Making BSD City Indonesia a Future Smart City
Issues
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Enhancing Urban Value Through Solving Social Challenges
In 2020, Mitsubishi Corporation signed an MOU with Sinarmas Land for a joint initiative to improve the urban value of BSD City. As the urban manager for a 6,000-hectare area, we are exploring the introduction of various services. To further enhance the quality of life and convenience for residents, the collaboration of startups is essential. We are looking for solutions to address the following six key challenges, each rooted in addressing social issues in BSD City.
[The Six Key Challenges facing BSD City]Walkability: There is a lack of pedestrian-friendly spaces in BSD City, making it crucial to improve connectivity and create more walkable areas wihtin the city.
Mobility: Indonesia’s urban design has been centered around cars, which limits transportation options. Providing better alternatives to cars for efficient, sustainable mobility is essential.
Entertainment: BSD City lacks major tourist attractions and entertainment options. Creating unique, engaging destinations could help make BSD City a more vibrant place to live and visit.
Well-being: Access to early detection and treatment for illnesses is limited, and there’s a clear need for improvements to health services and quality of life for all residents.
Carbon Neutrality: Regulations make it difficult to adopt renewable energy sources, and the city still relies on fossil fuels for power. We need clear strategies to align with Indonesia’s goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2060.
Digital Transformation: Existing services are not integrated, necessitating advancements in citywide smart systems and ensure all services work seamlessly together.
We look forward to innovative solutions from startups to help address these challenges and contribute to making BSD City a future-ready smart city.
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Leveraging Taiwan’s Expertise and Technologies to Enhance BSD City
Our goal is to introduce Taiwan’s advanced technologies and services to BSD City, creating distinctive value that is currently unavailable in Indonesia.
Since its development began in 1984, BSD City has focused on population growth and urban functionality. Recently, the city has shifted toward a “quality-driven” development approach, focusing on enhancing the overall quality of life for residents.
Achieving this vision requires the introduction of new, advanced urban services. We are eager to collaborate with you to bring forward innovative technologies and ideas that will contribute to BSD City’s growth.
[Examples of Themes to Address]Next-generation mobility solutions that go beyond traditional frameworks
Development of unique, world-class theme parks and entertainment destinations
Cutting-edge healthcare services for residents, workers, and visitors
Introduction of CleanTech to achieve both environmental and economic value
Building applications and DX platforms to support urban functions
Resources
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01BSD City as a Testing Ground for New Ideas
Located with excellent access to Jakarta's city center and known as a new town where Indonesia's top 15% wealthiest population resides, BSD City is being developed in three phases through a well-planned approach.
Phase 1 and Phase 2: These phases are complete, with around 500,000 residents and visitors. New services and technologies can be tested and implemented in a real-life environment, reflecting the needs of residents.
Phase 3: Currently under development, Phase 3 offers the unique opportunity to design and introduce infrastructure and services from scratch. This allows for the creation of innovative projects without being constrained by existing frameworks, establishing a model for future cities.
With such diverse opportunities, BSD City serves as an ideal platform for proof-of-concept testing and pioneering next-generation urban development through new technologies and services.
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02Special Economic Zone Incentives for Innovation
BSD City was designated as a Special Economic Zone by the Indonesian government in 2024, offering incentives in three key areas: "Education," "Digital," and "Biomedical." The area is home to over 100 top-tier schools from both domestic and international institutions, cutting-edge global companies with advanced digital technologies, and facilities that support healthcare-related research.
By leveraging these incentives, the possibilities for conducting proof-of-concept testing and implementing services in BSD City are greatly expanded.
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03Opportunities for Investment and Business Partnerships
In this program, if collaboration potential is identified between the applicant company and Mitsubishi Corporation, we are open to disucssing capital investment and business partnership.
We can also provide opportunities to explore synergies across various fields in Indonesia, where all of Mitsubishi Corporation’s business groups have a presence.
Message from Team
BSD City is an exciting platform for shaping the future of urban living. Your ideas will help solve urban challenges, improve the city, and create new opportunities for its residents. We sincerely look forward to receiving your proposals and working together to build a city that the world can be proud of.
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