On December 4, the 2019 Smart+ Driven Innovation and Collaborative Development Summit Forum, jointly organized by the Nandu Big Data Research Institute and the Guangzhou Information Association under the guidance of the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, was grandly held in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou. At this forum, the Nandu Big Data Research Institute released the first "Greater Bay Area Smart City Application Ranking," and Guangzhou Lvtu Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Lvtu Technology") became the only enterprise in the tourism industry to be listed and was awarded the "Smart City Innovative Application Case Award."
(Lvtu Technology shortlisted in the first "Greater Bay Area Smart City Application Ranking")
First "Greater Bay Area Smart City Application Ranking" Released
In January 2017, Guangzhou issued the "13th Five-Year Plan for Informatization Development in Guangzhou (2016-2020)," positioning Guangzhou as a pioneer area for national new-type smart cities and proposing that by 2020, the construction of new-type smart cities would reach a new level. Urban components, urban events, urban organizations, and people would achieve more thorough perception, urban operations would achieve full-time, all-round visibility and more comprehensive interconnectivity, urban operations would become safer, more stable, and more reliable, and the level of refined urban management would be significantly improved.
The Nandu Big Data Research Institute believes that smart cities can leverage their advantages in various aspects such as urban governance and economic drivers, with their functions showing a trend toward diversification. The development of smart cities will inevitably change urban construction concepts and models, promote a shift in public management towards user-driven approaches, and drive urban governance and development from unilateral efforts to collaborative and shared progress. The key to achieving these goals lies in the deep integration of technology and urban development.
To this end, the Science and Technology Innovation Research Group of the Nandu Big Data Research Institute released the "Greater Bay Area Technology and Urban Integration Report" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") at the forum. Ren Xianbo, the person in charge, introduced that the "Report" focuses on three major research directions: data analysis, enterprise and policy research, and summarizing suggestions for integration development space. Its main content includes data analysis, research on major city policies, a summary of nine major challenges currently faced in smart city construction, and explores paths and development directions for new-type smart city construction in Guangzhou.
Based on the above "Report," the Nandu Big Data Research Institute launched the first "Greater Bay Area Smart City Application Ranking." By screening and evaluating 100 smart city-related applications from five indicator dimensions—smart city application fields, livelihood applications and user experience, public sentiment, innovation capability, and future development—20 representative smart city application cases in Guangzhou were ultimately selected.
(Lvtu Technology becomes the only tourism company on the list)
Intelligent Voice Guides Enrich the "Knowledge" Experience of Travel
The "Report" points out that smart cultural tourism is currently evident in customized online services and is developing rapidly. Against the backdrop of the country's strong push for supply-side reform, many major tourism provinces and famous tourist cities have developed smart attraction apps and launched more humanized and self-service-oriented smart tourism products. Clearly, smart cultural tourism has become an indispensable part of the smart city construction process.
(Lvtu Technology awarded the honorary certificate for the "Smart City Innovative Application Case Award")
In this selection, Lvtu Technology became the only enterprise in the tourism industry to be listed. As one of the research subjects of the Nandu Big Data Research Institute, Lvtu Technology launched a smart voice guide service app and created a hand-drawn tourist map combining customized travel for Guangzhou with intelligent voice guides. Notably, the citation for Lvtu Technology’s inclusion reads: Intelligent voice guides enrich the "knowledge" experience of travel.
A relevant person in charge of Lvtu Technology stated that this award and the associated citation represent external recognition of the company’s efforts in smart city and smart tourism construction in recent years. In the future, Lvtu Technology will continue to leverage its strengths, increase R&D investment and innovation in areas such as smart guides, tourism database construction, and hand-drawn maps, broaden the application scope of its products, enhance the travel experience of Guangzhou residents, and help elevate Guangzhou’s smart city construction to a new level.
It is understood that Lvtu Technology was established in December 2013. Based on two core strategies—scenic spot guides and comprehensive area guides—the company focuses on the research and development of electronic tour guide software and comprehensive area guide systems, as well as the development of tourism-related support businesses. It is a globally renowned expert in smart tourism industry solutions. Based on the total transaction volume in 2018, Lvtu Technology held an 86.2% share of the domestic market.