On 26 December 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) officially established the Standardization Technical Committee on Humanoid Robots and Embodied Intelligence (MIIT/TC08). The committee is primarily responsible of formulating and revising sector standards of humanoid robots and embodied intelligence. MIIT/TC08’s secretariat is hosted by the Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE).
The committee comprises 76 members, representing government bodies, universities, research institutions, and leading enterprises. Notably, more than 50% of the members are from enterprises, all of which are Chinese-owned.
Leadership Structure
- Chairman:
Xie Shaofeng, Chief Engineer of MIIT, providing strategic oversight.
- Vice-Chairman and Secretary-General:
Liang Jing (Chinese Institute of Electronics), responsible for daily operations.
- Vice-Chairmen from enterprises:
Wang Xingxing (Unitree) and Peng Zhihui (AGIBOT), representing leading humanoid robotics firms.
- Vice-Chairmen from state-owned innovation centres:
Xiong Youjun (Beijing Innovation Center of Humanoid Robotics Co., Ltd.) and Jiang Lei (Humanoid Robots (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.), ensuring alignment with national strategies.
- Deputy Secretaries-General:
Sun Chuanxing from the China Electronic Standardization Institute (CESI), Gong Huiqi from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), and Wang Min from the Fifth Research Institute of MIIT.
Among them, Sun Chuanxing also serves as the primary liaison for the SAC/TC28/SC42 Working Group on Embodied Intelligence, facilitating international coordination.
SESEC has also translated the full finalized list of the MIIT/TC08 committee members. Please download from here:
List of Committee Member – MIIT TC Humanoid&Embodied AI (2025-12-27)
TC Structure:
MIIT/TC08 is mandated to develop and revise sector standards for humanoid robots and embodied intelligence across six domains:
- Foundation and Commonality
- Key Technologies
- Components and Subsystems122841
- Complete Systems and Integration
- Application Scenarios
- Safety and Ethics
The committee operates through six working groups:
- WG1 General
- WG2 Limb and Component
- WG3 Brain-Inspired and Intelligent Computing
- WG4 Complete Machine and System
- WG5 Application
- WG6 Safety
HEIS Event
On 28 February 2026, MIIT/TC08 held its first public event, the Humanoid and Embodied Intelligence Standardization Annual Meeting (HEIS) in Beijing. The meeting marked a major milestone with the release of the Standard System for Humanoid Robots and Embodied Intelligence (2026 Edition).
The standard system addresses the industry’s transition from the prototyping phase to mass production. It covers the entire value chain, including:
- Foundation and Commonality: Universal technical norms.
- Brain and Intelligence: Data lifecycle management, model training and optimization.
- Body and Components: Humanoid torso, limbs, dexterous hands, and sensor modules.
- Systems and Integration: Hardware-software co-design.
- Applications: Scenario-specific development and operations.
- Safety and Ethics: Full-lifecycle governance.
Initiatives and Collaborations
During the HEIS event, the committee launched the “High-Quality Development Initiative”, which includes:
- Cooperation Initiative on Humanoid Robot Identity Management Mechanism
- Industry Safety Development Initiative for Humanoid Robots and Embodied Intelligence
The committee also identified 52 priority standards to be developed urgently, covering areas such as safety protocols, data benchmarks, and multi-modal perception.
Connection with SAC/TC28/SC42
As a key stakeholder in the AI standards ecosystem, CESI was involved in the HEIS event. CESI hosts the secretariats of several national standardization bodies (SAC/TC28/SC42, TC260, TC609), has already led the development of 12 national and sector standards on embodied intelligence and released the Embodied Intelligence Benchmark (EIbench) 1.0.
In their press release after attending the event, CESI affirmed their commitment to closely coordinate with MIIT/TC08 and align standards development and evaluation benchmarks, ensuring coherence between the AI and robotics standardization efforts.
Considering that MIIT/TC01 (AI) was established in 2024, creating competition with SAC/TC28/SC42, and that MIIT/TC08 was subsequently formed in late 2025, SESEC speculates that MIIT/TC08 is likely to complicate the competitive landscape with SC42. SESEC will continue to monitor the development of MIIT/TC08 and provide timely updates. For further information, please send an email to assistant@sesec.eu
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