在充满竞争力的现代化城市，市民要享有高品质、有尊严的生活，必须要有充足的淡水供应，便利普及的清洁能源，高效运转的交通系统，以及足够的安全感。

    智慧城市建设具有高度的复杂性。每个城市都面临各自不同的挑战，需要找到符合自身情况的一个系统解决方案。找到它们共同的标准就能极大降低这种复杂性。

    国际标准可以帮助城市根据自身情况，定制个性化的解决方案。国际标准将专家知识与最佳实践相结合，为确保产品和服务的质量与效能，提供必要的技术保障。此外，国际标准有助于促进不同技术之间的兼容，帮助用户进行比对，选择最佳解决方案。

     标准帮助人们在更多的产品和服务中进行选择，有利于促进竞争，推动创新。还通过系统方法，促进不同供应商的技术架构或方案实现协调和整合。

    国际标准全方位地支撑城市安全顺畅运行。标准是实现电力接入的技术基础，保障电气、电子设备和系统的电力供应。标准是信息和通讯技术发展的技术支撑，让数据采集、交换、分析以及信息安全成为可能。国际标准为城市生活的方方面面提供了技术指引，包括能效建筑、智能交通、废物处理、建设可持续的社区等等，标准服务城市建设发挥的作用还有很多很多。

     有了标准，我们的城市将一步一步地更加智慧。让每个智慧的闪光点一起成长，融合互联。 我们可以欣慰地说，有了国际标准，智慧城市将会更加顺畅、更加一体化地发展。

Sufficient fresh water; universal access to cleaner energy; the ability to travel efficiently from one point to another; a sense of safety and security: these are the kinds of promises modern cities must fulfil if they are to stay competitive and provide a decent quality of life to their citizens. 

Building a Smart City is highly complex. Every city faces its own challenges and requires its own mix of solutions. However, there is one common denominator that greatly simplifies this task.

International Standards support the development of tailor-made solutions that can be adapted to the particular circumstances of a given city. They contain expert knowledge and best practices, and are essential enablers in ensuring quality and performance of products and services. In addition, they drive compatibility between technologies and help users to compare and choose the best solution available.  

Standards also open the door to a larger choice of products and services. They help increase competition and foster innovation. In a systems approach they enable the integration of structures or solutions from different suppliers. 
International Standards make things work safely and smoothly together at every level in cities. They provide the foundation for electricity access and all the many devices and systems that use electricity and contain electronics. They support the information and communication technologies that enable data collection, exchange and analysis, and information security. Last but not least they provide important guidance for all aspects of city life, including energy-efficient buildings, intelligent transportation, improved waste management, building sustainable communities and much, much more.

With Standards, we can make our cities smarter, step by step.  Individual islands of smartness can grow together and interconnect.