The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), spanning 40% of the global population, is turbocharging tech collaboration with city-planning innovations and AI-driven industrial upgrades. From digital twins to blockchain, here's how Eurasia's biggest players are reshaping the future.
In June, the SCO launched a City Information Modeling (CIM) alliance backed by 11 Chinese institutions like Tsinghua University. Think of CIM as a 'digital Lego set' for urban planning – it helps cities simulate everything from traffic flows to energy use before breaking ground. 'We’re building cities that learn and adapt,' said Li Gang of Qingdao’s SCO committee.
Qingdao – the SCO’s tech trade hub – just debuted an Industrial Digitalization Alliance in May , with heavyweights like Huawei and Haier Cosmoplat sharing AI and IoT solutions. Meanwhile, the SCO’s Digital Technology Platform (DTP) is connecting e-commerce giants like Xiaomi and JD.com to spread smart infrastructure across the Belt and Road region.
Why it matters? These alliances let SCO members skip tech FOMO by pooling resources for everything from 3D city mapping to cloud computing. With China’s 'digital Silk Road' blueprint as a guide, the SCO could soon make lagging infrastructure as rare as a floppy disk.
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From digital twins to blockchain, here's how Eurasia's biggest players are reshaping the future.
– it helps cities simulate everything from traffic flows to energy use before breaking ground. 'We’re building cities that learn and adapt,' said Li Gang of Qingdao’s SCO committee.
, with heavyweights like Huawei and Haier Cosmoplat sharing AI and IoT solutions. Meanwhile, the SCO’s Digital Technology Platform (DTP) is connecting e-commerce giants like Xiaomi and JD.com to spread smart infrastructure across the Belt and Road region. 
by pooling resources for everything from 3D city mapping to cloud computing. With China’s 'digital Silk Road' blueprint as a guide, the SCO could soon make lagging infrastructure as rare as a floppy disk. 
