The 42^nd Chinese Control Conference (CCC 2023) will be held during July 24-26, 2023 in Tianjin, China. The CCC is an international academic conference in the field of control theory and technology sponsored by the Technical Committee on Control Theory (TCCT), Chinese Association of Automation (CAA). It aims to provide an academic exchange platform for domestic and foreign scholars and technicians in the fields of systems, control and automation and to show the latest theoretical and technological achievements. The CCC 2023 will feature plenary lectures, panel discussions, development forums, preconference workshops, oral presentation in groups and poster papers. CCC will be conducted in Chinese and English, and the papers of CCC in English will be submitted to the IEEE Xplore library.

Tianjin, referred to as "Jin" for short, also known as Jingu and Jinmen, is a provincial administrative region, a municipality directly under the Central Government, a national central city, a megacity, an economic center in the Bohai Rim region, a marine instrument testing and evaluation center in the Asia-Pacific region, and an international comprehensive transportation hub. Tianjin has profound historical and cultural heritage, unique natural features, numerous precious cultural relics, historical buildings and well-preserved historical and cultural blocks with unique features. A strong academic atmosphere blended with a long-standing cultural vitality will undoubtedly make your participation worthwhile. Welcome to CCC 2023! Welcome to Tianjin!