Chu, C.P. Jin, D.P. Lei, G. Wang, C.H. Zhu, L.X. JACoW Publishing Geneva, Switzerland 978-3-95450-200-4 10.18429/JACoW-PCaPAC2018-WEC4 English 14-16 WEC4 controls database EPICS experiment operation Contribution to a conference proceedings 2019 2019-01 https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-PCaPAC2018-WEC4 http://jacow.org/pcapac2018/papers/wec4.pdf The High Energy Photon Source (HEPS) is a planned extremely low emittance synchrotron radiation based light source located in suburban Beijing which requires high precession control systems for both accelerator and beamline controls. This paper outlines the overall design for control systems, including equipment control, fast orbit feedback, machine protection, controls network, database, high-level application architecture, and physics applications. Early plans for beamline controls are also reported.