Focusing on five transformative technological directions: energy, material manufacturing, life and health, space and deep sea, and digital and intelligent ecology
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The World Science and Technology and Development Forum was launched by the China Association for Science and Technology in 2019. This is the first time it is held in Chongqing.
China News Service, Chongqing, October 21 (Reporter Zhong Yi) The 2026 World Science and Technology and Development Forum opened in Chongqing on the 21st. The "Top Ten Science and Technology Foresights" for 2026 were released at the meeting to provide forward-looking reference for global cutting-edge science and technology layout, industrial innovation and science and technology governance.
The World Science and Technology and Development Forum was launched in 2019 by the China Association for Science and Technology. This is the first time the forum has been held in Chongqing.
According to reports, in order to respond to global common scientific and technological challenges and proactively grasp the major scientific and technological changes that may profoundly change human society in the next ten years, the forum organized and carried out the "Top Ten Scientific and Technological Foresights" selection activity, which not only focused on the current global hot technology tracks, but also focused on exploring non-consensus directions that have not yet entered the mainstream vision but have significant disruptive potential, gathering the wisdom of global scientists and building the consensus of the scientific and technological community.
The "Top Ten Technological Foresights" involve the five technological directions with the most transformative potential: energy, material manufacturing, life and health, space and deep sea, and digital intelligence ecology. Specifically, they include: independent scientific research agents for original scientific discoveries, strong artificial intelligence security and value alignment, two-way brain-computer interfaces and closed-loop neural regulation, and programmable gene editing. Achieve precision treatment in the body, controlled atomic-level manufacturing and cross-scale device construction, controllable large-scale manufacturing of quantum material devices and equipment, reactor-level realization of controllable nuclear fusion, deep energy exploration and development and cross-season large-scale energy storage, deep-sea ecosystem detection and unknown life resource exploration, space in-situ resource development and on-orbit manufacturing.
It is reported that this forum has the theme of "Collaborative Evolution: Shaping the New Ecosystem of Future Industries" and has four topics: "Enabling the Future: Cutting-edge Sensing and Digital Cornerstones", "Defining the Future: Intelligent Products and Advanced Manufacturing", "Reshaping the Future: Green Energy and Low-Carbon Systems" and "Watching the Future: Global Challenges and Collaborative Governance". It organized 12 parallel forums, attracting about 800 guests from home and abroad to carry out academic sharing and scientific and cultural exchanges in Chongqing.
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