Tech giant blazes trail for profound digital change
Huawei speeds up transformation by rolling out e-government platforms
Tech giant Huawei Technologies says it is helping to speed up the digital transformation of society by building e-government cloud platforms across the country.
To date, Huawei’s cloudbased platforms have been applied in more than 260 e-government projects in industry and administrative services — and in the wide range of projects that aim to improve the well-being of citizens, covering environmental issues, transport, healthcare, medical services, education and infrastructure.
The company has worked with 16 ministries and commissions including the State Information Center, the General Administration of Customs, the State Administration of Taxation, the China Meteorological Administration and the Ministry of Education, as well as 15 provinces and municipal governments and more than 200 cities and counties around China.
Huawei’s cloud-based platforms simplify the procedures for administrative affairs by offering technological solutions, which help the central and regional governments store information, calculate and analyze data and make decisions in a short time.
Yang Ruikai, director of Huawei’s digital government business department, said his company insists on independent research and the development of latest technologies — including cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence — and aims to provide cloud infrastructure services for the governments.
“Possessing an open and cooperative concept, we strive to build a sharing platform for the public and offer a winwin solution to build intelligent cities nationwide,” Yang added.
One example of Huawei’s initiatives is the Beijing e-government cloud-based platform, which is supported by the company’s cloud data center. Beijing’s platform offers residents “one-stop” services related to people’s livelihood including social security, medical care and insurance.
Officials say it has significantly reduced the time spent on administrative examinations and approvals. Other platforms have been rolled out to cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
In the past, applying for the birth certificate for a second child in Shenzhen was very time-consuming and difficult, requiring approval from the community, street family planning office and bureau of family planning.
Huawei said that now the situation has improved thanks to its cloud-based platform, where the whole process is just “one window, one procedure” in the city’s Longgang district.
In addition, more than 600 other e-government services are available on the platform in Longgang for such things as applications for temporary resident permits.
In Shanghai, companies used to have to go to at least three places — the administration for industry and commerce, tax department and quality supervision department — to get a business license. Now, it takes four days.
Statistics show that after the administrative service center of Shanghai’s Xuhui district launched its e-government service in June last year, the number of physical applications and other administrative transactions at bricks-andmortar offices fell 30 percent last year to 700,000 compared with 2016.
The e-government cloudbased platform in Guangzhou has initiated an information sharing system supported by Huawei, which officials say could help financial and taxation departments to conduct comprehensive tax processing.
The system is able to handle automatic data reconciliation between governments and industry, covering such information as insurance and real estate registrations. It plays an active role in tackling illegal behavior, including false declarations and the issuing of fake documents.
In 2016, Gaoqing county in the city of Zibo in Shandong province put forward an intelligent city plan.
Supported by Huawei and other partners, Gaoqing has upgraded its traditional industry relying on internet of things, big data, cloud computing and virtual reality. Officials say their county has made significant achievements in such areas as public security, city management, real-time medical care and environmental protection.
The effect of the new e-government platforms has been felt nationally.
Statistics from the Internet Network Information Center showed that the number of online users accessing government services reached 485 million last year, accounting for 62.9 percent of all netizens.