On Nov.12, the signature ceremony for establishing the "Internet of Things Research Center" was held in Wuci, Jiangsu Province. The center was jointly established by Jiangsu Province Government, Chinese Academy of Science and Wuxi Municipal Government. Director WANG Xiaomin, Deputy Director JU Qi, Prof. YANG Jun and Prof. TANG Hui from IACAS attended the ceremony.

On behalf of IACAS, Director WANG Xiaomin signed the agreement with the deputies of "Internet of Things Research Center", which would be founded in the near future to cooperatedly establish the "Wuxi Intelligent Information Processing R&D Center of IACAS".

"Internet of Things" is a number of technologies and research disciplines that enable the Internet to reach out into the real world of physical objects. Technologies like RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Device), short-range wireless communications, real-time localization and sensor networks are now becoming increasingly common, bringing the Internet of Things into commercial use. They foreshadow an exciting future that closely interlinks the physical world and cyberspace - a development that is not only relevant to researchers, but to corporations and individuals alike. China is speeding up on development of "Internet of Things", making it a new engine for economic growth and an opportunity to catch up with the developed countries.