Data Driven, Smart Empowered The 23rd CHTF China Smart City Expo Opens

The 23rd China Hi-Tech Fair (CHTF), which attracts global attention, officially opens on December 27. The 23rd CHTF China Smart City Expo, which is the focus of attention at the CHTF, kicks off simultaneously at Hall 4 of Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center and at Hall 11 of Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center. With the theme of "Data Driven, Smart Empowered", this CHTF China Smart City Expo, which is jointly organized by the State Information Center and Asia Digital Group, brings together innovative application technologies and solutions in the field of smart city including forward-looking 5G, industrial Internet, Internet of Things, big data, blockchain, digital industry, artificial intelligence, and smart technology, presenting the new development path and new pattern of future smart city. China is the world leader in digital infrastructure construction, with a well-defined system for open data sharing, and a sound system for institutional support. At the macro level, "accelerating digital development and building a digital China" is listed as an independent section in the outline of the "14th Five-Year Plan", which points out the need to develop seven key industries of the digital economy: cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things, industrial Internet, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality as well as augmented reality.