China’s humanoid robots will not replace human workers, Beijing official says

From the article

 China’s humanoid robots will not replace human workers and cause mass unemployment, according to a Chinese official who oversees a tech hub in Beijing, amid a [rapid expansion](https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-ai-powered-humanoid-robots-aim-transform-manufacturing-2025-05-13/) of the sector and state funding for it.

Liang Liang, a deputy director at the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, which hosts one of China’s largest tech hubs, said in an interview on Friday with foreign media that he does not believe that humanoid robots will replace their human creators, but will boost productivity and operate in hazardous environments.

China’s humanoid robots will not replace human workers, **yet,** Beijing official says

There, I fixed the headline.

What are the implications of a robot workforce in a communist economy? It’s not like workers need to “earn their keep” as they do in a capitalist economy. The benefits and productivity of a robot worker in a capitalist country stays with the robot’s owner but in a communist country those benefits go to the state which is subsidizing its population.

China should want robots to replace human workers, no?

I’m not looking to argue, I just hadn’t considered the notion before.

They will export the robots at below cost… and other countries will use them to cause high unemployment.

I have a money tree in my garden, but I promise not to harvest from it because it t would be unfair.

People in power are going to spend the next decade gaslighting us that technology won’t replace jobs.