The world public science literacy conference opened in Beijing on the morning of September 17. Wang Huning, member of the standing committee of the political bureau of the CPC central committee and secretary of the secretariat of the CPC central committee, attended the opening ceremony and read a congratulatory letter from President Xi and delivered a speech. UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres sent a message of congratulations to the general assembly. Representatives of UNESCO, the world intellectual property organization and the President of the world federation of engineering organizations addressed the opening ceremony respectively. Under the theme of “Scientific Literacy and a Community of Shared Future for Mankind”, the world conference on public science literacy attracted more than 1,000 representatives from science and technology organizations and institutions of 58 countries from 38 countries and 23 international science and technology organizations, as well as relevant parties in China.

On September 18, 2018, the special topic of this forum “scientific literacy for artificial intelligence innovation and development” was held in Beijing national conference center, becoming one of the highlights of the first world public scientific literacy promotion conference sponsored by China association for science and technology. The forum, organized by the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence, is themed “scientific quality and artificial intelligence”, aiming to respond to national policies and social needs and accelerate the establishment of scientific and diversified public quality. It has built a top communication platform for the industry insiders, attracting more than 100 guests including experts and scholars in the field of artificial intelligence from home and abroad, representatives of international organizations, representatives of academic and research institutions, and well-known people in the business community to participate in the conference, jointly helping the artificial intelligence technology to promote the improvement of public scientific literacy and social development.

The rapid development of artificial intelligence promotes the transformation of people's production and life style and the improvement of learning consciousness, and also promotes the rise of artificial intelligence entrepreneurship tide. Many talents in the field of AI devote themselves to the cause of AI technology. With the emergence of a learning society and the advent of the era of mass innovation, citizens’ scientific literacy, cultural quality and innovation consciousness have become the important foundation for human development in the current era, and also become the important guarantee for the development of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence. CAAI took this opportunity, together with the domestic and foreign professionals in the field of artificial intelligence, to explore the scientific quality of artificial intelligence and international new ways, guided the social public to pay more attention to scientists “universal” science, helped the culture, education, science and technology innovation and social benign interaction and continued into the situation.

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It is urgent to improve the scientific literacy of the whole people

In the field of artificial intelligence, China has been at the forefront of the world. However, with the rapid development of science and technology, the future competition will be fiercer. Not to advance is to go back, so China still needs to maintain a high degree of vigilance. In this case, it is particularly important to improve the scientific literacy and information recognition ability of the whole people. This special BBS will help improve the country’s overall scientific and technological competitiveness, fully release the positive energy of scientific and technological development, and create a better future.

Big players in the industry talked about the future development of AI national scientific quality

On this forum, He Qing, deputy secretary-general of the CAAI and researcher of the institute of computing technology of the Chinese academy of sciences, introduced the background of the event to the participants, which aroused strong recognition. Associate professor Alberto Batinti of public economics and management school, Shanghai university of finance and economics, Beihang University professor Duan Haibin, BiDeKe (Shanghai) trading co., LTD., Prosegur Spain Prosegur security monitoring, managing director , Louis Macias, the founder and CEO of TokyLabs,  Eduardo Aragorn, Intel China strategic cooperation and innovation, managing director of sales department, Intel accelerator head de-sheng Li, and other well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad, the business community have made a speech on the stage, introduced the application and innovation of artificial intelligence in medical treatment, unmanned aerial vehicle, human resources, education and other fields, enhanced the understanding and understanding of participants and the public on artificial intelligence technology, and greatly increased their interest in cutting-edge technologies.

He Qing, deputy secretary-general of the CAAI and researcher of the institute of computing technology, Chinese academy of sciences

Alberto Batinti, associate professor of public economics and management school, Shanghai university of finance and economics

Duan Haibin, professor of Beihang University

Louis Macias, managing director of BiDeKe (Shanghai) trading co., LTD. and Prosegur Spain Prosegur security monitoring company

Eduardo Aragorn, the founder and CEO of TokyLabs 

Li Desheng, managing director of Intel China strategic cooperation and innovation of sales department and manager of Intel accelerator

This forum was held smoothly, promoted the popularization of artificial intelligence technology in the public, and laid a solid foundation for the improvement of the overall scientific quality of the society. With the continuous development and strengthening of scientific quality, people will participate in the development and innovation of frontier science and technology to a greater extent, and promote the

overall progress of individuals and sustainable development of economy and society.