On November 6-8, 2020, the China Automation Conference 2020 (CAC 2020), hosted by the Chinese Society of Automation and co-organized by Tongji University and the Shanghai Autonomous Intelligent Unmanned System Science Center, was grandly held at the Shanghai International Convention Center. Dai Ruwei, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sun Youxian, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, served as the honorary chairpersons of the conference. Zheng Nanning, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chairman of the Chinese Society of Automation, and Professor of Xi’an Jiaotong University, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Society of Automation, and President of Tongji University Chen Jie served Chairman of the General Assembly.

With the theme of “Independent and Intelligent Creation and Sharing of the Future”, the conference innovatively adopted the form of online and offline meetings. 7 academicians and experts were invited to focus on “wide-area collaborative high-end large-scale programmable automation system” and “common sense reasoning”. And Object Attribute Recognition, “Game Control System”, “Review, Thinking and Vision on Automation”, “Science Fund Reform and Project Funding in Information Field”, “Theory, Technology and Practice of Automobile Control”, “Intelligent and “The integration of big data and cloud-native distributed database systems” and other high-end technologies in the cross-fields of automation and integration disciplines are presented at the conference; there are “unmanned systems”, “robots and intelligent systems”, “smart manufacturing”, “intelligent computing and “Machine learning”, “cyber-physical system”, “control theory and system science”, “network and big data”, “sensors and smart meters”, “blockchain”, “smart city”, “new energy control system”, More than 80 experts and scholars shared hot topics at 13 thematic forums such as “Intelligentization of High-risk Industries” and “Advanced and Reliability of Control Systems”; 15 satellite conferences were held online, and more than 80 experts and scholars discussed the field of automation Core technologies and innovations at different levels. The conference received more than 1,700 conference papers, bringing together more than 20 academicians in related fields such as global automation, advanced control, new-generation information technology, artificial intelligence, blockchain, intelligent manufacturing, and more than 100 Yangtze River scholars and national elites. Qing, the presidents and deans of nearly a hundred well-known universities and other 3,000 on-site guests, and more than 10,000 online visitors, discussed the cutting-edge technology and industrial development of autonomous intelligent automation, and created and enjoyed the future of automation.

   Major scientific and technological innovations are the country’s most important and powerful weapon. In the process of the intelligent transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and the rapid development of emerging industries, intelligent technology plays an important role. As the basic technology, automation provides the basic power for the development of intelligence. The combination of intelligence and automation is the foundation of future development. With the theme of “Independent Intelligence, Creating and Sharing the Future”, the 2020 China Automation Conference highlights the integration of automation technology innovation to promote a new round of scientific and technological revolution, industrial revolution and educational revolution. It is a global leader in the field of automation, information and intelligent science. Colleagues in the industry provide a high-end academic platform that showcases innovative results and looks forward to future development, gathers the wisdom and strength of all parties in government, industry, academia, and research to lead the development of science and technology in the fields of automation, artificial intelligence, robotics, and new-generation information technology to help China Towards a high-quality manufacturing power, network power, and digital China construction. At the end of the song, the future is particularly promising. Although the conference is closed, the ever-changing automation technology has opened a new chapter for us to enable innovative development in the field of control and artificial intelligence and serve the country and the city’s major strategic development.