Tongling named China's leading smart city

Tongling, a city in east China’s Anhui province, was awarded the title of China’s leading smart city in 2021 at the annual Asia-Pacific Smart City Development Forum, held in south China’s Shenzhen on Dec 28.

The city was honored for its exploration and innovation in the development of a new-type smart city. It has won the honor for three consecutive years at the forum co-sponsored by the National Information Center and International Data (Asia) Group.

The forum explored the current situation and future development trend of global smart city development, and shared effective practices.

Tongling displayed its "urban super brain" program in the public exhibition area for smart city achievements at the forum.

In recent years, the city has focused on the digital transformation of all urban factors, developed digital economy, built digital government, enriched digital life, improved digital governance, and promoted digital integration.

The city has also transformed and upgraded “industrial brain” and built a platform for "urban super brain" as part of its effort to modernize governance systems and governance capacity.