The 2023-2024 Global Top 100 SMILE Cities and China New Smart Cities (SMILE Index) Rankings were unveiled at the 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) on Sept 13, with Zhuhai's Xiangzhou district achieving the 6th position nationwide.

As one of the significant results of CIFTIS in 2024, the list focuses on the theme of "Global Services, Reciprocal Sharing." It introduced evaluation criteria based on the five core dimensions of the global cities index and incorporated nine methodological processes such as AI smart selection, self-recommendation, expert recommendation, and comprehensive evaluation.