On November 23, 2023, the Smart China Annual Conference was held in Beijing. At the meeting, the organizing committee of the Smart China Annual Games released the "Data Element Ecological Index Report (2023)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"), and Guangzhou ranked first among the 23 typical cities participating in the evaluation and sampling nationwide. The report takes "Global Economic White Paper (2023)", "Report of the State Council on the Development of the Digital Economy", "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Building a Data Infrastructure System to Better Play the Role of Data Elements", and the World Bank's "Business Environment Assessment Report" as research backgrounds to examine the basic guarantee, leadership, and competitiveness of 23 typical cities in China's data element development Conduct comprehensive research on productivity and development vitality. The reporter noticed that apart from the first overall score, Guangzhou achieved the first overall score in terms of data element policy environment, infrastructure environment, and circulation environment. It is reported that in recent years, Guangzhou has actively built a "four in one" service management system for data element supply, circulation, application, and security, continuously increasing data governance efforts, accelerating the improvement of data circulation and trading systems, and striving to inject new energy into data elements for high-quality economic and social development. In terms of mechanism and system construction, since 2021, Guangzhou has successively introduced regulations to promote market-oriented allocation of data elements, public data openness, data security, and digital economy development. The Guangzhou Data Regulations have also entered the legislative process, continuously improving the data lifecycle management system. A municipal government data sharing and coordination group has been established, focusing on breaking down data barriers and strengthening data governance through joint meetings, special supervision, and other means. We have taken the lead in establishing a chief data officer organizational system covering city, district, and enterprise levels in Guangdong Province, based on the standard of "understanding both numbers and industry", effectively improving the efficiency of data management. In addition, through mechanisms such as public data cataloging management and data governance, we continuously strengthen the foundation of data management and improve data quality. In terms of data infrastructure, Guangzhou has innovatively implemented the "five unifications" reform of digital government construction, including unified cloud resources, unified basic operation and maintenance, unified basic network and security, unified data assets, and unified government informationization project management, effectively enhancing the level of digital government integration and intensive construction. At the same time, Guangzhou has taken the lead in building the Guangzhou urban big data platform in accordance with the concept of "one network" of data resources throughout the city. Currently, it has gathered over 40 billion data resources and provided more than 400 billion pieces of data, forming a unified public data circulation hub in the city, supporting the smooth development of planning, finance, taxation, transportation, business environment, and other work. In terms of data application, Guangzhou fully leverages favorable conditions such as abundant data resources and wide application scenarios to promote high-quality data development and utilization. Integrate government data resources, launch "Red Cotton Code", and promote its application in government affairs, cultural tourism, daily life, and other fields. Exploring the potential of Guangzhou 12345 hotline data, compiling a "monthly calendar of public sentiment", establishing a list of citizen and enterprise concerns, and promoting the resolution of a group of public concerns. Establish Guangzhou Data Exchange at a high starting point to promote the entry and trading of public data resources in the form of authorized operational products. Guangzhou's first public service