People gather on the bank of Ruyi Lake to celebrate the event on sensors. On August 21, the 2022 World Sensors Summit, WSS was held in Zhengzhou. Outstanding experts and scholars, leading enterprises and international organizations gathered at the event to make high-end dialogue on the technological frontiers, industrial trends and popular issues in the sensor field, so as to promote the integration of sensor industry elements and resources, facilitate construction of China (Zhengzhou) Intelligent Sensors Valley, better stimulate independent development of the industry in the field of sensors.

Hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Association for Science and Technology, and Henan Provincial Government, 2022 WSS is jointly organized by Zhengzhou Municipal Government, Henan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Henan Provincial Association for Science and Technology, and China Instrument and Control Society. The organizing work is fulfilled by Administration of Zhengzhou High-tech Zone, Zhengzhou Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Zhengzhou Association for Science and Technology, and Zhengzhou Bureau of Science and Technology. It is the sole world-class industrial event jointly organized by province and ministries in the field of basic electronic components, especially sensors.

Tycoons in the industry gather to discuss path of development

The event is attended by You Zheng, President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Vice Chairman of China Association for Science and Technology and Director-General of China Instrument and Control Society, Jiang Zhuangde, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Jiang Desheng, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Li Changming, Academician of the Academy of Europe, Zhou Liwei, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Shen Weiming, Academician of Canadian Academy of Engineering.

2022 WSS was addressed online by Wang Jiangping, Party Group member and Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology of China, which was also attended by Fei Dongbin, Executive Member of CPC Henan Provincial Committee and Vice Governor of Henan Provincial Government, Zhang Guihua, Party Group member and Secretary of the Secretariat of China Association for Science and Technology, He Xiong, Deputy Party Secretary of and Mayor of Zhengzhou, and Zhu Ming, Party Secretary and Director-General of Henan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology.

The event was attended online by Felix Kurz, Vice Chairman of Germany-China Friendship Association, Saifur Rahman, IEEE President Elect, Barry J.Marshall, Nobel laureate and professor at the University of Western Australia, and Joseph Wang, professor at the University of California, San Diego, etc.

In his online speech, Wang Jiangping, Party Group member and Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology of China, pointed out that in recent years, China’s intelligent sensor industry has made considerable progress, with the industrial scale accelerated, the technical competency steadily improved, the product structure continuously optimized, and the competitiveness of enterprises significantly enhanced, thus strongly supporting the construction of the modern system of IT industry. As the competent department of the industry, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will continue to strengthen top-level design, focus on key areas, cultivate industrial ecology, and promote the high-quality development of the intelligent sensor industry.

Fei Dongbin, Executive Member of CPC Henan Provincial Committee and Vice Governor of Henan Provincial Government, delivered a speech and announced the opening of the 2022 WSS. In his speech, Mr. Fei said 2022 WSS has brought great opportunities for the development of Henan’s electronic information industry. Taking this event as a bridge and bond, Henan will continue to deepen opening-up and cooperation, strengthen academic and industrial exchanges, focus on “six new” projects, promote “five chains”, build the most influential communication and docking platform in the industry of global sensors, and actively integrate into the new development pattern.

Zhang Guihua, Party Group member and Secretary of the Secretariat of China Association for Science and Technology, said in his speech that three sessions of WSS have been successfully held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, which has become a window for China to show the development of the sensor industry to the outside world. It has effectively promoted cooperation in politics, industry, science, research, application and finance. As an organization of China’s sci-tech community, the China Association for Science and Technology will stay committed to promoting cross-border integration and exchanges, facilitating opener and more inclusive and pragmatic international sci-tech cooperation, and making contributions to sci-tech supporting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.