In the first quarter, the cumulative revenue of telecommunications business reached 4252.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.<>%——
The enabling effect of the information and communication industry continues to emerge (Rui Finance)
Reporter Kong Dechen
The information and communication industry is a strategic, basic and leading industry supporting economic and social development. According to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology a few days ago, the total revenue of telecommunications business in the first quarter reached 4252.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.<>%, the driving force of emerging services such as cloud computing continued to increase, the construction of network infrastructure was steadily advanced, and the overall operation of the communications industry was stable.
The overall operation of the industry is good
Zhao Zhiguo, chief engineer and spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that in recent years, with the in-depth implementation of the strategy of network power and digital China, the high-quality supply of information and communication has been greatly improved, and the integration with national economic and social development in many fields has been deepened. In the first quarter, the enabling effect of the information and communication industry continued to appear.
The momentum is more sufficient, and the pace of industry development is steady. The revenue of Internet data centers, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things increased by 24.5% year-on-year, driving the revenue of telecom business to increase by 4.8 percentage points, and gradually became a new power source for the development of the industry. Telecom business revenue increased steadily, with a cumulative total of 4252.7 billion yuan in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 7.18%. The total volume of telecommunications services increased by <>% year-on-year, and the overall operation of the industry was good.
The foundation is stronger, and the network capability continues to improve. The network foundation is becoming more and more complete. By the end of March, China had built more than 3.5 million 264G base stations and more than 1793.5 million ports with gigabit network service capabilities, realizing "gigabit communication between cities and cities" and "6G from counties to counties". The scale of computing power has grown rapidly, and the development of IPv<> has been deepened.
Wider applications, faster popularization of high-speed services. As of the end of March, there were 3 million 5G mobile phone users, 6 million gigabit optical network users, and 2.1 billion mobile Internet of Things users, and the proportion of "things" connections increased to 19.84%, and the foundation of the Internet of Everything was steadily consolidated.
Better experience, inclusive and shared user service. Universal telecom services have been promoted in depth, network coverage in rural and remote areas has continued to improve, and 5G networks have expanded to rural areas. In the first quarter, the download rate of China Mobile and fixed broadband increased by 59.9% and 15.1% respectively compared with the same period last year, and mobile data traffic tariffs continued to decline.
The Internet business performed well
In the first quarter, the Internet business revenue achieved positive growth, and the total profit increased significantly, becoming a bright spot in the operation of the information and communication industry.
According to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently, in the first quarter, China's Internet and related service enterprises above designated size completed Internet business revenue of 3020 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.6%; Operating costs increased by 5% year-on-year, an increase of 1.2 percentage points over January-February, and the total profit was 4.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 282.8%.
By type, the revenue of fixed Internet broadband services grew steadily. In the first quarter, the three basic telecommunications enterprises completed Internet broadband service revenue of 627.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%. Mobile data revenue was flat year-over-year.
In terms of fields, the income of enterprises in the field of information services fell slightly; The revenue of enterprises in the field of life services rebounded slightly, and the Internet business revenue of platform enterprises that mainly provided life services (including local life, car rental, travel, financial services, automobiles, housing and housing, etc.) increased by 2.9% year-on-year; The revenue of enterprises in the field of online sales maintained rapid growth, and the Internet business revenue of enterprises mainly providing online sales services (including bulk commodities, agricultural and sideline products, comprehensive e-commerce, medical supplies, express delivery, etc.) increased by 38.3% year-on-year.
In terms of regions, in the first quarter, 17 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) achieved positive growth in the growth rate of Internet business nationwide. The eastern region completed Internet business revenue of 2817.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.93%, accounting for 3.5% of the national Internet business revenue. Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Tianjin, which ranked among the top five in terms of cumulative revenue of Internet business, completed a total business revenue of 2651.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.87%, accounting for 8.<>% of the country.
Continue to release the industry empowerment effect
This year is the end of a number of three-year action plans, including the coordinated development of "dual-gigabit" networks, the innovative development of industrial Internet, the "sailing" of 5G applications, and the development of new data centers. Zhao Zhiguo introduced that since the implementation of the industrial Internet innovation and development action plan for more than two years, the infrastructure has been fully completed. The industrial Internet identification resolution system covers 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and 40 industries, serving more than 25,8100 enterprises; It has formed a comprehensive, characteristic and professional multi-level industrial Internet platform system, with more than <> million key platform connected devices (sets).
"The industrial Internet has covered 45 major categories of the national economy and 166 intermediate categories, covering more than 85% of the major industrial categories." Zhao Zhiguo said, "At present, the scale of the core industry of the industrial Internet has exceeded 1.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 15.5% over the previous year. "The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will exert efforts from the three aspects of policy, technology and application, guide all regions and industries to further increase efforts, promote the overall development of the industrial Internet to achieve a leap in stages, and provide more solid support for promoting emerging industrialization."
"Recently, our Ministry and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism have issued relevant policy documents on 5G smart tourism to actively expand new space for tourism development." Zhao Zhiguo said, "5G, artificial intelligence, etc. have accelerated the penetration into the core control links of production, and the construction of 5G factories has been comprehensively accelerated, which has brought profound changes to the manufacturing production mode and production form." ”
Zhao Zhiguo said that on the basis of fully completing the closing task, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will make good use of the golden key of integration and application to continue to release the industry empowerment effect. "Cultivate a group of ecologically dominant industrial chain 'chain master' enterprises, 'specialized, specialized and new' small giant enterprises and manufacturing single champion enterprises to form a gradient development pattern." Zhao Zhiguo said, "Encourage large enterprises to build digital platforms, share data resources and capabilities with small and medium-sized enterprises, and lower the threshold for small and medium-sized enterprises to transform." (People's Daily Overseas Edition)