my country's backbone network construction will be initially completed in 2020

According to the latest report released by the Internet Society of China, the China Internet Development Report (2021), in 2020, under the guidance of the strategies of building a strong cyber power and a strong science and technology power, my country's Internet industry seized the historical opportunity and achieved rapid development. The scale of Internet users grew steadily, Internet infrastructure was fully covered, the digital economy flourished, high-tech exploration was accelerated, and network governance was gradually improved.

In 2020, my country's total mobile communication base stations reached 9.31 million, the digital economy market size reached 39.2 trillion yuan, the industrial Internet market size reached 916.48 billion yuan, the Internet of Things market size reached 1.7 trillion yuan, the artificial intelligence market size reached 303.1 billion yuan, and the network security market size reached 170.2 billion yuan.

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From the perspective of infrastructure construction, my country's backbone network construction has been initially completed, and the top-level architecture of the Internet continues to advance. The scale and depth of IPv6 deployment continue to advance, and more than half of the networks support IPv6; the bandwidth of China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom has increased sharply; the trend of integration and development of new Internet exchange centers and new technologies and new services is obvious, and node deployment will be further extended to the edge of the network; the penetration rate of mobile Internet users continues to increase, and the growth rate of mobile Internet traffic slows down.

In terms of cloud computing, in 2020, the overall market size of cloud computing in my country reached 178.18 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 33.6%. Among them, the public cloud market size reached 99.06 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 43.7%, and the private cloud market size reached 79.12 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.6%.

In terms of big data, in 2020, the scale of my country's big data industry reached 71.87 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.0%, leading the global big data market.

In terms of artificial intelligence, in 2020, the scale of my country's artificial intelligence industry was 303.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15%, slightly higher than the global growth rate. There are 1,454 artificial intelligence companies in my country, ranking second in the world, second only to the 2,257 in the United States. They are mainly concentrated in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang and other provinces, among which Beijing and Shanghai rank first with 537 and 296 companies respectively.

In terms of the Internet of Things, my country's Internet of Things industry developed rapidly in 2020, with the industry scale exceeding 1.7 trillion yuan. It is expected that by 2022, the industry scale will exceed 2 trillion yuan. It is predicted that by 2025, the number of mobile Internet of Things connections in my country will reach 8.01 billion, with an annual compound growth rate of 14.1%.

In terms of Internet of Vehicles, in 2020, the sales volume of intelligent connected vehicles reached 3.032 million, a year-on-year increase of 107%, and the penetration rate remained at around 15%. As an innovative driving force for the upgrading of the automotive industry, Internet of Vehicles has been raised to the national strategic level. In 2020, the construction of my country's Internet of Vehicles standard system was basically complete.

In terms of VR/AR, the scale of the virtual reality market is growing rapidly. In 2020, the scale of my country's virtual reality/augmented reality market is about 30 billion yuan, and the scale of the VR market is about 23 billion yuan, accounting for about 80% of the market. It is expected that by 2024, the proportion of AR will exceed that of VR. The shipment volume of virtual reality terminals has grown steadily. The shipment volume of virtual reality terminals (including AR) is about 1.2 million units. In terms of functional types, the shipment volume of VR and AR terminals accounts for 96% and 4% respectively.

In terms of blockchain, the blockchain industry chain has gradually taken shape in 2020, and the industry as a whole has shown a good development trend. More than 80 listed companies have entered the blockchain field and actively deployed applications in supply chain finance, asset management, cross-border payments, cross-border trade and other fields.

In terms of industrial Internet, the scale of my country's industrial Internet industry reached 916.48 billion yuan in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%. At present, the industrial Internet has formed a new industrial pattern of differentiated competition among four major industrial entities represented by traditional industrial technology enterprises, manufacturing enterprises, ICT enterprises, and start-ups.

In terms of online audio and video, in 2020, the scale of China's online video market reached 241.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 44%, and the market scale of the digital music industry reached 73.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10%. The scale of active online video users reached 1.001 billion, and the scale of active users in the online audio entertainment market reached 817 million, a year-on-year increase of 2.14% and 7.22% respectively.

In terms of network security, driven by the "new infrastructure", network security, data security construction and informatization construction are gradually synchronized, and network security and data security have become part of the infrastructure and have an important position. In 2020, the industry scale is about 170.2 billion yuan, with a growth rate of about 8.85%, and the industry is showing a stable growth trend.