Smart city is a type of city. Originating in the field of media, smart city refers to the application of intelligent computing technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, big data, and spatial geographic information integration in the fields of urban planning, design, construction, management and operation.

Smart City (English: Smart City) originated in the field of media, refers to the application of intelligent computing technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, big data, spatial geographic information integration, etc., in the fields of urban planning, design, construction, management and operation.

It makes the key infrastructure components and services that make up a city, such as urban management, education, healthcare, real estate, transportation, utilities and public safety, more interconnected, efficient and intelligent, thus providing citizens with better living and working services, creating a more favorable business development environment for enterprises, and empowering the government with a more efficient operation and management mechanism.

Smart cities often intersect with regional development concepts such as digital cities, sensory cities, wireless cities, smart cities, eco-cities, low-carbon cities, and even mix with industry informatization concepts such as e-government, smart transportation, and smart grids.

Interpretation of the concept of smart city also often have their own focus, some views that the key to the application of technology, some believe that the key to network construction, some believe that the key to human participation, some believe that the key to the wisdom of the effect of a number of cities in the construction of urban informatization of the pioneering city emphasizes the people-centered and sustainable innovation.

In short, wisdom is not just intelligence. Smart city is by no means just another term for smart city, or intelligent application of information technology, but also includes connotations such as intelligent participation of people, people-oriented and sustainable development.

Synthesizing the developmental sources of this concept and the summary of regional informatization practices worldwide, the article "Smart City in the Perspective of Innovation 2.0" analyzes the smart city from the innovations of both technological development and economic and social development, and emphasizes that the smart city is not only the application of new generation of information technology such as Internet of Things, cloud computing, and so on, but also more importantly, through the knowledge society oriented innovation 2.0 methodology application.