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With the aim of facilitating the development of Macao as a Smart City, a research project named “Smart Print 3D” had been undertaken by a team of scholars and industrial specialists (from Macao and overseas). This project was supported by the Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) under the research funding called “Smart City” granted in 2019. 3D printing had been provided for the public to use for two months which enabled the collection of pertinent data for investigating how advanced technology such as 3D printing can be made more accessible to the general public in Macao as well as for determining the potential impact of this technology on the tourism industry. Despite the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, which made the evaluation of its potential on tourism impossible, the project’s results pertaining to the local community awareness has been promising.

China is highly advanced when it comes to the use of information technologies in healthcare. Macau only needs to emulate the best practices across the border.

The application of information technologies to the medical sector predates the COVID-19 pandemic, but it seems certain that the effects of the pandemic will accelerate the process. There are even those who guarantee that digital technologies will be increasingly present, even when the pandemic is history.

Information sharing needs to be promoted to respond to public queries

China aims to make necessary information public on government websites and respond to public concerns in a timely manner. A recent review by the State Council, China's Cabinet, showed about 85 percent of government websites disclosed critical information in a timely fashion and the number of "zombie" government websites had dropped sharply.

At the 5G Business Dialogue Salon at Mobile World Congress 2023 in Shanghai, Wang Wensheng, General Manager of China Mobile Hangzhou, delivered a speech exploring the innovative practices of 5G Cities.

Hangzhou is considered China Mobile’s leading 5G City, and Wang explained its blueprint for 5G business development in his speech, entitled “5G City: A Digital, Intelligent Future Built on Innovation.”

In the future, customers of China Union Mobile payment can not only enjoy the convenience of Internet purchases, but also of public utilities fees paid by mobile phone, according to President Xu Luode of China UnionPayment.

The new normal for the technology world is digital transformation, which gives us a chance to "rejuvenate" traditional industries, through which the real business pain points are solved and real values are created, said Dr. Min Wanli, founder and CEO of North Summit Capital, during an online venture capital event on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.

Speaking at the 33rd Annual AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum, one of the premier private equity and venture capital events in Asia, Dr. Min, a leading expert in industrial intelligence and business innovations in China, shared his thoughts on new trends beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and delivered a keynote speech titled "Parachuting Technology to Value Ground of Evergreen Industries".

With Hong Kong’s First Localized Wireless Broadband System (Private) License, the newly launched docomo 5G DX Square provides innovators a stable and scalable wireless backbone for future smart city POCs.

NTT Com Asia (NTT) is giving smart city development in Hong Kong a significant boost by establishing a technology and innovation ecosystem with the launch of docomo 5G DX Square, an innovation lab designed from the ground up to enable local innovators co-develop new AI, Edge and Private 5G (P5G) applications within Hong Kong’s first-of-its-kind P5G environment. NTT is the first service provider to receive the Localized Wireless Broadband System (Private) License from Hong Kong’s Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA).

The "Building Smart Cities in a Changing World" forum took place on July 6 at Peking University, as a part of the four-day 2023 Global Digital Economy Conference, which began on July 4.

Co-organized by the Harbor Overseas, the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding (iGCU) at Peking University and the Hong Kong Institution for International Finance, the event released two reports on "2023 Asia Smart City Ranking" and "2023 The Group of Twenty (G20) Smart City Ranking".

Ping An Insurance Group, China’s largest insurer by market value, has set its eyes on the country’s smart city projects to bolster its transformation into a technology-driven financial conglomerate while taking on established technology giants.

Mature technologies used to build a smart city will be fully developed and expanded to various mainland cities next year as the company looks to secure a front-runner position in the segment nationwide, said Yu Ning, head of Ping An’s technology entrepreneurs division, in an interview with South China Morning Post.

One of China’s most significant personal financial services groups will preview its “Smart City” project, which will focus on smart solutions to city operations.

One of China’s largest personal financial service groups, Ping An, is debuting its innovative new Smart City and AI initiatives at next week’s China Smart City Expo in Shenzhen, China.

Building off our previous discussion, it is of our view that Hong Kong must leverage technology to connect – not just hardware and existing infrastructure, but also people and networks, that have come to define our city’s competitive edge. Hong Kong must ride on the latest trends, to set a vision that brings people together, as opposed to pulling them apart (i.e., the trends that we have seen taking to our home over the past few years).

The incoming waves of exciting developments across the metaverse, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cryptocurrency, blockchain technology must be seized upon by the city’s administration to ensure that Hong Kong becomes the regional leader in nascent digital technologies – whilst juggling considerations pertaining to privacy and information security.

As the world grapples with the impact of climate change, the need for sustainable urban development has never been more pressing, especially in the rapidly developing regions of Asia. This rapid urbanisation, if not managed properly, can exacerbate issues like pollution, energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions – all of which contribute to climate change.

The rise of "smart cities" offers a promising solution. By leveraging advanced technologies like the Internet of Things, big data analytics, and renewable energy, smart cities have the potential to significantly reduce a city’s environmental footprint while improving the quality of life for residents.

Manufacturing in Chongqing is undergoing a digital metamorphosis. Its image as an old industrial base of China is rapidly giving way to Chongqing redefining itself as a leader in advanced manufacturing.

Chongqing is steadily realizing its vision of becoming one of China's most important advanced manufacturing centers. But it's not just about being among the best in China. The municipality has its sights set squarely on building three world-class advanced manufacturing clusters in the information and communications technology, automotive and equipment-manufacturing industries. This city is well on its way in deepening the integration of its digital economy with its defining trademark of being a manufacturing powerhouse.

The office of the Beijing high-level autonomous driving demonstration area launched a road test of unmanned police patrol cars on Tuesday, the first of its kind in China.

Fifteen self-driving patrol cars, complete with flashing lights, hit the public roads in the autonomous driving demonstration area, performing round-the-clock police duties in coordination with officers from the Daxing Branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau.

East China's Shandong province is trying to boost digital empowerment, so as to make cities and counties in its region "smarter" and the residents' lives easier.

In the prefecture-level city of Heze, Juye county has a big ambition to boost itself: Becoming a sub-center hub in the Southern Shandong Economic Circle, by building a "smart city" in an effort to make it smarter and residents' lives better.

he report of the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed that "strengthen urban infrastructure construction and build a livable, resilient and smart city." Building a new smart city is the people's desire for a better urban life and the inevitable pursuit of high-quality urban development. In recent years, Tai'an City, Shandong Province, has innovated the big data integration development mode, dredged the three channels of data convergence, governance and application, created a new model and new business form of smart city construction, and constantly empowered urban governance.

The community is the "micro unit" of the city. In order to improve the people's livelihood service level, Tai'an City has accelerated the construction of smart communities. Taking Hongjiagou Community in Tai'an High tech Zone as an example, the community has made full use of 5G, Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data and other technical means to build a smart community integrated management platform to achieve the refined management of "one zone, one policy". At present, Tai'an City is promoting more than 70 communities to build smart communities with distinctive applications, helping grass-roots governance to be scientific, refined and intelligent.

The city will work with the smart tech provider on a range of environmental governance projects in areas such as wastewater treatment and garbage removal.

The city of Zhaoyuan in the Shandong Province of China has entered a long-term strategic cooperation agreement with smart technology provider Taoping.

Shanghai Data Exchange Corp, the powerhouse of Shanghai's "smart city" ambitions, has entered the world stage by forming strategic cooperation with Indonesia's tourism authority.

As China's leading big data center, it can handle an average 30 million pieces of data every day. By studying the data, Shanghai-based Zamplus Technology Inc, technology supporter of the center, helps Ministry of Tourism of Indonesia to find potential tourists in China and send tourism information to them through Internet as to attract them to travel to Indonesia.

Shanghai continues to lead in urban digital transformation, leveraging its Shanghai QR Code to streamline public services while ensuring data security.

The innovative system, which integrates healthcare, transportation, tourism, and government services into a single platform, is now being adopted in a range of scenarios - from parking management to cultural activities.

The tag, which will be pasted on the left side of the windshield, contains information including licence plate number, engine number, colour of the taxi, and details of the operating licence. Law enforcement personnel will be able to scan the tag using a handheld device and instantly recognise whether the taxi is licenced.