Zhongjian Tech was fined 3.9 million yuan in mid August for fabricating a signing with Huawei’s embodied AI centre and false disclosure, yet the garden equipment veteran has not slowed its robot push. It and its subsidiary Shanghai Huazhijian signed an intelligent robot industrialisation deal with the Yongkang government worth about 1.2 billion yuan, to build a national smart manufacturing headquarters, a global sales headquarters, a postdoctoral station and a robot training ground.
Shanghai Huazhijian was set up in August 2025 to carry Zhongjian’s embodied AI mission, but the books show a burn mode: 2025 revenue of 126,548.67 yuan and a 11.3 million yuan net loss, then 2026 first half revenue of zero and a 56.56 million yuan loss, pure R and D and groundwork. At the 2026 World Robot Conference it showed a concept humanoid, ZERO, its first try at general purpose and consumer humanoid tech.
The deal came with a capital round. Yongkang Puhua Huajian, Guangdong Haomei, Suzhou Zhuoyu, Hainan Runze and Sanya Shenguang together put in 300 million yuan for 4.6667 million new shares at 64.29 yuan each, for a pre money valuation of 4.5 billion yuan. After the raise, registered capital hit 74.6667 million yuan and Zhongjian holds 53.1696 per cent, keeping control and consolidation.
The group runs a tiered robot matrix. Mowing robots come from Zhongjian Gaoke and its GOATBOT line, with boundary free deployment, full autonomy and RTK plus VSLAM, 3D LiDAR plus vision and Pure VSLAM options covering 300 to 30,000 square metre sites, and a key overseas ODM finished its last pre mass trial in the first half and moves to volume delivery in the second, on 1.6591 million yuan revenue and a 15.867 million loss. Quadrupeds come from Jiangsu Jianmi and its Lingrui P1, over 6 m/s, more than 40 cm obstacles, above 45 degrees climb, used in power inspection, emergency, security and logistics, with first half revenue 3.1575 million yuan, the highest of the three, on a 3.3184 million loss. Parts come from Zhongjian Zhike, with self developed planetary joint modules in heavy, mid and high speed lines and a 2025 pilot line.
The arc is clear. A garden tools maker, stung by a disclosure fine, is spending real money to become a multi form robot group, mowing, quadruped and humanoid, with the losses as the cost of the pivot. The 4.5 billion yuan valuation says capital still believes the story.
Editor’s note: This is an adapted translation of the original OFweek report. It has been trimmed and restructured for readability for an international business audience. The full original (in Chinese) is at https://robot.ofweek.com/2026-09/ART-8321204-8120-30701100.html.