Promoted by the reforms by various regions in China, the local authorities' abilities to govern and serve the people have been significantly improved.
Using big data technology, more efficient ways have been developed to solve problems in the public sphere, according to a report by Xinhua-run Outlook Weekly.
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The country is home to half of the smart cities projects worldwide – and people disagree over whether it’s a cause for concern.
Imagine a city where you can take a driverless bus to an unmanned supermarket or enter a hotel room using a facial recognition system – a place with a brain controlled by artificial intelligence, where almost all of the infrastructure and everyone in the city is monitored and linked to some kind of software.
- This is the fourth instalment in a four-part series examining the brewing US-China war over the development and deployment of artificial intelligence technology
- China has had success with AI and surveillance, but when it comes to social issues such as education, health care and agriculture, there is still a ways to go
For China, the advent of artificial intelligence is meant to be the silver bullet that unlocks further economic growth and helps solve deep-rooted social problems, such as the uneven distribution of resources in education and health care.
- China has a lot to offer the ambitious Asean Smart City Network project and has pledged to share its experience and technology
- But the rise of anti-China sentiment in Asean over South China Sea tensions and unpopular Mekong dam projects may hinder cooperation
It’s almost as if the community was dreamed up as part of a movie set. But the Suzhou Industrial Park is real and part of a cooperative effort with Singapore. It is a carefully planned area on 27 square miles that a quarter-century earlier had been farmland. Dozens of Fortune 500 companies have invested billions into hundreds of cutting-edge projects.
China is known as a developing country. But in reality, it is more developed than many western countries. The Suzhou Industrial Park is sustainable and high tech, which has attracted trailblazing companies ranging from Samsung to Siemens to Philips. Others from around the world have since followed and use it as a base from which to produce and to export their goods.
Read more: China’s Smart Cities Are Magnets For Economic Growth And Environmental Stewardship