Digital city will become a hotspot of things

In the past year, the global economic turmoil, the US-European debt crisis, and the major earthquake in Japan have all had a tremendous impact on both physical and virtual economies. All countries hope that strategic emerging industries can lead the domestic economy to break through, and they all hope to invest in the Internet of Things, a set of high-tech industries that can greatly improve the traditional society and economic operation mode.

At the National Conference on Industry and Information Technology in 2012, Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei emphasized that in 2012, we must focus on eight areas of work, including “actively cultivating and developing strategic emerging industries such as the Internet of Things that will occupy China. The electronic information industry is in an important position in the development of the new year."

On December 7 last year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology formally released the “12th Five-Year Plan for Development of the Internet of Things”. “This year is the first year of the beginning of the “Planning” and will have a major impact on the development of the industry.” Liu Haitao, president of the Wuxi Institute of Internet of Things, believes that the “Planning” clarifies the development of the Internet of Things in China and is helpful for the entire country. The internal Internet of Things projects are planned in an integrated manner so as to solve the problems of independence and resource decentralization so that the Internet of Things industry can truly become a pillar industry. “In the not-too-distant future, the Internet of Things will usher in a big system and a large platform.”

At present, China has formed a basically complete system of Internet of Things industry. Among them, the smart Internet, intelligent agriculture, smart logistics, smart grid and other Internet of Things applications have formed a relatively complete industrial system. In the next step, unified standards and convergence of common applications in various industries will be the outstanding propositions for the development of the Internet of Things industry.

The digital city is exactly the exploration and practice of the "big system, big platform" of the Internet of Things. "Either smart medical or smart logistics can be integrated into the overall layout of digital city construction. Digital cities have become a hot area for the construction of the Internet of Things." Li Chengcheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a national surveying and mapping expert, introduced that the Internet of Things technology has been applied to " In the construction of smart cities, a lot of experience has been accumulated.

In 2011, the total scale of the Internet of Things industry in Wuxi exceeded 60 billion yuan, and 12 major Internet of Things demonstration projects such as industry and agriculture have taken shape. Shanghai has established ten demonstration projects for Internet of Things applications. According to the plan, 10 demonstration projects for Internet of Things applications will be completed this year, covering smart grids, environmental monitoring, smart security, building energy conservation management and other industries and livelihood applications.

“The construction of 'Smart City' is an inevitable result of China’s urban informatization advancement to a certain level, and it is of great significance to the just-started IoT industry.” Li Chengjian said, at present, China has 28 provinces, districts, and cities to use the Internet of Things as a new industry development. One of the key points is that many first and second-tier cities are building or planning to build an internet of things industrial park. It can be predicted that the Internet of Things will be the focus of this year's national and local advancement of informatization work, and policy support will continue to increase.

According to the plan of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, by 2015, China will initially complete the goal of establishing the IOT industry system: to form a relatively complete industrial chain of the Internet of Things, to cultivate and develop 10 industrial gathering areas, more than 100 key enterprises, and a batch of “professional, Special, new, and small-scale SMEs, to build a group of public service platforms with wide coverage and strong support.

The development of related standards for the Internet of Things is also in full swing. On December 29, 2011, the National Sensor Network Standards Working Group released the first batch of 6 standard drafts for sensor networks. “This is China's first application standard for the Internet of Things industry and has a landmark significance,” said the person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

From the "plan" to the standard, it shows that China's Internet of Things industry is standardizing the path of development. Although there is still a large gap between the level of development of the Internet of Things and international developed countries, if we can exert the advantages of policies in industrial guidance and integration, we believe that it can drive China's Internet of Things industry to surpass the world advanced level.

Linking Digital Lanzhou One Card Convenience The construction of a digital city in Lanzhou, Gansu Province has been fully rolled out. A few days ago, 3,000 new citizen cards were officially issued. Citizens can use their cards to get a card, but they can also register, medical insurance, and can also be a savings card, park card, and library card. One card has more than a dozen service functions. It is reported that this year, Lanzhou City will gradually produce 1 million citizen cards.

The “card” is the most difficult point in the “one network, one station, one card” information construction project that is the overall strategic focus of the “Digital Lanzhou”. The Deputy Mayor of Lanzhou, Li Senyu, introduced that the key to the construction of the citizen card is to integrate various government management functions, financial payments, municipal infrastructure services, and other industry applications, and establish a data exchange platform. This is a large and complex system project.

The domestic integrated IT service provider, Digital China, undertook the construction and operation of the Lanzhou Citizen Card System Platform, and integrated the services of Lanzhou City including social security, health care, demographics, housing information and other government public management and social business fields.

It is reported that Digital China's "smart city" strategy has carried out consulting and construction work in 64 cities nationwide.