Honeywell gears up for new era of 'smart cities'

China's urbanization drive is attracting multinationals that focus on creating "human-oriented" cities with regard to comfort, safety and efficiency.

Among them is US multinational Honeywell International Inc, whose president of global high growth regions, Shane Tedjarati, said: "Cities need to be designed in a very different way from rural areas. Honeywell is an urbanization-enabling technology company."

Honeywell is introducing its "smart city" solutions to China. They are targeting millions of Chinese households with products including water and air purification systems, fuel-saving turbochargers and environmentally friendly refrigerants.