After applications from various cities, preliminary examination by provincial housing and urban-rural construction authorities and comprehensive evaluation by experts, the first batch of 90 national smart cities were piloted, including 37 prefecture-level cities, 50 districts (counties) and 3 towns. In August of 20 13, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development announced the pilot list of national smart cities in 20 13, and determined that 103 cities (districts, counties and towns) were pilot cities in 20 13. Together with the first batch of 90 national smart cities previously announced by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the total number of national smart cities has reached 65,438. 2065438+200365438+1On October 29th, the National Smart City Pilot Creation Conference organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development was held in Beijing, and the first batch of national smart city pilot lists were announced. Chou Baoxing, Vice Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, pointed out that smart city is a specific task to implement the strategic deployment of urbanization of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and it is also a new requirement to expand domestic demand, start investment and promote industrial upgrading and transformation. All provinces and pilot cities should effectively promote the pilot work in accordance with the requirements of the Interim Measures for the Pilot Management of National Smart Cities and the Pilot Indicator System of National Smart Cities (Districts and Towns) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
The China Development Bank said that in the three years after the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the scale of cooperative investment in smart cities with the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development reached 80 billion, and the work of project selection, research and lending was steadily advanced according to the signed cooperation agreement; Representatives of the provinces and pilot cities where the pilot cities are located said that they will be carefully organized and implemented in accordance with the overall requirements and plans of the national smart cities, and promote the construction of smart cities in a planned and step-by-step manner.
The economic situation at home and abroad requires expanding investment as much as possible to start domestic demand. However, after the previous rounds of large-scale investment stimulus, the marginal benefits of traditional projects are rapidly declining. Taking the road of new urbanization is an important strategic plan for the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to accelerate the formation of a new economic model and promote the sustained and healthy development of China's economy. Integrating advanced concepts such as intensive, low-carbon, ecology and intelligence into the specific process of urbanization is one of the most urgent topics in the current new urbanization construction. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is one of the important departments that undertake the task of promoting urbanization. While responding to the central strategic deployment, we will actively explore new urbanization development models and innovate ways to improve urban management capabilities and service levels, serve people's livelihood and make urban life better. Smart cities (districts and towns) came into being. Therefore, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, on the basis of full theoretical research, serious investigation and extensive consultation, puts forward and promotes the pilot project of creating smart cities from the perspective of solving practical urban problems. Its important content is to re-understand the development and planning of urbanization from the height of methodology, intelligently plan and manage towns, intelligently allocate urban resources, optimize the livable environment of cities, enhance the inheritance and innovation of urban culture, and finally realize the happiness of citizens and the sustainable development of cities.