City assessment
How smart is Beijing?
Beijing scores 74.5% against the ISO 37120-series aligned smart city framework in 2026, ranked #8 of 386 by smart reach and #102 on the evidence alone, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Each criterion counts in full where the evidence shows it present, half where partial and nothing where absent, weighted by its category. 4 of 86 are not yet assessed and count as nothing until a finding is made either way. Last assessed 22 Oct 2026.
Smart reach rank
#8 / 386
Smart score
74.5%
Evidenced rank
#102 / 387
Criteria present
58 / 86
Evidence coverage
82.6%
Beijing's smart city score by area
11 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 1 not yet assessed
5 present · 1 partial · 6 absent
11 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 1 not yet assessed
5 present · 3 partial · 2 absent · 1 not yet assessed
10 present · 1 partial · 2 absent
8 present · 0 partial · 0 absent
8 present · 5 partial · 0 absent · 1 not yet assessed
Where Beijing is strong
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
Where the evidence shows gaps
- ▸Active & Shared Mobility · 3 absent
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information · 2 absent
- ▸Water & Sanitation · 1 absent, 2 partial
- ▸Open Data & Transparency · 1 absent, 1 partial
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles · 1 absent, 1 partial
Not yet assessed
4 of 86 criteria have no finding yet, either way. They count as nothing in the score until one is made, and they are not gaps.
- Climate Adaptation & Heat1 of 3
- Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure1 of 4
- Energy & Smart Grid1 of 4
- Solid Waste & Circular Economy1 of 4
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
The '北京市地理信息公共服务平台' explicitly offers '开发资源' (developer resources) including '地图API' (Map API), 'WEB服务API' (Web Service API), and '数据API' (Data API), indicating programmatic access to its datasets.
https://beijing.tianditu.gov.cn/Digital Government Services · Unified online services portal
Beijing operates a 'Beijing Municipal Government Service Network' (北京市政务服务网) which offers a wide range of services including personal services, legal person services, department services, convenience services, and enterprise benefit services, indicating a u…
https://banshi.beijing.gov.cn/Digital Government Services · Digital identity / single sign-on
The Beijing Municipal Government Service Network allows users to access services via '支付宝扫一扫' (Alipay scan) and '微信扫一扫' (WeChat scan), which are common methods for digital identity verification and single sign-on in China, and offers a personalized 'exclusi…
https://banshi.beijing.gov.cn/Digital Government Services · Online payments for taxes & fees
Beijing provides an e-tax portal (etax.beijing.chinatax.gov.cn) for online tax services, and its general government service portal (banshi.beijing.gov.cn) integrates Alipay and WeChat scan options, which are widely used for various online payments.
https://etax.beijing.chinatax.gov.cn/About this assessment
Beijing was assessed against the 86 criteria of the ISO 37120-series aligned smart city framework on 22 Oct 2026 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, or left not yet assessed, and every finding links to where it was found. Cities are re-assessed in runs, not continuously: the latest finished on 24 Oct 2026.