China’s Wuxi, Yinchuan and Hangzhou have emerged in a global smart city performance ranking in 2017, with Wuxi ranking the 17th on the list, according to a recent study by a UK-based market researcher Juniper Research.
The index ranks the top 20 global smart cities by looking at the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and connected services across four key areas: mobility, health care, public safety and productivity, listing Singapore, London and New York as the top three cities.
Read more: Report indicates China progress in building a smart city
After the Spring Festival holiday, all 1,200 people who worked in a building in Beijing's Haidian district government found they could enter without showing any credentials, as their face was enough to get them inside the building.
A facial recognition system has been installed at the three entrances, and it only takes seconds for someone to pass through, Ma Xiaochuan, the system's project manager at the Beijing-based Zhonghai Investment company, told the Global Times on Tuesday.
Read more: CN: More govt services using facial recognition, AI and robot technology
The country’s top planning agency is backing 56 projects to help turn the nation into a tech powerhouse
A top Chinese drone manufacturer and a police-backed facial recognition firm are among dozens of companies set to receive state subsidies as China seeks to become a global powerhouse in internet technology, big data and artificial intelligence.
Read more: The big data and AI projects China is pinning its global tech ambitions on
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is set to help Algeria build e-government by digitizing a large volume of official documents of various ministries, a senior manager from Huawei told Xinhua in a recent interview.
"Algeria has launched a performance improvement program of its administration, and Huawei hopes to participate in this project with local partners," said Gao Jie, the general manager of Huawei Telecoms Algeria.
Read more: CN: Interview: Huawei set to help build e-government for Algeria
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the country to accelerate implementation of big data strategy to better serve social and economic development and improve people's lives.
Efforts should be made to advance national big data strategy, improve digital infrastructure, promote integration and sharing of digital resources, and safeguard data security, Xi said during a collective study session of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee's Political Bureau on December 8.
Read more: President Xi: China Must Accelerate Implementation of Big Data Strategy