Youlife Group Inc. and Beijing Galbot Co., Ltd. Form Joint Venture to Enhance Smart Vocational Education

Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst

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Youlife Group Inc. and Galbot Joint Venture

Joint Venture Agreement: Youlife Group Inc. has entered into a joint venture with Beijing Galbot Co., Ltd., where Youlife will hold a 51% equity stake in the new entity, Beijing Youlife Galaxy Technology Co., Ltd. This collaboration aims to integrate Youlife's vocational education network with Galbot's advanced robotics technology.
Company Background: Youlife is recognized as the largest blue-collar lifetime service provider in China, having partnered with nearly 100 educational institutions and facilitated employment for over one million individuals. Galbot specializes in embodied intelligent robotics and has developed several pioneering robotic models.

Addressing Labor Market Challenges

National Alignment: The joint venture supports China's "Vocational Education Quality Improvement Action Plan" and aims to tackle a projected shortfall of 29 million skilled workers in key manufacturing sectors by 2025, alongside the increasing demand for industrial automation.
Technology-Driven Solutions: Youlife Galaxy seeks to bridge the labor supply-demand gap through innovative, technology-driven vocational training solutions.

Initiatives of Youlife Galaxy

Robotics Industry Colleges: By September 2025, Youlife Galaxy plans to train thousands of students in robotics at vocational colleges, utilizing Galbot robots for immersive, hands-on learning experiences.
Curriculum Development: The venture will create tailored programs in collaboration with industry partners, focusing on emerging sectors like intelligent manufacturing and proactive healthcare to ensure students acquire relevant skills.
Global Talent Network: Youlife Galaxy will leverage Youlife's international strategy to train intelligent equipment operators for Chinese enterprises involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.

Future Vision for Vocational Education

Transforming Education: Youlife's CEO, Yunlei Wang, envisions a future where human-machine collaboration enhances vocational education, enabling blue-collar workers to transition into high-skill, high-value careers.
Global Impact: The initiative aims to transform vocational education from traditional models to a new paradigm of human-machine symbiosis, potentially benefiting over 400 million blue-collar workers worldwide.

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About YOUL

Youlife Group Inc is a company primarily engaged in the provision of blue-collar lifetime services. The Company mainly operates four businesses. The vocational education services business is engaged in providing blue-collar students with vocational education services, through vocational education school management services and curriculum development projects. The human resources (HR) recruitment services business is engaged in providing multi-channel blue-collar HR recruitment services. The employee management services business is engaged in providing outsourcing services and other HR solutions, such as labor dispatch services. The market services business is engaged in providing market services mainly including sale of retail goods to end customers via online retail platform and provision of value-added services to students of vocational schools, such as shopping, catering and dormitory management services. The Company mainly conducts its business in the domestic market.

About the author

Emily J. Thompson

Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.