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Research on the Development of Smart Cities in China

Authors
Lei Chen1, *, Qian Hu1
1Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, 610103, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 834669328@qq.com
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Lei Chen
Available Online 2 June 2026.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6239-699-9_20How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Smart City; Comprehensive Digital Transformation; Digital Governance
Abstract

Smart cities are the core vehicle of the digital China strategy and a key pathway to modernizing urban governance and achieving high-quality development. This paper systematically reviews the development trajectory, policy framework, and technological systems of China’s smart cities, analyzes current mainstream application scenarios and typical cases, and summarizes successful models from cities such as Hangzhou, Shenzhen, and Shanghai. The study reveals that China’s smart city construction has undergone a process from concept introduction and pilot exploration to deepening comprehensive digital transformation, forming development characteristics driven by data, scenario-oriented approaches, and people-centered principles. The research also highlights multiple challenges currently faced, including data barriers, sustainable operations, and security privacy issues. In the future, China’s smart cities will evolve toward comprehensive digitalization, deep intelligence, and collaborative governance. The key to success lies in strengthening top-level design, unlocking the value of data elements, and establishing long-term development mechanisms, ultimately serving the goal of building people-oriented cities.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2026 4th International Conference on Digital Economy and Management Science (CDEMS 2026)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
2 June 2026
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978-94-6239-699-9
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2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6239-699-9_20How to use a DOI?
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© 2026 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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