With the continuous improvement of requirements for urban economic development and the deepening of the urbanization process, the demands for the intelligent construction and management of cities are becoming more specific and urgent. Added to this is strong policy support, making the prospects for China's smart city construction very promising.

Since the new century, with the continuous development of Internet technology, cloud technology, AI artificial intelligence, and other fields, digitalization and intelligence are no longer just empty slogans. People feel and look forward to the convenience and efficiency brought by intelligent methods in their work and life.

With the increasing requirements for urban economic development and the deepening of the urbanization process, the requirements for the intelligent construction and management of cities are becoming more specific and urgent. With strong policy support, the prospect of China's smart city construction is very promising.

Difficulty in data collection and backward development of public services in smart cities.

In the top ten and bottom ten cities in the ranking of smart cities, the development of smart public services is relatively backward. The main problems include a low total amount of readable data in data openness, limited social cooperation, and slow progress in public welfare projects.

The initial construction cost of a smart city is usually clearly budgeted, but the daily operation and maintenance costs after completion are often not explicitly stated in the construction plan. The public services of a smart city involve a large amount of data collection, hardware and software equipment for data processing, manpower, and technical support. The costs for daily installation and debugging, operation wear and tear, maintenance, and upgrades are not inexpensive.

From the perspective of lighting, smart streetlights are often an important way to enter the city's smart management. As everyone knows, smart streetlights are no longer just simple city lighting; they have expanded functions such as surveillance, environmental monitoring, and alarms. Integrating, interconnecting, and integrating data to solve the problem of data islands is an important step in urban smart management.