Beijing, China - February 17, 2025 Wang Xingxing, founder and CEO of leading Chinese robotics firm Unitree, has expressed the belief that humanoid robots will see a significant development in 2025. Speaking to reporters after attending Monday's symposium on private enterprises at which Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech, Wang said he expects the development of AI-powered humanoid robots to reach a new level by the end of this year. Wang's company drew attention this year during the CMG Spring Festival Gala, where its robots, equipped with advanced speech recognition and emotional AI, performed a folk dance in cooperation with human dancers. More software upgrades have been completed in the past 20 days since the gala, according to the entrepreneur. Wang expects humanoid robots to enter the service industry very soon, but said it will take longer for them to become part of people's daily lives due to higher safety requirements. He also expressed his excitement to join the symposium, saying he was inspired and encouraged by President Xi. Shotlist: Beijing, China - Feb 17, 2025: 1. Interview in progress; 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Xingxing, founder/CEO, Unitree Robotics (ending with shot 3): "AI-powered robots are evolving very fast every day, faster than I expected, and giving me big surprises every day. We need to get the AI model of the robot right, and when it's right, it's just a matter of training it with better AI computing power, which has greatly accelerated technological progress in this area."; FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown 3. Various of demonstration of humanoid robots; Beijing, China - Jan 28, 2025 4. Various of Yangge dance performance by human dancers, robots at 2025 Spring Festival Gala; FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown 5. Robot dancing; Beijing, China - Feb 17, 2025 6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Xingxing, founder/CEO, Unitree Robotics: "There were people helping the robots to leave the stage during the Spring Festival Gala, which was to add to the fun and more interaction between robots and human dancers. Of course we just recently completed another software algorithm upgrade to the humanoid robot to make it dance more smoothly. The robots can now dance better than most people."; FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown 7. Various of robot walking, jogging; Beijing, China - Feb 17, 2025 8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Xingxing, founder/CEO, Unitree Robotics: "I personally believe that by the end of this year, the development of AI-powered humanoid robots will reach a new level. If things go well, I think we will see their application in the service industry or some industrial sectors next year or the year after. But the progress for humanoid robots for home might be a little slower because the higher safety requirements will require more mature technology from us."; 9. Coach arriving; 10. Interview in progress; 11. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Xingxing, founder/CEO, Unitree Robotics (ending with shots 12-13): "It was a great honor for me, but of course there was also a lot of pressure, because I believe we should continue to work hard. All the entrepreneurs were inspired by General Secretary Xi, showing high spirit and great morale."; 12. Various of business leaders; 13. Aerial shot of lake, mountain, city. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]