Jointly hosted by CNIS, Management Committee of Guangzhou Development District and People's Government of Huangpu District in Guangzhou, the 2nd National Industrial Data and Knowledge Innovation Management Standardization Conference was held on October 26-27 in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province.

Themed "Enhancing data and knowledge management, promoting in-depth integration of technological innovation, standardization, intellectual property and industrialization", the conference was hosted by Jiang Jiadong, Vice President of CNIS and other representatives. Approximately 200 representatives from universities, research institutions, manufacturing enterprises, software developers, etc., attended the conference.

Industrial data is the core element of intelligent manufacturing, knowledge management is an effective tool of innovative development, and innovation management is an important content of high-quality development, stressed Liu Dashan, a director from Standards Technical Management Department of SAMR. Further efforts will be made to exert the role of the standardization of industrial data and knowledge innovation management, reinforce the implementation of standardization, deepen the integration of standards and businesses, and promote international cooperation in standardization.

The conference offers a platform for the promotion of standardization work and relevant policies, academic discussion, and communication on industrial development, which benefits policymakers, industry practitioners and the research community. It is shown that the exchange of standardization of industrial data and knowledge management is of theoretical and practical significance to deepen the integration of informationization and industrialization, strengthen the technological innovative capability of enterprises, drive the industrial digitalization and intelligence reform, and promote the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry.