In mid-August, Zhongjian Technology was fined RMB 3.9 million for fabricating a signing with Huawei’s embodied-AI innovation centre and for false disclosure, dragging it into controversy. Despite the storm, the old-line garden-machinery leader has not slowed its robotics expansion.
Zhongjian and its subsidiary Shanghai Huazhijian recently signed an intelligent-robot industrialisation project with the Yongkang government, planning total investment of RMB 1.2 billion to build a national smart-manufacturing headquarters, a global sales headquarters, a postdoctoral station and a robot training ground. Shanghai Huazhijian was founded in August 2025 with a mission in embodied-AI research and industrialisation, but is not yet profitable: 2025 revenue was RMB 126,548 with a net loss of RMB 11.3 million, and the first half of 2026 brought zero revenue and a net loss of RMB 56.56 million, a pure R&D burn.
At the 2026 World Robot Conference it unveiled the concept humanoid ZERO. Separately, external investors led by Yongkang Puhua Huajian, Guangdong Haomei, Suzhou Zhuoyu, Hainan Runze and Sanya Shenguang subscribed RMB 300 million for 4.6667 million new shares at RMB 64.29 per unit, implying a pre-money valuation of RMB 4.5 billion. After the raise Zhongjian holds 53.17 per cent and keeps control.
The group runs a layered robot matrix. Zhongjian Gaoke builds GOATBOT mowing robots (RTK plus VSLAM, 3D LiDAR plus vision, pure VSLAM) covering 300 to 30,000 square metres; a key ODM pilot finished in early 2026 with mass delivery expected in the second half, though H1 revenue was only RMB 1.659 million with a RMB 15.87 million loss. Jiangsu Jianmi makes the Lingrui P1 quadruped, top speed over 6 metres per second, climbing over 40 centimetres and slopes above 45 degrees, used in a Jiangsu fire-brigade drill; H1 revenue RMB 3.157 million, loss RMB 3.32 million. Zhongjian Zhike self-develops planetary joint modules; H1 revenue RMB 0.11 million, loss RMB 10.16 million.
Group R&D hit RMB 139 million in H1 2026, up 257 per cent year on year, with 62.31 per cent flowing to robotics. Total revenue reached RMB 701 million, up 39.5 per cent, but net profit swung to a RMB 7.61 million loss, down 114.9 per cent, as the robotics push weighed on earnings.
Editor’s note: This is an adapted translation of the original OFweek Robot report. It has been trimmed and restructured for readability for an international business audience.
Translated and adapted from OFweek Robot (https://robot.ofweek.com/2026-09/ART-8321204-8120-30701100.html).