered fluently. Shop owner Chu Chaoting sold stationery in Yiwu for more than 20 years and now sells AI robots. More than a year ago he noticed foreign buyers cared less about price alone and more about technology content, so in 2024 he moved into the AI hardware track, expanding an intelligent production line in Yongkang and hiring talent and opening an R&D centre in Shenzhen, with R&D super-deductions helping to fund the shift. The shop's star product, a companion robot named Xiaobao, carries a built-in AI model, supports nearly 30 languages and several dialects and can tutor homework, chat and interpret simultaneously; a reception robot can open lifts and plan routes by itself. The company is a national high-tech enterprise and an A-grade taxpayer for many consecutive years, and its tax credit rating meant smooth service when it moved into the trade centre.
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From stationery to robots: a Yiwu exporter's new track
At Yiwu's Global Digital Trade Center, a merchant who sold stationery for more than 20 years now sells AI robots: pendant robots and the companion robot Xiaobao carry built-in large models, support nearly 30 languages and several dialects and can tutor, chat and interpret, while a reception robot opens lifts and plans routes on its own. He entered the AI hardware track in 2024, expanding an intelligent production line in Yongkang and opening an R&D centre in Shenzhen, backed by R&D super-deduction policies. The company is a national high-tech enterprise and a long-standing A-grade taxpayer, and its tax credit rating smoothed its entry to the trade centre.
2026-10-06