Digital Rural Platform

Developed by China Unicom and applied in Shitoukeng Village, the Digital Rural Platform encompasses six major functional modules and 32 applications which support the transformation of agriculture and animal husbandry, attract young returnees for entrepreneurial endeavors, and plays an important role in digitizing rural production, ecology, and livelihoods. Under this initiative, the Greenhouse Guardian help villagers in the intelligent management of ten agricultural greenhouses while the Villagers’ Message Board provides a direct channel for feedback, promoting collaborative village development. It has led to digital rural governance, network-based service accessibility, and modernized agricultural production, contributing significantly to a safe, harmonious, civilized, and prosperous village. Farmers use Digital Rural Platform's livestock tracking device to track their cattle when they go out to graze. They can also set up electronic fences for the cattle which generates an alert on their smart phone once a cattle runs out of the designated circle. Under this initiative, electrical sensors for measuring carbon dioxide concentration, temperature and humidity are installed in the potato storage cellars connected to the Digital Rural platform created by China Unicom which helps to avoid suffocation of people inside. Every time before entering the cellar, farmers can check whether the values exceed the standard and decide whether they can enter. This avoids carbon dioxide poisoning and prevents the stored potatoes from mold and rot.

Lead (category)

Government agency

Name of initiative lead (and partners)

China United Network Communications Group (China Unicom)

Categories of Digital initiative deliverables

Specific ICT technology product and/or service delivery

ICT products/solutions and services by category

E-Government Services

Digital Agrifood Services

Digital Rural Services

Digital Agriculture

Non ICT products and services (deliverables)

Business and governance structure

Being implemented by China United Network Communications Group (China Unicom) which is a Chinese state-owned telecommunications operator.

DI ICT-deliverables format

Interactive data exchanges

Smart greenhouse management

Mobile applications

Internet of Things / Sensors

Precision agriculture

Primary stakeholders (beneficiaries, actors, enablers)

Farmers

General public/rural areas populations

Size, scale or scope of primary stakeholders

As of January 2023, the Digital Rural platform of Shitoukeng Village has 32 specific applications in six functional modules, providing great convenience for villagers in all aspects of production and life. Source: https://finance.sina.cn/tech/2023-01-16/detail-imyaiwqs9016005.d.html?from=wap

Digital Initiative development Stage

Fully functional. Institutional-governance structure in place

Measurable impacts on primary stakeholders and target beneficiaries

Initiative geographic scope (or coverage) (national, regional, sector specific, specific user co-horts etc)

National

Shitoukeng Village, Guyuan County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province

On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)

Main DI webpage

Other useful link

Link to Digital village

Link to Digital solution