The forces driving industrial automation in China

By 2016, China had the world's largest stock of operational robots. This was a massive increase since 2010, when it trailed, Japan, the United States, Germany, and South Korea. To learn why and how China is automating so quickly, I spoke with Dr. Hongbin Li, Co-Director of the Stanford Center for China's Economy and Institutions (SCCEI), who studies trade, technology, labor, and management in China.