The World Intelligence Congress is approved by the Chinese government and is organized by National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Radio and Television Administration, State Internet Information Office, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chinese Association for Science and Technology and Tianjin Municipal People’s Government.

WIC has been successfully held for four consecutive years since 2017, and it has become a global stage for academic exchanges, exhibitions, innovation, and deep cooperation in the field of intelligent technology. President Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China sent a special congratulatory letter, proposing to build a platform for exchanges, cooperation, and win-win sharing through the World Intelligence Congress to promote the healthy development of a new generation of artificial intelligence and better benefit people all over the world.

【Attendance Summary】

WIC attracted a total attendance of 60,000, from 56 countries and regions and territories and invited 134 experts and scholars from home and abroad, including Nobel Prizes, Turing Prizes, Chinese and foreign academicians, and university presidents. A total of 9 main forums and 83 parallel forums were held. Among the speakers, 75% were entrepreneurs, sharing insights on the progress, empowerment, ecology and ethics of intelligent technology. WIC hosted lots of exhibiting companies, which are on the list of top 500 domestic and foreign companies, including Intel, Microsoft, Siemens, GM, ABB, IBM, SAP, Huawei, Ali, Tencent, Baidu, etc. More than 10,000 Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs came to Tianjin to participate in the conference. It has achieved the agglomeration effect of promoting business through the conference and attracting talents through the conference. A total of 348 cooperation agreements were signed at the four conferences, and the agreement investment reached 353.2 billion yuan.

[The first grand meeting of the 14th Five-Year Plan]

2021 marks the beginning of the 14th Five-Year Plan. It is the historical intersection of the two hundred years. It will also usher in the centenary of the Communist Party of China. The Fifth World Intelligence Congress, as the first event of the same type of exhibition, will be held on May 20th this year. WIC will be an important part of the implementation of the national strategy platform- an important platform for the gathering of intelligent industry resources and innovative talents, and an important platform for the display of achievements in the field of intelligent technology in the world, exchanges, and cooperation. It is of great significance for Tianjin to improve intelligent technology industry ecosystem, to build a new generation of artificial intelligence pioneer city, to build ‘Tianjin Smart Port’, and to achieve economic and social scale development.

The conference will organize a series of online and offline events, including the opening ceremony, closing ceremony, summit forum, parallel forum and the intelligent technology exhibition and competitions of intelligence science and technology. By bringing together frontier concepts, leading technologies and high-end products across the globe, the World Intelligence Congress is to be an iconic international event with the highest authority, quality and standard, which leads the trend of the age of intelligence.