Metaverse, drones, 5G... may become technologies worth investing in in 2022?

2022 is coming to us with the vigorous spring news.

What opportunities and challenges will the new year bring?

Technology changes life, innovation promotes social development, and digitalization is the basic direction of future social development. This is a recognized fact. In the past decade, my country's Internet technology has developed rapidly. While technological progress has promoted the change of life service forms and business models, it has also made more and more consumers, investment experts, and enterprises pay attention to the convenience and commercial value brought by science and technology.

In 2021, the concept of the metaverse became popular, and the number of trademark applications reached a peak of 344. my country has opened the largest number of 5G base stations in the world, and drone technology has been put into use on a large scale. How will science and technology develop in 2022? What is the most worthwhile technology to invest in in 2022?

To this end, the Economist APP has compiled a series of data and information packages, hoping to fully grasp every opportunity and every rapid iteration development for users.

The editor found several important information from the report and article:

(I) Domestic enterprises are accelerating their entry into the metaverse market

Since March 2021, domestic companies have begun to register Metaverse-related trademarks. Before July 2021, the number of Metaverse-related trademark registrations in my country remained below 25, and in August 2021, the number of applications exceeded 50 for the first time. In September 2021, with the entry of companies such as Alibaba and Zhongqingbao, the number of Metaverse trademark applications peaked at 344. The number of applications slowed down in October 2021 but remained at a high level. In November 2021, 22 Metaverse-related trademarks were applied for in just 8 days.

(II) my country ranks first in the world in terms of the number of 5G base stations in operation

According to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as of the end of 2020, the total number of mobile communication base stations in China reached 9.31 million. Among them, the total number of 4G base stations reached 5.75 million, and urban areas achieved deep coverage; in the past two years, telecom operators have continued to increase their efforts in 5G network construction, and 5G network construction has been steadily advancing, with a total of 718,000 stations opened, and 5G networks have covered cities at or above the prefecture level and key counties and cities across the country.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as of the end of June 2021, the total number of mobile communication base stations in China reached 9.48 million. Among them, the total number of 4G base stations is 5.84 million, accounting for 61.6% of the total number of base stations; the total number of 5G base stations is 961,000, and the number of 5G base stations opened in my country ranks first in the world.

(III) The cloud computing market size will exceed RMB 180 billion in 2020

According to the "2020-2021 China Cloud Computing Market Research Annual Report" released by CCID Consulting, the scale of my country's cloud computing market has maintained rapid growth year by year since 2017. In 2020, the overall cloud computing market scale in my country reached 192.25 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 34%. Among them, the public cloud market scale reached 104.77 billion yuan, an increase of 32.74% compared with 2019.

(IV) The market size of the industrial drone industry is further expanding

The investment boom in industrial drones has continued to rise as the wave of investment in consumer drones has calmed down. At present, investment in the industrial drone industry is still dominated by venture capital. From 2015 to 2017, the scale of investment in industrial drones was relatively large. In 2017, the scale of investment in industrial drones reached 1.09 billion yuan, the highest in recent years. From 2018 to 2021, the scale of investment gradually stabilized, fluctuating between 280 million and 400 million yuan. As of September 2021, the investment amount in the industrial drone industry was 400 million yuan.

In the future, the growth rate of the industrial drone industry will remain high. According to Frost & Sullivan's forecast, in 2026, the scale of my country's industrial drone market will reach approximately 265.8 billion yuan.