Development of Digital City Gains SteamTelevision has become a guide to local life. Restaurant reviews £¬ shopping guides and even health tips have flooded the airwaves. But this is only the beginning of a trend towards greater access to information.The digital city is the future of this trend. To this end, the government has vowed to advance informatization of the public administration and public facilities such as the water and electricity supplies and sewage treatment, said Professor Lai Ming, director of the science and technology department of the Ministry of Construction. "Narrowly speaking, the digital city means that informatization will be introduced to urban planning, urban measuring, real estate development, construction administration and other public facilities£¬" Lai said at a conference held by the Ministry of Construction yesterday. The process will be finished in major Chinese cities in the next ten years. A guide to the development of the digital city will be released by the ministry at a forum titled "China International Digital City Construction Conference," to be held between September 18 and 21 in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. |
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