The "Annual Meeting of China Association for Science and Technology Consulting", sponsored by the China Association for Science and Technology Consulting and co organized by the National Public Service Platform for Technology Transfer, was recently held in Beijing. The theme of this annual meeting is "China's New Dream of Science and Technology on the Road to a Powerful Country". Experts and scholars from the Ministry of Science and Technology, the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, Renmin University of China, Tongji University and other relevant fields, as well as representatives of members of China Science and Technology Consulting Association all over the country, attended the meeting. The experts and representatives at the meeting discussed hot topics such as the management reform of science and technology plan, the enlightenment of German Industry 4.0 and China's win-win market, and held a round table summit around the three themes of "global win-win market", "China in transformation and upgrading" and "China's original technology and industrialization".

Shi Dinghuan, Counsellor of the State Council and Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology Consulting, emphasized in his speech that the modern consulting industry is an intellectual service based on science and technology and information for various scientific decision-making, management improvement, strategic frontier and risk control. It bears an important social responsibility and will provide forward-looking and early-warning consulting services for the government, industry and business community.

Cai Wenqin, Deputy Director of the Department of Resource Allocation and Management of the Ministry of Science and Technology, delivered a theme report entitled "Reform of China's Financial Science and Technology Plan and Project Management". Cai Wenqin said that in the face of the challenges of new technological revolution and industrial transformation worldwide, various major countries have carried out different forms of reform of the science and technology management system in recent years. Faced with the new normal and new international competition pattern, China's science and technology management must deepen reform, expand from R&D management to innovation management, pay more attention to strategic planning and macro layout, pay more attention to resource coordination and coordination, speed up the breakthrough of bottleneck constraints, accelerate the output and application of major achievements, and go all out to complete the goal of building an innovative country.

China's industry is in the stage of transformation and upgrading from the low-end of the industrial chain to the high-end. The Internet of Things and network services have triggered German Industry 4.0, which has huge potential to bring breakthrough innovation to the traditional manufacturing industry. The experts and representatives at the meeting suggested that China should actively participate in the exploration of Industry 4.0, but should pay attention to the following aspects: First, under Industry 4.0, machines and machines, machines and people communicate with each other, and it is necessary to ensure that such communication is safe worldwide. Second, we need to establish global standards to communicate in the same language. Third, Industry 4.0 needs more talents with new abilities and skills. Fourth, we should improve the broadband architecture, infrastructure and legal framework in the industrial sector.

The annual meeting summarized the work of the Association in 2016, and commended the winners of the "2016 China Association of Science and Technology Consulting Innovation Award".