INTRODUCTION: ASRTU as a premier association between universities in China and Russian, have a great responsibility to promote cooperation within the framework of the alliance. According to alliance work plan 2017, “2017 ASRTU International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing” is being organized from Jun 15th to Jun 18th 2017, in Harbin, China, intends to promote the academic exchange and technical cooperation between Russian and China, in the field of intelligent manufacturing. In order to enhance the exchange of young scientists from China and Russia, a special session of “Sino-Russian Ph.D students innovation forum on intelligent manufacturing” will be organized.
OBJECTIVE: At present, with booming new technologies in manufacturing, far-reaching changes in the manufacturing industry are taking place. The emergence and development of the industrial accelerate the transformation of global industrial reconstruction and intelligence, and greatly stimulate productivity. Faced with challenges brought by the new round of technological and industrial revolution, “ASRTU-ICIM 2017” is conducted to provide an excellent forum for scientists, researchers, engineers and industrial practitioners to present and discuss the latest technology advancement as well as future directions and trends in Intelligent Manufacturing.