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Empowering Manufacturing Industry with Digital Intelligence·Collaborative Innovation for the Future——The 2026 China Conference on Measurement, Control and Instrumentation Industry (CIC) was grandly held in Hefei
From August 12th to 14th, the 34th China International Measurement, Control and Instrumentation Exhibition (MICONEX 2026, formerly known as the Multi country Instrumentation Exhibition), hosted by the China Instrumentation Society, was grandly held at the Binhu International Convention and Exhibition Center in Hefei.
The 2026 China Conference on Measurement, Control and Instrumentation Industry (CIC) will be held concurrently with the exhibition. The conference is hosted by the China Instrumentation Society and co organized by Hefei Luyang Science and Technology Innovation Group Co., Ltd. The theme of this conference is "Empowering Manufacturing Industry with Digital Intelligence and Collaborative Innovation for the Future", focusing on core directions such as new generation intelligent manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and industrial digital transformation, and building an integrated communication platform for government, industry, academia, research, and application. Multiple industry academicians, authoritative experts, and enterprise leaders bring cutting-edge technology sharing and in-depth industry interpretation.
On site Industry Conference (CIC)
Lin Rong, Senior Deputy Chief Engineer and Professor level Senior Engineer of Sinopec Engineering Construction Co., Ltd., presided over the meeting
In the keynote report, Liu Wenqing, an academician of the CAE Member and the vice chairman of the Chinese Instrument Society; Qian Feng, Academician of the CAE Member, Vice Chairman of the China Instrument Society; Mo Wei, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhongkong Technology Co., Ltd; Liu Feng, General Manager of the Digital Management Center of Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co., Ltd., gave keynote speeches.
Liu Wenqing, Academician of the CAE Member and Vice President of the China Instrument Society
Report topic: "Progress of Intelligent Perception Technology for Atmospheric Environment"
Core theme of the report: Utilizing optical technology and artificial intelligence to create a global, all-weather, high-precision environmental monitoring system to support precise pollution control.
Main content of the report:
1. Achievements and challenges. China's air pollution control has achieved significant results (PM2.5, sulfur dioxide, etc. have significantly decreased), but the situation of meeting standards is still severe, facing new challenges such as coordinated control of fine particulate matter and ozone, large regional differences, and the impact of climate change.
2. Technological breakthroughs. We have achieved all-round stereoscopic perception from satellites (5 atmospheric environment satellites have been launched), drones (high-precision traceability), LiDAR to ground stations (Fourier spectroscopy technology). The core hardware, such as gratings and spectrometers, has been produced nationwide, and significant progress has been made in software algorithms and artificial intelligence models, such as those used for data reconstruction and precise identification of pollution sources.
3. Future direction. Emphasis is placed on the independent research and development of key core components (such as high-performance spectrometers), as well as intelligent collaborative applications (real-time remote sensing), with the ultimate goal of achieving technological autonomy, network wide coverage, and closed-loop intelligent governance, providing support for the construction of a green and intelligent digital ecological civilization.
Qian Feng, Academician of the CAE Member, Vice Chairman of the China Instrument Society
Report topic: "AI empowers manufacturing industry to 'innovate, break boundaries, and integrate': building an 'industrial brain' and developing new quality productivity"
Core theme of the report: Building an "industrial brain" for process manufacturing industries represented by petrochemicals and steel, empowering them with artificial intelligence to optimize resource allocation, achieve autonomous operation of production processes, and maximize efficiency.
Main content of the report:
1. Strategic background. China is a manufacturing powerhouse, but with a high proportion of traditional industries, it faces an urgent need for transformation and upgrading. The world is considering "AI+manufacturing" as the key to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and China has also elevated it to a national strategy.
The connotation of "industrial brain". It is the center of global intelligence in industrial manufacturing, and the key lies in building a "general specialized fusion" (fusion of general large-scale models and specialized mechanism models) model, forming a closed loop from perception to execution ("embodied intelligence"), thereby commanding the autonomous operation of underlying systems such as DCS (distributed control system) and PLC (programmable logic controller).
3. Construction path. Propose an architecture of "end edge network cloud", embedding artificial intelligence capabilities at various levels (L1-L4) such as device side, control layer, and planning layer. Ultimately achieving collaborative optimization of the industrial chain, supply chain, and value chain, driving factories towards high-end, intelligent, and green development.
Mo Wei, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhongkong Technology Co., Ltd
Report Topic: "Industrial AI Empowers High Quality Development of Manufacturing Industry"
The core theme of the report is to explore how artificial intelligence can solve the core problems of factory safety production, cost reduction and efficiency improvement from a broader manufacturing perspective, and to look forward to the form of the next generation of factories.
Main content of the report:
1. Core driving force. Emphasize that artificial intelligence must serve the hard needs of "making money" and "reducing costs". The focus of its empowerment is to solve complex and dynamic problems that traditional industrial software cannot handle, such as oil switching and edge locking operations.
2. Fundamentals and Path. It is pointed out that automation, informatization, and digitization are the necessary paths towards artificial intelligence. The core barrier for industrial AI companies is the accumulation of high-quality process data (Know how) based on the past.
3. Technology and Trends. Propose that the next generation of control systems will be fully GPU based and server based, and will give rise to factory level 'operating systems'. Factories will gradually move from "human driven" to "autonomous operation" (black screen operation) like smart cars. Through numerous cases, such as the Hubei Xingrui and Sanning Chemical projects, it has been proven that artificial intelligence can significantly reduce personnel intervention, lower operational frequency, and create direct economic benefits.
Liu Feng, General Manager of Digital Management Center of Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co., Ltd
Report topic: "Perception driven intelligent manufacturing, quality forged luxury"
Core theme of the report: Taking the "Zunjie" luxury car manufacturing cooperation between Jianghuai Automobile and Huawei as an example, demonstrate how to create high-end product quality through "perception driven" and full process AI quality control.
Main content of the report:
1. Enterprise transformation. The process of Jianghuai Automobile's transformation from a traditional car company to "digitalization" was shared, emphasizing that in order to create high-end products, systematic changes must be made from process reengineering, research and development experiments to production and manufacturing.
2. Intelligent manufacturing practice. Taking the "Zunjie" factory as an example, this article elaborates on how to extensively apply AI vision, high-precision sensors, and digital measurement systems in the four major processes of stamping, connection, painting, and final assembly. For example, AI detection of surface defects on car bodies, precise control of paint color separation lines, and precise quality inspection of thousands of connection points through large models to ensure "no mistake".
3. Industrial chain collaboration. Quality management is not limited to within the factory, but also extends to the core supply chain through data integration to ensure component quality. At the same time, the industry's first "CV Quality Supervision Model" was released for production line quality control, greatly improving detection accuracy and changeover efficiency.
The above reports outline China's current development status, challenges, and future prospects in the fields of "intelligent perception" and "intelligent manufacturing" from four dimensions: environmental monitoring technology, process industry intelligence, integration of artificial intelligence and manufacturing, and digital practices in automotive manufacturing.
In addition to exciting presentations, this year's Industrial Conference (CIC) also included a high-end interview session with Gao Lei, Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Shanghai Automation Instrument Co., Ltd; Wang Li, Deputy General Manager of Beijing Jingyi Group Co., Ltd; Shao Chunju, Vice President of China Mobile Research Institute; Zhu Shiming, Chief Engineer of Phoenix (China) Investment Co., Ltd; Zhang Yuncai, General Manager of Endershouse (China) Automation Co., Ltd., and five industry heavyweight guests covering state-owned leading instrument enterprises, international manufacturing brands, and digital communication bases, had in-depth exchanges on topics such as technology implementation, industry pain points, and ecological co construction, to gather consensus and output ideas for high-quality development of the industry.
Wei Min, Director of the "the Belt and Road" Joint Laboratory of Industrial IoT of Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications and Dean of the Graduate School
High end interviews
In addition, the Industry Conference (CIC) also held the "Analysis Report on the Achievements of the 14th Five Year Plan of the Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Instrumentation Society", the special promotion of the situation in Luyang District, the signing of a contract between the Chinese Instrumentation Society and Luyang District, the release of MICONEX2026 "New Products", and the release of "Application Cases" of Measurement Control and Instrumentation.
Hosted by Wang Linkun, Director of the Institute of Comprehensive Technology and Economics of Mechanical Industry Instruments and Meters
Li Jie, Deputy Director of the Science and Industry Development Department of the Chinese Instrumentation Society, interprets the "Analysis Report on the Achievements of the CIS Science and Technology Award in the 14th Five Year Plan"
Wang Fei, member of the Standing Committee of the Luyang District Committee and Executive Deputy District Chief of the Luyang District Government, made a special promotion on the situation of the district
Hefei is a well-known national capital of science and technology innovation and a core gathering place for large scientific facilities. It has a massive number of high-end scientific research scenarios, industrial application scenarios, and science and technology innovation supporting resources, which are highly compatible and deeply adapted to the measurement and control, instrument and meter industries. In order to deepen the deep integration of the instrument and meter industry with local application scenarios in Hefei, and promote the integrated development of industry, academia, research and application, Wang Fei, member of the Standing Committee of the Luyang District Committee and Executive Vice District Chief of the District Government, made a special promotion on the district situation at the conference. Subsequently, the Chinese Instrumentation Society held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony with the Luyang District People's Government of Hefei City.
Zhang Tong, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Chinese Instrument and Meter Society, and Gao Qiang, Secretary of the Luyang District Committee of Hefei City, signed the contract
This signing will further open up the channel for the landing of scientific and technological innovation achievements, promote the landing and transformation of cutting-edge technologies, innovative products, and high-quality projects in instrumentation in Luyang District, achieve precise docking and two-way empowerment of industry scientific and technological innovation resources and local industrial scenes, and help promote the high-quality development of regional high-end equipment and instrumentation industries.
This year's MICONEX "New Products" list has a total of 30 products successfully selected. These products are new products from MICONEX 2026 exhibiting companies, including instruments, meters, sensors, etc.
Technology empowers industries, and scenario implementation empowers value upgrading. Excellent application cases are the best embodiment of the transformation of instrumentation technology from scientific research to practicality, from products to implementation, and also a powerful proof of the industry's empowerment of the real economy such as petrochemicals, energy, communications, and high-end manufacturing. This year, a total of 10 application cases were selected for the "Application Cases" list in the field of measurement control and instrumentation.
At the same time as the conference, in addition to the main forum, a new generation of intelligent manufacturing was also held to promote the two-way integration of artificial intelligence and manufacturing industry; Integrated measurement and control technology and equipment for air, space, and earth; Sub forums on topics such as the Autonomous Forum on the Future of Instrumentation and Sensor Industry with Full Chain Intelligence and Leadership.
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