Xin Lu Libri

Based on the strategic positioning of national big data, this book analyzes the two directions of big data application and strategy. In terms of big data application, on the basis of combing and summarizing the experience of big data development strategy in developed countries, it expounds the specific application direction of big data in national governance from the perspectives of political governance, economic governance, financial governance, new urbanization, statistical integration, and livelihood security. By analyzing the obstacles encountered in the use of big data, this volume puts forward opinions and suggestions on the application of big data in different fields. From the perspectives of big data industry development strategy, big data talent development strategy, data opening and sharing strategy, and big data and national security strategy, this paper discusses the big data development layout of China and further discusses the big data strategic design to enhance the national governance.

Over the past two decades China has grown to become the largest construction market in the world, attracting many architects and urban planners from the West. As a result of this migration, it often happens that cultural and linguistic barriers between onsite experts from Western backgrounds and those from local environs create misunderstandings and stall the pace of execution. The Chinese architect Xin Lu has dealt with such issues firsthand and is especially well positioned to address he studied in China and Germany, and is currently working on a Chinese construction project for a German architectural office. Xin Lu has created this handbook from interviews and conversations he has conducted with architects, urban planners and academics from Europe and China, as well as with Chinese clients. Written to address issues of cultural disparity in the most practical terms, this volume elucidates differences between East and West in communications protocol and conceptual and working methods employed in the process of creating designs or in business. This volume is full of valuable advice, and will assist the process of intercultural cooperation.