Smart cities: How China is leading the world

Major global conference examines the role technology and data will play in urban areas now and in the future

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Virtual attendants greet visitors to Yinchuan's city hall
(Image credit: TM Forum)

By Elizabeth Carr-Ellis

By 2050, 66 per cent of the world's population will live in cities, up from 54 per cent in 2014.

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