More than half of manufacturers at Jiangsu electronics hub planning switch to robot workforce, survey shows

A total of 600 major industrial enterprises in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, are going to replace human labour with robots within the next five years, according to a survey conducted by the city’s commission of economy and information. Out of 100 manufacturers surveyed at one of China's largest manufacturing hubs for the electronics industry, over 50 per cent of them said they were preparing robot pr