Organizedby the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Nanjing government, the China Future NetworkDevelopment and Innovation Forum was successfully held in Nanjing on November11^th, 2011. China (Nanjing) Future Networks Innovation Center wasofficially established during the forum. Representatives from the NDRC, the MIIT,Jiangsu province and Nanjing government, and experts of the future networksresearch attended this forum.

Asix-party cooperation agreement was signed among the Nanjing MunicipalCommission of Economy and Information Technology, Jiangning Development Zone,the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of computing, Beijing University ofPosts and Telecommunications, Tsinghua University and the CAE academician Mr. LiuYunjie, which would build a foundation for the center’s development.

Theforum was the first to be themed with development and innovation research onfuture networks in China and would have a special meaning for the developmentof China’s future networks.