China International Machine Tool Show (CIMT) founded in 1989 by China Machine Tool & Tool Builders’ Association, is the most prestigious international machine tool exhibition in China every odd-numbered year. It is one of the big-four international machine tools exhibition in the world. The other three are EMO, IMTS and JIMTOF. In the past 30 years, the international influence of CIMT has been increasing. It has become an important place for technology exchange and trade of international advanced manufacturing. It has become a platform for the latest achievements in modern equipment manufacturing technology. It is a vane and barometer for the progress of mechanical manufacturing technology and the development of machine tool industry in China. CIMT brings together the most advanced and applicable machine tool products in the world. It is an international showcase for domestic buyers and users.

With the development of economic globalization and trade liberalization in the world, the global industrial chain division system and value chain will be rebuilt; the interests of all nations are deeply blended; the multilateral win-win cooperation mode has been gradually become a consensus of the international community. Conforming to the tide of globalization and being the core driver of the new round of industrial revolution——intelligent manufacturing is prospering around the world.

Intelligent manufacturing is the integration of science and industry. This combination requires people from different fields and industries to unite via interconnection & interoperability, information sharing, and integration & development to realize all-win. The 16th China International Machine Tool Show (CIMT2019), on April 15-20, 2019, is themed as “Win the Smart Future Together”, which fully fits the background of the current world economic development, and highlights the manufacturing industry’s current characteristics and future development trend in China and even the whole world.