This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th China Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks, CWSN 2023, which took place in Dalian, China, in October 2023. The 22 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 105 submissions, including 38 English papers and 67 Chinese papers. The conference provided an academic exchange of research and a development forum for Io T researchers, developers, enterprises, and users. Exchanging results and experience of research and applications in Io T, and discussing the key challenges and research hotspots, is the main goal of the forum. As a high-level forum for the design, implementation, and application of Io T, the conference promoted the exchange and application of the theories and technologies of Io T-related topics.