According to Chinese media China Securities Journal and STAR Market Daily, Unitree Technology (Unitree Robotics), which develops humanoid robots and other products in China, passed the listing review for the Shanghai Stock Exchange's high-tech emerging enterprise market, the 'STAR Market,' in just 73 days. This is said to be the fastest since the introduction of the STAR Market's pre-review system.

The Shanghai Stock Exchange accepted Unitree's initial public offering (IPO) application on March 20.

According to the prospectus, this IPO aims to raise 4.2 billion yuan (approximately 96.6 billion yen) to strengthen research and development for humanoid robots and artificial intelligence (AI) models.

Unitree was founded in 2016. It develops, manufactures, and sells high-performance quadruped robots and 6-axis robot arms for consumers and businesses and gained attention by announcing its humanoid robot 'G1' in 2024.

The company's humanoid robots, following a performance of traditional Chinese dance in 2025 on 'Chunwan' (Spring Festival Gala), a popular annual TV program during the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), also performed martial arts on Chunwan in 2026, generating buzz. In April 2026, a video of its humanoid robot 'H1' running on an athletics track at 10 meters per second was released, and it was announced that it set a new world record for running speed in a 100-meter dash by a humanoid robot. A demo video of the world's first mass-produced manned deformable robot 'GD01,' released in May, also became a hot topic.