China has built over 1.15 million 5G base stations, accounting for more than 70% of the world

　　China News Agency, Beijing, November 16 (Reporter Liu Yuying) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China on the 16th that China has built more than 1.15 million 5G base stations, accounting for more than 70% of the world, and is the world’s largest and most technologically advanced 5G independent networking network.

　　At the press conference held on the same day, Xie Cun, Director of the Information and Communication Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that all prefecture-level cities, over 97% of counties and urban areas, and 40% of towns and towns in China have achieved 5G network coverage; 5G The number of end users has reached 450 million, accounting for more than 80% of the world.

　　The 5G industry application is expanding rapidly. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized the 4th "Bloom Cup" 5G Application Contest and the National 5G Industry Application Large-scale Development Field Meeting. There were more than 10,000 5G application innovation cases across the country, covering industry, medical, education, Transportation and other industries.

　　According to the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Information and Communication Industry" released that day, on the basis of the world’s largest optical fiber and mobile broadband network, the world’s largest 5G independent networking network will be built during the “Fourteenth Five-Year Plan” period. Strive to have 26 5G base stations per 10,000 people, and achieve full coverage of cities and towns, basic coverage of administrative villages, and deep coverage of key application scenarios. The 5G access rate of administrative villages is expected to reach 80%.

　　The "Plan" comprehensively deploys new digital infrastructure, including 5G, gigabit fiber optic network, IPv6, mobile Internet of Things, satellite communication network and other new-generation communication network infrastructure, data center, artificial intelligence infrastructure, blockchain infrastructure, etc. Data and computing power facilities, as well as integrated infrastructure such as the Industrial Internet and the Internet of Vehicles.

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