[Explanation] On June 26, the 24th China Association for Science and Technology Annual Conference with the theme of "Innovation leads to self-reliance and self-improvement - creating a new engine for the rise of central China" opened in Changsha.

At the opening ceremony, Zhou Ji, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, delivered a keynote report entitled "Intelligent Manufacturing and Manufacturing Digital Transformation and Intelligent Upgrade".

He said that China's manufacturing industry coincides with a huge historical opportunity for transformation, upgrading and high-quality development.

  [Concurrent] Zhou Ji, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

  Intelligent manufacturing is the core technology of the fourth industrial revolution and the main technical route to realize the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry.

China's manufacturing industry has a strong demand for transformation and upgrading and high-quality development. At the same time, it also coincides with a huge historical opportunity for transformation and upgrading and high-quality development.

This historical opportunity is a new round of technological revolution and the fourth industrial revolution.

  [Explanation] Zhou Ji pointed out that at present, the world is facing great changes unseen in a century, and one of the main aspects of the great changes is the new round of scientific and technological revolution and the fourth industrial revolution.

The next 15 years will be a critical period for the development of the core technologies of the new round of industrial revolution, intelligent manufacturing. China's manufacturing industry can fully seize this once-in-a-lifetime historical opportunity to realize the overtaking and leapfrog development of China's manufacturing industry.

  [Concurrent] Zhou Ji, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

  The common enabling technology of the fourth industrial revolution is digital, networked and intelligent technology. It is deeply integrated with manufacturing technology in ontology technology, and the resulting intelligent manufacturing technology has become the core technology of the fourth industrial revolution.

It can promote the innovation and upgrading of various manufacturing technologies in all walks of life, and lead and promote the revolutionary transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry.

  [Explanation] The annual meeting of the China Association for Science and Technology is a high-level, high-level and large-scale scientific and technological event in the field of science and technology in China.

In addition to the opening and closing ceremonies, this annual meeting will also focus on "building a new development pattern with scientific and technological innovation", "'Science and innovation in China' to help the rise of central China", "two-carbon goals to lead green development", "openness and collaboration to build a talent highland", "cohesion and sharing" The five major sections of "Science and Technology Serving the People" carried out 35 thematic activities, and released "2022 Major Scientific Issues, Engineering Technology Problems and Industrial Technology Issues", "China Science and Technology Human Resource Development Research Report (2020)" and "China Open Access White Paper", etc. batch of important results.

  Reporter Xu Zhixiong reported from Changsha

Responsible editor: [Fang Jialiang]