In order to actively explore new ideas for the development of KNX and to strengthen the communication and cooperation with members, KNX China Organization held the 2023 KNX China Organization General Meeting and Technical Exchange Meeting on December 19, 2023 at the Hilton Beijing. About 50 members attended the meeting. Dr. Wang Linkun, Deputy Director of the Institute of Instrumentation and Comprehensive Technology and Economy of the Machinery Industry, which is responsible for the secretariat of KNX China, Mr. Song Jiong, Senior Vice President, Head of Intelligent Home Business China of Schneider Electric (China) Ltd, who was the Chairman of KNX China in 2023, and Mr. Siemens (China) Ltd, who will be the Chairman of KNX China in 2024, have been invited. Mr. Li Huiqiang, Director of Market Development of Building Technology Product Division of the Group, attended the conference and discussed the problems of KNX, shared the achievements of KNX technology and application, and looked forward to the future development direction and trend.

Mr. J. Demarest, CFO/CTO of KNX International Association, sent a video to congratulate the conference and made a pronouncement about KNX's technology focus in 2024. The focus will be on ETS6 API extensions, ETS6 semantic outputs, old versions of ETS semantic data algorithms provided, smart links, energy management, KNX security cloud-based, etc. KNX has always been at the forefront of technology, keeping pace with the times and solid standards, and it is a technology that is becoming more and more recognized and chosen by more companies, and its influence continues to grow.

Dr. Wang Linkun, deputy director of the Institute of Comprehensive Technology and Economy of Mechanical Industry Instrumentation, said in his speech that he could feel the good development trend of KNX, but also faced with a lot of problems, and that the emerging IT technology would have a great impact on the traditional technology, but the challenges and opportunities are always coexisting. Opportunities we can seize: 1, the country in this century to reach the level of medium-developed countries in the economic development goals for us is a very good opportunity, a good economic situation and favorable national policies on the development of KNX has a catalytic effect; 2, energy saving dual-carbon has risen to the national strategy, how can we KNX better close to this strategy, to achieve the application of KNX in the energy efficiency of low-carbon sustainable development opportunities provided by the KNX; 3, from the KNX in the energy efficiency and low carbon applications, we can see the good development trend, but also face a lot of problems. KNX China organization will do a good job in leading the role, but need the strong support of members to form a synergy to jointly promote and facilitate the development of KNX in the field of intelligent buildings and smart homes.

Mr. Li Min, representative of the rotating chairman of KNX China organization, made a summary report of this year's work and put forward KNX's current four major growth points in terms of KNX's market development strategy: Internet, digital home, low-carbon buildings and operation and maintenance services, and emphasized that new growth points in the future will be focused on the areas of innovation and digitization, high-quality,universalization and personalization, as well as green, healthy and low-carbon, which points out the direction of the future development of the KNX China organization. organization's future development.

In order to promote the application and development of KNX in China more effectively, to establish good norms and order in the Chinese market, and to increase the number of members of KNX China manufacturers, the KNX China Organization has revised its Articles of Association and started to implement them on September 1. Shen Pu, the Secretariat of the KNX China Organization, explained the revised contents of the new Articles of Association: reclassification and definition of members, rights and obligations of various types of members and payment of membership fees, etc., and announced that the new Articles of Association would come into force on 1 January 2024. She explained the revised contents of the new Constitution: reclassification and definition of members, rights and obligations of each type of member and payment of membership fees, etc., and announced that the new Constitution would be effective as of January 1, 2024 Introduced the organizational structure of KNX China, including the main work content and three new important partners this year, and enhanced the KNX China organization's services in marketing, technical support and coordination of Chinese enterprises to KNX International Association. It also previews the main marketing and training activities for 2024. The training activities will focus on the launch of KNX product development training courses to provide substantive technical support, with the aim of increasing the number of KNX product development personnel and promoting the reserve and development of technical personnel in the industry as a whole.

At the meeting, Schneider Electric (China) Co., Ltd, Siemens (China) Co., Ltd, Guangzhou Sight & Sound Intelligence Co., Ltd, Guangzhou Hedong Technology Co., Ltd, Guangzhou Leyuan Life Technology Co., Ltd, ABB (China) Co. The six member companies of KNX made a detailed and in-depth introduction from the aspects of KNX building energy efficiency management, low carbon solution, KNX safety, KNX integration and KNX smart home, etc. They believed that the development of KNX must be the integration of technology, and the various technologies should be able to interconnect. As Mr. Li Liqing, General Manager of Guangzhou Leyuan said: "Competition while embracing integration".

At the end of the conference, the handover ceremony of the old and new rotating chairmen of the KNX China organization took place. In his speech, the new chairman, Mr. Li Huiqiang, said that we should keep an open mind, strengthen cooperation and technical exchange with all industries and fields, share our experience and technical achievements, expand the influence of KNX Association and promote the development of KNX technical standards in China. We sincerely hope to work hand in hand with all of you, cooperate sincerely, create a win-win situation, realize our goals together, and create a brighter future for KNX Association.