Taking Taiyuan City as the research object, this paper sorts out the problems in smart city construction from four aspects, and based on the analysis of their deep-seated reasons, combined with the practice and development trend of Taiyuan City’s smart city construction, 4 items have been put forward. Strong operability countermeasures and suggestions: strengthen the top-level design, clarify the construction ideas; formulate preferential investment policies to solve the capital dilemma; give full play to geographical advantages, clarify the focus of construction, etc.