China’s government is intensifying efforts to advance smart cities and digital urbanization, aiming to drive innovation in the digital economy and enhance urban governance systems. Officials stress the pivotal role of data in this transformation, emphasizing the need for data exploitation, circulation, and utilization across key sectors. Plans include building robust data infrastructure, promoting industrial internet platforms, and fostering digital industrial clusters.
Government initiatives aim to accelerate urban digital transformation, focusing on establishing data management systems, enhancing computing power networks, and creating livable smart cities. These efforts align with China’s vision for a “Digital China” by 2027, with a focus on integrating digital technologies into various industries and facilitating data exchange and utilization through unified standards and infrastructure.
