The NAS of Belarus and the Ministry of Industry closely cooperate on such activities as metallurgy, production of finished metal products, machinery, machine tools, electrical, electronic and optical equipment, vehicles. The introduction of scientific developments into the production of machine-building enterprises is the most important direction of the cooperation. At the meeting, topical issues of the machine-building industry development, main mechanisms for the implementation of scientific and technical programs, as well as prospects for enhancing the interaction between the Ministry of Industry and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus were discussed.