A national conference featuring autonomous and controllable computing, sponsored by the China Computer Federation (CCF), kicked off in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Zone on July 20, and lasted for two days.

A glance at the site of an autonomous and controllable computing conference sponsored by the CCF on July 20 in Beijing. [Photo provided to the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area]

Themed with "independent, safety-oriented, innovation-driven and integrated development", this year's event is expected to host various activities, featuring conference reports, new product releases and discussion forums.

At the opening ceremony, Chen Zuoning, an academician from the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and also the conference's honorary chairman elaborated on the importance of having core technology readily at hand.

Zheng Weimin, also a CAE academician, encouraged young Chinese people to participate in the undertakings. Meanwhile, many experts pitched up with specific advice to promote the innovative development of information tech applications.

Guests prepare to introduce their new products at the CCF conference on July 20 in Beijing. [Photo provided to the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area]

At the launch conference, three domestic high-tech companies released new independently researched and developed products. Ren Tong, a senior technical expert from ZD Technology (Beijing) Co, released the Kunlun series of products including basic input output systems and baseboard management controllers.

Associate Researcher of the National University of Defense Technology, Li Tao, unveiled an agile network chip, while Liu Minxia, a senior engineer from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, rolled out a high-precision sensor signal conditioning chip.

Since its launch in 2016, the conference has been successfully held over five consecutive years. It is committed to building a platform for academic seminars, technical exchanges, achievement sharing and integrated industrial supply chain development in the field of autonomous and controllable computers.

According to the event, the Severe Environment Computer Committee of the CCF will continue to strengthen exchanges, and actively promote the synthesis of production, learning, and research to help create an information network powerhouse.