Recently, at the 2024 Global Smart City Conference which just concluded in Barcelona, Spain, Shenzhen stood out from 429 cities in 64 countries and regions and won the "City Award"!
The Global Smart City Conference (hereinafter referred to as the Conference) is the world's largest theme exhibition focusing on the development and transformation of cities and society. It has been held for 14 consecutive sessions since 2011. The Conference has received long-term and strong support from international and regional organizations such as the United Nations Human Settlements Program, the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, C40, and the European Union in parallel forums and activities, ecological publicity, brand cooperation, and organizing exhibition groups.
Here, let's give some examples to prove the "strength of Shenzhen":
Shenzhen has created the "iShenzhen" APP, which brings together services throughout the life cycle. More than 8,600 service items can be "handled on the palm of your hand", including 407 types of electronic certificates and licenses, supporting multi-scenario applications, and the international version provides services in 9 languages. There are more than 20 million registered users and more than 7 billion services.
Shenzhen has set up an artificial intelligence cleaning pilot, and the robot can avoid obstacles autonomously. In 2022, the reform of people's livelihood demands will be launched, 537 channels will be integrated, and the "@Shenzhen-Public Opinion Speed Handling" platform will be created, with an average annual handling of more than 37 million demands and a satisfaction rate of more than 99%.
Shenzhen has launched an AI-assisted trial system, which has greatly improved the efficiency of closing civil and commercial cases. The "Super Fast Charging" area based on "iShenzhen" helps electric vehicles charge.
Shenzhen has initially built a digital twin base for the entire city, integrating more than 10,000 building BIM models, releasing more than 4,000 data services, and building more than 200 application scenarios to help urban governance.
What will be the development focus of smart cities in the future?
In recent years, the scale of the smart city market has continued to grow, thanks to the widespread application of technologies such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and big data, providing a solid foundation for the construction of smart cities.
It is predicted that the scale of China's smart city market has maintained a growth of more than 30% in recent years, from 21.08 trillion yuan in 2021 to 24.3 trillion yuan in 2022, and is expected to reach 33 trillion yuan by 2024, showing a huge market size and growth potential.
So what will be the focus of future development?
First of all, in terms of technological innovation, emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain will be more widely used in smart cities. At the same time, the introduction of digital twins and metaverse concepts will provide cities with richer interactive experiences and application scenarios.
In the field of green and low-carbon, smart cities will focus on the construction and upgrading of green infrastructure and promote the improvement of environmental protection and resource recycling systems.
In terms of people-oriented service improvement, smart cities will emphasize technological innovation and intelligent management, improve service levels and residents' quality of life, and take measures to help digital disadvantaged groups cross the digital divide.
In terms of urban governance and resilience improvement, smart cities will improve governance levels through intelligent perception, data analysis and other technical means, strengthen the security management of urban physical and digital spaces, and improve the ability to respond to emergencies.
Finally, in terms of industrial integration and coordinated development, the construction of smart cities will promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, and promote the coordinated development of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain.
The overall architecture of smart cities can be summarized into three levels based on the classification of the Internet of Things: perception layer, communication and network layer, platform layer and application.
The perception layer is the infrastructure of the entire smart city and constitutes the foundation of the smart city. According to the needs of the scene, the perception layer provides a large number of monitoring equipment to passively or actively obtain environmental data and upload it after recording.
The communication layer mainly carries the function of data transmission to the perception layer. It can be roughly divided into wired communication and wireless communication. The two communication methods have their own characteristics and need to be selected according to the actual needs of the smart city project.
The application layer can be called the "operating system" of the smart city, which plays a variety of functions such as collecting data, analyzing data, and assisting decision-making. The "operating system" plus the city's infrastructure constitute the foundation of the smart city, and on top of it are various urban application services, which connect the city's smart living space in units of application scenarios.
The application areas of smart cities have covered smart government affairs, smart transportation, smart medical care, smart education, smart security and other aspects, improving government service efficiency and citizen satisfaction, reducing traffic congestion and accidents, providing convenient and efficient medical services, evenly distributing educational resources, and improving security prevention capabilities.
"Smart City" becomes a hot spot for IoT investment and financing
In 2023, the investment scale of China's smart city ICT market will be RMB 875.44 billion, and it is expected to reach RMB 1,185.87 billion in 2027, with an average annual compound growth rate of 8.0%.
The investment subjects are diverse, and the investment subjects in the smart city construction industry are relatively balanced, involving multiple types of investment subjects, including industrial, investment, funds, etc., reflecting the strong capital attraction of the smart city construction industry.
In the investment in the smart city ICT market, government-led investment accounts for more than 18% of the total market investment, showing the important role of the government in the construction of smart cities.
The market competition is fierce, and many domestic and foreign companies have made layouts. Domestic technology giants such as Huawei, ZTE, Tencent, and Alibaba have launched many solutions and products, and start-ups have also emerged. International multinational companies such as IBM, Cisco, and Siemens are actively seeking cooperation with Chinese companies to jointly promote the development of smart cities.
In the fierce market competition, whether companies and investors can make timely and effective market decisions is the key to success. 2025 IOTE Internet of Things Exhibition will add more innovative elements to meet the new needs of industry development. It is expected that the exhibition will cover a wider range of IoT application fields, such as smart home, smart city, industrial Internet, etc., while introducing more international exhibitors and visitors.
This paper is from Ulink Media, Shenzhen, China, the organizer of IOTE EXPO (IoT Expo in China)
