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Epts and technological applications.
Xinwu technology and information bureau concluded.
Aimed at improving the efficiency of urban administration by big data analysis, the Feifeng Platform, a data system co-developed by Xinwu and Alibaba Group, was confirmed it would settle in the IoT town.
Nine months after announcing that it would build Hongshan IoT town, the city unveiled plans for another in Binhu district, southwest of Wuxi.
Xuelang IoT town, located in the core area of Taihu New City in Binhu, arose from cooperation between the Wuxi government and Alibaba Group.
Wang Jian, founder of Alibaba Cloud and adviser for Xuelang town, said the internet and manufacturing sectors are closely connected, and traditional equipment is still able to boost industrial development.
Xuelang IoT town will be built into a cradle of industry thought leadership and will strive to combine the industry with manufacturing.
Relying on Wuxi’s advanced IoT foundation and manufacturing resources, three industrial parks ---- Xuelang IoT Industrial Park, Yundu Big Data Industrial Park and Inspur Big Data Industrial Park ---- will settle in the town.
In the future, Xuelang town plans to strengthen integration of IoT and manufacturing by combining investment capital, platforms and technologies. In collaboration with Hangzhou’s Yunxi town, where cloud computing is featured, it has initiated a forward-looking plan to better apply IoT technologies in the manufacturing sector.
The town has ambitions of helping the city’s IoT industry expand into and benefit not only Jiangsu province and the Yangtze River Delta but the country as a whole, said an official from the new city’s industry department.
Wang Quan, mayor of Wuxi, said that the IoT market is very large. Wuxi’s two new characteristic towns will access that market, but their focuses are different. Xuelang’s emphasis is on display and concepts while Hongshan will focus on technological applications.
“The two IoT towns will be the two wings lifting Wuxi’s IoT industry,” Wang said.