The number of 5g network users in China exceeds 160 million, accounting for nearly 90% of the total number of 5g users in the world

The 2021 China Internet Conference, sponsored by the China Internet association, was held in Beijing from the 13th to the 15th. The "China Internet development report (2021)" released at the meeting showed that in 2020, China's Internet industry will achieve rapid development and the scale of Internet users will grow steadily. By the end of 2020, the number of 5g network users in China has exceeded 160 million, accounting for 89% of the total number of 5g users in the world.

According to the report, by the end of 2020, the number of Internet users in China has reached 989 million, and the Internet penetration rate has reached 70.4%.

It is reported that China has built the world's largest optical fiber network, 4G and 5g independent networking network. At present, 916000 5g base stations have been built, accounting for 70% of the world. In the next step, China will strengthen the support and investment in 5g, big data, basic software, industrial software, artificial intelligence and other basic core technologies, promote the upgrading of industrial foundation and the modernization of industrial chain, and further consolidate the foundation of industrial development.

He Guili, vice president of China Internet association, said that in 2020, the scale of China's big data industry will reach 71.87 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 16.0%, leading the global big data market; In 2020, the scale of China's artificial intelligence industry will be 303.1 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 15%; In the field of Internet of things, the scale of China's Internet of things industry will exceed 1.7 trillion yuan in 2020.

In addition, as an important part of new infrastructure construction, cloud computing has made continuous breakthroughs in key technologies in recent years, and the industrial ecology has become increasingly prosperous. In 2020, China's cloud computing market will maintain rapid development, with the overall market size reaching 178.1 billion yuan, with a growth rate of more than 33%.