On November 28, the 2019 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Academician Summit — “High-end forum of the new generation of artificial intelligence technology innovation and industrial development” was convened. The picture above depicts the unveiling of Dongguan New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Industry and Technology Innovation Association.
Recently, the high-end forum of the new generation of artificial intelligence technology innovation and industrial development under the theme of “AI empowers the Greater Bay Area” was hosted for exploring the development paths of AI industry.
The event was attended by academicians such as Pan Yunhe, Academician and former Vice President of the CAE, Chen Zhijie, Academician of the CAE and Vice President of the Federation of Guangdong Academicians, Li Guojie, Academician of the CAE and Chief Scientist of the Institute of Computing Technology of the CAS, and He Yuepei, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of Dongguan Municipal People’s Congress.
Several experts, scholars and industry representatives in the AI field have made reports and shared views on frontier topics such as infrastructure building, technology development, industry orientation and cyber security. In the meantime, the unveiling ceremony of Dongguan New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Industry and Technology Innovation Association was hosted and Pan Yunhe was awarded the certificate of appointment as the consultant of the association.
He Yuepei expressed that Dongguan was currently endowed with the opportunities presented by the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, Shenzhen Pilot Demonstration Area for socialism with Chinese characteristics, and pilot zone as Guangdong province’s supply-side structural reform in manufacturing industry. According to He, Dongguan is seizing the opportunities and launching development plans for new generation of AI industry. It is consolidating the platform for technology innovation, introducing major projects and remarkable teams in the field of AI, and encouraging new types of R&D institutes, higher institutions and research institutes to conduct technology innovation in AI. Dongguan is accelerating the integration of AI and manufacturing industry and striving to be the pilot zone for the country’s innovation and development of the new generation of artificial intelligence and a leader in development of the new generation of AI in the Greater Bay Area. This will mark a milestone for Dongguan’s endeavor to facilitate development of AI industry.
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Views on development paths for AI
Guangdong should give priority to cultivation of talents in the field of industrial control
The high-end forum of the new generation of artificial intelligence technology innovation and industrial development held on the afternoon of November 28 saw the gathering of academicians, experts, scholars and industrial leaders. The exchanges covered multiple dimensions such as cultivation of talents in the field of AI, cyber security, platform building and industrial development, giving much food for thoughts for the participants.
Unveiling of Dongguan New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Industry and Technology Innovation Association
Subsequent to the issue of “Dongguan development plan (2019-2030) for the new generation of Artificial Intelligence”, Dongguan’s AI field sent good news again. Witnessed by representatives from the AI field, the unveiling ceremony was hosted to mark the establishment of Dongguan New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Industry and Technology Innovation Association.
The Artificial Intelligence Industry and Technology Innovation Association welcomes the participation of AI enterprises, higher institutions, R&D institutes and social organizations inside and outside the city. The association is committed to generating industrial cluster effects, and improving AI technologies, products R&D contents and application. It leverages its strengths in integration of technology, resources and capital to boost innovation and entrepreneurship in AI, and introduces and nurtures leading talents in AI to promote development of Dongguan’s AI industry.
In addition, the association will build a public service platform for Dongguan’s AI industry development. Major efforts will be made to advance the industrialized development of intelligent furniture, smart transportation and smart healthcare.
Chen Yanbing, Secretary of Party Committee, Vice Chairman and President of China Urban-townization Promotion Council, expressed that the association should first of all serve as a platform that converged enterprises, institutes and experts in the fields related to the new generation of artificial intelligence and shares resources and information. Secondly, the association is expected to integrate different disciplines. As artificial intelligence is a comprehensive discipline that covers multiple fields, the association should strive to facilitate collaborative cooperation across different industries and different fields. Thirdly, the association is expected to form some replicable and applicable experience and formulate relevant policies and regulations for the reference of other localities and the country at large.
Guangdong needs to attach importance to the cultivation of AI talents in industrial control
Following the establishment of Dongguan New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Industry and Technology Innovation Association, many academicians, experts, industrial leaders have delivered speeches about the development of AI, illustrating development trajectories from multiple angles for AI as an emerging industry.
Li Guojie, Academician of the CAE and Chief Scientist of the Institute of Computing Technology of the CAS expressed in his speech “Focus on artificial intelligence infrastructure and talents cultivation” that cultivation of AI talents in China was by no means simply producing more post graduates and PhD candidates, for this could not eliminate the shortage of AI talents. “The way-out lies in application of reverse thinking pattern. Efforts should be made to build toolchain and public development platforms to lower the AI talent threshold and collective efforts from higher institutions and enterprises are also essential” Li Guojie said. Dongguan and Guangdong province as a whole should make efforts to nurture talents in the field of industrial control under AI so as to make up for its weaknesses and form development strengths.
In addition, Jia Yan, Professor of College of Computer Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Yang Qiang, Chair Professor of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Chief AI Officer of WeBank, Zhang Tong, Director of the collaborative laboratory of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Sinovation Ventures, and Lin Jing, CEO of DMAI (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. shared views on “new generation of artificial intelligence”. The academicians and experts also had discussions on “opportunities and challenges faced by the AI industry in the Greater Bay Area”.
