China News Service, Guangzhou, December 23 (Reporter Xu Qingqing) According to Su Shaolin, director of the Guangdong Provincial Communications Administration, at the "2020·5G Innovative Application Conference" held on 22-23, as of the end of November, the whole province of Guangdong has been opened. There are 116,400 5G base stations, accounting for about 15% of the country. The province has 30.53 million 5G users, ranking first in the country in terms of scale.

　　The conference was co-sponsored by China Association of Communications Enterprises, Guangdong Provincial Communications Administration, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology.

　　Su Shaolin said that Guangdong’s information and communication development is basically synchronized with the national economy. It is a major communications province, a major network province, and a major digital economy province in the country. It accounts for 1/10 of the country’s network capacity and carries 1/9 of the country’s users. Created more than one-eighth of the top business income in the country.

Among them, Shenzhen announced in August that it has built 46,400 5G base stations, becoming the world's first city to achieve full coverage of independent networking, and its industrial scale, 5G base station and terminal shipments rank first in the country.

　　According to Zhang Xiaobo, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Guangzhou Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, as of now, Guangzhou has built 46,000 5G base stations and 6.4 million 5G users.

He said that in 2022, Guangzhou will build 80,000 5G base stations in 5G development, fully realize the full coverage of 5G signals, cultivate more than 200 innovative enterprises in the 5G application field, and the number of digital centers and standard racks will reach more than 200,000. .

In terms of artificial intelligence, it will promote 50 application scenarios of smart economy and smart society, with 8 key industrial clusters including smart connected cars, smart robots, and smart hardware. The scale of the artificial intelligence industry will exceed 120 billion yuan.

　　Su Shaolin said that although 5G has been commercialized for more than a year, the development of 5G is still in the lead-in period at present and for a period of time in the future, facing major tests such as immature industrial chain, insufficient integration and application, and unclear business model.

Next, Guangdong will work hard in four aspects: building a high-quality network, expanding application space, improving service levels, and ensuring network security to ensure that Guangdong's 5G is at the forefront of the country with high quality and efficiency.

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