Research on Empowering Urban Social Governance with Artificial Intelligence - Taking the Construction of Smart Cities in China as an Example

Since the concept of 'smart cities' was proposed in 2008, the construction of smart cities has become an important strategic choice to promote urbanization, enhance urban governance, solve the problems of large cities, improve the quality of public services, and develop the digital economy. 2023 is the first year of large-scale artificial intelligence models, and it is also a turning point year for smart cities (urban governance) to enter a new historical period. Cities provide deeper and richer landing scenarios for artificial intelligence.Urban social governance is an important part of national governance.Smart cities apply emerging digital technologies such as big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things, blockchain, and artificial intelligence to various scenarios related to urban governance involving social, economic, and environmental aspects, making cities smarter. With 'Internet Plus government services' as the starting point, by transforming the government's role and optimizing service methods, the level of urban social governance is improved to promote healthy and sustainable urban development. Currently, there are more than 1,000 smart cities globally that have been initiated or are under construction. In terms of the number of cities under construction, China leads with 900 pilot cities, and has formed several large smart city clusters.