On the afternoon of May 15th, the 7th International Conference on Advances in Construction Machinery and Vehicle Engineering (ICACMVE2019) sponsored by Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and organized by CSUST was opened at Changsha International Convention and Exhibition Center. More than 200 high-level experts and scholars from home and abroad gathered together with business representatives to conduct high-end dialogues and exchanges on new developments in the field of construction machinery and vehicle engineering.

Li Wei, deputy mayor of Changsha Municipal People's Government, Wen Bangchun, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zheng Jianlong, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Kikuo Kishimoto, academician of Japanese Academy of Engineering, Zhu Sendi, honorary director of the Expert Committee of China Machinery Industry Federation, Zheng Huiqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Feng Pei'en, Vice President of Zhejiang University and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, Shi Laide, Supervisor of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, Bian Yongming, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, Jiang Changbo, Vice President of CSUST, and other guests attended the meeting. The opening ceremony was hosted by Hu Yongle, secretary of CSUST Discipline Inspection Commission.

In the speech, Li Wei hoped to take this conference as an opportunity to promote the transformation of scientific and technological innovation and help the products made in China to enjoy world-renowned reputation.

      Jiang Changbo introduced the development of CSUST to the participants, and looked forward to the continued care and support from all sectors of the society.

      Bian Yongming expected experts and scholars to conduct in-depth and extensive exchanges on relevant theories and methods around the theme of the conference.

      And the first large-scale reference book "Engineering Machinery Manual" in the field of construction machinery in China was officially released at the conference.

The conference focuses on the field of construction machinery and vehicle engineering technology, and conducts academic research and discussion on original innovation, integrated innovation, and innovation after introduction and absorption. Wen Bangchun, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Zhu Sendi, honorary director of the Expert Committee of China Machinery Industry Federation, Saman K. Halgamuge, professor of the University of Melbourne, Fu Ling, Chief Engineer of Zoomlion and distinguished dean of the School of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering of CSUST, Prof.Kikuo Kishimoto, academician of Japanese Academy of Engineering, Prof.Fleischer, academician of German Academy of Engineering, and Zhang Hong, ICT of Komatsu China respectively gave a keynote speech on The Evolution of Manufacturing Systems and the Advancement of Intelligent Manufacturing, New Advances in Modern Design Methodology, AI for Intelligent Construction, Industrial Internet technology in engineering machinery, Multi-Material Structures and Interfacial Mechanics, From machinery design to production-fastertime to market by Industry 4.0 production system planning, An introduction to the SMART CONSTRUCTION and the application of IoT in Komatsu China .

On May 16th, teacher and student representatives from various higher education institutions around the world discussed on such topics as the technical trends in the international development of intelligent construction machinery and vehicle engineering, virtual reality technology and its applications, modern design theory and methods of construction machinery and vehicle engineering, AI, big data, cloud computing, application of IoT technology in construction machinery, the innovation/quality, reliability, cost control and management of complete machines and key components. Zhao Jingyi, professor of Yanshan University, introduced the new technology and development trend of construction machinery hydraulics;  Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi, professor of Mechanical Engineering of Tongji University, introduced the realization of mesoscopic methods of fluid mechanics and aerodynamics; Severstorv Nikolay Dmitrievich, associate professor of Moscow Motor and Road Technology University, introduced the development of the ropeway project in Moscow ; Professor Zhu Zhencai, executive director of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, introduced the problems faced by the Institute of Intelligent Equipment and the corresponding solutions, and put forward suggestions for the future research and development of intelligent mining equipment.

The International Conference on Advances in Construction Machinery and Vehicle Engineering which is held every two years was initiated by Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society in 2007. As an industry-wide international academic conference, it has received increasing attention from overseas academics in recent years. During the conference, the “2019 Changsha International Construction Equipment Exhibition”, supervised by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Hunan Provincial People's Government and jointly organized by China Machinery Industry Federation, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society and Changsha Municipal People's Government, was held concurrently.