Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, aims to become a leading city in terms of applying technology to improve the lives of its citizens.
China's urbanization and Chinese cities' eagerness to "go smart" could mean great business opportunities for enterprises.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation has been putting major effort into developing "smart city" solutions for Chinese cities in recent years.
The remote oil town of Karamay in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is adopting cutting-edge technology to become a "smart city" in order to make life easier for residents and improve local administration, its mayor said.
Schneider Electric has been gearing up to carry on its Smart City Solutions, which is set to use different kinds of smart technologies to efficiently manage cities' resources.
The recent Beijing Design Week demonstrated that Smart City is about completely open innovation.
Telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp announced its Smart City strategy on Thursday, aiming to grab business opportunities in China's urban areas.
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd announced its “Smart City” strategy on Tuesday, which aims to provide mobile applications and services to facilitate people’s lives, as well as the operations of companies and local governments in several Chinese cities.
"Smart city" initiatives in China are expected to attract huge money and create jobs, thus contributing to the country's economic growth.
Nanjing has made the transformation into a "smart" city using IT and other intelligent technologies an important priority.
IT services provider Digital China Holdings said on June 13 that it aims to have 100 billion yuan ($15.8 billion) in sales revenue during China's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15) .
More than 260 prefecture-level Chinese cities are building digital geographic systems to provide better services to citizens.
SmartCity Expo & World Congress invites Chinese local governments and companies to participants in its event for this year, said its organizer in a news briefing in Beijing May 10.
The Internet of Things (IOT) - a global network that links physical and virtual objects through data capture and communication (European Union definition) - is becoming a major new industry in China, especially in one particular county.
The software of cities can be modified through new technologies, but what about their hardware?
When more sustainable cities are sought—ones that supposedly will offer a better quality of life—who decides what technologies to use, and how to use them? The answer is not simple.
Tomorrow's cities must establish systems capable of handling the massive amount of data generated by their residents and infrastructure.
Representatives of cities and leading organizations gathered in Barcelona, a leading tourism destination in Spain on Nov 29 to share their innovative ideas on building smart cities.
Digital China Holdings Ltd reported that turnover surged 23.87 percent year-on-year between April 1 and Sept 30, hitting a record high of HK$34.14 billion ($4.4 billion) on Nov 15.
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