How Internet turned remote Wuzhen into smart global city

As the host of the Second World Internet Conference on Dec 16, Wuzhen town in Zhejiang province is in the spotlight. [Photo by Geng Feifei/China Daily]

Internet hospital

On Dec 6, an "Internet hospital" was launched in Wuzhen. While the hospital is still brick-and–mortar building, doctors are consulting and diagnosing their patients on the Internet who could be hundreds of miles away.

Doctors can read patients' medical history and scan pictures that are shared and authorized by the hospital thanks to the cloud computing system.

They will give their diagnosis on a remote video system to the patients in the Internet hospital after analysis.

Apart from it, patients can also get prescriptions from the doctors and pick up the medicines in the Internet hospital, which may not easy to buy in their town.

The hospital plans to work with over a thousand hospitals with over 200,000 senior doctors across the nation. Patients don't have to travel far for consulting a renowned doctor located in other cities.

Wuzhen is on its full speed to improve its infrastructures with Internet technologies and Internet Plus drive, whether it with regard to tourism, administration or local livelihoods.

Tongxiang, a county-level city where Wuzhen is located, veers its development direction from manufacturing industry to high-tech internet development.

Since November last year when first World Internet Conference was held, More than 20 Internet companies have located their companies in Wuzhen which has a strong momentum to be developed as a smart city.