GoKawiilChinese technology consultant Kenneth Ren is training the workers of the future.
The only thing is, they are not human.
"We are essentially teaching robots to think on their own," Ren, an overseas solution expert with RealMan Intelligent Technology told CNBC recently at the Beijing-based Humanoid Robot Data Training Center.
Ren helps run what Chinese state media describe as a "humanoid robot school" as China looks to advance its robots beyond entertainment to employment.
Humanoid robots are part of the Chinese Communist Party's broader industrial strategy. In the same way that Beijing targeted electric vehicles and artificial intelligence as key future technologies, policymakers have identified humanoid robots as an area China should focus on into 2030 to ensure the country dominates global markets and supply chains.
"China's next-generation industrial policy represents a shift from targeted sectoral intervention to what can be described as an 'industrial policy of everything,'" the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and research firm Rhodium Group wrote in a May 11 research report.
The Beijing center, which is backed by the city government and part of a network of similar centers across China, trains robots to get ready to work in a variety of scenarios.