Robots are displayed at the exhibition of World Robots Conference (WRC) 2016. [Liu Zheng/chinadaily.com.cn]

According to the organizers, this year's event has been divided into three parts: Main Forum & Theme Forums, 2016 World Robot Exhibition (WRE 2016) and 2016 World Robot Contest (WRCC 2016).

The Davos-like forum will invite industrial experts and entrepreneurs from China, Germany, US, Japan and Korea specializing in robots to carry out academic exchange and discussion on many issues, including scientific research, technical development routes and strategies and policy formulation.