On July 9, 2018, Premier Li Keqiang visited Germany and attended the fifth round of Sino-German government consultation meeting. Under the witness of Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Merkel, Minister of Science and Technology, Party Secretary Wang Zhigang and German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Ya Kalichek signed the "Joint Intention Statement of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Education and Research of the Federal Republic of Germany on Intelligent Manufacturing Technology" (hereinafter referred to as the "Declaration").
The two sides agreed to jointly establish a Sino-German Smart Manufacturing Technology Innovation Cooperation Alliance (hereinafter referred to as the Cooperation Alliance) and take concrete measures to jointly carry out research, development and related activities, such as demonstration, education and standardization of innovation results. The executive body, under the guidance of the Steering Committee and the 'Intelligent Manufacturing (Industry 4.0) and Intelligent Services' working group. The Institute of Mechanical Industry Instrumentation and Integrated Technology Economics (hereinafter referred to as the JIZ) will act as the Chinese executive body. Intelligent production technology, intelligent logistics and intelligent services, energy efficiency and resource efficiency of intelligent production, information physics systems, functional safety and information security, system integration and interconnection, application of artificial intelligence in intelligent manufacturing, and conversion of research and development results into standards Promote in-depth cooperation between China and Germany, and establish a communication channel for optimal allocation of resources to provide support for the transformation of knowledge, technology and achievements of the two countries into industrial applications.
The "Declaration" is a further organization and implementation of the "Intention Statement of Intelligent Manufacturing (Industry 4.0) and Intelligent Services in the Field of Bilateral Science and Technology Cooperation to Develop and Promote Innovative Solutions" signed by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in January 2016. In the past two years, under the direct guidance of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and the Key Infrastructure Division of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Institute has actively prepared and built a Sino-German smart manufacturing technology innovation cooperation platform. In January 2017, Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing was held in Beijing. Seminar on Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Platform, held a seminar on 'Intelligent Manufacturing and Smart Services' during the Sino-German Innovation Cooperation and Development Forum in Berlin, Germany in June 2017, and held the 5th Sino-German Innovation Conference in Beijing in February 2018' Sino-German Smart Manufacturing and Smart Service Technology Innovation Cooperation Forum, etc., focus on cultivating and condensing the technological innovation capabilities of China's high-tech enterprises, scientific research institutions, Sino-German industrial parks and demonstration bases. Through multi-level, multi-dimensional international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, Germany and Germany in major scientific and technological cooperation projects, scientific and technological information exchange, international innovation park services, standardization work, etc. Face substantial progress-oriented joint statement signed and future implementation and provides a strong support base.
