As of September, a total of 690,000 5G base stations have been built, and the cumulative number of terminal connections has exceeded 160 million.

According to China News Network, on October 22, at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office, Huang Libin, spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and director of the Operation Monitoring and Coordination Bureau, said when introducing the development of the industrial communications industry in the first three quarters that the national industrial added value above designated size increased by 1.2% year-on-year in the first three quarters, and the cumulative growth rate turned from negative to positive.

Huang Libin introduced that in the first three quarters, the added value of equipment manufacturing industry increased by 47% year-on-year, among which the added value of automobile industry increased by 4.4%. The added value of electronic manufacturing industry increased by 7.2%. The added value of high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 5.9%, among which the industries of electronic industry special equipment, integrated circuits, industrial control computers and systems, communication terminal equipment and intelligent consumer equipment had good growth momentum, and the production growth rate of emerging products such as 3D printing equipment, smart watches and service robots was above 70%. The pace of integration and development of information technology and manufacturing industry has accelerated, and the revenue of software and information technology service industry increased by 11% year-on-year in the first three quarters.

In addition, Huang Libin also said that calculated at the same price as last year, the total volume of telecommunications business in the first three quarters increased by 18.6% year-on-year, and fixed asset investment increased by 16.5% year-on-year, of which 5G investment accounted for 38.2%. 5G networks and terminals are developing rapidly for commercial use. As of the end of September, a total of 690,000 5G base stations have been built, and the cumulative number of terminal connections has exceeded 160 million. Personal application scenarios such as ultra-high-definition video, cloud games, mobile cloud, and VR are gradually enriched, and vertical industry practices such as medical care, energy, and autonomous driving are constantly deepening.