To realize the leap from "digital environmental protection" to "smart environmental protection", the key is to strengthen the construction of perception layer and wisdom layer on the basis of the original "digital environmental protection". One is to build a real-time, adaptive environmental parameter perception system by using Internet of Things technology; The second is to use various intelligent computing technologies such as cloud computing and fuzzy recognition to integrate existing information resources and build an intelligent environmental information processing platform with high-speed computing capability, mass storage capability and parallel processing capability, so as to provide platform support and information services for various application services that ultimately realize "smart environmental protection".

The foundation of "smart environmental protection" is the Internet of Things. Based on the in-depth development of "digital environmental protection" platform and Internet of Things technology in the field of environmental protection, building a nationwide Internet of Things system is the first step to realize the transformation from "digital environmental protection" to "smart environmental protection". It will lay a good foundation for the comprehensive promotion of "smart environmental protection" to carry out "smart environmental protection" pilot projects in areas with good foundation in China, establish an environmental monitoring network, collect environmental information such as pollution source data, water environmental quality data, air environmental quality data and noise data in real time, implement intelligent remote monitoring of key areas and key enterprises, and intelligently analyze all kinds of environmental information.