{"id":142573,"date":"2025-11-16T08:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T08:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/142573\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T08:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T08:40:08","slug":"shanghai-unveils-radical-plan-for-new-era-of-ai-dining-and-robot-kitchens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/142573\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai unveils radical plan for new era of \u2018AI dining\u2019 and robot kitchens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China\u2019s premier metropolis has a vision for the future of dining \u2013 and it is one involving restaurants run by artificial intelligence, with automated kitchens, robot servers, data-driven menus and intelligent supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>The spread of automation in the catering sector <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3327789\/chinas-struggling-restaurants-feeling-queasy-debate-rages-over-pre-made-food?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">has become a hot-button issue<\/a> in China over recent months, but Shanghai appears committed to charging ahead with a plan to transform local eateries using smart technology.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The city has set a target of becoming a \u201cnationally leading, world-class\u201d hub for smart restaurants by 2028 as part of a plan that analysts say could trigger a major shake-up in China\u2019s vast food service sector: reshaping how meals are made and transforming the labour market.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The action plan, released on Tuesday by Shanghai\u2019s commerce commission and four other municipal bureaus, aims to push catering businesses across the city to overhaul their operations using new technologies over the next three years.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cAcross group dining, fast-food and drink chains, over 70 per cent of operations will incorporate smart technologies throughout their value chains, while the rate of intelligent application in key operations at full-service restaurants will exceed 50 per cent,\u201d the document stated.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Shanghai would also create a number of smart central kitchens, set up three to five \u201cAI + dining\u201d pilot projects, and nurture several leading smart solution providers for the catering industry, it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China\u2019s premier metropolis has a vision for the future of dining \u2013 and it is one involving restaurants&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,81864,81861,218,219,2102,114,61,60,81862,81860,5698,80,81863],"class_list":{"0":"post-142573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-ai-dining","10":"tag-anbound","11":"tag-artificial-intelligence","12":"tag-artificialintelligence","13":"tag-beijing","14":"tag-china","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-li-yingtao","18":"tag-mcr","19":"tag-shanghai","20":"tag-technology","21":"tag-zhao-zhijiang"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}