# China Unicom: robot AI company

Canonical ID: `c3780319-48ed-4113-9024-145bd26b73e6`

## Key facts

- **Chairman:** Chen Zhongyue
- **CEO (Hong Kong listed entity):** Dong Xin
- **2024 Revenue:** 389.6 billion yuan ($53.6B)
- **2024 Net Profit:** 9.03 billion yuan ($1.25B)
- **Ownership:** State-owned (SASAC)
- **Listed:** Hong Kong Stock Exchange (0762.HK)

- **Slug:** china-unicom
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 1994
- **HQ:** Beijing, China

## Models

- [Unicom Tone Smart Home Robot](/models/unicom-tone.md) (service) (id: `f43acf5f-32a0-4f6d-a7d0-538e71ad858e`)

## Current leadership (2)

- [Chen Zhongyue](/people/chen-zhongyue.md) Chairman (_reported, not verified_)
- [Dong Xin](/people/dong-xin.md) Executive Director, Chairman and CEO (Hong Kong) (_reported, not verified_)

## Partnerships (1)

- [China Unicom x Huawei](/partnerships/china-unicom-x-huawei.md) with Huawei _technology_

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Incidents affecting China Unicom (1)

- [FCC revokes China Unicom Americas' telecom services authority](/incidents/regulatory-action-2022-01-27-china-unicom.md), 2022-01-27 · Regulatory action

_Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents excluded from this view but reachable at their canonical URLs._

## Common questions

### What is China Unicom?

China Unicom is a state-owned telecommunications operator and one of China's 'big three' carriers, providing 5G, broadband, cloud computing, and AI services across 31 provinces. The company has pivoted aggressively toward AI, developing its [Yuanjing Large Model](https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/china-unicom-yuanjing-model-boosting-industrial-digitalization/) for industrial digitalization and launching cloud AI products including a smart home robot named Tone. China Unicom has deployed over 2,500 5G private network projects and 9,000+ commercial projects spanning 38 industries, partnering with [Huawei](https://www.huawei.com), BMW, and Schneider Electric.

### What does China Unicom make?

China Unicom has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Unicom Tone Smart Home Robot (China Unicom builds robot foundation models or autonomy software).

### Who competes with China Unicom?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to China Unicom building in the same form factors include Roborock, Ecovacs Robotics, SharkNinja, iRobot.

### Where is China Unicom headquartered?

China Unicom is headquartered in Beijing, China.

### Where does China Unicom operate robots?

China Unicom is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Is China Unicom a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, China Unicom ranks in roughly the top 71% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was China Unicom founded?

China Unicom was founded in 1994.

### Are there any incidents involving China Unicom?

1 active incident involving China Unicom is on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.chinaunicom.com

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