Why smart cities? From all perspectives, it ticks all the boxes: innovation, 
technology and new economy. On a day-to-day basis, it makes our urban 
environments more liveable, it saves energy, keeps traffic flowing and keeps us 
safe. 

In 2020, China was estimated to have some 800 smart cities under construction 
or in planning ¨C that's about half of the world's total. And that number is 
continually rising. 

And key to powering these smart cities is technologies like 5G, artificial 
intelligence and big data. Guiyang, the capital city of Guizhou province, has 
been a hotbed for experimenting with digital transformation in the country's 
push towards building smart cities, thus a smart society.  Smart cities are an 
integral part of China's continued push for urbanization to drive the country's 
economic development now and in the years to come.   

More than 5,000 big data companies take residence in Guiyang including Alibaba, 
Baidu, Apple and Google, to name a few. That's because, for years, Guizhou has 
been home to the country's first national big data experimental zone. And now 
it has opened the floodgates for a shift from a smart-city concept to a 
smart-city reality. 

China Matters' Josh Arslan goes to Guiyang to see what ordinary folks can get 
out of living in a smart city? What benefits it brings? He also meets up with 
people behind the innovations that power a smart city from facial recognition 
to a car parking app vital in congested cities to autonomous vehicles, 
redefining the way we live, work and play. 

Contact: Li Siwei
Tel:008610-68996566
E-mail£ºlisiwei5125@gmail.com
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Source: China Matters