A Smart City Horizon in China

Chinese cities are megacities that are re-invented every day by their residents, commuters, immigrants, civil society groups, planners, politicians, businesses, investors and visitors who bring with them their own identity, aspirations and demands for better urban quality. These “ideas of the city” developed in Asia transcend all conventional disciplines.The China Smart City project fielded by the Chinese government is a systematic and immense project and for its implementation it will require resources of any kind and a process of wide participation. The MoHURD coined the slogan “Government Guidance, Market Leading, Multiple Subjects, Global Participation”. To ensure the best functioning, the MoHURD has specially set up the Digital City Engineering Research Center of Chinese Society for Urban Studies, as the main center for promoting and guiding the development of China Smart City.