Political advisor in Guangzhou drives improvement of social well-being with tech innovation
By He Linping, Hong Qiuting, People’s Daily
A
smart infrared thermometer is monitoring the temperature of everyone coming in
a neighborhood, while information such as entrance & exits, visits and
contacts is recorded on an intelligent community management platform to offer
an insight into the development of COVID-19 prevention and control in the
neighborhood.
That's
what was seen at the entrance of Shipai village, Guangzhou of south China's
Guangdong province during epidemic control.
The smart system
that has played a vital role in epidemic prevention and control was developed
by Pci-Suntek Technology Co., Ltd., based in Guangzhou. The company's president
Liu Wei, who's also a member of the national committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) shared with People's Daily his story in
the battle against the disease.
"I found that the check points,
information registration and home visits during epidemic control all consumed a
large amount of manpower, but information technology was indeed seldom
applied," Liu said. As a practitioner in the sci-tech industry, he spotted
what should be done for the construction of smart cities.
"For instance, in Shipai village, 7 staff
members were needed at each check point, which made the total over 100 if staff
members were deployed in all 10 check points of the village and worked in two
shifts. Besides, identity verificaiton and security check also posed great
difficulties," Liu said.
To address such problems, his company developed
an artificial intelligence (AI) system that measures body temperatures together
with facial recognition technology, and offered a systematic solution. Now, the
system and solution have been applied in 28 cities in 17 Chinese provinces.
Doing a great job as the head of a tech firm
while working to improve people's livelihood is what Liu has always been doing
to fulfill the responsibilities of a member of the CPPCC National Committee.
"I'm paying close attention to the society and technological
innovation," he said, adding that AI and new infrastructure have always
been a major focus of his proposals.
“No matter how busy I am, I will always take
time to survey,” Liu said. Conducting in-depth communication with tech
professionals and field trips to different cities, he witnessed major changes.
“AI, a technology still remaining in the
laboratory two years ago, is now applied in transportation, health care and
other sectors, while facial recognition, smart robots, drones and big data have
been integrated into all aspects of people's life, bringing profound changes to
social life,” Liu noted, saying the changes are perceivable to all.
Liu's proposal this year is enhancing urban
grid-control system to cope with major public emergencies. "The
construction of new infrastructure will bring more changes," he said,
expecting smart city construction can be propelled by more smart technologies.
“I hope AI will make life better and more intelligent,”
he said. As a national political adviser for years, Liu has made unremitting efforts
to realize the goal, trying his best to combine frontier technologies with national and
social development in his proposals every year.
Teachers in Wenhe Primary School in Yangzhou,
east China’s Jiangsu province, test a facial-recognition infrared thermometer
system to prepare for the reopening of school, March 3. Zhuang Wenbin/People’s
Daily Online
Political advisor in Guangzhou drives improvement of social well-being with tech innovation
Reviewed by PEOPLES MAIL
on
15:18
Rating:
No comments: