The two sides will collaborate on further projects that will apply advanced tech in a range of areas under the Singapore-China (Shenzhen) Smart City initiative.
Singapore’s Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have inked eight memorandum of understandings (MoUs) and unveiled 14 new joint projects under the Singapore-China (Shenzhen) Smart City Initiative (SCI).
These projects cover areas like e-trade, electric vehicle management through artificial intelligence, carbon capture and storage, smart business parks and talent development.
Digital transformation
The signing took place at the third Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) meeting, co-chaired by permanent secretary for communications and information Joseph Leong, and mayor of Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government Qin Weizhong.
The meeting reported a doubling of the number of new joint projects compared to the previous year, as the SCI enters its third year of implementation. These new projects will deepen the ongoing collaboration between Singapore and Shenzhen in enabling digital transformation and policy innovation and create new opportunities for businesses and people in research and innovation, trade, sustainability, and talent development.
“The Singapore-China (Shenzhen) Smart City initiative, launched in 2019, has built stronger digital and business linkages between Singapore and Shenzhen,” said Leong. “Despite challenges of the pandemic over the past three years, both sides have worked hard to enhance SCI as an effective platform for digital innovation, smart city cooperation, and business and people exchanges.
“Singapore and Shenzhen will actively promote a conducive business environment for companies to innovate and conduct cross-border transactions safely and smoothly, as we strengthen our economic recovery and resilience.”
One of the key areas of cooperation in the past year has been the facilitation of digital trade through the use of electronic Bills of Lading (eBLs). IMDA and Shenzhen’s Bureau of Commerce have assessed the results of successful technical trials on trade in the past year, and both sides are now poised to expand IMDA’s TradeTrust pilot with live commercial transactions involving banks, shippers, and other partners.
TradeTrust is a digital utility, a framework that comprises globally accepted standards and enables trusted interoperability through a public blockchain and support the exchange of electronic trade documents across digital platforms.
Expansion of the pilot would pave the way for full digitalisation of the trade supply chain and bring the benefits of faster and more secured digital trade transactions to the ecosystem.
IMDA has also been deepening collaboration with TusStar, a technology incubator in China with an innovation network of more than 10,000 companies. In this next phase, TusStar will increase its regional presence in Southeast Asia by establishing hub operations in Singapore and expand its network in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality/virtual reality, and sensor technology.
This partnership will connect technology start-ups from Singapore, Shenzhen, and other cities in China to new markets in the region.
The 14 new joint projects reflect the transformative role of digital technologies across the SCI’s focus areas of digital connectivity, talent exchange and development, innovation and entrepreneurship. Notable projects feature use of advanced technologies and AI for the green economy and sustainability, such as reducing carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, and enhancing battery management for electric vehicles.
To date, a total of 29 projects have been initiated and 21 MoUs have been signed under SCI. This momentum in SCI collaboration also reflects Singapore and Shenzhen’s leading role in digital economy development, and the potential for SCI’s innovative projects to be scaled to more cities in Southeast Asia and the Greater Bay Area.
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Quelle/Source: Smart Cities World, 28.11.2022
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