The 1st China Military and Civilian Integration Expo, co-sponsored by China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and China North Industries Group Corporations (NORINCO GROUP), and hosted by Chinese Institute of Command and Control (CICC), opened in Beijing National Convention Center on July 7, 2015.
High-tech products from nearly 200 organizations such as Norinco Group, Sugon, Tsinghua University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing Union University, and Military Transportation University, are on display at the expo.
Nearly 2000 persons in delegations from the PLA General Staff Headquarters, General Logistics Department, General Armament Department, the People's Armed Police, the Ministry of Public Security, the PLA Navy, Air Force and Second Artillery Force, military academies and military research institutes were invited to visit the expo.
The expo was designed to provide a driving force for the development of defense technology and the transformation and upgrading of defense-related enterprises by setting up an open exchange platform for the hi-tech results of the military and civilian integration development.
In an area of over 10,000 square meters, visitors to the expo are able to see high technologies that boast both civilian and military applications, such as the command information system, digitized soldiers, cyber security, unmanned system, location based services, infrared night vision equipment, emergency rescue system, border monitoring and control system, virtual reality technology, simulation system and air control system, etc.
A mixture of exhibitions and forums has become a major attraction in this expo. The forums during the expo are expected to attract more than 100 academicians and experts in the R&D of command and control technologies, who will make up to 100 academic reports.
