What is the difference between a digital city and a smart city?

When the digital city reproduces the traditional city in the virtual space through the digitalization of urban geospatial information and all aspects of urban information, the smart city pays attention to further using the sensing technology and intelligent technology to realize the automatic, real-time, comprehensive and thorough perception of the urban operation state.

Second, efficiency and service quality are different.

When the digital city improves the management efficiency and service quality of various industries through the informatization of urban industries, the smart city puts more emphasis on moving from the industry-divided and relatively closed informatization architecture to the open, integrated and coordinated urban informatization architecture, which is a complex giant system, so as to give full play to the overall efficiency of urban informatization.

Third, the Internet is different.

When digital cities form initial business collaboration based on the Internet, smart cities pay more attention to ubiquitous interconnection and intelligent convergence services that can be carried anytime and anywhere through ubiquitous networks and mobile technologies.

Fourth, the functions of urban operation and development are different.

Digital city is committed to realizing all the functions of urban operation and development through information technology, improving urban operation efficiency and serving urban management and development, while smart city emphasizes shaping urban public value and creating unique value through the participation and cooperation of government, market and social forces.