At the end of March, a new sports center with a seating capacity of over 40,000 opened in Xiong'an New Area in northern China's Hebei Province, filling a key gap in the region's capacity to host large-scale sports and cultural events.
The Xiong'an New Area, located about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing, was established on April 1, 2017. It aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The process explores a new model of development in densely populated areas.
Weiterlesen: Modernization in motion as China's "city of the future" Xiong'an takes shape rapidly
Discover how Hong Kong is leading smart city innovation and what to expect at InnoEX 2025, from AI to smart mobility and cybersecurity.
As cities worldwide accelerate their digital transformation efforts, few urban centres exemplify the potential of smart city development like Hong Kong.
Positioned as a global technology and business hub, Hong Kong is working to seamlessly integrate innovation into its infrastructure, services, and economy. Its commitment to advancing smart technologies is not only enhancing quality of life for its people but also reinforcing the city’s role as a leader in digital transformation.
Weiterlesen: CN: How Hong Kong is leading smart city innovation through InnoEX
Beijing will achieve large-scale 5G application and comprehensive 5G integration across industries by the end of 2027, positioning itself as a leading national benchmark for 5G adoption, according to a three-year action plan unveiled by municipal authorities.
The plan, jointly released by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology and the Beijing Communications Administration, sets targets including 100 percent 5G penetration among individual users, over 75 percent of total traffic carried by 5G networks, and 45 percent adoption by industrial enterprises above the designated size by 2027.
Weiterlesen: CN: Beijing projects fully large-scale 5G applications by 2027
China has just taken the internet to a whole new level with the world’s first 10G broadband network, launched in the high-tech city of Xiong’an. Powered by Huawei and China Unicom, this 50G-PON tech promises blazing-fast speeds that could redefine connectivity, from instant movie downloads to lag-free cloud gaming.
China’s bold step toward building the smart cities of tomorrow
Xiong’an, a futuristic metropolis 70 miles southwest of Beijing, is China’s testing ground for cutting-edge tech, dreamed up in 2017 under President Xi Jinping’s vision. Now, it’s home to a 10G broadband network that hits download speeds of 10 gigabytes per second, per MSN. That means you could download a huge movie file in seconds or stream 8K video without a hiccup.
Weiterlesen: China has developed world’s first 10G network for its high-tech city Xiong’an
AI’s core advantage lies in its ecosystem-specific effects. It enhances complementarity between regions and industries, democratizes access to green technology for small enterprises, and optimizes the resource allocation of carbon quotas. In practice, this means that an AI-enabled city not only manages its own emissions more efficiently but also catalyzes structural green transformation across its regional network.
Urban transformation in the age of climate urgency demands more than just digital dashboards and clean energy slogans. As climate volatility and energy consumption soar, the role of artificial intelligence in enabling low-carbon, high-resilience city systems has become pivotal. A major study published in Smart Cities - titled "Smart Cities with Green Resilience: A Quasi-Natural Experiment Based on Artificial Intelligence" - offers groundbreaking empirical insights from China, revealing how smart technologies and carbon emission trading (CET) policies work in tandem to dramatically improve energy efficiency and renewable adoption across regions.
Weiterlesen: CN: Smart cities with AI and CET policies show major synergies for emission reductions