The Shanghai Society of Automation was established in September 1978, the Chinese name: Shanghai Society of Automation (hereinafter referred to as the Association), the English translation is "SHANGHAI ASSOCIATION OF AUTOMATION", and "SAA" for short.

In accordance with the "Regulations on Registration and Management of Social Organizations", the Association is a scientific and technological academic non-profit social organization legal person voluntarily formed by scientific and technological workers and organizations in the automation field of this city.

The purpose of this association: to unite and mobilize scientific and technological workers in the field of automation in the city, promote the prosperity and popularization of automation science and technology, promote the growth and improvement of automation science and technology talents, and promote the combination of automation science and technology and economy; maintain automation science and technology workers The legitimate rights and interests of the company reflect the suggestions and voices of automation science and technology workers; serve the economy and society, serve to improve the scientific quality of the people, and serve science and technology workers.

The association abides by the laws, regulations and policies of the country, and abides by social ethics; advocates a scientific attitude of seeking truth from facts, earnestly implements the policy of "economic construction must rely on science and technology, and scientific and technological work must be oriented to economic construction", and promotes "respect for knowledge and respect for talents" "", advocates the spirit of dedication, innovation, truth-seeking, and cooperation, and adheres to the principle of "independence and democracy" and the policy of "letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend". The registration and management authority of this association is Shanghai Municipal Administration of Social Organizations, and the relevant industry authority is Shanghai Science and Technology Association. The association accepts the supervision and management and business guidance of the registration management agency and relevant industry authorities.

The Shanghai Society of Automation currently has more than 2,000 members. It has 7 professional committees including automation application, computer application, automation instrumentation and application, automation theory, intelligent automation, electrical automation and pattern recognition. It has also established academic, youth, science and foreign Exchange four working committees and participate in related work of the society.

The ninth council was established in November 2019. The current chairman is Professor Guan Xinping of Shanghai Jiaotong University. The secretariat and office of the society are linked to Shanghai Jiaotong University. In recent years, the Shanghai Society of Automation has followed its charter, adhered to reform and opening up, adapted to the opportunities and challenges that the rapid development of information science and technology brought to social and economic development, promoted industrialization with automation, and actively played the role of the society.

In order to meet the needs of members for new automation theories and high-tech at different levels in research, development and application, the society has organized hundreds of academic annual conferences, technical reports, seminars, new products and new technology exhibitions and exchanges over the years Through various academic and technical exchange activities with rich content and various forms, it will provide a good learning opportunity and communication platform for scientific and technological workers engaged in automation research and application in Shanghai.

In addition, the Society also held popular science lectures for scientific and technological workers and young people, and carried out a number of scientific and technological consultations, education and training, etc., which contributed to the scientific and technological progress and economic development of Shanghai.