Visit of Uzbek delegation to China: Qingdao University and Songli Holding Group

From April 15 to 24, a delegation of the Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan, headed by Minister Sherzod Shermatov and with the participation of the First Deputy Director of IT Park Abdulahad Kuchkarov, was on a business trip to the Peopleʼs Republic of China.

As part of a business trip on April 21, a meeting was held with Professor of Qingdao University Guo Jenbo and other employees of the university.

The delegations of Uzbekistan provided detailed information about the history of the university and the work carried out today. Abdulahad Kuchkarov presented the activities of IT Park and acquainted the representatives of the university with the work carried out in Uzbekistan.

The parties agreed on the choice of effective cooperation projects in the future, and also agreed to explore the possibility of conducting student exchange programs and joint research work at the universities of Uzbekistan and Qingdao.

Qingdao University is one of the most prestigious institutions of higher education in China, founded in 1909 and granted university status in 1985. Today, 3,800 teachers work here and about 46,000 students study here.

On the same day, representatives of Uzbekistan visited the SCO Technology Transfer Center.

In the exhibition hall of the center, the guests were told in detail about the opening of the institution, implemented and current projects. After the exhibition, the parties discussed the projects planned in the near future, as well as future agreements between the two parties.

The next day, April 22, the delegation got acquainted with the decisions of Songli Holding Group.

The company has fully automated parking reservation, payment acceptance and intruder detection, which are part of a modern centralized smart city infrastructure. The company presented a ready-made solution in the form of a software and hardware complex. Together, these systems keep track of where in the city the demand for permanent parking is growing, and artificial intelligence makes proposals to the administration within this problem.

Following the meeting, the parties proposed to hold introductory meetings and negotiations with local enterprises for the widespread use of these technologies in Uzbekistan in the future.

Note that Songli Holding Group placed an order for parking automation in Beijing in 2018 and is currently using this technology in more than 8 cities in China. To date, more than $10 million in parking payments have been transferred through the companyʼs systems.