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Smart cities use digital data to improve lifestyles
From B1 statistics on river quality
鈥淲e are much faster than compiled by water authori-
Western counterparts,鈥?he
said. 鈥淲e can build a network ties and to data stored by
based on fifth generation
technology.鈥? meteorologists about weather
Currently, China is testing conditions.
5G networks, which are up to
50 times faster than the fourth 鈥淲e really need a system of
generation. The trials are
centered in five major cities, open data,鈥?said Xu Lijia, big
including Shanghai.
data director of the Asia-
Large-scale trials will
start from 2018. Chinese is Pacific region for Amazon
expected to commercially
implement 5G services in Web Services. 鈥淎mazon data
2020, and 5G connections are
forecast to reach 428 million is open to download free by
users by 2025, accounting for
39 percent of the world鈥檚 total everyone, anytime, anywhere.
connections, according to a
report by the industry鈥檚 GSM The data include satellite,
Association. That will make
China the world鈥檚 biggest 5G radar and meteorological
network.
information. We hope that
Shanghai Party Secretary
Han Zheng once said, 鈥淏ig data Jing鈥檃n will become a model of
are valuable only after being
processed.鈥?That鈥檚 true, said open access to data.鈥?Tang. The third tier of the
city鈥檚 plan addresses big data What is still lacking in the
processing, followed by the
fourth tier: applying artificial big data realm, some experts
intelligence to how the city
operates. note, is a system of safeguards
Data collected from dust for personal privacy.
sensors on work sites across
the city have helped pinpoint 鈥淲e lack specific laws to
poor construction practices. In
Jing鈥檃n, the incidence of dust- protect personal information,
choked sites was better than in
other areas of the city. Why? even though most laws and
鈥淲e finally discovered regulation mention safe-
that Jing鈥檃n waters down its
streets more often than other guards,鈥?Tang said. 鈥淭he irony
districts, and that reduces
construction dust,鈥?Tang said. is that these laws and regula-
鈥淪o, it wasn鈥檛 about construc-
tion practices improving.鈥? Government and industry officials meet to discuss 鈥渟mart cities鈥?at the Shanghai Jing鈥檃n tions are often contradictory
International Big Data Forum 2017. on the subject.鈥? Indeed, meteorological data
confirmed that finding. On For example, he pointed
rainy days, the dust problem
was lessened. out, regulations to protect
鈥淪o why haven鈥檛 districts followed suit?鈥?Tang asked using big data analytics to suggest alternative routes for consumer privacy state that
rhetorically. 鈥淚t鈥檚 because every monitor offenses and help motorists. information on customers
official thinks differently. But relieve congestion. It has been
we can store the right decision dubbed the 鈥淛ing鈥檃n model.鈥? To make big data programs can鈥檛 be shared.
in everyone鈥檚 policymaking 鈥淚t鈥檚 ridiculous!鈥?Tan said.
and that will help us achieve 鈥淲e developed different successful requires the 鈥淚t technically means that an
good city management.鈥? statistical models, each being cooperation of all municipal online shop owner can鈥檛 tell
able to recognize offenses like departments. That hasn鈥檛
So, what does the Internet driving in the wrong direction, an express delivery service
of Things and smarter gov- parking illegally or mak- always been forthcoming.
ernment management mean ing phone calls while at the a buyer鈥檚 name, address and
for urban dwellers? Well, wheel,鈥?Tang said. 鈥淪ome government depart- phone number. We do want to
for starters, they will affect ments don鈥檛 want to share protect personal information,
six areas: community life, The district also has in- their data because data are not
digital services, transportation stalled smart cameras using but it鈥檚 really hard to do.鈥? systems, healthcare, environ- the models at main intersec- only valuable resources but
mental issues, and drug and tions. Any infringement of Tang鈥檚 team is calling for
food safety. traffic laws triggers a camera also represent great power,鈥? comprehensive regulations,
that takes photos and a said He Baohong, an expert perhaps started first at the
The city has already done short video to capture the from the China Academy of city level and then adopted
an exemplary job of applying misdemeanor. Information and Communica-
big data to transportation eventually on a national level.
systems. Passengers can now The technology will be ap- tions Technology. As part of that effort, his team
check bus schedules on an plied at 50 intersections by the Another major problem, is collecting, studying and
app instead of waiting under end of this year, said Li Jian, translating every related rules
scorching sun or driving rain senior traffic official of the according to Tang, is that
for a bus to arrive, and GPS district. overlapping information is
can guide drivers to the avail- often scattered across differ- adopted in Europe and the US
able parking spots and tell Jing鈥檃n traffic officials are ent government departments. since 1990.
them what parking fees they also working with Amap,
will have to pay. China鈥檚 largest map service He calls it 鈥渋solated islands of
provider, to produce real-time
Jing鈥檃n traffic police are data analysis of traffic flows data.鈥? in order to spot gridlock and
For example, to study the
causes and solutions for water
pollution, the city鈥檚
Environmental
Bureau needs
access to 5G
Chinese is expected to com-
mercially implement 5G services
in 2020, and 5G connections
are forecast to reach 428 million
users by 2025, accounting for 39
percent of the world鈥檚 total con-
nections, according to a report by
the industry鈥檚 GSM Association.
Visitors are attracted
by a map showing the
fine details of any city
location. It鈥檚 part of
displays at a city event
on big data and smart
cities. 鈥?Jiang Xiaowei
