The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Baosteel Group: 1 deployment across 1 region, 2 active incidents. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Baosteel Group (SSE: 600019) is a Chinese state-owned steel manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, and a subsidiary of China Baowu Steel Group , the world's largest steelmaker. Baosteel operates multiple production bases with a combined annual steelmaking capacity of 80 million metric tons. The company is a pioneer in AI-driven steelmaking, having deployed 994 industrial robots across its operations (216 robots per 10,000 employees) and developed the world's first AI-powered 'smart blast furnace' in collaboration with Huawei and Baosight Software. Baosteel's 'lights-out' cold-rolling factory in Shanghai operates fully automated since 2019.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- 2 incidents on file
Key facts
Focus
Scale
HQ
Customers
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company Baosteel Group has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Aramco1× joint
- 2Huawei1× joint2 total
- 3Public Investment Fund (PIF)1× joint
Most recent
- Baosteel x Huawei (Smart Blast Furnace)2026-06-29with Huaweioperating
- Aramco x Baosteel x PIF (Saudi Steel JV)2023-05-01with Aramcojust announced
Baosteel Group on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Nov 2025. Explore where Baosteel Group's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Hu Wangming Chairman of Baowu Groupsecondary-verified
Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Baosteel Group (2)
- XPENG IRON humanoid robot fell face-first during its first public appearance at a Shenzhen shopping mall2026-02-01 · Malfunction
via XPeng IRON at Shanghai, China
- XPENG IRON humanoid fell face-first during public debut at shopping mall2026-01-31 · Malfunction
via XPeng IRON at Shanghai, China
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Recent coverage
Baosteel Group in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 1 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Baosteel Group has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Baosteel x Huawei (Smart Blast Furnace)2026-06-29with Huaweioperating
- Aramco x Baosteel x PIF (Saudi Steel JV)2023-05-01with Aramcojust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1Aramco1× joint
- 2Huawei1× joint2 total
- 3Public Investment Fund (PIF)1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology2026-06-29operating
- Aramco x Baosteel x PIF (Saudi Steel JV)withAramco,Public Investment Fund (PIF)joint venture2023-05-01announcedjust announced
Timeline
Every recorded move in Baosteel Group’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipBaosteel x Huawei (Smart Blast Furnace)
2026-06-29Baosteel developed the world's first AI-powered smart blast furnace in collaboration with Huawei and Baosight Software, integrating AI with ironmaking operations as a model for the global steel industry's transformation.
PartnershipAramco x Baosteel x PIF (Saudi Steel JV)
2023-05-01Aramco, Baosteel, and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) signed a shareholders' agreement to establish the first integrated steel plate manufacturing complex in Saudi Arabia, located in Ras al-Khair Industrial City. The facility will have a capacity of 1.5 million tons per year with a natural gas-based DRI furnace to reduce CO2 emissions by 60%.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 11, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
- XPENG Shares Achievements in Physical AI Emergence: Unveils XPENG VLA 2.0, Robotaxi, Next-Gen IRON, and Flying Car · https://www.xpeng.com/news/019a56f54fe99a2a0a8d8a0282e402b7
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Baosteel Group.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Baosteel Group from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Blast furnace a testimony to Baosteel's smart AI use
Baosteel has deployed 994 industrial robots across its operations and developed the world's first AI-powered smart blast furnace in collaboration with Huawei and Baosight…
China Baosteel's first-half net profit climbs 7.4%
Baosteel, a subsidiary of state-owned China Baowu Steel Group, reported first-half net profit of 4.88 billion yuan (82 million), up 7.4% from the prior year.
Robots near the blast furnace: artificial intelligence in steel industry
Baosteel launched fully automated production at a cold-rolled steel mill in Shanghai in 2019, operating as a lights-out factory with robots working round the clock.
Global Lighthouse Network: Transforming advanced manufacturing - The World Economic Forum
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Baosteel expects drop in China’s steel use in 2016 - csteelnews.com
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Opinion | Baosteel moving plants out of Shanghai to cut pollution - South China Morning Post
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/baosteel.md
- RSS feed: /companies/baosteel/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/9c48a703-f2d7-4f1f-8578-041ae70fbe95
- Revision history: /companies/baosteel/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Baosteel Group against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 10, 2026