Global launch of "Smart City" construction tide

At present, the construction of “smart cities” has a strong momentum. Countries around the world have invested in the construction of “smart cities”. According to relevant statistics, as of last year, more than 100 construction projects have been launched in various parts of the world, but only in 2011 Nearly 1,000 construction projects. Especially in China, the total number of projects seems to be about 500.

The global "smart city" construction boom started from 2005 to 2006. In 2006, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched a program called “Maschal City,” which is expected to bring local energy renewable rates to 100%, CO2 emissions to zero, and waste emissions to zero.

The Netherlands proposed the idea of ​​building a "smart city Amsterdam" in 2006 and officially launched the plan in 2008. The State Council of China also proposed the concept of building an eco-city in 2006, and in 2008 it will begin construction of the “China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city”.

From 2007 to 2008, Japan quickly launched pilot experiments on a series of related elements such as renewable energy and electric vehicles, which are components of smart cities. In 2010, it began to build an integrated smart community that includes all elements. While officials and civilians joined hands to build the "Smart Community Alliance (JSCA)," Japan began pilot experiments in four places: Yokohama City, Kitakyushu City, Toyota City, Keihanna Science City.

Whether in Japan or the world, the development of smart cities will become more and more active. However, smart cities have not yet formed an industry. As far as the IT industry in the 1980s was concerned, Yahoo and Google have not yet appeared. There is no stable business model, and of course there is no business norm. In the final analysis, what is a smart city? Each country, region, government, and company defines it differently.

Although smart cities have not yet formed an industry, there are indeed many achievements to be said. Repeated trials of various types of experiments are bringing the distance between smart cities and their largest beneficiaries. All over the world are depicting their own smart city blueprints.