Harbin Institute of Technology Robots Group, a leading robot developer in China, plans to build its biggest robotics hub for eastern China in Hefei, capital of Anhui province.

The project will cost more than 2 billion yuan ($299 million) and be completed by HRG in five years, local officials at the contract-signing ceremony in the city said on Sunday.

The project, to be based in the Hefei Economic & Technological Development Area, will include HRG's eastern China headquarters, a robot manufacturing plant and a R&D center for robotics technologies, according to Han Jiecai, vice-president of the Harbin Institute of Technology.