The 2025 National Industrial Software Conference was successfully held in Ningbo, Zhejiang from September 27th to 28th.
The conference achieved fruitful results and injected new vitality into the development of China’s industrial software field.
The conference released the “China Automation Technology Development Report” and “China Automation Industry Development Report”.
The “China Automation Technology Development Report” presents a panoramic view of the hard-core capabilities of automation technology, focusing on 23 key directions in the three core areas of industrial process automation, equipment automation, and common key technologies, accurately understanding the current status of the industry and guiding future development.
The “China Automation Industry Development Report” focuses on a comprehensive analysis of the core automation product ecology, empowers the intelligent transformation of key industries in the national economy, and leads innovation and breakthroughs in equipment automation.
It is worth mentioning that the conference also released China’s first large-scale intelligent smelting model for the non-ferrous metal smelting industry.
This large intelligent metallurgical model is of great significance. It allows artificial intelligence (AI) to understand industrial language, have metallurgical thinking, accurately control the entire production process, and realize a new paradigm of embodied intelligent control industrial application of large models from “talking” to “doing”.
The 2025 National Industrial Software Conference is hosted by the China Society of Automation and co-organized by more than 20 units including Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Qingdao University of Science and Technology and industry leading companies. Nearly a thousand industry representatives from well-known universities and research institutes attended the conference on site.
Academician Yang Mengfei, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chairman of the Chinese Society of Automation, said that industrial software is the core engine for the transformation of manufacturing into high-end, intelligent, and green, and it is also a key pillar for promoting new industrialization and building a modern industrial system.
Its strategic value is not only reflected in driving the development of new productive forces and activating the potential of the digital economy, but also in building a solid foundation for the resilience of the industrial system and improving the risk resistance of the industrial chain and supply chain. It is an indispensable digital base for the high-quality development of China’s industry.
A number of academicians were invited to give conference reports with topics such as “Multi-domain digital twin model-driven control system design and development software platform” and “Artificial Intelligence Empowering Industrial Software Innovation and Practice” to provide in-depth analysis of the development trends of industrial software, provide high-dimensional strategic guidance, help break through development bottlenecks, and find the right direction for the development of the industrial software field.
In the peak dialogue session with the theme “Industrial Software Promotes Industrial Intelligence”, representatives of experts and scholars focused on three key topics such as “How industrial software can break through the ‘data-algorithm-scenario’ closed loop and realize the large-scale implementation of industrial intelligence”. They jointly discussed the core position and development bottlenecks of industrial software in intelligent manufacturing, explored the deep integration path of technological innovation and industrial application, and discussed new models of collaborative innovation in education, scientific research and industry.
In addition, the conference will set up 11 parallel meetings focusing on the application needs of industrial software in the entire production cycle such as R&D and design, production and manufacturing, and operation and maintenance services.
In the industrial software achievements exhibition area of the conference, high-level industrial software products and technical solutions from more than 10 high-quality exhibitors are concentratedly presented, comprehensively demonstrating the key value of industrial software in driving the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry and empowering the high-quality development of the industry.
It is reported that as an important platform for high-level exchanges and cooperation in the field of industrial software in China, the National Industrial Software Conference has been held for three consecutive years. The 2026 conference will be hosted by Hunan University.
