On December 13, the 2023 China Home Appliance Technology Annual Conference (ASTC 2023) and the high-quality development exchange event of the smart home appliance industry were held in Wuhan, Hubei. Chen Ping, Vice Governor of the Hubei Provincial People's Government, attended and announced the opening. Zhang Chonghe, President of China Light Industry Federation, and Xie Li'an, Level II Inspector of the Department of Consumer Goods Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology attended and delivered speeches. Liu Haijun, Director of the Hubei Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, Liu Ting, President of the China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute, and Shan Lianyu, General Manager of the Home Appliances Department of Xiaomi Group, delivered speeches.

Jiang Xinghua, Director of the Hubei Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Xiang Keqiang, Deputy Director of the Hubei Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Director of the Provincial Agricultural Development Center, Cheng Baoguo, Deputy Director of the General Office of the Hubei Provincial People's Government, and Cao Qi, Level 2 Staff Member of the Industry Department of the National Development and Reform Commission , Du Xiaoli, Deputy Chief Engineer of National 01 Special Technology and Vice President of Lenovo Research Institute, and more than 600 leaders, guests and business representatives attended the opening ceremony.

Zhang Chonghe pointed out that the home appliance industry is at the forefront of light industry reform and opening up. Over the years, China's home appliance industry has evolved from imitation and following to independent innovation, from simple processing to a full industrial chain, from low-end OEM to world-renowned brands. With the rapid development of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, technological innovation has become the main battlefield in the global home appliance game. In 2022, among the top 100 science and technology companies in my country's light industry, there are 12 home appliance companies, with R&D investment and operating income accounting for 51.5% and 39.3% of the top 100 science and technology companies respectively. Regarding technological innovation and high-quality development in the home appliance industry, Zhang Chonghe put forward four hopes: "Strong investment and accumulation of kinetic energy", "Meeting demand and releasing potential", "Digitalization and improving efficiency", and "Gathering talents and storing potential energy".

Xie Li'an said that the home appliance industry is an important part of my country's consumer goods industry and has strong competitiveness internationally. The Department of Consumer Goods Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology attaches great importance to the development of the home appliance industry. Last year, together with relevant departments, it released the "Action Plan for High-Quality Development of the Home Furnishing Industry" to deploy and promote the high-quality development of the industry from the aspects of industrial foundation, digitalization and greening, expansion of high-quality supply, and promotion of consumption. develop. Xie Li'an suggested accelerating technological innovation, accelerating digital transformation, strengthening brand cultivation services, and promoting high-quality development of the home appliance industry.

Liu Haijun mentioned in his speech that the home appliance industry has a long history in Hubei Province, especially after the reform and opening up. Hubei Province has been an important place for the national home appliance industry layout and has a glorious history in traditional TV sets, air conditioning compressors, electric fans and other fields. In recent years, Hubei's home appliance industry has focused on "intelligent manufacturing". With the gathering of leading companies such as Xiaomi, Midea, Gree, Haier, and TCL, it has gradually formed three major smart home appliance manufacturing bases in Wuhan, Jingzhou, and Huangshi. The industrial chain has continued to extend, and the industry The cluster is growing rapidly, showing the development trend of clustering, greening, intelligence and energy saving.

Liu Ting said that in recent years, the technological innovation capabilities of the home appliance industry have been continuously improved, smart and healthy home scenarios with aging as a breakthrough have been continuously upgraded, and the key project of "light storage, direct softness" with DC as the starting point has been solidly advanced, led by the lighthouse factory Intelligent manufacturing solutions are emerging in endlessly, and the application level of integrated circuits targeting localization is improving year by year. As a national authoritative scientific research institution, China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute is willing to give full play to the advantages of its technology platform and work with colleagues in many industries to contribute to the promotion of high-quality development of the home appliance industry.

As a local enterprise representative in Wuhan, Shan Lianyu said that Xiaomi has always been adhering to "technology-oriented" and in recent years has mainly focused on the four tracks of chips, operating systems, robots, and artificial intelligence. In the future, Xiaomi will continue to increase its talent recruitment efforts and contribute to the high-quality development of Hubei's smart home appliance industry.

The plenary session of this annual meeting is divided into three topics for speech exchange. In the exchange on the morning of the 13th, the topic "Smart home appliance industry development helps Hubei Province build a new development pattern pioneer area". Xiang Keqiang, deputy director of the Hubei Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and director of the Provincial Agricultural Development Center, gave a brief introduction to the "Three-Year Action Plan for the High-Quality Development of the Smart Home Appliance Industry in Hubei Province" from the drafting background, drafting ideas, main contents and supporting documents. And regarding the next work plan, four suggestions were put forward to implement responsibilities, decompose tasks, coordinate across regions, and build a platform.

"Manufacturing will become a blue ocean for the application of artificial intelligence." Li Peigan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, said in his speech that the application potential of artificial intelligence in the manufacturing industry has been underestimated, and currently there is not enough investment in artificial intelligence related to the manufacturing industry. 1%, but the use of artificial intelligence can reduce manufacturers’ processing costs and promote labor productivity. Academician Li Peigen used a combination of concepts and cases to explain that the manufacturing industry can be sublimated and surpassed through AI in design, manufacturing, logistics and other aspects.

So how can artificial intelligence technology be better applied in the field of home appliances? Li Xinde, a professor at Southeast University, a foreign academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and a fellow of the British Institute of Engineering and Technology, believes that artificial intelligence technology and home appliances are inseparable. He started with the concept and development history of smart home appliances, and introduced the application of key artificial intelligence technologies such as computer vision, natural language, and reinforcement learning in home appliances based on specific scenarios.

The application of artificial intelligence technology provides a means for high-quality development of the home appliance industry, and low-carbon energy conservation is also an important part of high-quality development. Jiang Yi, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor of Tsinghua University, said in an online report that the country is in a period of great energy transformation. In order to realize the "dual carbon" strategy, the existing fossil energy structure needs to be transformed into a zero-carbon energy structure. In this transformation process, the revolution in the power system is particularly important, and buildings can become a platform for energy storage and regulation of the power system. Regarding the key issue of "how to realize the interaction between power grid and flexible terminals", Academician Jiang Yi introduced the latest research progress.

Xu Hong, chief engineer of the China Household Appliances Research Institute, and Chen Shaolin, senior vice president of TCL Industrial, gave speeches respectively focusing on the circular development within the smart home appliance industry chain and how companies understand high-quality development and find the path to development. In the afternoon session 2, "The Road to International Development of China's Home Appliance Industry," Cheng Dawei, a professor at Renmin University of China, and Wang Ye, Vice President of Haier Smart Home, analyzed and judged the globalization trend and strategic choices of China's manufacturing industry, as well as the globalization of leading home appliance companies. report on cultural development. During the roundtable dialogue session, Gong Xun, Global Standards and Environmental Engineering Manager of Lenovo Group, Fu Baozong, Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, Zhou Yunlong, Deputy General Manager of the Wuhan Innovation Center Company of the Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and Director of the International Cooperation Department of China Electric Power Research Institute Li Bo and Radu Cristian Gosav, North Asia Director of TüV Süd, jointly discussed the international development path of China's home appliance industry and independent brands. In the topic three "Technological Innovation Leads the Future of Home Appliances", Li Xiaodong, a researcher at the Institute of Acoustics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yang Xiangyu, a professor at South China University of Technology, and He Guogeng, a professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, respectively focused on active noise control, high-efficiency and low-noise motor drives, and refrigerant replacement. Make a report.

This event is hosted by the Hubei Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Hubei Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, and the China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute. It is supported by the Wuhan Municipal People's Government, "Home Appliance Technology" magazine, Hubei Provincial Home Appliances and Network Information Products and Services Industry Association, China Organized by the Small Refrigerator Cryogenic Biomedical Professional Committee of the Refrigeration Society.

The 2023 China Home Appliances Technology Annual Conference will be held from December 13 to 14, and the "Home Appliances Industry Science and Technology Innovation Products Exhibition" will be held at the same time. On the 14th, the 19th National Academic Annual Conference on Refrigerators (Cabinets), Air Conditioners and Compressors will also be held, as well as refrigeration technology seminars - Refrigerator Freezer Branch, Air Conditioning Heat Pump Branch, as well as intelligent technology, health and cleaning technology, and home appliance DC flexibility. technology, noise technology and other special seminars.