<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Informatization is the new power for urban management innovation -- the tools to enhance the quality of life for citizens and the new ways to improve government services. However, there are many problems in the informatization construction process of the Chinese cities, such as poor level design, hard effects than to soft, the lack of features, poor e-government function and information collaboration. This paper analyzes the problems in the informatization construction of Chinese cities, combined with advances in information network technology, social needs, and some city informatization instances, proposes development tactics of Chinese city informatization. Ultimately, AHP and ISM has been used to analyze the numerical value of different plans, carrying out the best plan under the criterion.</p></abstract>

Informatization is the new power for urban management innovation -- the tools to enhance the quality of life for citizens and the new ways to improve government services. However, there are many problems in the informatization construction process of the Chinese cities, such as poor level design, hard effects than to soft, the lack of features, poor e-government function and information collaboration. This paper analyzes the problems in the informatization construction of Chinese cities, combined with advances in information network technology, social needs, and some city informatization instances, proposes development tactics of Chinese city informatization. Ultimately, AHP and ISM has been used to analyze the numerical value of different plans, carrying out the best plan under the criterion.

Evaluation of Strategies in the Process of China’s City Informatization Using the AHP Method

School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China,100044

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

Informatization is the new power for urban management innovation -- the tools to enhance the quality of life for citizens and the new ways to improve...

Evaluation of Strategies in the Process of China’s City Informatization Using the AHP Method

Published Online: Dec 31, 2013

Page range: 131 - 142

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2013-0044

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