Smart City refers to the utilization of all types of information technology and products to digital, intelligent, network-based, interactive, collaborative, integration into the main features, and through comprehensive interoperability perception of persons and things within the city and their behavior , greatly optimize and enhance the efficiency and efficiency of urban operations, and achieve sustainable development of cities where life is more convenient, environment is more friendly, and resources are more economical. Smart cities are the result of a new round of information technology revolution and the further development of the knowledge economy, and are an inevitable trend for the deep integration of industrialization, urbanization and informationization. Building smart cities and realizing the transformation of urban development models with wisdom will further promote the extensive application and convergence of information technology in public administration, social management, and economic development, and promote the formation of more advanced regional development concepts and urban management models.

As early as the 2011 China Wireless World and Internet of Things Conference, Professor Zhang Jie from Jinan Sliding Spectrum Communication Engineering Co., Ltd. made a speech titled From Smart Meters to Intelligent Buildings to Smart Cities. It vividly described the relationship between smart meters and smart cities. .

According to the IDC study, in the next 10 years, related smart city construction investment will exceed RMB 2 trillion, specifically involving industrial carrier construction, commercial supporting construction, service platform construction, transportation facilities construction, medical service construction, and smart grid construction. Water conservancy facilities construction, ecological environmental protection construction, and urban management construction. Which accounts for about 20-30% associated with the exclusive carrier of the smart city market, smart city sensors, instruments, automatic control equipment and related services accounting for about 20-30%, ICT hardware, software, services accounted for 40-50% of the relevant part In the next 10 years, the ICT-related market will reach 1 trillion yuan. In 2013, China's smart city market will reach US$10.8 billion, and it is expected to reach US$15 billion in 2015, and the compound annual growth rate will reach 18% in 13-15 years.

In a well-publicized "Smart City Index System 1.0", the proportion of smart electricity, water and gas meters installed in residential homes is proposed. The installation rate of smart watches in smart cities should be above 50%. In addition, refers to the ratio of real-time monitoring of atmospheric and water through information technology. The proportion of intelligent monitoring of environmental quality in smart cities should reach 100%. The proportion of informatized monitoring of key pollution sources in cities. The monitoring rate of key pollution sources in smart cities should reach 100%.

With the promotion of smart cities, the role of the smart instrument industry will become apparent. There agency expects 2013--2015 space for Intelligent water meter industry 13 billion yuan, the compound growth rate of 35%; 2013 - 2015 calorimeter needs 12.5 billion yuan, an average annual compound growth rate of 25%; smart gas meters demand is expected to 2013-2015 110 Billion yuan, compound growth rate 26%.

This also promoted the growth of the performance of instrumentation related companies. For example, the gradual release of the smart meter manufacturers Xintian Technology Company production capacity and distribution network to accelerate the expansion of an institution is expected to start in 2014 the company's products is expected to usher in high-growth performance is expected to exceed expectations. It is estimated that the company's smart water meter, smart heat meter, smart gas meter business revenue growth rate for 2013-2015 will be 13%, 56%, and 20%, respectively.

Sanchuan Co., Ltd., a leading company in the domestic water metering industry, formulated the development strategy for smart water environmental protection waterworkers. It is based on smart water meters to develop smart water management for water resources monitoring and information management, and from single water meters to environmentally friendly watches, pipes and valves. , water pump extension environmental protection water business.