The upcoming 2023 Beijing E-Town Tongming Lake Half Marathon on May 13 is highly anticipated by participants and the public alike. The strong technology atmosphere in this first national technology-themed half marathon is palpable.

The event is themed "Digital China, Technology Beijing E-Town," with digitalization and technology as buzz words throughout the race.

Poster of the 2023 Beijing E-Town Tongming Lake Half Marathon [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

"The OBE security gates that provide services for this competition have excellent performance. They are not only complying with ISO: 9001 quality system and the American General Electric's "Six Sigma" standard, but also passing rigorous internal factory testing." According to Wang Na, head of OBE Terahertz Technology (Beijing) Co, the security gates at the competition site integrate technology such as facial recognition systems, big data analysis, AI, and 5G networks. 

These high-quality technological products are the smart gatekeepers that protect the safety of participants of the Tongming Lake Half Marathon.

Contactless terahertz security inspection [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

In addition, there are several self-driving vehicles participating in the race, 5G+8K live broadcast, and coverage from the sky-eye. This event has become a vivid reflection of the smart city construction in Beijing E-Town.

5G+8K large screen [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

The concept of smart city development is a joint product of new technological changes and new challenges in urban development. Its essence is to empower cities with technology and reshape the development model. 

China's smart city construction has now entered the scene-driven stage, dedicated to maximizing the value of urban resources through the integration of information technology with traditional industries and the real economy, and enhancing the quality of the city to empower high-quality urban economic development.

To step up the construction of smart city infrastructure and provide basic service guarantees for the construction of high-level autonomous driving demonstration areas, as early as 2021, Beijing E-Town began to promote smart traffic infrastructure. 

When walking on the streets of the Beijing E-Town, you may easily discover that the lamp posts at intersections are mostly equipped with facilities such as traffic flow monitoring, road signal lights, and vehicle signage, which also provide a prerequisite for the sky-eye coverage during the race.

Smart Lamp pole [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

Intelligent traffic control system [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

Meanwhile, Beijing E-Town has also achieved phased results in fields such as digital manufacturing, digital interaction, digital assets, digital environmental protection, and digital life. 

For instance, Shangyicheng (Beijing) Technology and Culture Group, one of the organizers of the Tongming Lake Half Marathon, focuses on creating a digital asset circulation and trading platform and promoting the open development of the entire chain of data generation, aggregation, sharing, opening, trading and application.

This further promotes comprehensive digital transformation and innovation in technology, mode, business format, and system for digital asset circulation.