On December 3, the opening ceremony of the main forum of the 2024 Equipment Manufacturing Industry Development Conference, with the theme "Better Equipment, Prettier World - Intelligence, Green, Integration", was held in Chongqing. The conference was organized by the China Machinery Industry Federation, jointly hosted by the Chongqing Hub Port Industrial Park and the Machinery Industry Information Research Institute. Zhou Ji, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the National Manufacturing Power Strategy Consulting Committee, pointed out that the empowerment of new generation artificial intelligence and advanced equipment for green energy are the historical opportunities and main technological routes for the innovative development of China's equipment manufacturing industry. The strategic direction of innovation and development of China's equipment manufacturing industry will focus on three points: high-end equipment - moving towards the high-end of the global equipment industry chain; intelligent equipment - transforming into the "digital generation", promoting the "networked generation", and upgrading the "smart generation"; green equipment - China's green energy equipment leads the global green energy revolution. (Securities Daily)