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Smart city standards

Shanghai has strived to establish and promote the standardization of smart city construction,
including data standards, technical standards and evaluation criteria. It aims to share and exchange
data smoothly to enable connections between different sectors and to ensure the safety of the
smart city operation.

Official assessment of city smartness

Shanghai has assessed the construction of the smart city annually. In 2013, it began to measure and
evaluate the performance of institutional support, smart applications, Internet readiness and other
perspectives. The assessment could evaluate changes following the implementation of the smart
city project, in order to improve it and to provide guidance for future planning and construction.

Figure 33: Annual assessment on smart city of Shanghai

Governance reinvention

The smart city has revolutionized the modes of traditional urban management. It is not just a
platform to use as many advanced technologies as possible, but is more committed to cooperation
and interaction between the city and the public. Every citizen becomes a producer, governor, user
and beneficiary of data, and participates in city governance in Shanghai.

Regional collaboration

Shanghai has promoted cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta and formed a "Smart Yangtze
River Delta" co-construction mechanism. The data-centric, online-offline integration of the digital
government project has been expanded to the Yangtze River Delta region, including Shanghai,
Jiangsu Province and Zhejiang Province. This cooperation has further enhanced convenience for
citizens and their means of livelihood.

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