Xi calls for making major cities "smarter"

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits the City Brain, a smart city platform aiming to improve urban management, during an inspection in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 31, 2020. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)

HANGZHOU, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said major cities can become "smarter" by using big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence technologies to modernize urban governance.

He made the remarks while visiting the City Brain, a smart city platform aiming to improve urban management, in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province Tuesday.