BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 07, 2024 — On November 6, Central European Time, at the held in Barcelona, Shenzhen was recognized as the winner of the World Smart City Awards, standing out from 429 candidate cities across 64 countries and regions. This victory highlights China’s exceptional capabilities and potential in the development of smart cities.
With a focus on “building a new smart city benchmark, making the city smarter and life better,” Shenzhen’s winning entry, a “comprehensive solution for building a smart city,” embodies the city’s people-centric approach to smart city development. The jury committee commended Shenzhen for its innovative outcomes and outstanding solutions in key areas such as enabling technologies, transportation, energy and environment, governance, industry and economy, livability and inclusiveness, safety and emergency response, infrastructure and construction, ultimately culminating in the creation of an intelligent and humanistic digitalized city. This accomplishment is attributed to Shenzhen’s unique urban construction philosophy, foundation and landscape.
In terms of urban governance, Shenzhen has made significant strides in building a digital twin base for the entire city. This base comprises nearly 10,000 BIM refined models of major buildings and forms a comprehensive digital twin data system encompassing three primary categories (urban basic space, management targets and IoT perception) and 25 subdivisions, offering over 4,000 data services. The city has created 200+ digital twin application scenarios, including industrial scenarios such as the “one graph” approach for urban water management, “one graph” for power charge, storage and discharge, and planning and design of the 5th-phase rail transit. This has led to the comprehensive application of digital twins in urban areas such as Houhai, Xiangmihu and Guangming Science City. A notable example is the development of applications for urban flood disaster prevention, leveraging the “one graph” for urban water management, flood disaster risk model and contingency plans for diverse scenarios. Shenzhen uses 3D models to simulate flood disasters in key districts and analyze affected areas, enhancing the accuracy of identifying water-logging risks and exploring innovative solutions to address the urban water-logging issue. The Xiangmihu digital twin comprehensive application leverages high rendering capability to visually present complex surface and underground space planning, aiding in digital decisions for city silhouette review, urban landscape design and comparative selection of programs. It further promotes the establishment of a lifecycle digital twin management model for key districts encompassing planning, design, construction and operation.
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