China has built the world’s largest network infrastructure with advanced technology in the past decade, Xin Guobin, vice minister of industry and information technology, said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Xin said over the past 10 years, the access bandwidth of the optical fiber network has increased from 10 Mbps to 1000 Mbps, mobile networks have made breakthroughs in 3G, 4G and 5G, and broadband access has been extended to all administrative villages across the country, contributing to achieving the goal of poverty alleviation.
China has also seen deep integration of 5G, industrial internet, big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence within the manufacturing sector, accelerating the digitalization of industries, the vice minister said.
Breakthroughs in information communication
From copper wire to optical fiber, and from the popularization of 3G to the commercial use of 5G, China has seen great improvements in terms of information communication during the past decade.
Han Xia, chief engineer at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at the press conference that 4G base stations in China accounted for more than half of the world’s total. The number of 5G base stations in the country has reached 1.615 million and the number of 5G mobile phone users has exceeded 400 million.
Use of innovative applications has expanded from consumption to production in China, forming one of the largest and most active digital service markets in the world, said the chief engineer. – CGTN
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