In 2020, 5G will directly drive the total economic output to exceed 800 billion yuan

  Xinhua News Agency, Boao, Hainan, April 19 (Reporter Zhang Liyun Xiaxia) "The survey results of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology show that 5G will directly drive the total economic output of more than 800 billion yuan in 2020." On the afternoon of the 19th, Boao Forum for Asia in 2021 A set of data shared by the moderators of the "5G Future" sub-forum sparked heated discussions among the delegates.

  Yang Jie, chairman of China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., said that half of the 800 billion yuan belongs to 5G mobile terminals, about 200 billion yuan is investment in network construction, and less than 200 billion yuan comes from 5G information services.

  Li Zixue, chairman of ZTE, said that 5G can empower thousands of industries, and intelligent manufacturing and remote operation and maintenance monitoring will become a large number of 5G applications.

"5G has opened two tracks, one is for consumers, the other is for thousands of industries. Domestic ports, mining, medical, manufacturing and other industries have begun to actively promote 5G applications." Huawei Vice Chairman and Rotating Director Long Hu Houkun said.

  According to the "White Paper on China's 5G Development and Economic and Social Impact (2020)" issued by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, 5G in 2020 will directly drive total economic output of 810.9 billion yuan, directly drive economic added value of 189.7 billion yuan, and indirectly drive total output About 2.1 trillion yuan, which indirectly drives the added value of the economy to about 760.6 billion yuan.