In-Depth: China Sets Sights on Europe for Its Burgeoning ‘Smart City’ Industry

(Barcelona, Spain) — China has spent over a decade applying smart city technologies at home amid a national push for rapid urbanization.

These efforts have made it a leader in the field in at least one respect. Of the 1,000 “smart cities” currently being built worldwide, half are in China, according to a report released earlier this year by Deloitte.