5. Conclusion
The competition among cities ultimately aims to attract more migrates, business and tourists, which means cities have to constantly provide high-quality life and vigorous economic atmosphere. Although faced with challenges like limited budget, scarce resources and problems left over from history, government still has a chance to change challenges into opportunities by the use of new technologies. The more smart individuals are, the more they are attractive, so are cities. Against the background of big data, being smarter by rational use of technologies has been an effective approach for cities to win competitions.
With the rapid development of urbanization, problems such as inefficient use of land, traffic jam, and environmental pollution have been gradually emerged. Supported by internet, internet of things and mobile communication network, smart city can effi- ciently integrate and analyze the key information of each urban subsystem by using big data, cloud computing and other measures. Smart city is an innovation for resolving problems resulted from urbanization, which has obtained great achievements in smart power grid, smart transportation, smart energy and other fields. This paper analyzes the origin of smart city and conceives the development of smart city with Chinese characteristics against the background of big data. Meanwhile, key actions for developing smart city have also been provided including the rational planning of infrastructure, the establishment of long-term mechanism as well as the effective implementation of urban management function. Finally, this paper presents potential risks existing in the development of smart city. Measures to cope such risks have also been suggested including the strengthening of information supervision, the improvement of emergency management, and the enhancement of independent research and development. This study can facilitate Chinese local governments to better understand smart city and systematically plan smart city before clinging the hot concept in a rush.