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BEIJING, Aug 23 Reuters China dominates the market for electric vehicles. Now it39;s chasing Tesla in the race to build batterypowered humanoids expected to replace human workers building EVs on assembly lines.

At the World Robot Conference this week in Beijing, over two dozen Chinese companies showed off humanoid robots designed to work in factories and warehouses, with even more displaying the madeinChina precision parts needed to build them.

China39;s push into the emerging industry draws from the formula behind its initial EV drive more than a decade ago government support, ruthless price competition from a wide field of new entrants and a deep supply chain.

China39;s humanoid robot industry demonstrates clear advantages in supplychain integration and mass production capabilities, said Arjen Rao, analyst at Chinabased LeadLeo Research Institute.

The robotics effort is backed by President Xi Jinping39;s policy of developing new productive forces in technology a point made in brochures for this week39;s event.

The city of Beijing launched a 1.4 billion statebacked fund for robotics in January, while Shanghai announced in July plans to set up a 1.4 billion humanoid industry fund.

The robots on display this week draw from some of the same domestic suppliers that…