The largest inland water, land and air transportation hub in China. It is about 1000 kilometers away from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Xi'an and other major Chinese cities. It is the "heart" of China's economic geography and plays a role in connecting the east and west, connecting the north and south, and maintaining the four directions. The five main railways of Beijing Guangzhou, Beijing Kowloon, Handan, Shanghai Hanrong and Beijing Hong Kong, as well as six national highways, including Beijing Zhuhai and Luzhou Chengdu, meet here. Wuhan is becoming one of the four major railway transportation hubs in China.

The comprehensive strength of science and education ranks among the largest cities in China. It has 69 regular colleges and universities including Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Huazhong Normal University, and 1 million college students. There are nearly 120000 students in adult colleges and universities. There are 106 scientific research institutions, 1 national laboratory (Wuhan Optoelectronics National Laboratory), 1 national major scientific and technological infrastructure, 13 national key laboratories, and 47 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering in Wuhan. Intellectual and human resources are very rich.

With the help of cutting-edge technologies such as cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence, Wuhan has been vigorously promoting the construction of a smart city. Wuhan's total investment in smart city construction has exceeded 80 billion yuan, leading the country. At the same time, Wuhan has also obtained a large number of relevant scientific research and application achievements. As one of the first batch of national pilot cities for smart city construction, its valuable experience has been used for reference by many places. Last year, the international standards of 16 smart cities in the world all came from Wuhan.