During the Spring Festival, the domestic AI model DeepSeek (深度求索) quickly gained global popularity due to its powerful intelligent interaction capabilities. The emergence of DeepSeek not only represents a significant leap in artificial intelligence technology but also serves as a new engine for the development of smart city construction.
In recent years, as urbanization accelerates, the challenges faced in urban governance have become increasingly complex. In promoting smart city construction, many regions are actively exploring the application of large model intelligence in scenarios such as “one network for overall management” and urban management information collection. Zhao Mingming, Vice President of Beijing Digital Government Technology Co., Ltd., stated that integrating the DeepSeek series models as foundational models empowers large model products in the urban governance sector, promoting “deep thinking” in urban governance and enhancing the level of intelligent application in urban governance. With its unique advantages of “high performance, low cost, and fully open source,” DeepSeek aids cities in building vertical large models and application large models, supporting the implementation of scenarios such as urban governance, emergency response, public services, and ecological governance, providing safe, reliable, and efficient large model services for cities. Cities generate massive amounts of data every day. This data not only tracks urban activities but also holds the key to urban governance. By leveraging DeepSeek’s advantages in processing large-scale data and conducting complex reasoning, urban governance no longer relies solely on traditional methods but instead uses deep learning and intelligent algorithms to quickly extract the critical information needed for decision-making, achieving intelligent and precise decision-making.Zhao Mingming indicated that in the field of urban governance, the demand for data processing involving thousands of video surveillance feeds, hundreds of thousands of case documents, millions of images, and tens of millions of hotline work orders cannot be overlooked. The cost issue of applying large models is unavoidable. Unlike the commonly used supervised fine-tuning (SFT) training paradigm in the industry, DeepSeek adopts a direct reinforcement learning approach that effectively reduces training costs. Traditional reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) requires a large amount of manpower for scoring feedback, which is costly and time-consuming. DeepSeek uses automated reinforcement learning to lower labor costs, allowing the vertical large models in the urban governance sector to iterate and update faster, adapting promptly to business developments and changes.Recently, cities like Hangzhou and Wuxi have actively deployed urban brains and urban intelligent cloud platforms, integrating with DeepSeek’s technology to explore new application scenarios for generative artificial intelligence in urban governance.The urban brain in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, has deployed the DeepSeek-R1671B, DistillQwen-32B, Distill-Qwen-14B series models in a government service innovation environment based on its intelligent central brain. Through the training application production system of the urban brain’s vertical models, it is fully promoting the construction of intelligent agents in mega cities.The Xiong’an New Area Management Committee announced that the Xiong’an Urban Computing Center has completed the localization deployment and testing of the DeepSeek series models, becoming the first intelligent computing power platform in Xiong’an New Area to integrate the DeepSeek series models. It is understood that Xiong’an New Area is accelerating the establishment of a new high ground for artificial intelligence technology innovation, industrial development, and application demonstration, with DeepSeek injecting new AI momentum into areas such as government services, urban governance, smart transportation, emergency management, and industrial development, making large model scenario applications “omnipresent and readily available” in the new area. The deep integration of the two also marks an important step for Xiong’an New Area in driving digital city construction through artificial intelligence.Recently, DeepSeek has completed its deployment and launch in the Digital Kunshan Public Wisdom Foundation. The Digital Kunshan Public Wisdom Foundation is a digital infrastructure that integrates government affairs, urban management, and data resources, empowering over 400 digital applications such as “One Ladder for All” and “Smooth Kunshan.” With the support of DeepSeek, the Digital Kunshan Public Wisdom Foundation will expand and deepen the intelligent construction in areas such as water management and environmental protection, enhancing the precision, intelligence, and accuracy of urban governance.
In recent years, Liangxi District in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, has continued to promote the iterative upgrade of the “Liangxi Intelligent Brain” (the urban intelligent computing hub based on AI computing platforms), introducing generative large model technology, and exploring the creation of a “Knowledge and Action Intelligent Agent” application platform. Recently, the “Liangxi Intelligent Brain” AI computing center deployed DeepSeek-R1, significantly improving the operational efficiency of the “Knowledge and Action Intelligent Agent.”A relevant person in Liangxi District stated that relying on the construction of the “Knowledge and Action Intelligent Agent” application platform, they are deeply exploring the potential of large model technology in social governance and government services. By using DeepSeek as the key engine for the intelligent agent, they can quickly adapt to application scenario needs while adhering to data security norms, ensuring that data usage is both efficient and secure, providing a solid technical guarantee and strong impetus for regional intelligent upgrades.In promoting urban governance, based on knowledge graph technology and large model intelligent analysis capabilities, Liangxi District will rely on channels such as the 12345 government service hotline, grid inspections, and service chat groups for real-time intelligent analysis, automatically extracting information such as event types, responsible parties, and handling priorities, transforming urban governance-related demands from passive responses to proactive handling. They will provide “WeChat Assistant” intelligent services for grassroots workers, offering knowledge learning and business assistance functions, with automatic reminders and progress tracking for tasks that require continuous follow-up.Looking ahead, as more urban brains and urban cloud platforms integrate with DeepSeek, the innovative application scenarios in urban governance will continue to expand, achieving “data intelligence” in urban governance at lower costs and higher efficiency, pushing the overall digital transformation to new heights.