What is a smart city?

Smart city originated from the media field, which refers to the use of various information technologies or innovative ideas to open and integrate the city's systems and services, thereby improving the efficiency of resource utilization, optimizing urban management and services, and improving the quality of life of citizens.

Smart city has the characteristics of smart public service, smart city complex, smart government city integrated management and operation platform, smart housing service, smart education and cultural service, smart service application, and smart health guarantee system construction. Commonly used in smart government affairs, smart transportation, smart security, smart education and smart medical care, mainly relying on big data technology, cloud computing technology, Internet of Things technology and artificial intelligence technology.

Interpretation of Smart City

Digital city: Digital city is one of the main aspects of digital earth application and one of the most basic spatial levels of digital earth. As the concentration of population and economy, city is the birthplace of modern high-tech and information technology, and it is also the top priority of digital earth.

Intelligent Transportation: Intelligentization is the development direction of future transportation system. It is a real-time, accurate and efficient comprehensive transportation management system that effectively integrates advanced information technology, data communication and transmission technology, electronic sensing technology, control technology and computer technology into the whole ground transportation management system.

E-government: E-government refers to a brand-new management mode in which state organs comprehensively use modern information technology, network technology and office automation technology to conduct office work, manage and provide public services to the society. The broad scope of e-government should include all state institutions; E-government in a narrow sense mainly includes administrative organs at all levels that directly undertake the management of state affairs and social affairs.