A robot performs tea ceremony at the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept.

Fast food chain DQ has teamed up with robot company Sharpa to open the Blizzard Robot Restaurant in Shanghai, where AI assistants independently take orders, make and deliver blizzard ice creams.

According to Goenka, China's strategy is to control different parts of these industries, from raw materials and technology to manufacturing and, eventually, the wider ecosystem.

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