On October 12, the Chinese Congress on Artificial Intelligence2021 (CCAI 2021) officially opened in Chengdu, with 23 Chinese and foreign academicians leading and nearly 100 academic and technical elites gathering at the new highlands of artificial intelligence in southwest China to deeply present academic research on artificial intelligence, as well as the latest achievements in technological innovation and industry applications.

Help Chengdu and stimulate the resonant echo of the southwest intelligent industry ecosystem

Wang Fengchao, deputy secretary of Chengdu Municipal Committee of CPC and mayor of Chengdu Municipal People's Government, said in his opening speech that Chengdu will take this congress as an opportunity to strengthen the construction of mega-city application scenarios, collaborate with enterprises and academics to accelerate scientific research and development of "root technologies", common technologies and related technologies, and promote the integration of artificial intelligence in industrial development, urban construction, ecological protection, and people's welfare.

Mayor Wang Fengchao

President of CAAI, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Dai Qionghai said that the CCAI is up to the national science and technology strategy and down to the local development needs. The landing of this conference in Chengdu is a strong support for this city's intelligent industry planning from all sectors of the AI industry, and aims to build a high-end communication platform with Chengdu as the fulcrum, connecting the whole country, bringing "extraordinary" intellectual resources and cooperation opportunities for Chengdu, Sichuan and Chongqing, and even the southwest.

Academician Dai Qionghai

Li Yanrong, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Sichuan University, made a speech and thought that it is of great significance to hold a high-level Artificial Intelligence Conference in Chengdu. At present, the development of artificial intelligence is urgent and important, which is a great driving force for the reform of new production methods and productivity. I hope more young scholars will develop in Chengdu and join in Sichuan University to work together for the cause of science and technology.

Academician Li Rongyan

Zeng Yong, academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences and President of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, said in his speech that this congress is a rare feast for academic and industrial development with a great number of wise people. The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China is willing to further strengthen cooperation with the CAAI and the academic and industrial sectors, to cultivate more excellent talents and produce more excellent results for the development of intelligent technology innovation.

Academician Zeng Yong

Seek the future together, three main advantages of Chengdu High-tech District in project construction and investment attraction

After the guests' speeches, Yu Hui, the director of High-tech District Management Committee, introduced the three characteristic advantages of High-tech District: firstly, the software industry has a strong foundation, highlighting the "talent advantage"; secondly, the innovation curation capacity has been increasing, highlighting the "platform advantage"; thirdly, the cultivation of niche tracks, highlighting the "scene advantage". In addition, Director Yu Hui invited people from all walks of life to join hands and take the construction of the National New Generation Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Development Pilot Zone and the National Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Application Pilot Zone as an opportunity to seek a better tomorrow for the development of artificial intelligence industry.

Director Yu Hui

Serve the Science and Innovation, Create a joint innovation center of artificial intelligence meeting place

In order to further gather the strength of multiple parties from industry, academia, research and application, accelerate the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements, and promote the development of local intelligent industries, in the presence of Academician Dai Qionghai, Academician Chai Tianyou, Academician Zeng Yong, and Li Yun, member of the Party Group of Chengdu Municipal People's Government,  Yu Hui, Director of Chengdu High-tech Direct Management Committee and Researcher Liu Chenglin, Vice President of CAAI, jointly signed the "Strategic Cooperation Agreement on Jointly Building Innovation China - Artificial Intelligence Joint Innovation Center". In the future, the center will become an important platform for academic exchange, technical cooperation, talent training and other science and innovation services between CAAI and Chengdu.

Signing Ceremony 

Share Computing Power, Chengdu Ascend Intelligence Ecological Innovation Center is inaugurated

At the opening ceremony of the conference, Chengdu Ascend Artificial Intelligence Ecological Innovation Center was officially inaugurated by Mr. Li Yun, member of the party group of Chengdu Municipal People's Government, and Mr. Deng Taihua, Senior Vice President of Huawei. The project relies on AI computing center to build four platforms, including public computing power service, application innovation incubation, industry aggregation and development, scientific research innovation and talent training, to provide AI computing power for enterprises, universities, research institutes and government departments, and to jointly develop AI industry with local universities and institutes and high-tech enterprises.

Establishment Ceremony

Academic Gathering, Eight keynote reports guide the direction of the latest breakthrough in artificial intelligence

Afterwards, Academician Dai Qionghai, Academician Chai Tianyou, Academician Deng Zhonghan, Academician Li Yanrong, Academician Qian Feng, Academician Luo Xiangang, Academician Zeng Yong, Academician Zhou Zhihua, Academician Guo Minyi and Academician Tian Qi joined hands to start the conference and enter the keynote report session.

Opening ceremony of the conference

The opening ceremony of the conference was followed by the keynote presentation time. Eight guests from home and abroad brought their research results in the morning and afternoon. Prof. Zhang Yi, Deputy Secretary General of CAAI, presided over the opening ceremony and the morning session, while Dean Shen Hengtao of the School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and Director Zhang Lei of the Department of Artificial Intelligence, School of Computer Science, Sichuan University, served as the hosts of the afternoon session.

In the morning, Academician Chai Tianyou of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Academician Deng Zhonghan of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Academician Joseph Sifakis, the winner of the Turing Award, brought wonderful reports on "Direction of Industrial Intelligence Development", "Outlook of AI Technology in Post-Moore Era", and "Autonomy - A Bold Step Toward Strong AI" respectively. In the afternoon, Vice President of CAAI Zhou Zhihua, Academician Luc De Raedt of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Belgium, Vice President of CAAI Liu Chenglin, Academician Alex Pentland of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Academician Tian Qi of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, made wonderful sharing on "Evolutionary Learning: Advances in Theory and Algorithms", "From Statistical Relations to Neural Symbolic Artificial Intelligence", "Pattern Recognition: From Primary Perception to Advanced Cognition", "Idea Flow and Economic Growth", and "Building New Heights of Intelligence and Winning New Future of Intelligence".

Collision of ideas, Four academicians talk about the "intersection" of artificial intelligence

On the realistic topic of "The function and challenges of AI at the crossroads of science and industry?" ,Academician Dai Qionghai, President of CAAI, Academician Chai Tianyou of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Academician Qian Feng of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Academician Wang Endong, Vice President of CAAI, started a peak dialogue from various dimensions, such as discipline construction and development, technological innovation and change, industrial integration and synergy, etc., and suggested suggestions for talent cultivation and ecological cultivation in the collision of thoughts and opinions.

Peak Dialogue