Gongzhi Marine Equipment
About
About Gongzhi Marine Equipment
Gongzhi Marine Equipment develops biomimetic underwater robots and propulsion systems for subsea inspection, cleaning and deep-sea work. Its Hetu exploration-and-operation robot combines undulating fins with vector pump-jet propulsion. The company also supplies propulsion components for other marine systems.
Operations
Production capacity
- Production capacity
2026-09-16 - Gongzhi began building a Qidong factory in July 2026 and expects the completed site to produce roughly 100 underwater robots a year. - Qidong factory - Qidong, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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Operating milestones
- Operating milestone
2026-09-26 - Gongzhi Marine’s Hetu biomimetic underwater robot completed operational tests at depths up to 1,000 metres. - Hetu underwater robot
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Funding
- 2026-09-03 - Angel - Gongzhi Marine raises near-RMB100M angel round for deep-sea robots
Suzhou-based Gongzhi Marine Equipment raised close to RMB 100 million in what the report describes as the largest angel round in the deep-sea equipment sector, funding biomimetic underwater vehicles and propulsion systems. - source: news.10jqka.com.cn
Team
- Guo Chunyu - Founder - Founded Gongzhi Marine to commercialise biomimetic underwater robots and propulsion systems.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-03 - Funding - Gongzhi Marine raises near-RMB100M angel round for deep-sea robots
The angel round was close to RMB 100 million, the largest recorded in the deep-sea equipment sector. Gongzhi Marine builds a 25 kg biomimetic tethered ROV for shallow work, a tonne-class biomimetic AUV rated to 600 m with 72 hours of endurance, and underwater propulsion including pump-jets, annular propellers and polar ice propellers. The company says it took propulsion-system orders for almost all domestic high ice-class vessels in 2025 and that its deep-sea equipment is moving from engineering prototypes toward commercial batch delivery.
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Context tags
- Underwater robotics builder - Stack Layer - https://www.gzhyzb.cn/?lang=en — current evidence supports this bounded profile context.
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- Autonomous underwater vehicle builder - Peer Group - https://www.gzhyzb.cn/?lang=en — current evidence supports this bounded profile context.