GOOD PRACTICE

OBJETIVE

Guided by the overarching principle of “validating through construction and demonstrating through application”, the Xi’an Pioneering Pilot Project for Data Circulation and Utilization Infrastructure Development aims to “build a national hub city for data circulation and utilization”. By establishing a “1-3-2-1-N” data circulation and utilization infrastructure system comprising “one foundation base, three processing methods, two circulation platforms, one operational portal, and a number of industry-specific scenarios”, the project seeks to promote high-quality data products and services through exemplary scenario applications, thereby fostering new digital economic formats and models centred on data innovation.
Xi’an Metropolitan Area Smart Digital Platform for Urban Space and Road Transportation Project aims to advance smart transportation development by constructing a unified digital foundation integrating industry-specific networks, systems, and data resources, enabling seamless data sharing and exchange across platforms. Through the establishment of an integrated smart transportation planning-construction-management-operation-maintenance platform, the project digitalizes and streamlines administrative approval for infrastructure upgrades and construction projects. This platform further supports data-driven spatial planning for urban territories, road networks and their ancillary facilities, and industrial layouts, empowering evidence-based decision-making in traffic operation management.

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIONS CARRIED OUT

The projects are divided into two categories. The first focuses on promoting key initiatives in specialised areas, such as data circulation and utilisation infrastructure, the integrated national computing power network, new types of infrastructure to ensure security, and infrastructure that supports forward-looking strategic emerging industries. The second prioritises promoting the implementation of projects in areas such as the comprehensive digital transformation of cities, sector-specific digital transformation, and the promotion of digital industrial clusters.

1. Aimed at senior citizens, Xi’an has developed the ‘i Xi’an’ digital government services platform, which focuses on the needs of residents and leverages modern Internet technologies. The platform aims to improve citizens’ experience with smart city services, streamline administrative procedures, and provide comprehensive services covering daily life, education, employment, healthcare, and elderly care. The platform has a section dedicated to elderly care, where seniors can easily access information about senior dining halls, community service centres for seniors, and care institutions via their smartphones, while also being able to process retirement paperwork and submit complaints or suggestions online. For rural seniors with disabilities or in poverty, the platform allows them to apply for subsidies online with simplified processes. In addition, Xi’an has launched a pilot programme for smart nursing homes with five key innovations: smart registration, smart dining systems, technology-assisted care, smart security, and digital management. These institutions implement smart applications for multiple scenarios, such as comprehensive admission services with convenient family visitation systems, smart meal selection with dietary planning, and food safety monitoring.
2. For citizens in financial difficulty, the ‘i Xi’an’ platform offers free legal assistance services. Users can apply online through the platform to receive professional legal advice and assistance, effectively protecting their legitimate rights and interests.
3. For non-local residents, the platform allows them to apply online for the replacement or renewal of their identity card and driving licence through mobile applications, eliminating the need for multiple trips and significantly saving processing time, resulting in a more efficient and convenient service experience.

KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

• Validation and practical demonstration
• Development of advanced digital infrastructures
• Promotion of the data-driven digital economy
• Sectoral and territorial integration
• Focus on citizenship and inclusion
• Innovation in public and social services
• Scalability and replicability
• Contribution to data-driven decision-making

MAIN RESULTS ACHIEVED

The Xi’an Pioneer Pilot Project for the Development of Data Circulation and Utilisation Infrastructure has made the most of the multiplier, cascade and catalyst effects of data elements, creating an integrated solution at the hardware and software product level. This solution enables interconnectivity between sectors and regions, mutual trust and mutual recognition in data circulation and utilisation. The project has validated the feasibility, applicability, ease of use and reusability of fundamental technical pathways by building a centralised, efficient and secure data circulation infrastructure. The demonstration scenarios have catalysed the development of high-quality data products and services, established operational mechanisms for data circulation and utilisation, and fostered a thriving ecosystem of local data service providers, empowering key industries such as equipment manufacturing and cultural tourism with data-driven innovations.

The Xi’an Metropolitan Area Smart Digital Platform for Urban Space and Road Transport project has established a unified ‘single map’ system that integrates planning, land use, railways, motorways, urban railways, municipal roads and other related elements into a comprehensive transport framework. The platform has developed core capabilities for accurate perception, reliable simulation, agile forecasting, refined assessment, and proactive control of metropolitan corridor operations, while improving daily maintenance, asset protection, operational monitoring, safety alerts, and data-driven decision-making capabilities for major motorways, in order to support the expansion of the smart corridor and improve the traffic capacity of major road networks. By building a future-oriented intelligent transport and mobility management and service system, the project has established a dynamic full-spectrum sensing network covering all transport elements, enabling data fusion and application across the sector. It has also promoted the holistic integration of intelligent transport services, ensuring operational consistency, application interoperability and data convergence across the metropolitan area. Ultimately, the platform has achieved coordinated municipal road planning, science-based construction and renovation, intelligent infrastructure management, and precision-guided traffic control and dispatch, fostering a resilient, efficient, and sustainable urban mobility ecosystem.