China has about 500 smart city pilot projects, the highest in the world. What makes them different? Which city is the smartest in 2018? SEC gives the answer is in this report. Smarter, Greener, Together!

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2018 China Top 10 Smart Eco-Cities
Linkedin slideshare
December 18, 2018
Beijing, China
“Smarter, Greener, Together!”
Christine WANG
Managing Partner
www.smartecocity.com

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Green Energy
Green Building
Green Mobility
Green Community
Environment Quality
Green Lifestyle
Low Carbon Industry
Water-Waste Management
Smart Power Grid
Smart Public Services
Smart Education
Smart Home
Smart Water
Smart Building
Smart Mobility
Smart Healthcare
Smart Traffic
Smart Government
Singapore
Tokyo Seoul
Hong Kong Taipei
Beijing Shanghai Shenzhen
Chongqing Tianjin Wuhan
NEW - Dubai NEOM
NEW - San Francisco
NEW - Geneva Zürich Berlin
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SEC - Smart Eco-City
In 2012, SEC framework launched at the intersection of the “3E”
Equity
SMART
ECO CITY
Environment Economy
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Smart City frameworks
Since, SEC inspired many city frameworks around the World
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Arcadis Sustainable Cities
ATKearney City Ecosystem
ASEAN Smart Cities
Indonesia Smart Initiative
Equity
SMART
ECO CITY
Environment Economy

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Purpose of the China SEC ranking
China's sucess factors and key differentiators
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What is China doing right and what can we learn?
• Examining the progress of smart cities across
China and identifying common drivers across
successful smart cities.
• Identifying key factors which distinguish China’s
smart city efforts from other countries around the
globe.
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China urbanization challenges
China is facing 6 main issues
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Education
Pollution
Transportation
Health
Waste
Population
Education supply is severely
insufficient, but on the other, waste of
education resources is substantial.
Air pollution is the leading threat to the
health of cityzens.
China is second worst in the world.
The average commute time in major
cities is over 30min for 15km.
>75% of people in China are in sub-
health conditions.
China is among the top of the world in terms of municipal waste
generation due to a lack of waste disposal technology.
70% of the waste is in landfills.
China's population is close to
1.4 billion.
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China in the global smart city rankings
Beijing#9, Wuxi#17, Yinchuan#18, Shanghai#19,Hangzhou#20
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27 Chinese cities were included in the 2017-2018 Top100 Global Cities Index, 5 in the Top20
Source: SEC Partners

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China in the global smart city project amount
China is ranked first with its ~500 smart cities projects
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6 ministries and commissions of China
approved 542 pilot cities from different
departments and fields covering
• 100% of provincial cities
• 74% of prefecture-level cities
• 32% of county-level cities
50
542100
North America
Europe
China

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China's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Race
China leads in AI funding and will be world leader by 2030
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CHINA’S AI PLAN
Beijing
Shanghai
Guangzhou
Competitive in AI
Focus on big data
intelligence,
autonomous
intelligence systems,
cross-medium
intelligence,
swarm intelligence,
hybrid enhanced
intelligence,
AI foundational
theories
Breakthroughs
AI will be applied to
SMART CITY
infrastructure,
manufacturing,
medicine,
agriculture,
national defence
construction,
AI laws and
regulations, security
assessment and
control capabilities
World leader
Mainly focus on
social governance,
national defence
construction,
industrial value chain
2020 2025 2030
395
210
165
Beijing has the most AI start-ups 395
and most valuable one in the world
SenseTime, $4.5B
Number of start-ups
China
48%US
39%
Other 13%
• The Chinese AI industry has grown 67% vs 2017 and produced more
patents and research papers than the US, despite having access to a
fifth of US’s talent pool.
• China has an edge over the US on applying AI technology to specific
areas such as unmanned retail and medical diagnosis.
China has 14 Unicorns
worth $40B

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SEC Ranking methodology
Two step approach overview for the ranking
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Based on our China SEC chapter managers, we picked the most visible and advanced
10-20 smart city projects in each province.
Step 1: We looked at 8 factors to create an Intermediate City Score:
Digitalization: 4-5G, Wi-Fi hotspots and smartphone usage.
Mobility: smart parking, traffic sensors and car sharing apps.
Sustainability: green energy/building, air and environmental protection.
Vision: leadership, planing and budget.
Government: services, market access and citizen participation.
Innovation: incubators, start-ups, eco-systems and investment scene.
Livability: local and expat opinions on how the city is livable.
Smartness: interview technologists, investors, urban planners and city officials opinions.
Step 2: We grouped these 8 factors according to the 3E for the Final City Score

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Step 1 - Intermediate City Score formula
Each smart city projects are scored to the 8 factors and weights
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Each city factor data D was ranked from highest (Dmax) to lowest value (Dmin), then we
awarded a score as follows: Factor Score* = 1 + 8x(D-Dmin/Dmax-Dmin)
Factor Score weights:
20% Digitalization
17% Mobility
17% Smartness
15% Sustainability
12% Livability
10% Vision
5% Governance
4% Innovation
∑Sum all
8 factor
scores
Intermediate City Score* =
*Score is between 1-10, the higher the better

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Step 2 - Final City Score formula
Intermediate city scores adjusted to 3E's weight for Final Scoring
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¥
E1-Equity
Social
E2-Environment
Support
E3-Economic
Development
Digitalization
Smartphone Penetration
Internet Penetration
Cable TV Penetration
Sustainabilily
Clean Energy/EV Incentives
Smart Building
Waste Disposal
Environment Protection
Vision
Leadership
Budget
Urban Planning
Mobility
Smart Parking
Sharing Services
Traffic
Public Transport
Livability
Afordability
Medical care
Environmental exposure
Governance
Citizen Participation
Digitalization of Government
Industries
Smartness
Opinion
Skyscrapers
Innovation
Business eco-system
Education
SMART ECO CITY
30% 50%20%

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E1 - social Equity
Factor definitions
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Digitalization Mobility
Smartphone Penetration
• Mbs, speed test
• 4-5G LTE penetration
• Cashless payment offer
Internet Penetration
• Upload/Download Mbs
• Cloud platform penetration
• E-commerce turnover
• Fiber optic coverage
• Free Wi-Fi hotspots
Cable TV Penetration
Smart Parking
• Percentage owning cars
• # of parking spaces per km2
• Parking apps and penetration
Sharing Services
• Fleet per Population data
• Bikes per Population data
Traffic:Levels of congestion
Public Transport
• Satisfaction percentage
• Average daily volume
SMART
Smartness
Opinion
1000 technologists and urban
planners, locals and expats,
were asked to rate how smart
each city was in China
Skyscrapers
• Best Skyline ranking
• Amount of buildings >100m
20% 17% 17%

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E2 - Environment support definition
Factors definitions
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Sustainability Livability
Clean Energy/EV Incentives
• Percentage of Electric Vehicle ratio
Smart Building
• Research centers: Investment to research and
development (percentage of GDP)
• Efficiency of buildings: GDP per unit of energy
use, number certified green buildings
Waste Disposal: Percentage of waste landfilled
Environment Protection
• Green House Gases emission per capita
• CO2 Emissions per capita adjusted to population
Afordability
• Average sum spent on (Fast food, Restaurant,
Clothes, Rent, Transportation)
• Adjusted to the GDP per capita levels
• House price to income ratio
Medical care
• Per capita number of grade A class 3 hospitals
• Coverage of basic medical insurance
Environmental Exposure
• Noise sound level average
• Number of days with good air quality
ECO
15% 12%

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E3 - Economic development definition
Factor definitions
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Vision Governance
Leadership
• A clear well-defined strategy
• Top notch steering committy
• Performance appraisal of SEC
construction
Budget
• Sufficient funding for projects
• Percent of S&C expenditure
Urban Planning
• Rank according to percentage
of green public areas
Citizen Participation
• Turnout of online tools
Digitalization of Government
• Digital Infrastructure Rank
• Traffic of local government
sites as a percentage of the
population.
• Online processing rate of
government affairs
• Disclosure rate of government
information
CITY
Innovation
Business Ecosystem
• Ease of doing business
• Net population inflow
• Number of startups/unicorns
• Number of high-tech
enterprises and employees
• Researchers with PhD
• Number of patents per unit of
GDP
Education
• Number of universities
• Number in top 10
10% 5% 4%
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Beijing
TianjinShenyang
Nanjing
Chengdu
Wuhan
Zhenjiang
Suzhou
Wuxi
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Hangzhou
Yangzhou
Qingdao
2nd Tier cities
Top Tier cities
City Rank
Shenzhen 1 9.8
Shanghai 2 9.7
Beijing 3 9.6
Hangzhou 4 9.2
Guangzhou 5 9.1
Tianjin 6 9.0
Chongqing 7 8.9
Chengdu 8 8.8
Nanjing 9
8.7
Wuhan 10 8.7
Guangzhou
Zhuhai
Dalian
Sino bilateral collaboration
Top 10 Final City Score ranking
Winners are #1 Shenzhen (Top Tier) and Hangzhou (2nd Tier, #4 all)
Score
Winner
1
1
Chongqing
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8.5< 8.5-9.0 9.1-9.8 9.9Score Range:
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Top 10 Smart Eco-Cities focus
City Focus Description
Shenzhen IoT: Comprehensive platform, eco-system, Multiple PPP
Shanghai Smart: ForeignMNC, cybersecurity, real-time, Google PPP
Beijing Economy: State owned IoT focus, Big data, Baidu PPP
Hangzhou City Brain: E-highway, bikesharing king, health, Alibaba PPP
Guangzhou Transportation: sensor platform for traffic volume/flow
Tianjin Living: E-government, famous TEDA smart city, Foreign PPP
Chongqing IT: Sensor infra, public platform for better networking
Chengdu Mobility: improve network and tourism, cloud DiDi PPP
Nanjing IoT: use of govt data center, resident cards, Singapore PPP
Wuhan Living: Govt-public efficient information sharing&response
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Beijing
TianjinShenyang
Nanjing
Chengdu
Wuhan
Zhenjiang
Suzhou
Wuxi
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Hangzhou
Yangzhou
Qingdao
2nd Tier cities
Top Tier cities
Guangzhou
Zhuhai
Dalian
Sino bilateral collaboration
Winner
Chongqing
Description of the main project in the city
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Top 3 Smart Eco-Cities ranking by factors
Shenzhen is also the overall SEC leader accross the 3'Es
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¥
Equity
Social
Environment
Support
Economic
Development
Digitalization
Smartphone
Internet
Cable TV
Sustainabilily
Clean
Smart
Waste
Protection
Vision
Leadership
Budget
Planning
Mobility
Parking
Sharing
Traffic
Transport
Livability
Afordability
Medical
Exposure
Governance
Participation
Digitalization
Industries
Smartness
Opinion
Skyscrapers
Innovation
Eco-system
Education
SZ SZSZ
Shenzhen
Hangzhou
Chengdu
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Hangzhou
Chengdu
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Beijing
Shenzhen
Beijing
Hangzhou
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Shanghai
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Wuhan (WH), Guangzhou (GZ), Shenzhen (SZ), Shanghai (SH), Beijing (BJ), Hangzhou (HZ), Nanjing (NJ), Qingdao (QD)
BJ, SH
BJ, SZ
SH, HZ
BJ, SZ
WH, GZ
SH, SZ
HJ, NJ
QD,HZ
SH, GZ
SH, BJ
GZ, SH
SH, GZ
SH, GZ
GZ, SH
HZ, GZ
SH, SZ
NJ, WH
QD,HZ
SH, SZ
SZ, BJ
GZ, SH
SZ, GZ
SH, GZ
GZ, SZ

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InternetBank Construction Telecom Automotive AI LogisticTV
2018 Smart Eco-City Champion
Winning Public-Private eco-system
Equity Environment Economic
Digitalization
• Sensors in public transports,
streets, energy grids and public
lighting for real-time management
Sustainabilily
• Complete electric taxi and bus fleet
• Unique identification numbers issued
to 600,000 buildings and 11 million
flats
Vision
• 3 manufacturing clusters by 2020
• National IoT Demonstration Zone
• Top Foreign Direct Investments
Mobility
• 700 buses with facial recognition
• Traffic Brain solution with video
sensing, transportation big data to
manage traffic flows, reduce
safety accidents and eliminate
hazards
Livability
• International talent multi-entry visas,
assistance for family migration, tax
relief, medical care, public
education, housing, and child
education benefits
• Jiankangyi, healthcare platform,
provide citizens with new function
like WeChat payment
Governance
• Unified platform accross municipal
institutions and all districts
• Online public service resource
center by facial recognition
Smartness
• Koubei Alibaba platform for smart
shopping integrate online and
offline channels with QR codes
Innovation
• 30 listed companies engaged in AI
• 8 new AI laboratories for research
• Financial and policy incentives
• 5 million skilled workers, 500 council
experts, 30 academicians
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Shenzhen leadership
The hardware/AI start-up mecca in China is in Shenzhen
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China Rank Name Valuation (B$)
Shenzhen Unicorns
Source: SEC Partners

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China vs Europe benchmark
China fast growing megacities (13 Megapolises in 2030)
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Implementation
Equity
Environment
Economy
CHINA - Fast growing megacities EUROPE - Balanced innovators
• Top-down approach
• Large funds
• 5 year plan directive
• Bottom-up approach
• Limited funds
• Bureaucracy
• Fast internet penetration
• Weak non-urban infrastructure
• Data driven cities
• Extensive use of AI
• Existing internet
• Uniform infrastructure
• Big data concerns
• Regulations for AI
• Green efficient buildings
• Central fossil energy
• Leading Electric Vehicle infra.
• Fighting air pollution
• Green efficient industries
• Urban renewable energy
• Emerging EV infrastructure
• Fair air quality
• Limited citizen participation
• Government controlled PPP
• No Open Data
• Few broad multi-player projects
• Wide citizen engagement
• PPP (Public Private Partnership)
• Available Open Data
• City-to-city learnings and sharing
¥
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¥ €

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Chinese vs European 3E comparison
Chinese resilient entreprise vs Eureopean connected life-style
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ECO Entreprise
CITY
SMART
Resilient
Characteristics
• Powerful influence of the city-state as Entreprise
• Important inward-migration surveillance
• Big inequality of income, resources&opportunities
• Large investments in infrastructure and change
• Strong industry dominated economy
• Little control by citizens but balanced stability
CITY
Life
ECO
SMART
Connected
Characteristics
• Connected city with sensing
• Convenience and security
• High quality of life
• Absence of disruption
• Service industry dominated city
• High expectations for service quality
¥ €
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VS.

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China's 3E success
China's winning formula: inclusive, policies and rising stars
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Social
EQUITY
ENVIRONMENT
Support
ECONOMIC
Development
PoliciesStars
EV Wind
Solar
AI PPP
Start-up
5G Air
Inclusive
Talent
Life
¥
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Local
champions
Solid growth
Connectivity for all

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Conclusion
Two key factors that distinguish China’s smart city efforts
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1) China’s city governments can pick an area on the map to create a brand-new smart
city pilot. China is going forward with a top-down approach, using methods that
enables the country to maintain a phenomenal growth rate. Projects starting out
from scratch have proved to be highly effective.
2) China has an unique approach in its efforts to engage private sector players (PPP)
in developing smart cities. Collaborations have emerged between the government
and the city’s leading technology eco-system to deliver smart eco-city projects but
also to create exportable technologies and applications (Huawei, BYD,...)
Cities in Europe are focusing on bottom-up initiatives to improve urban planning piloted
together with citizens and companies for achieving their smart ambitions.
By combining Chinese-European expertise, in 2025 China's smart cities will be the
global reference !
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