The new regulations, known as the Internet Information Service Algorithmic Recommendation Management Provisions, have been drafted by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the body that enforces cybersecurity, internet censorship, and e-commerce rules. Terming the new rules as regulations for deep synthesis technology, GAC is implementing them to protect people’s legitimate rights and interests. These significant policies are being implemented to ensure more effective services (e.g., ride-hailing, social media) for the country’s over 1.4 billion people and manage tech companies and services providers.
Artificial Intelligence issues are of concern to China. President Xi Jinping alluded to such challenges in his speech last October, “Some unhealthy and disorderly signals and trends have occurred in the rapid development of our country’s digital economy.”
Read more: China Looking to Regulate Artificial Intelligence Usage
Last October, China’s central bank implemented the mandatory use of business QR Codes for all merchants starting March 1 QR Codes — in effect phasing out personal QR Codes which accounts for the majority of China’s total mobile payments.
But the new rules saw strong resistance as business versions meant filing paperwork and paying higher fees. In order to assess the feedback, China’s Payment and Clearing Association announced merchants can still entertain personal QR codes for business transactions.
Read more: Chinese Government Holds Off Plans to Ban Personal QR Codes
I-Berhad is bolstering its digital offerings in i-City with the metaverse concept in collaboration with China's telecommunication giant China Mobile.
The term "metaverse" refers to a shared interactive 3D virtual world that has been heralded as the next evolution of the internet.
The concept came to the fore during the Covid-19 pandemic as lockdown measures increased demand for online business and entertainment.
Hong Kong has recently demonstrated its ability to use smart city sensors to monitor air quality and identify vehicles that are particularly troublesome for pollution. What challenges does air quality control present, how did Hong Kong achieve its ability to reduce emissions, and what does this mean for the future of monitoring technologies?
What challenges does air quality control present?
As the world population continues to grow and the dependency on automotive increases, cities are under increasing pressure to improve their air quality. Polluted air is well known to be a major contributor to early deaths and many respiratory diseases, and the high density of people living in cities magnifies this effect.
Read more: CN: Hong Kong demonstrates smart city technology to improve air quality in traffic
Shanghai is now setting the pace for smart cities.
In a ranking created by the Juniper Research agency, Shanghai was named 2022’s top smart city in the world, beating out Seoul, Barcelona, Beijing, and New York.
The Chinese city set itself apart with its Citizen Cloud. This platform for Shanghai residents serves as the only access point necessary for reaching more than a thousand different services and helps them find the information they need to make daily life easier.
Read more: CN: Shanghai named top ‘smart city’ in the world for 2022