The Care & Rehabilitation Expo China 2025, hosted by the China Disabled Persons’ Federation, is currently underway at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. With the theme “Technology Powers Well-being Sharing”, the event highlights cutting-edge innovations and recent achievements in assistive and rehabilitation technologies developed during China’s 14th Five-Year Plan period. Among the exhibitors, YSU’s Brain-Computer Interface and Intelligent Rehabilitation team, led by Professor Xie Ping, is showcasing its independently developed Brain-Controlled Rehabilitation Hand series.
Shen Yiqin, State Councilor and Director of the State Council Working Committee on Disability, visits the exhibition area on the opening day of the Care & Rehabilitation Expo China 2025. At the YSU booth, Shen receives a detailed briefing on the university’s wearable brain-controlled rehabilitation hand series and commends its technological innovation and practical value. She underscores the importance of implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping’s key instructions on advancing the cause of persons with disabilities and carrying out the decisions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council. Shen calls for faster progress in research, innovation, and the application of assistive technologies, as well as stronger development of China’s rehabilitation and assistive device industry, to further improve the well-being of persons with disabilities.
The team’s innovations also attracted recognition and interest from officials of the China Disabled Persons’ Federation, central ministries, and the Rehabilitation Engineering Division of the Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering.
Supported by the Key Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, Professor Xie Ping’s team continues to distinguish itself in innovation competitions at home and abroad. In June 2025, the team, in collaboration with Huzhou Zhenyou Technology Co., Ltd., earned the Silver Award in the Intelligent Rehabilitation and Elderly Care track at the second Xiong'an Future City Scenarios Gathering on Healthcare Technology Applications for its “Intelligent Wearable Hand Rehabilitation Robot”. Two months later, the team’s independently developed “Move at Will: Brain-Limb Synergic Intelligent Mobility and Self-Care System” was named one of the Top 10 Technological Innovation Achievements at the World Robot Contest 2025, reaffirming YSU’s leading position in brain-computer interface research and intelligent rehabilitation technology.
The Care & Rehabilitation Expo China 2025 spans 22,000 square meters and brings together more than 430 companies and institutions from 17 countries, including Canada, South Korea, Japan, Germany, Russia, France, the United States, Switzerland, Austria, and Sweden. Exhibitors showcase over 10,000 products, devices, and technologies aimed at improving daily living and professional care for persons with disabilities and older adults with limited mobility. Alongside leading global brands, many Chinese universities and research institutes showcase their latest advances in assistive technology. YSU, one of the top ten university exhibitors, attracts national attention, with its featured innovations covered by CCTV-1 Nightly News and CCTV News.
Shen Yiqin, State Councilor and Director of the State Council Working Committee on Disability, at the YSU exhibition booth
YSU Brain-Computer Interface and Intelligent Rehabilitation research team at the expo
CCTV coverage featuring YSU’s brain-controlled wearable rehabilitation hand
Presentation of YSU’s wearable rehabilitation hand to visitors
Expo attendees experiencing YSU’s wearable rehabilitation hand
International visitors exploring YSU’s wearable upper-limb rehabilitation system
Moving forward, the School of Continuing Education (Institute of Life Health and Intelligent Medicine), the School of Electrical Engineering, and the Health-Care Industrial Technology Research Institute at YSU will deepen collaboration to strengthen the university’s clinical-laboratory-industry innovation ecosystem. The university aims to accelerate the industrialization of brain-computer interface technology in smart healthcare and interdisciplinary medical engineering, turning research breakthroughs into practical technologies and products that improve patient care and advance the goals of the Healthy China initiative.
