China News Service, January 19. The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the development of industry and information technology in 2023 on the 19th. Zhao Zhiguo, spokesperson and chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced at the meeting that by the end of 2023, the total number of 5G base stations in my country would reach 337.7 Ten thousand, the network base is further consolidated, and network applications are continuously enriched.

　　Overall, the following four characteristics can be summarized.

　　One is innovation.

The 5G technology industry has continued to enhance its innovation capabilities in technical standards, network equipment, terminal equipment, etc.

Lightweight 5G core network and customized base stations are commercially deployed.

A number of new terminals such as 5G industrial gateways and inspection robots have been successfully developed.

The number of 5G standard essential patent declarations accounts for more than 42% globally, continuing to lead the world.

　　The second is integration.

The breadth and depth of integrated applications have been continuously expanded. 5G industry applications have been integrated into 71 major categories of the national economy, with more than 94,000 application cases and more than 29,000 5G industry virtual private networks.

5G applications are deeply promoted in industries such as industry, mining, electric power, ports, and medical care.

For example, in the medical industry, 5G applications have extended from remote diagnosis to remote precision treatment; 5G applications in the electric power field have covered from unmanned inspections in the "transportation" link to "generation, transmission, transformation, distribution, and use".

　　The third is green.

5G networks accelerate the development towards intensive, efficient, green and low-carbon development.

Make full use of existing site resources, public resources and social tower resources to build 5G base stations, and actively promote two-way sharing of communication tower resources and social tower resources. Currently, more than 90% of base stations are co-constructed and shared.

The energy consumption of 5G base stations continues to decline, and the energy consumption of a single 5G base station site is reduced by more than 20% compared with the initial stage of commercial use.

　　The fourth is assignment.

The continued growth of 5G mobile phone users and the rapid increase in 5G traffic consumption have promoted the vigorous development of emerging services such as naked-eye 3D and cloud mobile phones, effectively expanding the development space of the mobile communications market.

As of the end of last year, 5G mobile phone users reached 805 million, and 5G network access traffic accounted for 47%. According to calculations by research institutions, 5G is expected to directly drive total economic output of 1.86 trillion yuan in 2023, an increase of 29% from 2022. .

　　Zhao Zhiguo said that in the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will strengthen cross-departmental collaboration with all parties in industry, academia, and research, continue to promote the large-scale development of 5G applications and achieve new results, and provide a strong guarantee for promoting high-quality economic and social development.

　　The first is to strengthen policy guidance.

Research and formulate continuation policies for 5G application development, give full play to the guiding role of policies, and promote high-quality development of the entire 5G industry chain and entire value chain.

　　The second is to deepen network coverage.

Accelerate the construction of 5G networks and promote deep mobile network coverage in key places.

Promote the construction of 5G industry virtual private networks to provide network support for industry transformation and development.

　　The third is to accelerate application expansion.

Focus on key industry application scenarios, establish demonstration benchmarks, strengthen promotion and application, and promote the large-scale development of 5G applications.

　　The fourth is to enhance innovation capabilities.

Strengthen the construction of 5G integrated application standard system and continue to promote technological evolution and product research and development such as 5G-A and 5G lightweight.

Accelerate 6G technology research, carry out technical trials, strengthen technical reserves, and deepen exchanges and cooperation.