On September 25, 2019, Professor CHAI Tianyou, Academician of Chinese Academy of engineering, was invited to give a high-end academic report entitled “Development trend of industrial artificial intelligence technology” in the science hall of SUT. President GUO Lianjun and Vice-president WANG Shijie attended the meeting and Guo presided the meeting. In the report, Academician Chai Tianyou analyzed and introduced the advanced technology of intelligent manufacturing in foreign countries, the national strategic layout of the development of artificial intelligence in China, the important position of artificial intelligence in the industrial field, and the urgent need for the development of industrial artificial intelligence in China. He also introduced the training mode of innovative talents in new engineering, the development of artificial intelligence in colleges and universities, artificial intelligence and big data science, and the combination of the system. After the report, he answered the questions of teachers and students on site in detail.