1.0thesmartcityjournal.comhttps://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/enrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Xm0kFStSoo"><a href="https://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/en/cities/top-10-smart-cities-in-china">Top 10 smart cities in China</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/en/cities/top-10-smart-cities-in-china/embed#?secret=Xm0kFStSoo" width="600" height="338" title="“Top 10 smart cities in China” — thesmartcityjournal.com" data-secret="Xm0kFStSoo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SmartCities_china.jpg1280800Today, nearly 4 billion people live in cities across the globe with estimates projecting more than two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2050. This rapid rate of urbanisation increases the stresses of waste disposal, traffic pollution, and energy consumption, which all have detrimental environmental impacts. With China being the world’s most populous nation, tackling the impending pressures of urbanisation is especially crucial. And they’re betting big on smart cities to alleviate