As the global tourism market recovers, theme parks are ushering in a new wave of investment boom. Research institutions predict that the global theme park market will grow from $69.02?????????2025??$74.74 billion in 2026, with a compound annual growth rate of 8.3%. The amusement park market in the Asia-Pacific region is also expanding at an average annual rate of approximately 6.3%. In this rapidly growing

, the animatronic dinosaur industry from Zigong, China, is accelerating its efforts to seize the "intelligent" high ground.

Zigong has formed the world's largest animatronic dinosaur production base, bringing together over 100 enterprises, accounting for 95% of the domestic market and over 90% of the global market share, with products exported to more than 90 countries and regions. From May 10 to 12, the 2026 China Cultural Tourism Attractions and Animatronic Dinosaur Expo will be held in Guangzhou. Enterprises represented by Zigong's animatronic dinosaur industry will showcase 3.0 intelligent new products that integrate AI interaction and bionic locomotion technologies, such as bipedal intelligent animatronic dinosaurs capable of stable walking and intelligent interaction, demonstrating the industrial upgrade achievements from static models to intelligent interaction.

Meanwhile, China's cultural tourism equipment is accelerating its global expansion. On April 29, the "Belt and Road" Cultural Tourism Equipment Trade Service Platform was launched in Shanghai, aiming to build a systematic service system for cultural tourism equipment going global, targeting regions such as Central Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Embodied intelligence technology is also injecting new vitality into the cultural tourism experience — dinosaur robots with autonomous obstacle avoidance and interaction capabilities are seen as a highly promising market direction.

Facing a hundred-billion-dollar global market, Zigong's animatronic dinosaurs are seizing the dual opportunities of intelligence and global expansion, marching toward a broader international stage.