On September 16, Radomír Šalitroš, First State Secretary of the Slovak Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization, led a delegation to Shanghai. Focusing on smart‑city development and public administration, the delegation held a meeting and exchange with the Shanghai Smart City Development Institute at Shanghai Tower. Ten representatives attended the meeting, including Martin Katriak, Second State Secretary of the Slovak Ministry of Informatization, Michal Štrba, Consul General of the Slovak Republic in Shanghai, and Viktor Smolár, Minister‑Advisor and Director‑General of the Foreign Affairs and Protocol Department.

At the meeting, Sheng Xuefeng, President of the Shanghai Smart City Development Institute, Chen Zhengwei, Executive Vice‑President of the Smart City Research Institute of Shanghai Inesa Group, and Wang Zhaojin, General Manager of Shanghai Citizen Mailbox Information Service Co., Ltd., briefed the delegation on the evolution of Shanghai’s smart‑city construction and urban digital transformation. They shared the achievements of platforms such as One‑Net Office Service, One‑Net Governance, government cloud and Suibao Citizen Cloud, as well as practical experience in smart water services, smart communities and other fields. The two sides had in‑depth discussions on topics including AI‑empowered urban governance, the development and utilization of data elements, personal information protection, and the localized application of digital projects.

The Slovak side spoke highly of the outcomes of Shanghai’s smart‑city development and expressed its wish to draw further on relevant experience. Both sides will strengthen regular contacts and explore cooperation opportunities covering data governance, technical standards and application scenarios. This exchange has deepened mutual understanding of smart‑city development paths under different institutional environments and laid a foundation for further exchanges and practical cooperation between China and Slovakia in the digital domain.