1794-L34 “In order to carry forward the spirit of scientists, the Chinese Association of Automation established the Qian Xuesen Award, which aims to deeply remember and learn from the founder of the association, reward scientific and technological workers who have made original achievements in control science and engineering, artificial intelligence and cognitive computing and other related fields, and stimulate innovation vitality.” On December 7, at the “2019 Chinese Society of Automation Automation and Artificial Intelligence Award Ceremony and the launch ceremony of ‘Qian Xuesen Award'” held in Hengshui, Hebei Province, Zheng Nanning, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of the Chinese Society of Automation, said.

1794-L34 The golden sand, a symbol of countless glorious moments, was evenly sprinkled on the platform, and with the golden characters of “Qian Xuesen Award officially launched” clearly appearing, the global selection activity of the award was officially opened.

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1794-L34 Zheng Nanning said that automation technology is an important pillar in the field of human social engineering science and technology, and it is also an important productive force for human to solve social development, and the current automation and artificial intelligence are moving toward the development stage of deep integration. Science and technology reward system is one of the basic mechanisms of science and technology operation, is the recognition and praise of science and technology workers to support production and value creation, Mr. Qian Xuesen is known as the “father of automation control in China”, the award named after his name was launched, hoping that automation colleagues in the road of scientific development only seize the day and night, brave to climb the peak.

1794-L34 Song Jun, Secretary of the Executive Office of the China Association for Science and Technology, pointed out in his speech that the establishment of the Qian Xuesen Award will promote the spirit of scientists with “patriotism, innovation, truth-seeking, dedication, collaboration and education” as the core, stimulate the vitality of scientific and technological innovation, lead the direction of talent training, and inject stronger impetus into the development of disciplines and industries. It is hoped that researchers can take Mr. Qian Xuesen as an example, focus on core technologies, abide by scientific ethics, practice scientific integrity, and make new contributions to promoting China’s automation and artificial intelligence to the international stage.

On the same day, at the award ceremony with the theme of “Wisdom in the future”, the highest level of comprehensive awards in the field of automation, information and intelligence in China were announced one by one, including 56 achievement awards, 19 personality awards, 32 enterprise awards and 3 team awards.