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  • Smart cities in China become more digitally interconnected

    Smart cities in China are becoming more digitally interconnected and use the latest technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), big data, artificial intelligence (AI) to manage services.

    August07,2019


  • AI paints bright future for smart city construction

    According to data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), in the past five years, China has seen 343,000 artificial intelligence (AI) patent applications and 60,000 authorized patents, accounting for 74 percent and 62 percent of global total, respectively. AI is playing an increasing role in China's smart city construction.

    September30,2022


  • Shenzhen, Singapore join hands to build smart cities

    Driven by the mobile internet, the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing, people have higher expectations for urban development. The building of smart cities has gradually gained popularity worldwide and swept across Asia.

    October18,2023


  • Shanghai to hold summit on global smart city cooperation and development

    How to make our cities smarter? This seems to be the key question that draws officials, experts and business representatives to share practices, insights and contribute wisdom for the upcoming Global Smart City Cooperation and Development Summit in east China's Shanghai.

    November06,2022


  • Huawei aids Bosnia and Herzegovina in building smart city

    Relevant departments of Bosnia and Herzegovina signed cooperation documents with China's tech giant Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. to accelerate the building of smart city.

    November09,2018


  • BEIJING, Alibaba inks MOU on smart city development

    Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on Thursday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shunyi District of Beijing, to facilitate the smart city construction in the suburban district of Beijing, Xinhua-run cn.stock.com reported on Friday.

    December29,2018


  • Uzbekistan opens to Italy on smart cities and free trade zones

    Uzbekistan asks Italy for support in the management of free trade areas and in the development of smart cities.

    May08,2019


  • Xiongan New Area releases framework for smart city construction

    The Xiongan New Area in north China's Hebei Province recently released the framework of a standard system for smart city construction, as well as the first batch of development standards, reported the Xinhua-run Xinhua Finance recently.

    May12,2020


  • Shenzhen awarded World Smart City, demonstrating global influence of social governance as mega city

    The city of Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province was announced winner of the City Award at the 2024 Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) in Barcelona, Spain.

    November07,2024


  • Global Smart City Cooperation and Development Summit provides exchange platform for urban digital transformation and smart city construction

    Themed on bridging global smart cities, Global Smart City Cooperation and Development Summit was held during November 8-9 in east China's Shanghai.

    November10,2022


  • Malaysia to implement Alibaba's smart city solution in capital

    Malaysia will be the first country outside China to adopt Alibaba Cloud's City Brain solution, according to the world's e-commerce giant.

    January30,2018


  • Smart Cities: Impressive finance models of Yinchuan, Chengdu and Hangzhou

    These cities use public-private partnerships (PPPs) to fund projects, but each city has its own unique characteristics in terms of operational management and profitability strategies in smart city ecosystems.

    August06,2018


  • SINONET wins smart city PPP project bid worth RMB667 mln

    Anhui Sinonet & Xinlong Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (002298.SZ) announced on Monday that its subsidiary Beijing SINONET Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (SINONET), has recently won the bid for a smart city public-private partnerships (PPP) project at 667 million yuan.

    July16,2019


  • Shanghai releases smart city implementation plan to boost AI dev.

    Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization rolled out a smart city implementation plan on Tuesday to boost artificial intelligence (AI) development in Shanghai and make the city a national front-runner in AI industry.

    December14,2018


  • Huawei to help Pakistani gov't develop world's largest riverfront smart city

    Chinese tech giant Huawei and Pakistan's eastern Punjab province's urban development project Ravi Urban Development Authority (RUDA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop the world's largest riverfront safe and smart city.

    August30,2021


  • ​10th Smart City and Intelligent Economy Expo to kick off in east China's Ningbo City

    The World Digital Economy Conference 2020 & the 10th Smart City and Intelligent Economy Expo is to be held from September 10 to 13 in Ningbo City of east China's Zhejiang Province.

    September09,2020


  • Chinese companies delve deeper into building smart cities to win the future 

    In the near future, ever escalating construction of smart cities is likely to enable Chinese cities to equip with "brains" capable of thinking and "neural networks" adept at coordinating with other urban public systems.

    April02,2025


  • Booming development of fundamental elements empowers smart future for Chinese cities

    With years of efforts and emerging new technologies, China is actively promoting the construction of smart cities, supported by technological integrated development and diversified application of fundamental elements including data, artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G.

    July25,2024


  • Thailand to speed up construction of smart cities to adapt to new normal

    The Smart City Steering Committee meeting, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, was on the urgent agenda which approved the establishment of a sub-committee responsible for promoting and managing smart city projects, aiming to advance the development of smart city.

    May14,2020


  • E. China's Zaozhuang City boosts spring farming with smart agriculture

    Shizhong District of Zaozhuang City in east China's Shandong Province is harnessing smart agriculture technologies to enhance spring farming efficiency, with its 600-mu (40-hectare) Wonong Smart Agricultural Industrial Park leading the transformation.

    April25,2025


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