--- title: China’s data regulator plans standards for embodied AI,... description: China's National Data Administration announced it will develop standards for embodied AI training data and guide local authorities, just ten days after seven... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-data-regulator-plans-standards-for-embodied-ai-ten-days-after-industry-asked-vtih2sdk9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: China’s data regulator plans standards for embodied AI, ten days after industry asked | daily.dev og:description: China's National Data Administration announced it will develop standards for embodied AI training data and guide local authorities, just ten days after seven... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-data-regulator-plans-standards-for-embodied-ai-ten-days-after-industry-asked-vtih2sdk9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VtiH2SDk9.png og:image:alt: China’s data regulator plans standards for embodied AI, ten days after industry asked og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # China’s data regulator plans standards for embodied AI, ten days after industry asked **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary China's National Data Administration announced it will develop standards for embodied AI training data and guide local authorities, just ten days after seven companies requested public data infrastructure and common standards for the sector. Embodied AI foundation models reportedly need around 10 million hours of real training data, while only 100,000 to 1 million hours of high-quality data exist worldwide. China already runs more than 70 embodied AI training grounds, mostly for industrial manufacturing, with 46 more planned. By contrast, Europe's Data Act governs access to machine-generated data but the EU has not yet built the data infrastructure to produce it, and most actions from its Data Union Strategy, including planned data labs, have not been carried out ten months after publication. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much training data does an embodied AI foundation model need compared to what's currently available? Embodied AI foundation models need roughly 10 million hours of real training data, according to an estimate by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. Only somewhere between 100,000 and 1 million hours of high-quality data exist worldwide, leaving a massive gap between what exists and what is needed to train capable humanoid robots. _daily.dev surfaces developments like this for engineers tracking the data bottleneck in embodied AI._ ### Why did China's National Data Administration announce plans for embodied AI data standards? The agency announced it will develop standards for embodied AI training data and guide local authorities on the work, ten days after seven companies asked for exactly that at a meeting. The request covered public data infrastructure for embodied AI and common data standards, and the agency also said it will support companies investing more in data resources. _Following policy shifts like this helps developers building on China's embodied AI ecosystem plan ahead._ ### How does the EU Data Act affect access to data generated by industrial robots and connected machines? The EU Data Act has applied since 12 September 2025 and governs who may access data generated by connected products, including industrial machinery, while also preventing that data from being used to build a competing product. Design obligations for connected products placed on the EU market take effect from 12 September 2026, but the EU has not yet built infrastructure to produce much of this data at scale. _Developers navigating EU data compliance can keep up with rules like the Data Act on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [China’s AI industry is moving from models to agents, a state report says](https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-ai-industry-is-moving-from-models-to-agents-a-state-report-says-yp5piauho) · The Next Web · 3 upvotes · 1 comments - [China’s new AI bottleneck isn’t chips. It’s running out of Chinese-language training data.](https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-new-ai-bottleneck-isn-t-chips-it-s-running-out-of-chinese-language-training-data--n28xgzf7e) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Modernising Data Rules for Europe’s AI Future](https://daily.dev/posts/modernising-data-rules-for-europe-s-ai-future-8njbhwqwj) · Cisco · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [China wants AI to prepare school lessons and mark homework](https://daily.dev/posts/china-wants-ai-to-prepare-school-lessons-and-mark-homework-74aci5ffk) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics), [#ai-regulation](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-regulation) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-data-regulator-plans-standards-for-embodied-ai-ten-days-after-industry-asked-vtih2sdk9) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"China’s data regulator plans standards for embodied AI, ten days after industry asked","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-data-regulator-plans-standards-for-embodied-ai-ten-days-after-industry-asked-vtih2sdk9","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-data-regulator-plans-standards-for-embodied-ai-ten-days-after-industry-asked-vtih2sdk9"},"datePublished":"2026-09-13T09:41:07.290Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T09:41:30.649Z","description":"China's National Data Administration announced it will develop standards for embodied AI training data and guide local authorities, just ten days after seven...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/415dc8fb0e0030040d7ca0a78058aef7?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/415dc8fb0e0030040d7ca0a78058aef7?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-data-regulator-plans-standards-for-embodied-ai-ten-days-after-industry-asked-vtih2sdk9","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"robotics,ai-regulation","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"China’s data regulator plans standards for embodied AI, ten days after industry asked"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-data-regulator-plans-standards-for-embodied-ai-ten-days-after-industry-asked-vtih2sdk9#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How much training data does an embodied AI foundation model need compared to what's currently available?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Embodied AI foundation models need roughly 10 million hours of real training data, according to an estimate by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. 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