my country's 5G terminal connections have exceeded 200 million, ranking first in the world

On January 18, Ning Jizhe, director of the National Bureau of Statistics, introduced the operation of the national economy in 2020 at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office. He pointed out that my country's output of more than 220 industrial products ranked first in the world, and the added value of manufacturing is expected to rank first in the world for 11 consecutive years. Infrastructure is constantly improving, and the number of 5G terminal connections has exceeded 200 million, ranking first in the world.

Previously, Wen Ku, former director of the Information and Communications Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said in an interview that in 2020, my country added 580,000 5G base stations and promoted the construction and sharing of 330,000 5G base stations, and all cities and prefectures have 5G coverage. In 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology thoroughly implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, gave full play to the role of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology as the competent department, vigorously promoted the development and application of 5G, accelerated the construction of 5G networks, and achieved relatively good results. Wen Ku summarized the situation of 5G construction in my country in 2020 in four aspects.

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First , network construction is progressing steadily. According to an inventory, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology added about 580,000 5G base stations in 2020, and promoted the construction and sharing of 330,000 5G base stations. This is a step further than the previous concept of sharing. In the past, sharing meant putting two base stations on one tower, which was sharing. Now, sharing is a higher level and more scientific sharing, which means that one base station can be used by two companies, which is equivalent to the original two base stations. It can be used on a large scale and the effect is very good. So far, the goal set by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology at the beginning of the year to have 5G coverage in all cities and prefectures has also been achieved.

Second, in terms of terminals, from January to November, the domestic market shipped 144 million 5G mobile phones, and a total of 199 new mobile phone models were launched, accounting for about half of all mobile phones, 5G mobile phones accounted for 51.4%, and other mobile phones accounted for 47.7%.

Third, the number of users is growing very fast, with more than 200 million 5G terminals connected.

Fourth, application. This is a major part of the MIIT's promotion of 5G. Before the 5G license was issued, the MIIT felt that application was more arduous than 5G research and development. Since 2018, the MIIT has organized the "Blooming Cup" 5G Application Competition every year. This year's third competition collected more than 4,000 5G application cases. There were only more than 300 in the first year, so it is still developing very fast. These projects have demonstrated unexpected and very useful effects in hot areas such as smart manufacturing, medical care, and energy. For example, this year's first prize project involves application models in multiple scenarios such as mines, ports, and manufacturing, and it is relatively clear and can be copied to other industries. From this point of view, with joint efforts, the speed of application landing will be accelerated.