 SmartCity has also drawn up plans to market the project in China, Japan, Korea, Australia and Egypt.In June 2018 the Planning Authority announced that it was considering changes to the master plan for the rezoning of certain areas for residential development.In a separate report, the Environment and Resources Authority stated that "the development of Smart City was proceeding at a much slower rate than was envisaged.” This announcement coincided with reports that Malta Properties Company was in talks with SmartCity (Dubai) for the acquisition of the latter's majority shareholding in SmartCity (Malta).