Abstract: In this paper, the development of control science is briefly introduced, and the limitations of traditional control theory and the challenge that control science faces are discussed. It is shown that integrating control science with artificial intelligence and cognitive science will provide valuable theories and methods for solving some important and knotty problems in complex systems and social economy. To insist on the demand-driven policy for further developing control science and technology will play an increasingly important role in the process of promoting and accelerating Chinese information industrialization and driving industrialization and modernization by informatization.