8440-2085  By the Huangpu River, the autumn air is crisp. The 2020 China Automation Conference was held in Shanghai on November 7. With the theme of “autonomous intelligence for the future”, closely related to the major needs of the country and the pulse of the development of The Times, the conference can be called a group of talents, only more than 20 academicians attended, and scholars and experts from the field of domestic automation and artificial intelligence, relevant leaders from government departments and industry elites attended. It is also understood that the conference, hosted by the Chinese Society of Automation, received more than 1,700 conference papers.

8440-2085  “This may be the largest academic event held in the city under the background of the normalization of epidemic prevention and control. “The delegates exchanged views with each other on the premise of strictly following epidemic prevention regulations and ensuring social safety distance.” A person in charge of the forum in an interview with reporters even said a few “did not expect” – “did not expect that everyone’s enthusiasm for participation is so high.”

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From the explosive popularity and heated academic discussion atmosphere, there is an extremely clear signal: at present, the rapid development of artificial intelligence, big data, and Internet of Things technologies, and the deep integration of a new generation of information technology and manufacturing are triggering a profound industrial transformation. Automation and intelligence are recognized by the academic community as a strong driving force for promoting this industrial change.

8440-2085  To seize the commanding heights of automation and artificial intelligence development, basic research needs to further focus on what key issues to form breakthroughs; Shanghai accelerates the construction of a science and innovation center with global influence, and while continuing to increase investment, how to further optimize the ecology, improve the ability and level of artificial intelligence science and technology innovation, and make greater contributions to enhancing the function of science and technology innovation and core competitiveness? On this high-end dialogue platform, experts from government, industry, universities and research institutes exchanged warmly and talked about the future.

We believe that to accelerate the pace of scientific and technological innovation during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, we must persevere in strengthening basic research and promote the cross-integration of more disciplines in order to better adapt to the new paradigm of scientific and technological innovation.