Since the 21st century, global scientific and technological innovation has entered an unprecedented active phase. A new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are re-factoring global innovation and global economy. The progress of intelligent industry has injected new energy into economic and social development and profoundly changed the ways of production and life. Under this background, Tianjin has taken the lead in raising the banner of the development of intelligent science and technology industry, holding the first World Intelligence Congress in 2017，and the second in 2018.

As the first large-scale high-end exchange platform in the field of intelligent science and technology globally, the conference features high starting point, being mainstreamed, internationalization, aiming to create a world-class platform of the publication of advanced intelligent science and technology achievements, innovation cooperation, industrial gathering and investment and financing docking; to promote the exchange between China and the world in the field of intelligence; to gather the elements of the development of global intelligent science and technology industry; and to show leading-edge new global achievements in science and technology. During the two World Intelligence Congresses in 2017 and 2018, nearly 10,000 scientists, entrepreneurs, educators and financiers home and abroad gathered in Tianjin to discuss the frontier trend of smart technology and provide an outlook of the development of smart industry.