The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has implemented new measures to promote the accelerated development of 5G and accelerate the construction of the new economic form of "5G+".

my country's 5G development has once again reached a highlight moment. Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Notice on Promoting the Accelerated Development of 5G", requiring full efforts to promote 5G network construction, application promotion, technology development and security assurance, give full play to the scale effect and driving role of 5G new infrastructure, and support high-quality economic development.

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Industry insiders said that with the introduction of the concept of "new infrastructure", my country's 5G development is in full swing. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's introduction of more than ten measures, including accelerating the construction and deployment of 5G networks, enriching 5G technology application scenarios, continuously increasing 5G technology research and development efforts, focusing on building a 5G security system, and strengthening organizational implementation, means that my country's 5G industry development has pressed the "fast forward button" at this important period, and the "5G+" new economic form is accelerating.

my country's 5G development has achieved remarkable results

According to the "5G Economic and Social Impact White Paper" recently released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, it is estimated that by 2020, telecom operators' investment in 5G network equipment will exceed 220 billion yuan, and various industries' expenditure on 5G equipment will exceed 54 billion yuan.

A series of industry reports released by GSMA (Global System for Mobile Communications Association) on March 17 showed that thanks to the large-scale investment in 5G by Chinese operators and the growing enthusiasm of corporate users and consumers for 5G, China has firmly maintained its global 5G leadership.

Wang Zhiqin, deputy director of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, said: "With the joint efforts of all parties, my country's 5G development has achieved remarkable results and now has a good foundation for development." First, the 5G industry ecosystem has gradually matured. my country's 5G technology and industry innovation capabilities have been continuously improved, and products such as system equipment, terminal chips, and smart phones have matured. In terms of terminals, more than 40 5G mobile phone terminals have been connected to the network, and the main models of 3,000 yuan have entered the market. Second, the construction and deployment of 5G networks have been accelerated. As of the end of February this year, 164,000 5G base stations have been built and opened nationwide, and urban areas in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities have achieved network contiguous coverage. It is expected that by the end of this year, more than 550,000 5G base stations will be built and opened nationwide, achieving continuous outdoor coverage in prefecture-level cities, key coverage in county towns and townships, and indoor coverage in key scenarios. Third, 5G integrated applications are developing in depth. my country's 5G application scenarios are more abundant, and industry application solutions are accelerating exploration. Industrial Internet, Internet of Vehicles, medical health, media entertainment, etc. are becoming the leading areas of 5G innovative applications. Fourth, the 5G policy environment continues to improve. Since the issuance of 5G commercial licenses in 2019, more than 20 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country have issued 5G-related guidelines or action plans, actively promoting the progress of the 5G technology industry and empowering economic and social development by encouraging innovation, accelerating network construction and promoting application.

Actively build a new economic form of "5G+"

With the introduction of a large number of policies, my country's 5G development has entered the fast lane.

Wang Zhiqin said that the "Notice" is aimed at the recent industrial and economic and social development goals, adheres to a problem-oriented approach, focuses on the four key links of "network, application, technology, and security", takes network construction as the basis, empowering the industry as the direction, technological innovation as the main line, and information security as the guarantee. It will be systematically promoted to give full play to the scale effect and driving role of 5G, and actively build a "5G+" new economic form.

She said that we are currently in the early stages of concentrated 5G network construction and are facing many issues such as investment costs and construction coordination. We need to make overall plans, increase local policy support and implementation, and further play the role of telecom operators as the main body of construction and operation.

Wang Zhiqin believes that my country's 5G integrated applications are still in the exploratory stage and need to transform from single-point applications to large-scale applications as soon as possible. To accelerate the development of 5G integrated applications, it is necessary to start with enriching application scenarios, creating key application areas, and building an application industry ecosystem. Specifically, in the industrial field, implement projects such as "5G+Industrial Internet", promote 5G integration of new generation information technologies such as industrial Internet and edge computing, accelerate its application in vertical industries such as manufacturing, medical health, and Internet of Vehicles, and explore various new formats and models for mutual benefit and win-win. In the consumer field, use 5G package discounts and credit purchase measures to accelerate user migration to 5G services and encourage terminal consumption; promote 5G+VR/AR, live events, game entertainment, virtual shopping and other applications, cultivate emerging consumption models, and expand new consumption areas.

5G introduces new technologies and features such as network function virtualization, edge computing, network slicing, and service-oriented architecture, which also brings new security risks. To this end, Wang Zhiqin said that it is necessary to build a 5G security assurance system to safeguard the healthy development of the industry. First, strengthen infrastructure security. Establish network infrastructure security assurance mechanisms such as 5G key equipment testing and certification, carry out 5G security testing, and build a security protection system for network security situation awareness, threat management, incident handling, and tracking and tracing. Second, strengthen data security protection. Focusing on typical 5G application scenarios, establish a network data security management system and standard specifications to accelerate the formation of data security technology supervision capabilities in all aspects before, during, and after the event. Third, cultivate a security industry and governance ecosystem. Cultivate a 5G network security industry ecosystem, actively innovate a 5G security governance model, and promote the construction of a security governance mechanism with multi-subject participation, multi-department linkage, and multi-industry collaboration.

5G product and service market will reach trillions

Lv Tingjie, vice president of the China Information Economics Society and professor at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, said that the biggest trend today is technology, and the most typical technology trend is the 5G trend we are facing. "5G will reshape the digital economic ecosystem and even change the rules of the game in society 10 years later," Lv Tingjie said. According to the White Paper on the Economic and Social Impact of 5G, by 2030, 5G will directly drive a total output of 6.3 trillion yuan, an economic added value of 2.9 trillion yuan, and 8 million jobs.

In Wang Zhiqin's view, 5G is a leading technology in the global scientific and technological revolution and a new type of infrastructure that supports high-quality economic and social development. It is strategic, basic and pioneering. 5G is also a key element of the new round of industrial revolution. It will not only stimulate new consumption and investment, promote employment and entrepreneurship, and liberate productivity, but also reconstruct production relations and social relations, promote social governance, and have a significant and far-reaching impact on people's production and life.

Specifically, traditional infrastructure such as transportation and electricity created miracles in the industrial age, and the new round of industrial revolution requires the empowerment of new infrastructure. The construction of 5G new infrastructure will not only fundamentally change the status quo of mobile networks and promote the production, flow and utilization of data elements, but will also make it easier for all walks of life to connect and collaborate and provide services, driving the formation of a trillion-level 5G-related product and service market.

Wang Zhiqin believes that the arrival of the 5G era will not only allow people to enjoy a faster and lower-cost network, but also innovate a variety of consumer products in smart terminals, wearable devices, smart homes, etc., and will greatly enrich consumption scenarios and create a large number of new consumption in e-commerce, government services, online education, online entertainment, etc. According to estimates by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, from 2020 to 2025, the commercial use of 5G will drive more than 8 trillion yuan of emerging consumption.

She said that the investment in 5G construction has the characteristics of long payback period, strong driving force and high rate of return. 5G network construction not only involves a large amount of infrastructure investment in engineering, base stations, power supply, etc., but will also stimulate the transformation and upgrading of various industries, leading to many investments in factory transformation, construction and operation, system upgrades, technical training, etc. It is estimated that by 2025, the cumulative investment in 5G network construction will reach 1.2 trillion yuan, and the cumulative related investment will exceed 3.5 trillion yuan.