On January 21, 2022, the 2022 World Smart City Awards were held by the Greater China Representative Office of the Global Smart City Conference/Tomorrow City Shanghai Center, with the support of the Shanghai Digital Governance Research Institute· Declare a press conference. Jiang Xuejun, Director of Shanghai Urban Operation Management Center, Mao Huidong, CEO of Greater China at the Global Smart City Conference and Tomorrow's City Center, Secretary General of the World Smart City Awards China, Professor Zheng Lei of Fudan University, Mr. Xu Yamin, Head of the World Economic Forum Internet of Things and Urban Development Platform China (online), and partners from Huawei, Unicom, Yuncong Technology, iFLYTEK, Tencent, And Shenlan Technology attended the conference.
In the first part of the press conference, Mao Huidong first shared with the guests the development and growth process of the World Smart City Award in the decade from 2011 to 2021, and summarized the declarations of cities and units in China in recent years (in 2021, a total of 117 applications from 10 provinces, 30 cities, 3 autonomous regions, and 4 municipalities directly under the central government were received); reviewing the period from 2020 to 2021, Achievements of Chinese cities on the stage of the World Awards (Shanghai - Smart City Awards 2020; Shenzhen - Enabling Technology Awards 2020; Chengdu - 2021 Livability and Inclusion Awards; Wuhan - 2021 Recovery Innovation Awards); shared 2 practical cases and once again reaffirmed the judging philosophy and standards of the Awards Jury. It is hoped that more cities, in the process of filing, will fully demonstrate the challenges faced by cities, explain how cities can cope with challenges, find solutions and effects for governance, and continue their future strategies. Adhering to the people-oriented concept, it shows the excellent achievements of cities and society in intelligent transformation, and makes an example for other cities to learn from and learn from.
Mr. Ugo Valenti, CEO of the Global Smart Cities Conference
Ms. Pilar Conesa, Global Secretary General of the World Smart City Awards
Mr. Ugo Valenti, CEO of the Global Smart City Conference, and Ms. Pilar Conesa, Global Secretary General of the World Smart City Awards, also recorded a video in advance of the launch event and delivered speeches and shared at the event.
Mr. Jiang Xuejun, Director of Shanghai Urban Operation Management Center, Professor Zheng Lei of Fudan University, and Mr. Xu Yamin, Head of the China Region of the World Economic Forum's Internet of Things and Urban Development Platform, had a dialogue at the event. He introduced the operation and development of Shanghai's urban operation "one network unified management", and shared relevant cases such as urban governance during the epidemic. It is hoped that through the embroidery needle-like and warm governance model, the fine and warm side of urban governance will be shown. I hope to share the small details and warmth of urban governance through a global platform, so as to lead a new model of urban digital governance.
During the event, the cooperative units that have applied for awards in previous years were also invited to share their experiences and experiences in applying for awards, and introduced their work and situation in the transformation of urban intelligence. Each of them shared the future development strategy of each enterprise and how to better build the digitalization and intelligence of the city.
Mr. Yang Qin, Huawei's Shanghai Government-Enterprise Digital Government Industry Solution
Mr. Xia Yeqiang, Technical Director of Shanghai Unicom
Mr. Cai Chao, Deputy General Manager of iFLYTEK Digital Park Business Department, HKUST
In the third link, Mao Huidong introduced that through the online digital community of Tomorrow City, the Global Smart City Conference and the framework of "one ecology and three platforms" of tomorrow city center will carry out strategic research, industry and application research, solution consulting, as well as exhibition exchanges, seminars and training, investment cooperation and other work. We will continue to help partners connect with each other to lead pioneering projects and boost the development of smart cities.