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  "slug": "china-service-robot-output-2025",
  "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/china-service-robot-output-2025/",
  "topic": "service",
  "claim": "China produced 18,581,081 service robots (sets) in 2025, up 16.1%, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.",
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    "geography": "China",
    "period": "2025"
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  "measure": "official statistic",
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    "kind": "Government statistics",
    "name": "National Bureau of Statistics of China",
    "title": "Industrial Production Operation in December 2025",
    "publisher": "National Bureau of Statistics of China",
    "published": "2026-01-20",
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    "url": "https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202601/t20260120_1962350.html",
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  "quote": {
    "text": "Service Robots (set) 1564018 4.6 18581081 16.1",
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  "caveats": [
    "NBS \"service robots\" include consumer devices such as robot vacuums; production, not sales."
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  "citations": {
    "apa": "Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). China produced 18,581,081 service robots (sets) in 2025, up 16.1%, according to the National Bureau of Statistics [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/china-service-robot-output-2025/",
    "chicago": "Whirrwork. “China produced 18,581,081 service robots (sets) in 2025, up 16.1%, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/china-service-robot-output-2025/.",
    "mla": "“China produced 18,581,081 service robots (sets) in 2025, up 16.1%, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/china-service-robot-output-2025/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.",
    "bibtex": "@misc{whirrwork_china_service_robot_output_2025,\n  author       = {{Whirrwork}},\n  title        = {{China produced 18,581,081 service robots (sets) in 2025, up 16.1\\%, according to the National Bureau of Statistics}},\n  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},\n  year         = {2026},\n  month        = oct,\n  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/china-service-robot-output-2025/},\n  urldate      = {2026-10-25},\n  note         = {Original source: National Bureau of Statistics of China, Industrial Production Operation in December 2025 (2026-01-20). Licensed CC BY 4.0}\n}",
    "source_apa": "National Bureau of Statistics of China. (2026, January 20). Industrial Production Operation in December 2025. https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202601/t20260120_1962350.html"
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