Jiangsu, Shanghai, and other places will include robots in the "national subsidy" program to meet consumers' demand for trying new things.

In 2026, the policy of trading in old for new consumer goods will give local governments more autonomy, supporting conditional regions to develop independent category subsidy policies based on local conditions. Jiangsu, Shanghai, and other places have tailored their policies to include cutting-edge smart products such as personal intelligent robots in the independent category subsidy scope to meet consumers' demand for "trying out" new products and to explore market space for new technologies, industries, and trends.