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Opportunities and Challenges for the Construction of a Digital City Geospatial Framework in a Small Urban Area in Central China

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In 2006 China lunched its first digital city initiative to build a national geo-spatial framework. Over the past ten years 511 county-cities benefited from the national initiative with funding and technical resources channeled from the central government. Has the initiative achieved its goals? How has the geo-spatial framework affected local governmental administration, public services, business operation, and the daily life of citizens? What lessons can be learned from the ten-year experience of digital city development? Answering the questions is of both policy and scholarly interest. Currently the central government agencies and many local municipalities are advancing digital cities towards “Smart City” and “Wise City”. A review in retrospect of China’s digital city development can better inform future investment decisions and related policy making in the nation. Lessons learned from the Chinese experience are also valuable to cities in other countries.