Chinese entrepreneurs want to replace labor with robots: survey   

調查顯示：過半企業家準備用機器人代替人工

正在鄭州舉行的亞布力中國企業家論壇夏季高峰會24日發布今年上半年《中國企業家發展信心指數》，顯示超過一半的企業家已經準備用機器人來取代人工，這說明我國人口紅利正在消失。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Over half of China's entrepreneurs intend to use robots to displace human labor as the country grows into the world's largest robotics market, according to a business conference index report released on Sunday.

The report, issued by Yabuli China Entrepreneurs Forum, revealed a lack of confidence in labor costs with a score of 30.54.

This indicates that China's demographic dividend is diminishing, and that labor costs are the biggest challenge faced by enterprises, said Zhang Hongtao, forum secretary.

However, such findings might prove a promising sign for the country's robotics market.

China bought one-fifth of the world's industrial robot output in 2013, according to Shanghai Daily. The report added that the country's robotics market would continue to grow at a relatively brisk pace in the near future.

Yabuli Forum, first organized in 2001, is run by a few grassroot and independent entrepreneurs. The forum's business confidence index mainly reflects entrepreneurial points of view on the country's social development.