A technician is debugging an intelligent machine tool in Xixian New Area in northwest China's Shaanxi province. (PHOTO: XINHUA)

By Staff Reporters

The three day's 2022 China-America Frontiers of Engineering (CAFOE) symposium, which began on July 19, was jointly held by the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) both online and offline.

Development at the cutting edge of four areas of engineering technology was discussed, namely wearable electronics and human health, additive manufacturing and beyond, water sustainability, and food security in the context of big data and genomics.

In his remarks at the opening ceremony, Li Xiaohong, president of CAE, said that the symposium needs to develop into an important platform to lead academic development, be a crucial mechanism to discover and cultivate new generation leading talent in engineering, and serve as a vital bridge to promote communication in engineering between the two countries.

Li also expressed that CAE will continuously pay close attention to the symposium and actively support it by making contributions to jointly creating a better future and building a joint community for humankind.

John L. Anderson, president of NAE, said that the symposium has offered a good platform for the two parties to discuss frontier engineering and inspired deep thoughts on different fields influencing each other. 

Every two years since 2009, CAE and NAE take turns to hold the CAFOE symposium, which aims to facilitate international and cross-disciplinary research collaboration, promote the transfer of new techniques and approaches across disparate engineering fields, and encourage the creation of a transpacific network of world-class engineers.